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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. 735 -

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 818 -

    Walker

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 885 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 1020 +7

    I Married a Witch

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 288 -

    Les enfants terribles

    1950 — a.k.a. The Terrible Children, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 260 -

    Germania anno zero

    1948 — a.k.a. Germany Year Zero, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  9. 502 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 170 -

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 740 -

    Pennies from Heaven

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  12. 598 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 212 -

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 341 -

    Son of Paleface

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 292 -

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 680 -

    Family Plot

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  18. 223 -

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 764 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 257 -

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 219 -

    Le ciel est à vous

    1944 — a.k.a. The Woman Who Dared, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 225 -

    Lumière d'été

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 215 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 1023 +7

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 311 -

    Stars in My Crown

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 398 -

    Wichita

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 408 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 325 -

    Lo sceicco bianco

    1952 — a.k.a. The White Sheik, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 974 +7

    George Washington

    2000, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 388 -

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 334 -

    The Lusty Men

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 761 -

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 509 -

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 396 -

    Shin Heike monogatari

    1955 — a.k.a. Taira Clan Saga, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 179 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 510 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 545 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 725 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 877 -

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  49. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source