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. 34 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 40 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 41 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 63 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 76 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  7. 79 new

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 80 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 98 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 107 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 128 new

    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 171 new

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 174 new

    Tini zabutykh predkiv

    1965 — a.k.a. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 177 new

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 192 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 195 new

    Uccellacci e uccellini

    1966 — a.k.a. The Hawks and the Sparrows, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 200 new

    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 226 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 239 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 243 new

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 246 new

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 256 new

    Die bleierne Zeit

    1981 — a.k.a. Marianne and Juliane, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 274 new

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 322 new

    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 332 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 344 new

    Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi

    2007 — a.k.a. United Red Army, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 360 new

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 362 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  29. 363 new

    The Robe

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 369 new

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 412 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 435 new

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 516 new

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 521 new

    Der ewige Jude

    1940 — a.k.a. The Eternal Jew, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 523 new

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 525 new

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 526 new

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 527 new

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 528 new

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 536 new

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 546 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 557 new

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 560 new

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 573 new

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 581 new

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 584 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 592 new

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 611 new

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 614 new

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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