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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. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 457 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 482 -

    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 55 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 734 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 1008 +7

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 302 -

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 207 -

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  29. 421 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 447 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  32. 411 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  35. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  36. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 194 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  38. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 424 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  42. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 1107 new

    Bernie

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  48. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 679 -

    11 x 14

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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