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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. 726 -

    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 810 -

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 456 -

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 1078 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 356 -

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 354 -

    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 224 -

    The Leopard Man

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 557 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 410 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 210 -

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 33 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 246 -

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 377 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 213 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 91 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 42 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 212 -

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 196 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 977 +7

    Hamlet

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 680 -

    Family Plot

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  24. 266 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 474 -

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 168 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 346 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  38. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  40. 1008 +7

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 494 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 542 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  47. 887 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 259 -

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 880 -

    Deep Cover

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 473 -

    Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse

    1960 — a.k.a. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, in 5 top lists Check
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