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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. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 851 -

    Sweetie

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 316 -

    Bellissima

    1951 — a.k.a. Beautiful, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 36 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 520 -

    La peau douce

    1964 — a.k.a. The Soft Skin, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 1022 +7

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 723 -

    Wise Blood

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 6 -

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 190 -

    Love Affair

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 193 -

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 1112 new

    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 671 -

    Mikey and Nicky

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 1096 new

    Shi

    2010 — a.k.a. Poetry, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 820 -

    Yeelen

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 1100 new

    Copie conforme

    2010 — a.k.a. Certified Copy, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 25 -

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 726 -

    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 89 -

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 388 -

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 4 -

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 920 -

    Safe

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 866 -

    Ruan Ling Yu

    1991 — a.k.a. Center Stage, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 62 -

    Po zakonu

    1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 394 -

    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 910 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 790 -

    Tóngnián wangshì

    1985 — a.k.a. A Time to Live, a Time to Die, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 182 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 825 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 967 +7

    Rosetta

    1999, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 958 +7

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 1071 +7

    Milyang

    2007 — a.k.a. Secret Sunshine, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 34 -

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 1067 +7

    San xia hao ren

    2006 — a.k.a. Still Life, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 271 -

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 382 -

    La signora senza camelie

    1953 — a.k.a. The Lady Without Camelias, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 732 -

    Mon oncle d'Amérique

    1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 928 -

    Irma Vep

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 73 -

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  40. 66 -

    Mat

    1926 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 108 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 433 -

    Man of the West

    1958, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 47 -

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 577 -

    Teorema

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 181 -

    You Only Live Once

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 449 -

    Ohayô

    1959 — a.k.a. Good Morning, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 868 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 669 -

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 1018 +7

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 756 -

    L'argent

    1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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