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. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  3. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  7. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 75 -

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  28. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  38. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  44. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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