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. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  11. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 22 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 71 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 95 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 53 -

    Some Came Running

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 85 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  40. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 77 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 68 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

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