The Times's 100 Best French Films

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The 100 best French Films as chosen by The Times(UK), chosen in groups of ten films: Modern Classics, Modern Cults, Dramas, Romances, Thrillers, Comedies, Nouvelle Vague, Landmarks, Shorts, and Icons.

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  1. 77 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 80 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 81 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 72 -

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 35 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 42 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 7 -

    Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel...

    1999 — a.k.a. Marcel Proust's Time Regained, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 24 -

    César

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 11 -

    Le grand bleu

    1988 — a.k.a. The Big Blue, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 104 +7

    La Reine Margot

    1994 — a.k.a. Queen Margot, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 27 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 23 -

    Fanny

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 43 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 9 -

    L'emploi du temps

    2001 — a.k.a. Time Out, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 25 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 51 -

    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 22 -

    Marius

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 18 -

    Demonlover

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 2 -

    Les nuits fauves

    1992 — a.k.a. Savage Nights, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 44 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 70 -

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 1 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 102 +7

    Jean de Florette

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 99 +7

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 28 -

    Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres

    1974 — a.k.a. Vincent, François, Paul and the Others, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 48 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 82 -

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 17 -

    Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien

    2000 — a.k.a. With a Friend Like Harry..., in 1 top list Check
  29. 52 -

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 60 -

    Les valseuses

    1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 53 -

    L'appartement

    1996 — a.k.a. The Apartment, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 54 -

    Sur mes lèvres

    2001 — a.k.a. Read My Lips, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 78 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 58 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 103 +7

    Manon des sources

    1986 — a.k.a. Manon of the Spring, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 5 -

    La vie rêvée des anges

    1998 — a.k.a. The Dreamlife of Angels, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 13 -

    La cité des enfants perdus

    1995 — a.k.a. The City of Lost Children, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 62 -

    Conte d'automne

    1998 — a.k.a. Autumn Tale, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 63 -

    Le goût des autres

    2000 — a.k.a. The Taste of Others, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 95 +7

    8 femmes

    2002 — a.k.a. 8 Women, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 34 -

    Comme une image

    2004 — a.k.a. Look at Me, in 1 top list Check
  43. 105 +7

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 71 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 55 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 3 -

    Les roseaux sauvages

    1994 — a.k.a. Wild Reeds, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 4 -

    Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 39 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 38 -

    Madame de...

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