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. 290 -

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 84 +4

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 149 +4

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 217 +4

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 284 -

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 45 +4

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 42 +4

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 37 +6

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 332 -

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 223 +4

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 281 -

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 214 +4

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 242 +4

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 232 +4

    Cría cuervos

    1976 — a.k.a. Cría Cuervos, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 298 -

    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 262 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 74 +4

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 336 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 141 +4

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 186 +4

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    1965 — a.k.a. The Loves of a Blonde, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 231 +4

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 155 +4

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 199 +4

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 200 +4

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 107 +4

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 293 -

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 244 +4

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 225 +4

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 326 -

    Sånger från andra våningen

    2000 — a.k.a. Songs from the Second Floor, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 147 +4

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 280 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 104 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 7 -

    Le royaume des fées

    1903 — a.k.a. The Kingdom of the Fairies, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 184 +4

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 157 +4

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 90 +4

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 319 -

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 172 +4

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 38 +3

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 209 +4

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 167 +4

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 140 +4

    Le notti di Cabiria

    1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 241 +4

    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 309 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 195 +4

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 137 +4

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 8 -

    La lanterne magique

    1903 — a.k.a. The Magic Lantern, in 1 top list Check
  49. 19 -

    Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

    1902, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 10 -

    Annabelle Serpentine Dance

    1895, in 3 top lists Check
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