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. 403 new

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 252 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 147 new

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 184 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 526 new

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 528 new

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 527 new

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 407 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 402 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 141 new

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 63 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 406 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  13. 557 new

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 525 new

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 91 new

    El compadre Mendoza

    1934 — a.k.a. Godfather Mendoza, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 342 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  17. 530 new

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 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
  19. 408 new

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 411 new

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 97 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 27 new

    His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and...

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  23. 276 new

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 416 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 415 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 122 new

    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 139 new

    Kanal

    1957, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 601 new

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 532 new

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 143 new

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 573 new

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 405 new

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 524 new

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 556 new

    Nicht löschbares Feuer

    1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 536 new

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 239 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 546 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 409 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 410 new

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 145 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 79 new

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 523 new

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 109 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 531 new

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 414 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 548 new

    La section Anderson

    1967 — a.k.a. The Anderson Platoon, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 584 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 517 new

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 180 new

    Szegénylegények

    1966 — a.k.a. The Round-Up, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 413 new

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
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