Time Out's The 100 Best French Films

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The 100 best French films according to a diversified professional jury, published in Timeout France.

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  1. 1 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 8 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  9. 10 +13

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 12 -1

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 13 -1

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 14 -1

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 15 -1

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 17 +44

    Un prophète

    2009 — a.k.a. A Prophet, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 18 -2

    Les valseuses

    1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 19 -2

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 20 -1

    Van Gogh

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 21 -3

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 22 -2

    Le rayon vert

    1986 — a.k.a. The Green Ray, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 24 -2

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 25 -1

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 26 +43

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 27 -2

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 29 -2

    Le corbeau

    1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 32 -3

    Le genou de Claire

    1970 — a.k.a. Claire's Knee, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 33 -3

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 34 -3

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 35 -3

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 36 -3

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

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 37 -3

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 39 +8

    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 41 -4

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 42 -4

    À nos amours

    1983 — a.k.a. À Nos Amours, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 43 +14

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 44 -5

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 45 -5

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 46 -5

    Mouchette

    1967, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 47 -5

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 48 -4

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 51 -6

    L'Enfance-Nue

    1968 — a.k.a. L'Enfance Nue, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 52 -3

    La peau douce

    1964 — a.k.a. The Soft Skin, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 53 -3

    Série noire

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 54 -3

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 55 -3

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 56 -3

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 57 -3

    Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)

    1996 — a.k.a. My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 63 -1

    Je t'aime, je t'aime

    1968, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 64 -1

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 65 -1

    Un conte de Noël

    2008 — a.k.a. A Christmas Tale, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 66 -1

    Loulou

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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