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. 18 new

    Life of an American Fireman

    1903, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 31 new

    The Battle of Elderbush Gulch

    1913, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 43 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 67 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  5. 98 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 131 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 215 new

    O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro

    1969 — a.k.a. Antonio das Mortes, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 221 new

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 262 new

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 272 new

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 284 new

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 318 new

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 371 new

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 391 new

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 414 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 463 new

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 465 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 469 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  19. 472 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 473 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 475 new

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 477 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 483 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 26, 2012; source