41 French Films on William's Friday list

As I'm alluded to a few times over the past months, William and I have been watching a French film every Friday. This began with a conversation with his art and core French teacher, Ms Wilson, who told us that an important aspect of core French this year would be an appreciation of French culture. The combination of art and French culture quickly led me to ask her about the inclusion of French cinema in the curriculum, to which she admitted that most French films contain content which would not be appropriate for Grade 7 (at least, not according to the school board). Therefore, we began watching on our own and William would write a short report on each film. All of the films were viewed with subtitles on. In cases of silent films, they were watched in English. The point, as I said, was French culture, not to try to understand dialogue. Most of the films are from France but a few are from Quebec. Seventeen of them are in the Time Out online list of 100 best French films of all time as voted on by French film industry experts. One exception, "Babette's Feast" is not a French film but has a main character who is French and speaks in French for much of the film (I remembered the film so fondly that I picked it up from the library without even thinking about what language it was in until we sat down to watch it). I tried to ensure that he watch most of the important directors. Missing from the list is Luc Besson. Prior to beginning this tradition, William had watched his French films "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec" and his American film "The Fifth Element".
Today, this being the last week of the school year, William will be handing in the last of his reports. I hope for us to continue this weekly tradition but we might change it to "Foreign Film Friday" instead so that I can introduce other gems.
Here is his list, (Numbered ranking indicates film is on list of 100 best French Films.)

		Quebec?		100 best?
Jules et Jim	Francois Truffaut
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday	Jacques Tati			94
Hiroshima Mon Amour	Alain Renais			40
Rules of the Game	Jean Renoir			1
Diary of a Counry Priest	Robert Bresson
Le Crime est Notre Affaire	Pascal Thomas
Mon Oncle Antoine	Claude Jutra	Q
Amelie	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Trip to the Moon	Georges Melies			26
Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Erik Canuel	Q
Emile Cohl shorts	Emile Cohl
All the Boys are called Patrick	Jean-Luc Godard
Breathless	Jean-Luc Godard			34
City of Lost Children	Caro & Jeunet			76
Babette's Feast	Gabriel Axel
The Suitor	Pierre Etaix
Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot			14
L'Atalante	Jean Vigo			8
La Grande Seduction (Seducing Dr. Lewis)	Jean-Francois Pouliot	Q
400 Blows	Francois Truffaut			9
Asterix at the Olympic Games	Forestier & Langmann
Zazie dans le Metro	Luis Malle
Mon Oncle	Jacques Tati			16
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson			53
Shoot the Piano Player	Francois Truffaut
Beauty and the Beast	Jean Cocteau			10
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Luis Bunuel
Playtime	Jacques Tati			6
Yoyo	Pierre Etaix
As Long as You've Got Your Health	Pierre Etaix
le Grand Amour	Pierre Etaix
Land of Milk and Honey	Pierre Etaix
Trafic	Jacques Tati
Day for Night	Francois Truffaut			12
La Grande Illusion	Jean Renoir			15
Band of Outsiders	Jean-Luc Godard
Le Million	Rene Clair
The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet
Jour de Fete	Jacques Tati
La Jette	Chris Marker			33
Delicatessen	Caro & Jeunet			58