Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction 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. 96 +7

    Countdown

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  2. 8 -

    La croisière jaune

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  3. 65 -

    The Drugstore

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  4. 82 -

    Far from Poland

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  5. 64 -

    Mädchen in Wittstock

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  6. 106 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 63 -

    The Ax Fight

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  8. 61 -

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 20 -

    The City

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 95 +7

    Die Mauer

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  11. 77 -

    El hombre cuando es hombre

    1982 — a.k.a. A Man, When He Is a Man, in 1 top list Check
  12. 86 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 48 -

    La section Anderson

    1967 — a.k.a. The Anderson Platoon, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 119 +7

    Staub

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  15. 93 +7

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 72 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 75 -

    The Wedding Camels

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  18. 76 -

    Lebensläufe

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 29 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 10 -

    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 73 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 37 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 114 +7

    Bright Leaves

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 45 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 12 -

    Granton Trawler

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  29. 21 -

    Der ewige Jude

    1940 — a.k.a. The Eternal Jew, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 107 +7

    Megacities

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 56 -

    Nicht löschbares Feuer

    1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 24 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 16 -

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 4 -

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 87 -

    Forest of Bliss

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 47 -

    Paris vu par...

    1965 — a.k.a. Six in Paris, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 43 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 11 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 38 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 23 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 100 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 67 -

    Deutschland im Herbst

    1978 — a.k.a. Germany in Autumn, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 49 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 59 -

    Hospital

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 35 -

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 122 +7

    Sweetgrass

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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