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. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 60 -

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 84 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  36. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
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