Jean-François Magre

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1. Play Time | Jacques TATI | 1967
2. The Night of the Hunter | Charles LAUGHTON | 1955
3. La Maman et la Putain | Jean EUSTACHE | 1973
4. L'Atalante | Jean VIGO | 1934
5. The Seventh Seal | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1957
6. Man with a Movie Camera | Dziga VERTOV | 1929
7. Un Chien Andalou | Luis BUÑUEL | 1929
8. Breathless | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1960
9. The 400 Blows | François TRUFFAUT | 1959
10. Mirror | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1975
11. Ordet | Carl Th. DREYER | 1955
12. Aguirre, Wrath of God | Werner HERZOG | 1972
13. Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1979
14. 8½ | Federico FELLINI | 1963
15. L'Avventura | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1960
16. Rashomon | KUROSAWA Akira | 1950
17. Wild Strawberries | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1957
18. Tokyo Story | OZU Yasujirō | 1953
19. Sunset Blvd. | Billy WILDER | 1950
20. Vertigo | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1958
21. Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1965
22. La Règle du Jeu | Jean RENOIR | 1939
23. Beau Travail | Claire DENIS | 1999
24. Modern Times | Charles CHAPLIN | 1936
25. Intolerance | D.W. GRIFFITH | 1916
26. The Spirit of the Beehive | Víctor ERICE | 1973
27. Close-Up | Abbas KIAROSTAMI | 1990
28. Persona | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1966
29. La Dolce Vita | Federico FELLINI | 1960
30. L'Eclisse | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1962
31. Sherlock Jr. | Buster KEATON | 1924
32. Andrei Rublev | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1966
33. Stalker | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1979
34. Histoire(s) du Cinéma | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1998
35. North by Northwest | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1959
36. The General | Clyde BRUCKMAN & Buster KEATON | 1927
37. Citizen Kane | Orson WELLES | 1941
38. Greed | Erich VON STROHEIM | 1924
39. Imitation of Life | Douglas SIRK | 1959
40. Battleship Potemkin | Sergei EISENSTEIN | 1925
41. Seven Samurai | KUROSAWA Akira | 1954
42. Journey to Italy | Roberto ROSSELLINI | 1954
43. Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio DE SICA | 1948
44. Late Spring | OZU Yasujirō | 1949
45. The Leopard | Luchino VISCONTI | 1963
46. M | Fritz LANG | 1931
47. Madame de… | Max OPHÜLS | 1953
48. Gertrud | Carl Th. DREYER | 1964
49. A Matter of Life and Death | POWELL & PRESSBURGER | 1946
50. Partie de Campagne | Jean RENOIR | 1936
51. Le Mépris | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1963
52. 2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley KUBRICK | 1968
53. Nashville | Robert ALTMAN | 1975
54. A One and a Two | Edward YANG | 2000
55. The Passion of Joan of Arc | Carl Th. DREYER | 1928
56. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | POWELL & PRESSBURGER | 1943
57. Psycho | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1960
58. Raging Bull | Martin SCORSESE | 1980
59. Rear Window | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1954
60. Rio Bravo | Howard HAWKS | 1959
61. Sans Soleil | Chris MARKER | 1983
62. Casablanca | Michael CURTIZ | 1942
63. Sansho Dayu | MIZOGUCHI Kenji | 1954
64. Jeanne Dielman | Chantal AKERMAN | 1975
65. The Searchers | John FORD | 1956
66. The Colour of Pomegranates | Sergei PARAJANOV | 1968
67. Shoah | Claude LANZMANN | 1985
68. Metropolis | Fritz LANG | 1927
69. Taxi Driver | Martin SCORSESE | 1976
70. Au Hasard Balthazar | Robert BRESSON | 1966
71. A Brighter Summer Day | Edward YANG | 1991
72. Sátántangó | TARR Béla | 1994
73. Touch of Evil | Orson WELLES | 1958
74. Pickpocket | Robert BRESSON | 1959
75. Blue Velvet | David LYNCH | 1986
76. Touki-Bouki | Djibril DIOP MAMBÉTY | 1973
77. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | F.W. MURNAU | 1927
78. The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson WELLES | 1942
79. The Godfather | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1972
80. The Godfather: Part II | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1974
81. A Man Escaped | Robert BRESSON | 1956
82. Ugetsu Monogatari | MIZOGUCHI Kenji | 1953
83. La Grande Illusion | Jean RENOIR | 1937
84. La Jetée | Chris MARKER | 1962
85. In the Mood for Love | WONG Kar-wai | 2000
86. The Wild Bunch | Sam PECKINPAH | 1969
87. Mulholland Dr. | David LYNCH | 2001
88. Fanny & Alexander | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1982
89. Singin' in the Rain | Stanley DONEN & Gene KELLY | 1952
90. Some Like It Hot | Billy WILDER | 1959
91. City Lights | Charles CHAPLIN | 1931
92. Once upon a Time in the West | Sergio LEONE | 1968
93. Chinatown | Roman POLANSKI | 1974
94. Pather Panchali | Satyajit RAY | 1955
95. Barry Lyndon | Stanley KUBRICK | 1975
96. Les Enfants du Paradis | Marcel CARNÉ | 1945
97. The Third Man | Carol REED | 1949
98. Blade Runner | Ridley SCOTT | 1982
99. Lawrence of Arabia | David LEAN | 1962
100. The Battle of Algiers | Gillo PONTECORVO | 1966

