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. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  7. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  32. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  33. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 43 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  38. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 64 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
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