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. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 75 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  16. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  19. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  20. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  22. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 43 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  28. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  30. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  31. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
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