Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque

As seen by COMPAQis

You are viewing compaqis's version of this list. You can view your version too.

Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque's icon

An official iCheckMovies list.

Favorited 247 times, disliked 1 time, added to 285 watchlists.

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.

Source

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque list in our new look?

Filter

  1. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  14. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  24. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  38. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  49. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 100 movies

Last updated on Dec 15, 2009; source