Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists

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Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951.

The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list.

This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.)

Other anomalies:
The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list.

A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994.

Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982.

1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit."

1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode.

1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list.

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  1. 453 -

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 259 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 227 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 426 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 444 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 40 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 376 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 161 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 269 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 468 -

    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 353 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 8 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 276 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 323 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 356 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 354 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 101 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 272 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 42 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 195 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 434 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 232 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 457 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 204 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 5 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 454 -

    Gran Torino

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 184 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 56 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 132 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 267 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 104 -

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 58 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 370 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 409 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 57 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 64 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 318 -

    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 466 -

    A Serious Man

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 473 -

    The Tree of Life

    2011, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 268 -

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 159 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 194 -

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 23 -

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 17 -

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 334 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 301 -

    Carlito's Way

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 221 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 431 -

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 133 -

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 244 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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