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. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 60 -

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 87 -

    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 23 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  26. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

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