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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. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 779 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 425 -

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 370 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 335 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  9. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 778 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 63 -

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 24 -

    Die Austernprinzessin

    1919 — a.k.a. The Oyster Princess, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 183 -

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 628 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 296 -

    Stromboli (Terra di Dio)

    1950 — a.k.a. Stromboli, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 252 -

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 274 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 409 -

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 421 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  27. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 203 -

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 368 -

    River of No Return

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  31. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 505 -

    The Nutty Professor

    1963, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 138 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 122 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 29 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 366 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 348 -

    Duck Amuck

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 517 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 44 -

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 390 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 1 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 50 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 1007 +7

    Down with Love

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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