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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. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 691 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  9. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 525 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 446 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 201 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 1088 new

    The Limits of Control

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  21. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 381 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 168 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 397 -

    The Trouble with Harry

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 810 -

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 507 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 445 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 213 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 953 +7

    New Rose Hotel

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 540 -

    Made in U.S.A

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 577 -

    Teorema

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 212 -

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 362 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 33 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 306 -

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 227 -

    The Seventh Victim

    1943, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 964 +7

    Los amantes del Círculo Polar

    1998 — a.k.a. Lovers of the Arctic Circle, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 684 -

    Obsession

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  40. 1022 +7

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 735 -

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 925 -

    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 196 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 319 -

    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 486 -

    Paris nous appartient

    1961 — a.k.a. Paris Belongs to Us, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 1095 new

    Mistérios de Lisboa - O Filme

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 672 -

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 760 -

    Hammett

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 1062 +7

    The Dead Girl

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  50. 473 -

    Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse

    1960 — a.k.a. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source