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. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 23 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  26. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  41. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 59 -

    La dolce vita

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

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  49. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

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