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. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 48 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 79 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 25 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 27 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 44 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 3 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 73 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 9 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 80 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 14 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 10 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 36 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 94 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 67 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 46 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 24 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 57 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  37. 35 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  39. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  40. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  41. 89 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 12 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 66 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  44. 59 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 76 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 50 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 86 -

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
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