Time Out's The 100 Best French Films

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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 23 top lists Check -
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La maman et la putain
1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 13 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 20 top lists Check -
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Le mépris
1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 16 top lists Check -
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Pierrot le fou
1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 15 top lists Check -
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Les yeux sans visage
1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check -
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Playtime
1967, in 18 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 24 top lists Check -
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L'armée des ombres
1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 17 top lists Check -
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Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 11 top lists Check -
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 25 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 29 top lists Check -
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Mon oncle
1958 — a.k.a. Mon Oncle, in 16 top lists Check -
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Les valseuses
1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check -
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Au hasard Balthazar
1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 17 top lists Check -
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La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 17 top lists Check -
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Van Gogh
1991, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le rayon vert
1986 — a.k.a. Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Buffet froid
1979 — a.k.a. Buffet Froid, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 21 top lists Check -
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Cléo de 5 à 7
1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 14 top lists Check -
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Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 19 top lists Check -
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Belle de jour
1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 20 top lists Check -
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Le père Noël est une ordure
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Le corbeau
1943 — a.k.a. Le Corbeau, in 9 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 17 top lists Check -
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Le genou de Claire
1970 — a.k.a. Claire's Knee, in 7 top lists Check -
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La haine
1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 14 top lists Check -
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Beau travail
1999, in 15 top lists Check -
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 18 top lists Check -
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Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 10 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 27 top lists Check -
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Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 10 top lists Check -
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Les tontons flingueurs
1963 — a.k.a. Monsieur Gangster, in 1 top list Check -
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Lola Montès
1955, in 12 top lists Check -
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À nos amours
1983 — a.k.a. À Nos Amours, in 10 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima, My Love, in 16 top lists Check -
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Mouchette
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ma nuit chez Maud
1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 13 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 26 top lists Check -
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L'enfance nue
1968 — a.k.a. Naked Childhood, in 6 top lists Check -
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Plein soleil
1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check -
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Holy Motors
2012, in 8 top lists Check -
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Disneyland, mon vieux pays natal
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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La peau douce
1964 — a.k.a. The Soft Skin, in 4 top lists Check -
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Série noire
1979, in 3 top lists Check
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