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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. 424 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 572 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 968 +7

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 980 +7

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 421 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 542 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 842 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 201 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 331 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 628 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 322 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 1005 +7

    Y tu mamá también

    2001, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 256 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 84 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 31 -

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source