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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. 1 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 32 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 65 -

    Moana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 97 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 115 -

    Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)

    1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 124 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 186 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 187 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 286 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 318 -

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 342 -

    Les statues meurent aussi

    1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 390 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 412 -

    Toute la mémoire du monde

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 420 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 429 -

    Le chant du Styrène

    1958 — a.k.a. The Song of Styrene, in 1 top list Check
  17. 432 -

    India: Matri Bhumi

    1959, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 479 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 493 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 503 -

    Méditerranée

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 521 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 574 -

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 593 -

    Le cochon

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  24. 607 -

    Cuadecuc, vampir

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 621 -

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 622 -

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 656 -

    Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 676 -

    Welfare

    1975, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 681 -

    Ici et ailleurs

    1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 703 -

    Filming 'Othello'

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  34. 704 -

    France/tour/detour/deux/enfants

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  35. 707 -

    Genèse d'un repas

    1979 — a.k.a. Origins of a Meal, in 1 top list Check
  36. 720 -

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 728 -

    The Little Richard Story

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  38. 731 -

    The Metaphor

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  39. 742 -

    Trop tôt/Trop tard

    1981 — a.k.a. Too Early/Too Late, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 743 -

    Two Portraits

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  41. 749 -

    Yoman Sadeh

    1982 — a.k.a. Field Diary, in 1 top list Check
  42. 750 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 751 -

    Scénario du film 'Passion'

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  44. 755 -

    Les années 80

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  45. 758 -

    Hamshahri

    1983 — a.k.a. Fellow Citizen, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 764 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 767 -

    Unknown Chaplin

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  48. 785 -

    Mix-Up ou Meli-melo

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 795 -

    The Mexican Tapes: A Chronicle of Life Outside...

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source