Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films
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This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria.
The list is divided into 5 sections:
I. Narrative Films
Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)
II. Non-Fiction Films
III. Animated Films
IV. Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films
V. Single-channel Video
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
238 +4
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
142 +4
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
100 +4
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
127 +4
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
202 +4
C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 29 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
67 +4
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
115 +4
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Eyes Wide Shut
1999, in 11 top lists Check -
166 +4
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
129 +4
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
116 +4
Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check -
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Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check -
91 +4
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
111 +4
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check -
146 +4
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Trois couleurs: Blanc
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check -
60 +4
The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
90 +4
The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
189 +5
Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
47 +4
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
110 +4
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
138 +4
Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check -
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Fa yeung nin wah
2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check -
70 +4
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
144 +4
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
121 +4
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
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Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Tree of Life
2011, in 13 top lists Check -
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Amores perros
2000, in 17 top lists Check -
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Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
63 +4
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 15 top lists Check -
222 +4
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
120 +4
Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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Paris, Texas
1984, in 21 top lists Check -
180 +4
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
131 +4
La strada
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
97 +4
La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
239 +4
All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 29, 2012; source