ZHdK - Film History

ZHdK - Film History's icon

Created by VVKT.

Favorited 6 times, disliked 0 times, added to 0 watchlists.

This list is given to Film Students of the Zurich University of the Arts. For the Film-History exam, each student has to prepare one film of their choice for each Sub-Category

(01.03.2019)

1) Beginning of Cinema (1-10) (Every movie of this category has to be seen)

2) Silent Films and Beginning of Sound (11 - 42)

- American Silent Films (11-18)
- European SIlent FIlms (19-30)
- Soviet Films of the Revolution (31-35)
- Beginning of Sound (36-42)

3) Hollywood I - American Genre Cinema / Classic Narration (43-83)

- Western (43-45)
- Biopic (46-49)
- Romance/Melodrama (50-52)
- Crime/Gangster (53-55)
- Film Noir (56-60)
- Comedy (61-65)
- Musical (66-69)
- Horror (70-73)
- Epic (74-76)
- Authors in the Studio System (77-83)

4) European Cinema I - Early Realism in the European Cinema (84-105)

- Social Realism in Germany (84-89)
- Poetic Realism in France (90-97)
- Neorealism in Italy (98-105)

5) European Cinema II - Author Film, New types of Film Narration (106-140)

- Sweden (106-109)
- Italy (110-118)
- France (119-128)
- Great Britain (129-133)
- Federal Republic of Germany (134-140)

6) Hollywood II - Restoration (141-164)

- New Hollywood (141-152)
- High-Concept Film/ Blockbuster Cinema (153-164)

7) The East-European and Soviet Films during the Cold War (165-180)

- USSR (165-168)
- Poland (169-171)
- Czech Republic (172-176)
- DDR (177-180)

8) Cinema in Africa, Asia and Latin America (181-202)

- Africa (181-186)
- Latin America (187-194)
- Asia (195-202)

9) International Documentaries (203-237)

10) Avant-Garde Cinema / Experimental (238-255)

11) Film and Gender (Women's Film / Experimental Feminist Film / Queer FIlm) (256-271)

12) Postmodern Positions in FIlm (272-287)

13) Swiss Films (288-324)

- Fiction (288-305)
- Documentary (306-324)

14) Cinema in the 21st Century (325-393)

- Mainstream (325-339)
- Arthouse (340-363)
- International Documentaries of the 21st Century (364-373
- Swiss Fiction Films of the 21st Century (374-383)
- Swiss Documentaries of the 21st Century (384-393)

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the ZHdK - Film History list in our new look?

Filter

  1. 334 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 282 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 154 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  4. 360 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 287 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  6. 281 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 51 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 157 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 349 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 152 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 78 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 82 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  13. 77 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 156 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 160 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 159 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 326 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 352 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 50 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 343 new

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 341 new

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 68 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  23. 153 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 69 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 164 new

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  27. 345 new

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 348 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 335 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 40 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 286 new

    Magnolia

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 337 new

    The Avengers

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 115 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 57 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  35. 56 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 81 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 195 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 276 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 325 new

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 331 new

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 75 new

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 333 new

    Slumdog Millionaire

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 83 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 102 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 70 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 141 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 80 new

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 119 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 45 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 14 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 393 movies

Last updated on Mar 26, 2019;