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. 1 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 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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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 7 new

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 9 new

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
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    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
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    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  14. 14 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 15 new

    Le carrosse d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 16 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 18 new

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 19 new

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
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    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
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    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 22 new

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 24 new

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 27 new

    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 29 new

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
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    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  31. 31 new

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
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    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 34 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
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    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
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    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 37 new

    Le plaisir

    1952 — a.k.a. Le Plaisir, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 38 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 39 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  40. 40 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
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    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 42 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 43 new

    Tristana

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 44 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 45 new

    Le mépris

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

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  47. 47 new

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 48 new

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 49 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 50 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
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