Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists

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Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951.

The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list.

This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.)

Other anomalies:
The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list.

A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994.

Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982.

1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit."

1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode.

1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list.

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  1. 10 -

    Francesco, giullare di Dio

    1950 — a.k.a. The Flowers of St. Francis, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 14 -

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 53 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 54 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 120 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 128 -

    La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV

    1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 142 -

    Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

    1968 — a.k.a. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 153 -

    Francisca

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 161 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 172 -

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 222 -

    Intervista

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  12. 224 -

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 238 -

    Bird

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 259 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  15. 266 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 280 -

    Les nuits fauves

    1992 — a.k.a. Savage Nights, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 299 -

    Caro diario

    1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 306 -

    Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles

    1994 — a.k.a. Joan the Maid 1.: The Battles, in 1 top list Check
  19. 307 -

    Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons

    1994 — a.k.a. Joan the Maid 2.: The Prisons, in 1 top list Check
  20. 318 -

    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 323 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 363 -

    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 368 -

    Man on the Moon

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  24. 407 -

    Last Days

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 416 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 425 -

    Capote

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 428 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 446 -

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 448 -

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 452 -

    Vincere

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 468 -

    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 496 -

    Lincoln

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 505 -

    Kaze tachinu

    2013 — a.k.a. The Wind Rises, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 542 -

    Jackie

    2016, in 2 top lists Check
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