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. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 75 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  38. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  39. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 23 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  49. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

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