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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. 938 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 493 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 799 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 1068 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 186 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 1111 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 764 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 97 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 912 -

    That's Entertainment! III

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  12. 1 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 390 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 1045 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 904 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 32 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 989 +7

    Il mio viaggio in Italia

    1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 574 -

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 755 -

    Les années 80

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  23. 846 -

    Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

    1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 870 -

    La cabale des oursins

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  25. 838 -

    Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les...

    1990 — a.k.a. Cézanne - Conversation with Joachim Gasquet, in 1 top list Check
  26. 1049 +7

    Cha ma gu dao xi lie

    2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 429 -

    Le chant du Styrène

    1958 — a.k.a. The Song of Styrene, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1091 new

    Chef-d'oeuvre ?

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  29. 479 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 991 +7

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 1060 +7

    Citadel

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  32. 593 -

    Le cochon

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  33. 607 -

    Cuadecuc, vampir

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 807 -

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 890 -

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 905 -

    Dieu sait quoi

    1994 — a.k.a. God Only Knows, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 949 -

    Divorce Iranian Style

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 656 -

    Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 115 -

    Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)

    1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 826 -

    Essai d'ouverture

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  41. 881 -

    The Famine Within

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  42. 703 -

    Filming 'Othello'

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  43. 1108 new

    The Forgotten Space

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  44. 704 -

    France/tour/detour/deux/enfants

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  45. 916 -

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  46. 1032 +7

    Ganjine-haye gohar

    1965 — a.k.a. The crown jewels of Iran, in 1 top list Check
  47. 707 -

    Genèse d'un repas

    1979 — a.k.a. Origins of a Meal, in 1 top list Check
  48. 975 +7

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 1009 +7

    Go Further

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  50. 827 -

    Golub

    1988, in 1 top list Check
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