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. 37 +6

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 346 -

    Carlos

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 344 -

    Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi

    2007 — a.k.a. United Red Army, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 153 +4

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 293 -

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 254 -

    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 329 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 273 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 282 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 201 +4

    Kôshikei

    1968 — a.k.a. Death by Hanging, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 238 +4

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 279 -

    Salaam Bombay!

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 226 +4

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 284 -

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 175 +4

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 151 +4

    Hanyo

    1960 — a.k.a. The Housemaid, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 129 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 214 +4

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 155 +4

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 211 +4

    O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro

    1969 — a.k.a. Antonio das Mortes, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 217 +4

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 82 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 146 +4

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 133 +4

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 215 +4

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 227 +4

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 95 +4

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 102 +4

    Le corbeau

    1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 84 +4

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 64 +4

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 144 +4

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  32. 248 -211

    Le mort qui tue

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 116 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 318 -

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 114 +4

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 89 +4

    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 147 +4

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 250 -211

    Le faux magistrat

    1914 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The False Magistrate, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 210 +4

    Yawar Mallku

    1969 — a.k.a. Blood of the Condor, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 247 -211

    Juve contre Fantômas

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Man in Black, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 35 -

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 30 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 25 -

    The Lonely Villa

    1909, in 1 top list Check
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