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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. 447 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 842 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 1004 +7

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 409 -

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 1008 +7

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 1078 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 445 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 961 +7

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 793 -

    Down by Law

    1986, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 454 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 509 -

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 307 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 455 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 346 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 137 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 274 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 135 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 381 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 652 -

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 508 -

    Le procès

    1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 557 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 474 -

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 136 -

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 263 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 356 -

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 289 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 377 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 856 -

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 869 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 170 -

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 1107 new

    Bernie

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  46. 33 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 456 -

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 962 +7

    Seul contre tous

    1998 — a.k.a. I Stand Alone, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 426 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 265 -

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
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