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"Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored." So ahead of his time was Vogel that the ideas that he penned some 30 years ago are still relevant today, and readily accessible in this classic volume. Accompanied by over 300 rare film stills, Film as a Subversive Art analyzes how aesthetic, sexual, and ideological subversives use one of the most powerful art forms of our day to exchange or manipulate our conscious and unconscious, demystify visual taboos, destroy dated cinematic forms, and undermine existing value systems and institutions."

This list contains all movies in the revised version from 2021.

Included in this list are movies:
1. with dedicated texts.
2. shown in movie stills.
3. mentioned otherwise as an example of subversive cinema in the context of the text it is mentioned in.

Excluded from this list are movies that are mentioned in any other way than an example of subversive cinema.

The movies are sorted by appearance in the book. Some movies appear multiple times. In that case, the preferred position is the dedicated text, then a movie still and lastly a mention.

The book is divided into parts:
Introduction (#1 - #20)
Part 1 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Form (#21 - #170)
Part 2 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Content (#171 - #355)
Part 3 - Weapons of Subversion: Forbidden Subjects of the Cinema (#356 - #572)
Part 4 - Towards a New Consciousness (#573 - #598)
#599 is the back cover.

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  1. 22 +493

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 32 +53

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 484 -346

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 440 -337

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 460 +28

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 521 -223

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 179 -137

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 218 +377

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 300 +48

    Memorias del subdesarrollo

    1968 — a.k.a. Memories of Underdevelopment, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 118 +418

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 459 -131

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 376 -70

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 52 +242

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 207 +259

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 422 -1

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 15 +429

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 122 +346

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 565 -286

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 557 -179

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 352 -201

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 206 -151

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 220 +134

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 525 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 92 +150

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 432 +74

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 364 +67

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 164 +255

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 2 +546

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  29. 357 +202

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  30. 232 -231

    ...a pátý jezdec je Strach

    1965 — a.k.a. ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 215 -213

    12-12-42

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  32. 17 +530

    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 360 -25

    6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  34. 293 +196

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 177 -16

    8 Flags for 99¢

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  36. 60 -57

    8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  37. 285 -255

    Acerca de un personaje que unos llaman San...

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  38. 479 -472

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 323 new

    Acupuncture Anaesthesia

    1972, in 1 top list
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  40. 51 +172

    Aguaespejo granadino

    1955 — a.k.a. Water-Mirror of Granada, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 104 -94

    Akran

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  42. 85 -74

    Aktion 540

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  43. 309 -297

    Aktion J

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  44. 472 -457

    All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 573 -557

    Allures

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 384 -57

    Les amants

    1958 — a.k.a. The Lovers, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 552 -365

    Anastenaria

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  48. 267 -246

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 547 -525

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 62 -39

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
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