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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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
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Mulholland Dr.
2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
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Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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Manhattan
1979, in 20 top lists Check -
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Rio Bravo
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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Hable con ella
2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check -
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Le mépris
1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Pierrot le fou
1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
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Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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An Affair to Remember
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Star Is Born
1954, in 13 top lists Check -
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Pickpocket
1959, in 20 top lists Check
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