Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque

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The top 100 most essential films of 78 French film directors, critics and industry executives. The list was compiled for and published in the French Cahiers du cinéma film magazine.

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  1. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  29. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  39. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  44. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  48. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  50. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
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