John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies

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"[T]his list [was] compiled in a book called John Kobal Presents The Top 100 Movies, published in 1988. [Kobal] polled 81 international critics/filmmakers, the more famous of which include Nestor Almendros, Lindsay Anderson, Penelope Gilliatt, Leonard Maltin, Tony Rayns, Andrew Sarris, Susan Sontag, and Bertand Tavernier. Kobal used the typical point system where he solicited top 10 lists with #1 getting 10 points, and #10 getting 1, with films on unranked lists getting 5.5."

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  1. 1 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 4 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 6 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 7 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 8 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 12 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 14 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 15 new

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  14. 16 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 24 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 25 new

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 26 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 27 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 28 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 29 new

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 33 new

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 34 new

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 35 new

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 36 new

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 37 new

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 39 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 42 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 43 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 45 new

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 46 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 48 new

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
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    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 52 new

    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
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    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 54 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 55 new

    Offret

    1986 — a.k.a. The Sacrifice, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 56 new

    Le notti di Cabiria

    1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 59 new

    East of Eden

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
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    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
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    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
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    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
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