Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction 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. 74 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 30 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 52 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 24 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 83 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 102 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 79 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 97 +7

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 99 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 50 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 118 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 3 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 18 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 51 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 55 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 80 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 49 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 32 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 23 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 98 +7

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 42 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 104 +7

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 5 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 34 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 66 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 105 +7

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 62 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 89 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 81 -

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 44 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 36 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 111 +7

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 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
  44. 116 +7

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 117 +7

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 2 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 94 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 13 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 109 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
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