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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. 635 -

    Out 1: Spectre

    1972 — a.k.a. Out One, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 33 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 87 -

    Spione

    1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 42 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 887 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  11. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 494 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 726 -

    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 1105 new

    Road to Nowhere

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 680 -

    Family Plot

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  16. 196 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 456 -

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 969 +7

    Ruang talok 69

    1999 — a.k.a. 6ixtynin9, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 640 -

    Martha

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 74 -

    The Ring

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  22. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 977 +7

    Hamlet

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  28. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 880 -

    Deep Cover

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 259 -

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 210 -

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 473 -

    Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse

    1960 — a.k.a. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 810 -

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 246 -

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 410 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 672 -

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 212 -

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 684 -

    Obsession

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  39. 30 -

    Der müde Tod

    1921 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 266 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 1006 +7

    Talaye sorkh

    2003 — a.k.a. Crimson Gold, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 1075 new

    Five Graves to Cairo

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 309 -

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  47. 297 -

    Thieves' Highway

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  49. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 557 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
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