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. 46 -

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 34 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 93 +7

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 73 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 105 +7

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 37 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 45 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 115 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 86 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 90 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 121 +7

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 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
  13. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 111 +7

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    The City

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 103 +7

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 81 -

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 49 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 88 -

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 52 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 92 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
    Check
  22. 97 +7

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 120 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 72 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 58 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 53 -

    Warrendale

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 56 -

    Nicht löschbares Feuer

    1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 39 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 43 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 48 -

    La section Anderson

    1967 — a.k.a. The Anderson Platoon, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 30 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 29 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 24 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 23 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 32 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 16 -

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 15 -

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 14 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 12 -

    Granton Trawler

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  46. 10 -

    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 11 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 6 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 4 -

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 35 -

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
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