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This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.

#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions

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  1. 1091 new

    Chef-d'oeuvre ?

    2010, in 1 top list Check
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    Le rendez-vous de minuit

    1962 — a.k.a. Rendezvous at Midnight, in 1 top list Check
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    The Suicide

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  4. 1032 +7

    Ganjine-haye gohar

    1965 — a.k.a. The crown jewels of Iran, in 1 top list Check
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    The Little Richard Story

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  6. 768 -

    Selva. Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï

    1983, in 1 top list Check
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    Passing Through

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
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    Khostovanank

    1990 — a.k.a. The Confession, in 1 top list Check
  9. 971 +7

    Koudak va sarbaz

    2000 — a.k.a. The Child and the Soldier, in 1 top list Check
  10. 1118 new

    Ren zao kong jian

    2012 — a.k.a. Man Made Place, in 1 top list Check
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    Lan yue

    1997 — a.k.a. Blue Moon, in 1 top list Check
  12. 584 -

    Blue Movie

    1969 — a.k.a. Fuck, in 1 top list Check
  13. 699 -

    Charmed Particles

    1979, in 1 top list Check
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    A Western

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  15. 1039 +7

    The Other Side of the Wind

    2018, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 950 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
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    C'est vrai

    1990 — a.k.a. It's Real, in 1 top list Check
  18. 758 -

    Hamshahri

    1983 — a.k.a. Fellow Citizen, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 1090 new

    Borgen

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  20. 1078 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 1002 +7

    Tangos volés

    2001 — a.k.a. Stolen Tangos, in 1 top list Check
  22. 1133 new

    Wake: Subic

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1115 new

    Coming to Terms

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  24. 838 -

    Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les...

    1990 — a.k.a. Cézanne - Conversation with Joachim Gasquet, in 1 top list Check
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    Barrabas

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 1127 new

    Cavalo Dinheiro

    2014 — a.k.a. Horse Money, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 1097 new

    Toujours moins

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1123 new

    Ukkili kamshat

    2014 — a.k.a. The Owners, in 1 top list Check
  29. 1114 new

    Vous n'avez encore rien vu

    2012 — a.k.a. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 1125 new

    Words and Pictures

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1113 new

    The Unspeakable Act

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  32. 1099 new

    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  33. 1111 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 1106 new

    Terri

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  35. 1096 new

    Shi

    2010 — a.k.a. Poetry, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 1105 new

    Road to Nowhere

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 1083 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 1124 new

    Pasolini

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  39. 1129 new

    No Home Movie

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 1081 new

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 1102 new

    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 1084 new

    Momma's Man

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  44. 1101 new

    Impardonnables

    2011 — a.k.a. Unforgivable, in 1 top list Check
  45. 1094 new

    Shekarchi

    2010 — a.k.a. The Hunter, in 1 top list Check
  46. 1104 new

    Le quattro volte

    2010 — a.k.a. The Four Times, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 1076 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 1109 new

    Hannah Arendt

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  49. 1089 new

    Lowlands

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  50. 1087 new

    Les herbes folles

    2009 — a.k.a. Wild Grass, in 4 top lists Check
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