The Times 100 Best French Films
The well respected English newspaper, The Times, compiled a list of The 100 Best French Films, which no longer seems to be available on their website. Despite the title, this is designed to be more representative than definitive and on that front it seems to work, breaking films up into categories worthy of representation.
The Out of Range blog also reproduced the entire thing in a much easier to read version. Unfortunately it's not on their site any more either, but here's an archived version at the Wayback Machine.
They preserve the categorisation but I've just listed by original title.
The List
| # |
Title |
Year |
Director |
IMDb |
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Betty Blue |
1986 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
IMDb |
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Fat Girl |
2001 |
Catherine Breillat |
IMDb |
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To Our Loves |
1983 |
Maurice Pialat |
IMDb |
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Lovers on the Bridge |
1991 |
Leos Carax |
IMDb |
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Last Year in Marienbad |
1961 |
Alain Resnais |
IMDb |
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L' Appartement |
1996 |
Gilles Mimouni |
IMDb |
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Army of Shadows |
1969 |
Jean-Pierre Melville |
IMDb |
|
Arrival of a Train at the Station |
1896 |
Auguste & Louis Lumière |
IMDb |
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Elevator to the Gallows |
1958 |
Louis Malle |
IMDb |
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L' Atalante |
1934 |
Jean Vigo |
IMDb |
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Au revoir, les enfants |
1987 |
Louis Malle |
IMDb |
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The Red Balloon |
1956 |
Albert Lamorrise |
IMDb |
|
Band of Outsiders |
1964 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
IMDb |
|
Beau travail |
1999 |
Claire Denis |
IMDb |
|
Belle de jour |
1967 |
Luis Buñuel |
IMDb |
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Beauty and the Beast |
1946 |
Jean Cocteau |
IMDb |
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The Girls |
1960 |
Claude Chabrol |
IMDb |
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La cage aux folles |
1970 |
Claude Chabrol |
IMDb |
|
La Birds of a Feather |
1978 |
Edouard Molinaro |
IMDb |
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Real Cool Time |
2001 |
Alain Guiraudie |
IMDb |
|
Celine and Julie Go Boating |
1974 |
Jacques Rivette |
IMDb |
|
César |
1936 |
Marcel Pagnol |
IMDb |
|
The Sorrow and the Pity |
1969 |
Max Ophuls |
IMDb |
|
A Song of Love |
1950 |
Jean Genet |
IMDb |
|
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie |
1972 |
Luis Buñuel |
IMDb |
|
Un chien andalou |
1928 |
Luis Buñuel |
IMDb |
|
The City of Lost Children |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
IMDb |
|
Look at Me |
2004 |
Agnes Jaoui |
IMDb |
|
My Sex Life (Or How to Get Into an Argument) |
1996 |
Arnaud Desplechin |
IMDb |
|
Autumn Tale |
1998 |
Eric Rohmer |
IMDb |
|
Le corbeau |
1943 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
IMDb |
|
The Crime of Monsieur Lange |
1936 |
Jean Renoir |
IMDb |
|
Cyrano de Bergerac |
1990 |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
IMDb |
|
Delicatessen |
1991 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
IMDb |
|
The Young Girls of Rochefort |
1967 |
Jacques Demy |
IMDb |
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Demonlover |
2002 |
Olivier Assayas |
IMDb |
|
Les diaboliques |
1955 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
IMDb |
|
A Sunday in the Country |
1984 |
Bertrand Tavernier |
IMDb |
