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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. 408 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 543 -

    Akai tenshi

    1966 — a.k.a. The Red Angel, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 254 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 138 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 365 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 772 -

    Broadway Danny Rose

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 397 -

    The Trouble with Harry

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 289 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 802 -

    Tanpopo

    1985 — a.k.a. Tampopo, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 825 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 756 -

    L'argent

    1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 668 -

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 230 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 246 -

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 892 -

    El patrullero

    1991 — a.k.a. Highway Patrolman, in 1 top list Check
  19. 538 -

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 725 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 569 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 583 -

    La femme infidèle

    1969 — a.k.a. The Unfaithful Wife, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 207 -

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 252 -

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 22 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 139 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 457 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 152 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 533 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 50 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 557 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 447 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 194 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  44. 1117 new

    Locke

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  45. 233 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 995 +7

    The Cat's Meow

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  48. 836 -

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 947 -

    Bulworth

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 902 -

    Dung che sai duk

    1994 — a.k.a. Ashes of Time, in 7 top lists Check
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