Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: All Sections (2011)

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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 6 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. Videos
VI. Video Installations (this section can't be added to iCM because IMDb doesn't list video installations)

This list combines the first 5 sections into a single list. 5 of the films are included in 2 sections, but they are listed only once on this iCM list.

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  1. 473 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 370 new

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 431 new

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 432 new

    Paranormal Activity

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 468 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  6. 461 new

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 415 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 500 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 472 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 371 new

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 470 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 387 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  13. 416 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 342 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  15. 428 new

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 469 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  17. 397 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  18. 362 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 414 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 104 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  21. 320 new

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 430 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 358 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 252 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 453 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 401 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 491 new

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 175 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 40 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 242 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 459 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 487 new

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 406 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  34. 170 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  35. 412 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 398 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 255 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 489 new

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 413 new

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 273 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 400 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 13 new

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    1903, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 329 new

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 146 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  45. 411 new

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 213 new

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 426 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 425 new

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 608 new

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 384 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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