Film Studies Association of Canada's Top 100 Films
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I humbly submit my latest attempt at making a "100 Best Films" list. I understand why most intelligent film scholars reject list-making and canon formation altogether. I do it mainly because I'm appalled at all of the lists I see in print. The AFI Best 100 American Films is, of course, the worst of the well-known examples because it was a totally corrupt exercise at promoting Hollywood (Major) studio films that were already available on video. It did nothing to help preserve and distribute worthy and lesser-known titles.
I also have problems in producing a list of only 100 films. The BFI idea of creating a repertory of 360 films for every (non-holi)day of the year is a great one, but unfortunately, theirs is much too heavily weighted towards Hollywood product -- over one third of the titles are American (139).
My own film studies formation (at Concordia and NYU) led me to see more American and French films than any other, and most people would agree that in the historical development of film style, they are the two key nations. But the Hollywood dominance of "best films" lists has become unacceptable. (And, I am sure that if FSAC were to do a compilation of their own members' choices, we would see a similar trend.) My list reflects a choice of films which, for me, represents the development of "Film as Art" whatever that might mean. I regret the exclusion of animated films÷I considered including one or two titles, but in the end decided it was best for me to stay away from a field I know very little about. I didn't deliberately exclude "entertainment" -- approximately a quarter of my list could classify here -- but this was not a major consideration.
Peter Rist
Concordia University
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Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple
1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check -
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2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle
1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ajantrik
1958 — a.k.a. Pathetic Fallacy, in 5 top lists Check -
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Anticipation of the Night
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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Aparajito
1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check -
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Apur Sansar
1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check -
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Awaara
1951 — a.k.a. The Tramp, in 6 top lists Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ballet mécanique
1924, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Blue Bird
1918, in 4 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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Csend és kiáltás
1968 — a.k.a. Silence and Cry, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dao ma zei
1986 — a.k.a. The Horse Thief, in 6 top lists Check -
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De cierta manera
1977 — a.k.a. One Way or Another, in 3 top lists Check -
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Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988, in 11 top lists Check -
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Do ma daan
1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Dung che sai duk
1994 — a.k.a. Ashes of Time, in 7 top lists Check -
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El Chacal de Nahueltoro
1969 — a.k.a. Jackal of Nahueltoro, in 2 top lists Check -
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Emitaï
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine
1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check -
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Fantômas contre Fantômas
1914 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le faux magistrat
1914 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The False Magistrate, in 9 top lists Check -
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Gion no shimai
1936 — a.k.a. Sisters of the Gion, in 5 top lists Check -
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Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hai zi wang
1987 — a.k.a. King of the Children, in 3 top lists Check -
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Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Herr Arnes pengar
1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check -
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La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Immigrant
1917, in 7 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 top lists Check -
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
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Juve contre Fantômas
1913 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Man in Black, in 9 top lists Check -
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Kameradschaft
1931 — a.k.a. Comradeship, in 4 top lists Check -
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Kharij
1982 — a.k.a. The Case Is Closed, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lancelot du Lac
1974 — a.k.a. Lancelot of the Lake, in 4 top lists Check -
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Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check -
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L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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LBJ
1968, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 5, 2012; source