The 100 Greatest Films From France (Belgium and Netherlands) - Dennis Grunes
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The 100 Greatest films from France by the great and underrated film critic, Dennis Grunes;
July 2009. Below you will find what I consider to be a a given moment on a given day the one hundred best films from France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland. Each film is given a 295-300-word entry. The first 15, a stab at my most favorites of these films, are given in order of preference ; the remaining 85, in chronological order—and in alphabetical order where there are multiple titles for a given year.
There are certain omissions. Obviously, films I haven’t seen or have forgotten seeing cannot be included. Also, films in Africa, such as those by Jean Rouch, as well as Jean-Louis Bertucelli’s Ramparts of Clay, have already been included in a previous list of mine, The 100 Greatest Films from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and are not included again here, for no other reason than to give other films a chance. You should also be forewarned that nothing or no filmmaker has been included for purely historical interest or importance. Cinéaste Olivier Stockman has reasonably suggested that Georges Méliès ought to be represented because, in addition to his “personality and vitality,” “his work created a vital link between the live show and the concept of cinema going as a legitimate form of entertainment/art.” Alas, the few films of Méliès that I have seen do not strike my fancy—although the one a bit of which is shown in Heddy Honigmann’s Forever (2006), a film included in this list, absolutely amazes me, and I describe it in my entry on Honigmann’s film. So, in a way, Méliès is included in the list below.
In any case, 100 is a hard number, and various inclusions and omissions are bound to disappoint. (Why is there nothing by Jacques Becker, Henri-Georges Clouzot or Albert Lamorisse?) However, I have done my best, and it is possible that a film possessing multiple nationalities is included in one of the other lists. Jon Jost’s Oui non (2002) posed a different problem, though. Officially, it is a film from Italy but was shot in Paris with everyone speaking French.
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check -
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Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...
1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check -
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Pickpocket
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
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Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
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Playtime
1967, in 19 top lists Check -
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Au hasard Balthazar
1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check -
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L'armée des ombres
1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check -
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Les parapluies de Cherbourg
1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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L'âge d'or
1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check -
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Pierrot le fou
1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ma nuit chez Maud
1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check -
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Journal d'un curé de campagne
1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check -
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La maman et la putain
1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check -
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Les vampires
1915, in 14 top lists Check -
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Week End
1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check -
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Les yeux sans visage
1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check -
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Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Madame de...
1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check -
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Partie de campagne
1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 top lists Check -
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Le jour se lève
1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check -
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Lola Montès
1955, in 12 top lists Check -
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Lola
1961, in 10 top lists Check -
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Mouchette
1967, in 10 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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Sans toit ni loi
1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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Le million
1931 — a.k.a. Le Million, in 8 top lists Check -
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Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check -
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Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
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J'accuse
1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check -
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Masculin féminin
1966 — a.k.a. Masculine-Feminine, in 7 top lists Check -
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Paris nous appartient
1961 — a.k.a. Paris Belongs to Us, in 7 top lists Check -
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Regen
1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check -
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Éloge de l'amour
2001 — a.k.a. In Praise of Love, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ménilmontant
1926, in 6 top lists Check -
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La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check
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