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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. 725 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 824 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 487 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 536 -

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 928 -

    Irma Vep

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 717 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  7. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  8. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 615 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 854 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 450 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 902 -

    Dung che sai duk

    1994 — a.k.a. Ashes of Time, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 669 -

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 365 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 596 -

    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 520 -

    La peau douce

    1964 — a.k.a. The Soft Skin, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 474 -

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 1130 new

    Saul fia

    2015 — a.k.a. Son of Saul, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 632 -

    Roma

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 343 -

    Umberto D.

    1952, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 556 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 993 +7

    Waking Life

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 217 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 842 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 35 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 315 -

    Alice in Wonderland

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  32. 598 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 998 +7

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 40 -

    Three Ages

    1923, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 542 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 60 -

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 697 -

    Cet obscur objet du désir

    1977 — a.k.a. That Obscure Object of Desire, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 745 -

    White Dog

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 856 -

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 505 -

    The Nutty Professor

    1963, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 5 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 100 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 1100 new

    Copie conforme

    2010 — a.k.a. Certified Copy, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 524 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 97 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
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