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. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 83 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 100 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 69 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  23. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 43 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  30. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  32. 54 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  35. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 28 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 52 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  45. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 8 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  47. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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