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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. 1133 new

    Wake: Subic

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  2. 1131 new

    The Thoughts That Once We Had

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  3. 1129 new

    No Home Movie

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 1128 new

    I, Dalio

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  5. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 1118 new

    Ren zao kong jian

    2012 — a.k.a. Man Made Place, in 1 top list Check
  7. 1111 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 1108 new

    The Forgotten Space

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1103 new

    Nightfall

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  10. 1099 new

    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  11. 1091 new

    Chef-d'oeuvre ?

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  12. 1089 new

    Lowlands

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  13. 1086 new

    Helsinki, ikuisesti

    2008 — a.k.a. Helsinki, Forever, in 1 top list Check
  14. 1085 new

    Of Time and the City

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 1083 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 1081 new

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 1076 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 1073 +7

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 1068 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 1060 +7

    Citadel

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  21. 1053 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 1050 +7

    Ten Skies

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1049 +7

    Cha ma gu dao xi lie

    2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 1045 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 1041 +7

    Inventario balcanico

    2000 — a.k.a. Balkan Inventory, in 1 top list Check
  26. 1038 +7

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 1032 +7

    Ganjine-haye gohar

    1965 — a.k.a. The crown jewels of Iran, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1012 +7

    The Same River Twice

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  29. 1011 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 1009 +7

    Go Further

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  31. 991 +7

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 989 +7

    Il mio viaggio in Italia

    1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 975 +7

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 966 +7

    Public Housing

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 949 -

    Divorce Iranian Style

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 938 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 921 -

    Salam Cinema

    1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 918 -

    A Great Day in Harlem

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  39. 916 -

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  40. 912 -

    That's Entertainment! III

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  41. 908 -

    Le tombeau d'Alexandre

    1993 — a.k.a. The Last Bolshevik, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 905 -

    Dieu sait quoi

    1994 — a.k.a. God Only Knows, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 904 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 895 -

    Latcho Drom

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  45. 890 -

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 881 -

    The Famine Within

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  47. 870 -

    La cabale des oursins

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  48. 858 -

    Leben - BRD

    1990 — a.k.a. How to Live in the German Federal Republic, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 857 -

    Mashgh-e Shab

    1989 — a.k.a. Homework, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 852 -

    The Machine That Killed Bad People

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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