Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists
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The following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to 1980 and in 2003.[1]
1950s
1960s
1970s
- No lists for the 1970s.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[15] | ||||
| 1. | City Hall | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
| 2. | The Woman Who Ran | 도망친 여자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 3. | Uncut Gems | Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie | United States | |
| 4. | Malmkrog | Cristi Puiu | Romania | |
| 5. | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| 6. | Hotel by the River | 강변 호텔 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 7. | Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains | 春江水暖 | Gu Xiaogang | China |
| 8. | The Salt of Tears | Le Sel des larmes | Philippe Garrel | France, Switzerland |
| 9. | Enormous | Sophie Letourneur | France | |
| 10. | The August Virgin | La virgen de agosto | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| 2021[16] | ||||
| 1. | First Cow | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| 2. | Annette | Leos Carax | France | |
| 3. | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia | |
| 4. | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 5. | France | Bruno Dumont | France | |
| 6. | The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | United States | |
| 7. | All Hands on Deck | À L'abordage | Guillaume Brac | France |
| 8. | The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland |
| 9. | The Card Counter | Paul Schrader | United States | |
| 10. | Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | France | |
| 2022[17] | ||||
| 1. | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | France, Spain, Germany, Portugal |
| 2. | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States, Canada | |
| 3. | Nope | Jordan Peele | United States | |
| 4. | EO | IO | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| 5. | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 6. | Saturn Bowling | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium | |
| 7. | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater | United States | |
| 8. | Introduction | 인트로덕션 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 9. | Nobody's Hero | Viens je t'emmène | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 10. | Who's Stopping Us | Quién lo impide | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| 2023[18][19] | ||||
| 1. | Trenque Lauquen | Laura Citarella | Argentina, Germany | |
| 2. | Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| 3. | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| 4. | The Fabelmans | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| 5. | Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| 6. | Unrest | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland | |
| 7. | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg |
| 8. | The Temple Woods Gang | Le Gang des bois du temple | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
| 9. | Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | |
| 10. | A Prince | Un prince | Pierre Creton | |
| Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt | United States | ||
| 2024[20][21] | ||||
| 1. | Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | France, Spain, Portugal |
| 2. | May December | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| 3. | In Water | 물안에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 4. | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States | |
| 5. | All We Imagine as Light | പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലം | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy |
| 6. | The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg |
| 7. | Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 8. | This Life of Mine | Ma vie ma gueule | Sophie Fillières | France |
| 9. | Trap | M. Night Shyamalan | United States | |
| 10. | The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Jonás Trueba | Spain, France |
| 2025[22] | ||||
| 1. | Afternoons of Solitude | Tardes de soledad | Albert Serra | Spain, Portugal, France |
| 2. | One Battle After Another | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States | |
| 3. | Yes! | כן! | Nadav Lapid | Israel, France, Germany, Cyprus, United Kingdom |
| 4. | The Secret Agent | O Agente Secreto | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands |
| 5. | I Only Rest in the Storm | O Riso e a Faca | Pedro Pinho | Portugal, Brazil, France, Romania |
| 6. | L'aventura | Sophie Letourneur | France | |
| 7. | 7 Walks with Mark Brown | 7 promenades avec Mark Brown | Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré | |
| 8. | Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France, United States | |
| 9. | Drifting Laurent | Laurent dans le vent | Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon | France |
| 10. | Miroirs No. 3 | Christian Petzold | Germany | |