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. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 33 -

    Madame de...

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

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  25. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  38. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  40. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  45. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  50. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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