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. 207 +4

    Al-mummia

    1969 — a.k.a. The Mummy, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 98 +4

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 66 +4

    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 295 -

    Ju Dou

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 50 +4

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 217 +4

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 212 +4

    Lucía

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 215 +4

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 35 -

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 232 +4

    Cría cuervos

    1976 — a.k.a. Cría Cuervos, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 64 +4

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 176 +4

    Szegénylegények

    1966 — a.k.a. The Round-Up, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 208 +4

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 69 +4

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 228 +4

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 152 +4

    Matka Joanna od Aniolów

    1961 — a.k.a. Mother Joan of the Angels, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 315 -

    He liu

    1997 — a.k.a. The River, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 293 -

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 274 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 178 +4

    Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo...

    1965 — a.k.a. Not Reconciled, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 337 -

    Sud pralad

    2004 — a.k.a. Tropical Malady, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 280 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 133 +4

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 86 +4

    Christopher Strong

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 281 -

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 179 +4

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 299 -

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 151 +4

    Hanyo

    1960 — a.k.a. The Housemaid, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 159 +4

    The Exiles

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 223 +4

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 219 +4

    W.R. - Misterije organizma

    1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 341 -

    Juventude Em Marcha

    2006 — a.k.a. Colossal Youth, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 172 +4

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 236 +4

    Im Lauf der Zeit

    1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 201 +4

    Kôshikei

    1968 — a.k.a. Death by Hanging, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 317 -

    Hai shang hua

    1998 — a.k.a. Flowers of Shanghai, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 229 +4

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 89 +4

    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 210 +4

    Yawar Mallku

    1969 — a.k.a. Blood of the Condor, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 267 -

    Huang tu di

    1984 — a.k.a. Yellow Earth, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 94 +4

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 168 +4

    Vidas Secas

    1963 — a.k.a. Barren Lives, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 251 -

    Die Ehe der Maria Braun

    1979 — a.k.a. The Marriage of Maria Braun, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 303 -

    Caro diario

    1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 158 +4

    Hadaka no shima

    1960 — a.k.a. The Naked Island, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 49 +4

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 318 -

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 149 +4

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 137 +4

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 124 +4

    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
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