Cinemateca Portuguesa's Top 100 European Films

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The results of a 1994 poll of dozens of distinguished film critics and historians, who each picked their top 100 European films. Part of the book "100 dias 100 filmes".

We present here an extended version of that top 100, with all film selected by more than 10 voters.

Among the responses Cinemateca received, we can find those of Anti Alanen (Helsinki), João Bénard da Costa (Lisboa), Paolo Bertetto (Torino), Freddy Buache (Lausanne), André Chevallier (Lausanne), José Manuel Costa (Lisboa), Robert Daudelin (Montréal), Catherine Gautier (Madrid), Chris Horak (Rochester), Mathias Knop (Wiesbaden), Alain Marchand (Paris), Bernard Martinand (Paris), David Meeker (London), Ib Monty (Kobenhavn), Anne Morra (New York, MOMA), Dominique Païni (Paris), Enno Patalas (Munchen), José Maria Prado (Madrid) and Sergio Toffetti (Torino).

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  1. 12 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 14 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 33 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 59 new

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 64 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 73 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 85 new

    Pasazerka

    1963 — a.k.a. Passenger, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 93 new

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 123 new

    Okraina

    1933 — a.k.a. Outskirts, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 124 new

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 136 new

    Szegénylegények

    1966 — a.k.a. The Round-Up, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 150 new

    Les carabiniers

    1963 — a.k.a. The Soldiers, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 16, 2012; source