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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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 38 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Mulholland Dr.
2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
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Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check -
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La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
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Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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Johnny Guitar
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check
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