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. 2 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 7 new

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 13 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 15 new

    Le carrosse d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 16 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 17 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 18 new

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 20 new

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 30 new

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  11. 31 new

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 35 new

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 41 new

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 44 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 49 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 53 new

    Der Tiger von Eschnapur

    1959 — a.k.a. Tiger of Bengal, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 57 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 58 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 66 new

    Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 72 new

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 82 new

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 84 new

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 96 new

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 102 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 104 new

    Liebelei

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 106 new

    Prima della rivoluzione

    1964 — a.k.a. Before the Revolution, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 107 new

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 109 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 118 new

    La ronde

    1950 — a.k.a. La Ronde, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 120 new

    Les dames du Bois de Boulogne

    1945 — a.k.a. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 124 new

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 125 new

    Erotikon

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 126 new

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 128 new

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 148 new

    Le jour se lève

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