MICHEL CIMENT'S FAVOURITE FILMS

As chosen by the distinguished French critic in various selections over the years, from 1982, 5 for Sight & Sound and a John Kobal international poll in 1987. Latest top 10 for Sight & Sound 2022 first, in year order.

Picked most often:

5 Rules of the Game
4 Sunrise, Madame de
3 + 1 near miss (1982 extended list) Salvatore Giuliano
3 L’Atalante, Persona, Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu Monogatari
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2 Casanova, Singin in the Rain, The Travelling Players
1 + 1 near miss: 2001 A Space Odyssey

near misses 1982: The Wedding March, The Music Room, Wild River, Accident, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Puzzle of a Downfall Child, Leo the Last