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. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 43 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  39. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  40. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  41. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  44. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  45. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  47. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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