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. 16 -

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 21 -

    Der ewige Jude

    1940 — a.k.a. The Eternal Jew, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 36 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 46 -

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 60 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 73 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 81 -

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 84 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 93 +7

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 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
  17. 115 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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