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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. 5 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 6 -

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 7 -

    Juve contre Fantômas

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Man in Black, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 13 -

    L'enfant de Paris

    1913, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 8 -

    Le mort qui tue

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 11 -

    The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  7. 10 -

    Le faux magistrat

    1914 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The False Magistrate, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 15 -

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 18 -

    Judex

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 33 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 82 -

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 91 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 99 -

    Thunderbolt

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  14. 110 -

    Blonde Crazy

    1931 — a.k.a. Larceny Lane, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 118 -

    La nuit du carrefour

    1932 — a.k.a. Night at the Crossroads, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 135 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 137 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 136 -

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 153 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 164 -

    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 170 -

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 181 -

    You Only Live Once

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 183 -

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 188 -

    You and Me

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 1019 +7

    The Shanghai Gesture

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 253 -

    The Man I Love

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 274 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 263 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 265 -

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 267 -

    Quai des Orfèvres

    1947 — a.k.a. Jenny Lamour, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 271 -

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 276 -

    Moonrise

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 282 -

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 289 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 307 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 309 -

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 310 -

    The Sound of Fury

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 323 -

    The Tall Target

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 326 -

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 355 -

    99 River Street

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 346 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 356 -

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 362 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 377 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 381 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source