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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. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 517 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

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

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 939 -

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 138 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  11. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 762 -

    The King of Comedy

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  18. 1110 new

    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 35 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 424 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 761 -

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 79 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 996 +7

    *Corpus Callosum

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  28. 41 -

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 562 -

    Wavelength

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  33. 97 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 50 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
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    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 408 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 1015 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  40. 734 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 572 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 968 +7

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  44. 873 -

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 781 -

    Day of the Dead

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 1004 +7

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    11 x 14

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  50. 574 -

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
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