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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  1. 127 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 183 +4

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 45 +4

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 49 +4

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 98 +4

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 59 +4

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 224 +4

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 9 -

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. An Impossible Voyage, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 262 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 231 +4

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 60 +4

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 136 +4

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 1 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 55 +4

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 67 +4

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 278 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 110 +4

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 115 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 63 +4

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  22. 155 +4

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 44 +4

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 47 +4

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 116 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 82 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 23 -

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 165 +4

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 290 -

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 111 +4

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 123 +4

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 252 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 318 -

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 320 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 245 +4

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 307 -

    Trois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 273 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 239 +4

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 284 -

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 90 +4

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 93 +4

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 6 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 129 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  44. 96 +4

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 342 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  46. 113 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 142 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  48. 238 +4

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 100 +4

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  50. 171 +4

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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