Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque

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The top 100 most essential films of 78 French film directors, critics and industry executives. The list was compiled for and published in the French Cahiers du cinéma film magazine.

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  1. 43 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 46 -

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 87 -

    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

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

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  28. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  30. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
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    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
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    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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    Ivan Groznyy

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

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
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    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
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    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
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