Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative 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. 51 +4

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 54 +4

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 90 +4

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 108 +4

    Die Mörder sind unter uns

    1946 — a.k.a. Murderers Among Us, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 113 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 121 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 133 +4

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 142 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  9. 183 +4

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 189 +5

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 215 +4

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 217 +4

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 323 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 336 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 29, 2012; source