Alternative 100

1. The Belly of an Architect | Peter GREENAWAY | 1987
2. Oedipus Rex | Pier Paolo PASOLINI | 1967
3. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John CASSAVETES | 1976
4. Freeze Die Come to Life | Vitali KANEVSKY | 1989
5. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo PASOLINI | 1975
6. Entr'acte | René CLAIR | 1924
7. Zéro de Conduite | Jean VIGO | 1933
8. Vampyr | Carl Th. DREYER | 1932
9. Has the Film Already Started? | Maurice LEMAÎTRE | 1951
10. Diary of a Country Priest | Robert BRESSON | 1951
11. THX-1138 | George LUCAS | 1971
12. Charlie Bubbles | Albert FINNEY | 1967
13. Shoot the Pianist | François TRUFFAUT | 1960
14. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Sam PECKINPAH | 1974
15. Buffet Froid | Bertrand BLIER | 1979
16. Sous le Soleil de Satan | Maurice PIALAT | 1987
17. The Mystery of Picasso | Henri-Georges CLOUZOT | 1956
18. Under the Volcano | John HUSTON | 1984
19. Masculine-Feminine | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1966
20. My Night with Maud | Eric ROHMER | 1969
21. Bariera | Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI | 1966
22. Deep End | Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI | 1971
23. The King of Escape | Alain GUIRAUDIE | 2009
24. Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley KUBRICK | 1999
25. INLAND EMPIRE | David LYNCH | 2006
26. Take Care of My Cat | JEONG Jae-eun | 2001
27. Mouchette | Robert BRESSON | 1967
28. Dog Star Man | Stan BRAKHAGE | 1962-1964
29. The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas KIAROSTAMI | 1999
30. The Red Desert | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1964
31. Night and Fog | Alain RESNAIS | 1955
32. A Tale of the Wind | Joris IVENS | 1988
33. The Wind | Victor SJÖSTRÖM | 1928
34. Hunger | Steve MCQUEEN | 2008
35. Last Summer | Robert GUÉDIGUIAN | 1981
36. Les Maîtres Fous | Jean ROUCH | 1955
37. Farrebique | Georges ROUQUIER | 1946
38. The Match Factory Girl | Aki KAURISMÄKI | 1990
39. Black Moon | Louis MALLE | 1975
40. Toby Dammit | Federico FELLINI | 1968
41. Juliet of the Spirits | Federico FELLINI | 1965
42. La Notte | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1961
43. Francis, God's Jester | Roberto ROSSELLINI | 1950
44. Hallelujah the Hills | Adolfas MEKAS | 1963
45. King Kong | M.C. COOPER & E.B. SCHOEDSACK | 1933
46. Repulsion | Roman POLANSKI | 1965
47. Palombella Rossa | Nanni MORETTI | 1989
48. Last Year in Marienbad | Alain RESNAIS | 1961
49. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour | Alain RESNAIS | 1963
50. Cleo from 5-7 | Agnès VARDA | 1962
51. Du Côté d'Orouët | Jacques ROZIER | 1973
52. Le Filmeur | Alain CAVALIER | 2005
53. The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short | André DELVAUX | 1966
54. The Exterminating Angel | Luis BUÑUEL | 1962
55. Theorem | Pier Paolo PASOLINI | 1968
56. The Night of San Lorenzo | TAVIANI Brothers | 1982
57. Few of Us | Sharunas BARTAS | 1996
58. Naked Youth | ŌSHIMA Nagisa | 1960
59. Manon des Sources | Marcel PAGNOL | 1953
60. Crésus | Jean GIONO | 1960
61. The Pianist | Roman POLANSKI | 2002
62. Manhunter | Michael MANN | 1986
63. Husbands | John CASSAVETES | 1970
64. The Birch Wood | Andrzej WAJDA | 1970
65. Folle Embellie | Dominique CABRERA | 2004
66. Touched in the Head | Jacques DOILLON | 1974
67. Archangel | Guy MADDIN | 1990
68. Hour of the Wolf | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1968
69. Le Grand Amour | Pierre ÉTAIX | 1969
70. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | M. GONDRY | 2004
71. Wrong Move | Wim WENDERS | 1975
72. Profils Paysans | Raymond DEPARDON | 2000-2008
73. Pulse | KUROSAWA Kiyoshi | 2001
74. Genealogies of a Crime | Raúl RUIZ | 1997
75. A Woman Under the Influence | John CASSAVETES | 1974
76. Through the Olive Trees | Abbas KIAROSTAMI | 1994
77. And Life Goes On... | Abbas KIAROSTAMI | 1991
78. Chasing Butterflies | Otar IOSSELLIANI | 1992
79. Double Messieurs | Jean-François STÉVENIN | 1986
80. The Red Shoes | POWELL & PRESSBURGER | 1948
81. Les Passagers | Jean-Claude GUIGUET | 1999
82. The Time That Remains | Elia SULEIMAN | 2009
83. Maine-Océan | Jacques ROZIER | 1986
84. Gloria | John CASSAVETES | 1980
85. Shadows | John CASSAVETES | 1959
86. Jour de Fête | Jacques TATI | 1949
87. Mon Oncle | Jacques TATI | 1958
88. A Summer's Tale | Eric ROHMER | 1996
89. The Big Sleep | Howard HAWKS | 1946
90. Double Indemnity | Billy WILDER | 1944
91. The Working Class Goes to Heaven | Elio PETRI | 1971
92. The Shining | Stanley KUBRICK | 1980
93. Even Dwarfs Started Small | Werner HERZOG | 1970
94. Fists in the Pocket | Marco BELLOCCHIO | 1965
95. The Wheelchair | Marco FERRERI | 1960
96. Dillinger Is Dead | Marco FERRERI | 1969
97. A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter GREENAWAY | 1985
98. The Draughtsman's Contract | Peter GREENAWAY | 1982
99. Persepolis | Vincent PARONNAUD & Marjane SATRAPI | 2007
100. Freaks | Tod BROWNING | 1932