Toronto Inter'l Film Festival's The Essential 100

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"This list represents the merging of one 100 film list as determined by an expert panel of TIFF curators with one 100 film list as determined by TIFF stakeholders."

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  1. 55 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 24 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 22 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  4. 6 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 87 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 81 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 70 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 60 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 33 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 93 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  12. 34 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 71 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 94 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 100 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 40 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  18. 50 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 26 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  20. 46 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 3 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 77 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 12 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 76 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 64 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 15 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 86 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 44 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 84 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 88 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 38 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  32. 7 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 79 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  34. 28 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 51 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 78 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 30 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  38. 92 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 99 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 42 -

    Slumdog Millionaire

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 72 -

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  43. 41 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 56 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  45. 58 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 47 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 54 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
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    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 45 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 43 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
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