Lists of Bests: The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Top French Films http://www.listsofbests.com/list/20895 This chronological listing was posted on the French Ministry of Foreign Affair's website c. 2000. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:44:32 GMT en-us 0 50 93 50 0 Poil de carotte (1925) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664021 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julien Duvivier</div> A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46355 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46355"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000067IY4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by René Clair</div> L' Atalante http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41747 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41747"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008OSD5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Vigo</div> Pension Mimosas (1935) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518401 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Feyder</div> Toni (1935) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620863 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> A Day in the Country (Partie de campagne) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2341830 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2341830"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JD7YLG.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Le roman d'un tricheur (The Story of a Cheat) (1936) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518403 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sacha Guitry</div> Regain (Harvest) (1937) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518405 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Pagnol</div> Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49207 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780020707.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Daybreak http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/458819 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/458819"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NFS0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> L'assassinat du Père Noël (The Killing of Santa Claus) (1941) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518406 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christian-Jaque</div> Douce/Love Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/611216 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Autant-Lara</div> Le ciel est à vous http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438339 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Grémillon</div> Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293122 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000087EY6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43945 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43945"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005T30I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> La Bataille du Rail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258208 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258208"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CEV3BO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133384478_.jpg" /></a></div> Beauty and The Beast - Criterion Collection (Restored Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/108778 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/108778"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007L4I6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Quai des Orfevres - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45528 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45528"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008RH15.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henri-Georges Clouzot</div> Orpheus (Original French) [Criterion Collection] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63169 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63169"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BF73YU.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Cocteau</div> Casque d'Or - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147193 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/147193"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5103XKVVZ7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Becker</div> Le Plaisir/House of Pleasure (1951) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2446110 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Ophüls</div> The Earrings of Madame de... http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/585674 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Max Ophuls</div> Rue de l'estrapade (1953) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518411 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Beck</div> Mr. Hulot's Holiday - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66050 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66050"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005A8TV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> French Cancan - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/348305 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Grandes Manoeuvres http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578875 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578875"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001IMD06.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by René Clair</div> ...And God Created Woman - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340487 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340487"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780023110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056486514_.jpg" /></a></div> Pot-Bouille (1957) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518415 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julien Duvivier</div> Elevator to the Gallows / Ascenseur pour l'echafaud [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/920931 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/920931"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FBYSBQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Malle</div> Breathless http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44808 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44808"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NC66.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Hiroshima Mon Amour - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45171 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45171"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000093NR0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain Resnais</div> Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45152 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45152"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i4-ZghKwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by François Truffaut</div> Cleo From 5 to 7 - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42389 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42389"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780023234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Agnès Varda</div> Les Tontons Flingueurs (Original French ONLY Version) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/277325 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/277325"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BGM0EW.01-A25UEPKZCB0F3D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Lautner</div> The Fire Within (Le Feu follet) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2056191 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2056191"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HKGSQ8.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Malle</div> The Umbrellas of Cherbourg http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45084 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45084"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EX8PEZ38L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Pierrot Le Fou http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/562651 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/562651"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005M0RY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At) - PAL DVD http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363092 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363092"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007MJHUK.01-A1PJJQ498DY7O1._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard Oury</div> Belle de Jour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKP9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Le Samourai - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60910 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AQKUG8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Pierre Melville</div> Les choses de la vie (1969) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518437 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Sautet</div> La Maman et la putain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1313068 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Eustache</div> India Song http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/564065 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marguerite Duras</div> Monsieur Klein (1976) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2472572 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Losey</div> La chambre verte http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/798404 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by François Truffaut</div> Buffet Froid http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124384 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124384"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305037221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bertrand Blier</div> Coup de tête (1979) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518442 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Jacques Annaud</div> Série noire (1980) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471989 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain Corneau</div> Mon Oncle d'Amerique http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67112 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67112"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004U1FB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain Resnais</div> Le Roi et l'Oiseau (Original French Version) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201502 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Grimault</div>