Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films (2012)

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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

According to the list source, this section is incomplete (i.e. they're planning to expand it in the future).

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  1. 1 -

    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check
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    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
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    Le retour à la raison

    1923 — a.k.a. Return to Reason, in 1 top list Check
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    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
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    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ménilmontant

    1926, in 6 top lists Check
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    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
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    La coquille et le clergyman

    1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check
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    Emak-Bakia

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
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    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
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    L'étoile de mer

    1928 — a.k.a. The Starfish, in 2 top lists Check
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    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
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    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 14 -

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 15 -

    Pacific 231

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  16. 17 -

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
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    Adebar

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 19 -

    Schwechater

    1958, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 20 -

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 21 -

    A Movie

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 22 -

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 23 -

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 24 -

    Dog Star Man: Part I

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 25 -

    Dog Star Man: Part II

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 26 -

    Dog Star Man: Part III

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 27 -

    Dog Star Man: Part IV

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 29 -

    Flaming Creatures

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 30 -

    Scorpio Rising

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 31 -

    Film

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 33 -

    Fuses

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 34 -

    Unsere Afrikareise

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 35 -

    Castro Street

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 36 -

    Wavelength

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 37 -

    69

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  36. 38 -

    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  37. 39 -

    Zorns Lemma

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 40 -

    Serene Velocity

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 41 -

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 42 -

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 43 -

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 47 -

    One Way Boogie Woogie

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  43. 48 -

    De cierta manera

    1977 — a.k.a. One Way or Another, in 3 top lists Check
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    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
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    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jan 15, 2012; source