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. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  12. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  33. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  45. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

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