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The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Top French Films

This chronological listing was posted on the French Ministry of Foreign Affair’s website c. 2000.

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1.
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 Poil de carotte (1925)
by Julien Duvivier
  
2. A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
  
3. L' Atalante
by Jean Vigo
  
4.
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 Pension Mimosas (1935)
by Jacques Feyder
  
5.
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 Toni (1935)
by Jean Renoir
  
6. A Day in the Country (Partie de campagne) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
by Jean Renoir
  
7.
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 Le roman d'un tricheur (The Story of a Cheat) (1936)
by Sacha Guitry
  
8.
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 Regain (Harvest) (1937)
by Marcel Pagnol
  
9. Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
  
10. Daybreak
by Marcel Carné
  
11.
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 L'assassinat du Père Noël (The Killing of Santa Claus) (1941)
by Christian-Jaque
  
12.
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 Douce/Love Story
by Claude Autant-Lara
  
13.
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 Le ciel est à vous
by Jean Grémillon
  
14. Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne - Criterion Collection
by Robert Bresson
  
15. Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
by Marcel Carné
  
16. La Bataille du Rail  
17. Beauty and The Beast - Criterion Collection (Restored Edition)  
18. Quai des Orfevres - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  
19. Orpheus (Original French) [Criterion Collection]
by Jean Cocteau
  
20. Casque d'Or - Criterion Collection
by Jacques Becker
  
21.
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 Le Plaisir/House of Pleasure (1951)
by Max Ophüls
  
22.
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 The Earrings of Madame de...
by Max Ophuls
  
23.
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 Rue de l'estrapade (1953)
by Jacques Beck
  
24. Mr. Hulot's Holiday - Criterion Collection  
25.
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 French Cancan - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
  
26. Grandes Manoeuvres
by René Clair
  
27. ...And God Created Woman - Criterion Collection  
28.
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 Pot-Bouille (1957)
by Julien Duvivier
  
29. Elevator to the Gallows / Ascenseur pour l'echafaud [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Louis Malle
  
30. Breathless  
31. Hiroshima Mon Amour - Criterion Collection
by Alain Resnais
  
32. Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection
by François Truffaut
  
33. Cleo From 5 to 7 - Criterion Collection
by Agnès Varda
  
34. Les Tontons Flingueurs (Original French ONLY Version)
by Georges Lautner
  
35. The Fire Within (Le Feu follet) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Louis Malle
  
36. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg  
37. Pierrot Le Fou  
38. La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At) - PAL DVD
by Gerard Oury
  
39. Belle de Jour  
40. Le Samourai - Criterion Collection
by Jean-Pierre Melville
  
41.
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 Les choses de la vie (1969)
by Claude Sautet
  
42.
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 La Maman et la putain
by Jean Eustache
  
43.
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 India Song
by Marguerite Duras
  
44.
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 Monsieur Klein (1976)
by Joseph Losey
  
45.
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 La chambre verte
by François Truffaut
  
46. Buffet Froid
by Bertrand Blier
  
47.
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 Coup de tête (1979)
by Jean-Jacques Annaud
  
48.
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 Série noire (1980)
by Alain Corneau
  
49. Mon Oncle d'Amerique
by Alain Resnais
  
50.
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 Le Roi et l'Oiseau (Original French Version)
by Paul Grimault
  
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Created by sienel on Dec 16, 2006.