Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films

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An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from mjf314).

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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. 25 -

    The Lonely Villa

    1909, in 1 top list Check
  2. 26 -

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 27 -

    His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and...

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  4. 28 -

    The Lonedale Operator

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  5. 29 -

    The New York Hat

    1912, in 1 top list Check
  6. 30 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 31 -

    The Battle of Elderbush Gulch

    1913, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 38 +3

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 42 +4

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 29, 2012; source