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The Dinner Game |
1998 |
Francis Veber |
IMDb |
|
Diva |
1981 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
IMDb |
|
Le doulos |
1962 |
Jean-Pierre Melville |
IMDb |
|
Bizarre, Bizarre |
1937 |
Marcel Carne |
IMDb |
|
Time Out |
2001 |
Laurent Cantet |
IMDb |
|
The Children of Paradise |
1945 |
Marcel Carne |
IMDb |
|
Entr'acte |
1924 |
Rene Clair |
IMDb |
|
Games of Love and Chance |
2003 |
Abdellatif Kechiche |
IMDb |
|
And God Created Woman |
1956 |
Roger Vadim |
IMDb |
|
Amelie |
2001 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
IMDb |
|
Fanny |
1932 |
Marc Allegret |
IMDb |
|
The Taste of Others |
2000 |
Agnès Jaoui |
IMDb |
|
The Big Blue |
1988 |
Luc Besson |
IMDb |
|
Grand Illusion |
1937 |
Jean Renoir |
IMDb |
|
La haine |
1995 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
IMDb |
|
Harry, He's Here to Help |
2000 |
Dominik Moll |
IMDb |
|
Hiroshima, mon amour |
1959 |
Alain Resnais |
IMDb |
|
History of Cinema |
1998 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
IMDb |
|
A Man and a Woman |
1966 |
Claude Lelouch |
IMDb |
|
8 Women |
2002 |
Francois Ozon |
IMDb |
|
Jean de Florette |
1986 |
Claude Berri |
IMDb |
|
La Jetée |
1962 |
Chris Marker |
IMDb |
|
Daybreak |
1939 |
Marcel Carne |
IMDb |
|
Jules and Jim |
1962 |
Francois Truffaut |
IMDb |
|
Leon: The Professional |
1994 |
Luc Besson |
IMDb |
|
My Wife is an Actress |
2001 |
Yvan Attal |
IMDb |
|
My Night with Maud |
1969 |
Eric Rohmer |
IMDb |
|
The Earrings of Madame de... |
1953 |
Max Ophüls |
IMDb |
|
The Mother and the Whore |
1973 |
Jean Eustache |
IMDb |
|
Manon des sources |
1986 |
Claude Berri |
IMDb |
|
Marius |
1931 |
Alexander Korda |
IMDb |
|
Le mépris |
1963 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
IMDb |
|
Napoleon |
1927 |
Abel Gance |
IMDb |
|
Nelly and Mr Arnaud |
1995 |
Claude Sautet |
IMDb |
|
Nikita |
1990 |
Luc Besson |
IMDb |
|
Night and Fog |
1955 |
Alain Resnais |
IMDb |
|
Savage Nights |
1992 |
Cyril Collard |
IMDb |
|
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
1964 |
Jacques Demy |
IMDb |
|
A Day in the Country |
1936 |
Jean Renoir |
IMDb |
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc |
1927 |
Carl Theodor Dreyer |
IMDb |
|
Pépé le Moko |
1937 |
Julien Duvivier |
IMDb |
|
Pickpocket |
1959 |
Robert Bresson |
IMDb |
|
Purple Noon |
1960 |
René Clément |
IMDb |
|
The 400 Blows |
1959 |
Francois Truffaut |
IMDb |
|
The Rules of the Game |
1939 |
Jean Renoir |
IMDb |
|
La Reine Margot |
1994 |
Patrice Chereau |
IMDb |
|
Wild Reeds |
1994 |
Andre Techine |
IMDb |
|
The Wages of Fear |
1953 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
IMDb |
|
Blood of the Beasts |
1949 |
Georges Franju |
IMDb |
|
Blood of a Poet |
1932 |
Jean Cocteau |
IMDb |
|
Sunless |
1983 |
Chris Marker |
IMDb |
|
Vagabond |
1985 |
Agnes Varda |
IMDb |
|
I Stand Alone |
1998 |
Gaspar Noe |
IMDb |
|
Read My Lips |
2001 |
Jacques Audiard |
IMDb |
|
Time Regained |
1999 |
Raoul Ruiz |
IMDb |
|
The Triplets of Belleville |
2003 |
Sylvain Chomet |
IMDb |
|
Three Colours: White |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
IMDb |
|
Three Colours: Blue |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
IMDb |
|
Three Colours: Red |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
IMDb |
|
Le Trou |
1960 |
Jacques Becker |
IMDb |
|
M Hulot's Holiday |
1951 |
Jacques Tati |
IMDb |
|
Making It |
1974 |
Bertrand Blier |
IMDb |
|
The Dreamlife of Angels |
1998 |
Erick Zonca |
IMDb |
|
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others |
1974 |
Claude Sautet |
IMDb |
|
Voyage to the Moon |
1902 |
Georges Melies |
IMDb |
|
Eyes Without a Face |
1959 |
Georges Franju |
IMDb |
|
Zero for Conduct |
1933 |
Jean Vigo |
IMDb |
|
