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. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  47. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  50. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

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