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. 11 new

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 22 new

    A Romance of the Rail

    1903, in 1 top list Check
  3. 28 new

    The Lonedale Operator

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  4. 40 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 46 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 60 new

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 359 new

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 402 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 433 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 74 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 388 new

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 78 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 77 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 448 new

    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 81 new

    Sous les toits de Paris

    1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 87 new

    The Exile

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  17. 449 new

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 347 new

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 450 new

    Footlight Parade

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 348 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 92 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 435 new

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 451 new

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 350 new

    My Man Godfrey

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 452 new

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 351 new

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 361 new

    The Good Earth

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 436 new

    Stella Dallas

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 352 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 362 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 99 new

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 101 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 354 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 353 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 356 new

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 406 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  37. 405 new

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 440 new

    Now, Voyager

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 110 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 108 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 407 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 475 new

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 112 new

    Die Mörder sind unter uns

    1946 — a.k.a. Murderers Among Us, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 476 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 455 new

    Easter Parade

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  46. 442 new

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 477 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 114 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 696 new

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 119 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
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