The 400 Blows (1959)

Les Quatre Cents Coups

Directed by François Truffaut · France

drama · crime

4.04Must-See #56composite canon score · ranked #56 of 6563 in our library · on 15 lists & awards

Score = weighted sum over every cited appearance below — methodology.

The 400 Blows (1959) poster
Cocinor · Public domain

Where it appears

Every appearance is a citable fact; the points column shows what each contributes to the composite score.

AppearanceSourcePoints
Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #33Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll0.590
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #50Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll0.529
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1959 #5Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 100.387
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1960 #5Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International)0.387
Sarris's annual top 10 1959 #2Sarris's annual top 100.316
Empire 500 (2008) #41Empire 500 (2008)0.278
TIME All-TIME 100TIME All-TIME 1000.263
Scorsese's 39 essential foreign filmsScorsese's 39 essential foreign films0.228
Letterboxd Top 250 #159Letterboxd Top 2500.205
Kurosawa's 100 favorite filmsKurosawa's 100 favorite films0.176
NYT Best 1,000 MoviesNYT Best 1,000 Movies0.167
Criterion Collection spine #5Criterion Collection0.162
Roger Ebert's Great MoviesRoger Ebert's Great Movies0.133
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite moviesEdgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies0.112
Rosenbaum's Essential CinemaRosenbaum's Essential Cinema0.112