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. 6 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    Le royaume des fées

    1903 — a.k.a. Fairyland; or, the Kingdom of the Fairies, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. The Voyage Across the Impossible, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 14 new

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  5. 34 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 43 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 61 new

    L'inhumaine

    1924 — a.k.a. The Inhuman Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 64 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 67 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 102 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 125 new

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 131 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 224 new

    Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês

    1971 — a.k.a. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 226 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 355 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 357 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 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
  18. 364 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 366 new

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 367 new

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 368 new

    El Cid

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  22. 415 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 418 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 453 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  25. 465 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 469 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  27. 473 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 474 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 477 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 481 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 487 new

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 489 new

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 504 new

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 621 new

    Sweetgrass

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  35. 645 new

    Vynález zkázy

    1958 — a.k.a. Invention for Destruction, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 669 new

    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 679 new

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
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