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Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951.

The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list.

This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.)

Other anomalies:
The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list.

A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994.

Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982.

1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit."

1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode.

1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list.

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  1. 15 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 18 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 20 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 59 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 67 -

    Les bonnes femmes

    1960 — a.k.a. The Good Time Girls, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 70 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 74 -

    Paris nous appartient

    1961 — a.k.a. Paris Belongs to Us, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 100 -

    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 113 -

    Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...

    1965 — a.k.a. Sandra, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 116 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 118 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 145 -

    Histoires extraordinaires

    1968 — a.k.a. Spirits of the Dead, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 151 -

    La mariée était en noir

    1968 — a.k.a. The Bride Wore Black, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 159 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 171 -

    Le pont du Nord

    1981 — a.k.a. Le Pont du Nord, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 232 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 246 -

    La bande des quatre

    1989 — a.k.a. The Gang of Four, in 1 top list Check
  19. 268 -

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 300 -

    J'ai pas sommeil

    1994 — a.k.a. I Can't Sleep, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 311 -

    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 320 -

    In the Mouth of Madness

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 334 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 341 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 345 -

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  26. 351 -

    Snake Eyes

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  27. 356 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 361 -

    True Crime

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  29. 376 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 392 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 395 -

    Gerry

    2002, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 396 -

    24

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  33. 400 -

    The Village

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 424 -

    Lady in the Water

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 429 -

    Paranoid Park

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 431 -

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 434 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 470 -

    Madeo

    2009 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 478 -

    Super 8

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 501 -

    P'tit Quinquin

    2014 — a.k.a. Li'l Quinquin, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 518 -

    Inherent Vice

    2014, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 534 -

    Twin Peaks

    2017, in 4 top lists Check
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