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. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 87 -

    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 75 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 60 -

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  34. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  44. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

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