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. 4 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 22 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 40 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  6. 46 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 64 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 10 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 50 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 6 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 25 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 12 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 66 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 70 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 80 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 29 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 99 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 84 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 14 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 45 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 56 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  22. 86 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 24 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 52 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 21 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 87 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 51 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 18 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 79 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 92 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 85 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 1 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 15 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 72 -

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 16 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 41 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 48 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 23 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 17 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 3 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 32 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 53 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 44 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 34 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 63 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 54 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 81 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 60 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 77 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 88 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

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