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. 47 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 96 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  3. 70 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 21 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 37 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 18 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  7. 29 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 49 -

    Le roman d'un tricheur

    1936 — a.k.a. The Story of a Cheat, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 60 -

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 61 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 32 -

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 82 -

    Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 17 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 91 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 74 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 56 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 99 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 5 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 65 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 92 -

    Lola

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 87 -

    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 2 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 51 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 90 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 98 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 4 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  29. 97 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 39 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 42 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 30 -

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 93 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 16 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 34 -

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 45 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 6 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  39. 81 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 58 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 13 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 20 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  45. 15 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 72 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 7 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 78 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 33 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  50. 88 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
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