Cinemateca Portuguesa's Top 100 European Films

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The results of a 1994 poll of dozens of distinguished film critics and historians, who each picked their top 100 European films. Part of the book "100 dias 100 filmes".

We present here an extended version of that top 100, with all film selected by more than 10 voters.

Among the responses Cinemateca received, we can find those of Anti Alanen (Helsinki), João Bénard da Costa (Lisboa), Paolo Bertetto (Torino), Freddy Buache (Lausanne), André Chevallier (Lausanne), José Manuel Costa (Lisboa), Robert Daudelin (Montréal), Catherine Gautier (Madrid), Chris Horak (Rochester), Mathias Knop (Wiesbaden), Alain Marchand (Paris), Bernard Martinand (Paris), David Meeker (London), Ib Monty (Kobenhavn), Anne Morra (New York, MOMA), Dominique Païni (Paris), Enno Patalas (Munchen), José Maria Prado (Madrid) and Sergio Toffetti (Torino).

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  1. 74 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 39 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 46 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 40 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 3 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 42 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 33 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 52 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 13 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 160 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 1 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 14 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 6 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 57 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 38 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 55 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 79 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 88 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 34 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 61 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 28 new

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 8 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 2 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 21 new

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 90 new

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 102 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 12 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 58 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 109 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 71 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 24 new

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 75 new

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 146 new

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 101 new

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 16 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 49 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 4 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 22 new

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 131 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 159 new

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 59 new

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 142 new

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 143 new

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 65 new

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 26 new

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 5 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 68 new

    Le notti di Cabiria

    1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 29 new

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 86 new

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 17 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 16, 2012; source