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. 98 +7

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 106 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 79 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 63 -

    The Ax Fight

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  5. 68 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 69 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 70 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 3 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 100 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 109 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 114 +7

    Bright Leaves

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 90 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 38 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 4 -

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 5 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 39 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 61 -

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 20 -

    The City

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 96 +7

    Countdown

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  24. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 8 -

    La croisière jaune

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  26. 72 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 45 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 103 +7

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 67 -

    Deutschland im Herbst

    1978 — a.k.a. Germany in Autumn, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 95 +7

    Die Mauer

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  31. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 51 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 65 -

    The Drugstore

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  34. 77 -

    El hombre cuando es hombre

    1982 — a.k.a. A Man, When He Is a Man, in 1 top list Check
  35. 110 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 21 -

    Der ewige Jude

    1940 — a.k.a. The Eternal Jew, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 82 -

    Far from Poland

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  38. 30 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 112 +7

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 87 -

    Forest of Bliss

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 105 +7

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 74 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 108 +7

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 12 -

    Granton Trawler

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  45. 62 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 116 +7

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 86 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 66 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 91 -

    Une histoire de vent

    1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 92 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
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