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. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  27. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 87 -

    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  36. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

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