Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films (2012)
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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 5 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. Single-channel Video
According to the list source, this section is incomplete (i.e. they're planning to expand it in the future).
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La souriante Madame Beudet
1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check -
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Paris qui dort
1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le retour à la raison
1923 — a.k.a. Return to Reason, in 1 top list Check -
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Ballet mécanique
1924, in 7 top lists Check -
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Entr'acte
1924, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ménilmontant
1926, in 6 top lists Check -
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Anémic cinéma
1926, in 3 top lists Check -
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La coquille et le clergyman
1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check -
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Emak-Bakia
1927, in 2 top lists Check -
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La chute de la maison Usher
1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check -
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L'étoile de mer
1928 — a.k.a. The Starfish, in 2 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Meshes of the Afternoon
1943, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pacific 231
1949, in 1 top list Check -
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Images pour Debussy
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un chant d'amour
1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check -
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Adebar
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
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Schwechater
1958, in 3 top lists Check -
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Anticipation of the Night
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Movie
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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Window Water Baby Moving
1959, in 7 top lists Check -
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Prelude: Dog Star Man
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dog Star Man: Part I
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dog Star Man: Part II
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dog Star Man: Part III
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dog Star Man: Part IV
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Connection
1961, in 2 top lists Check -
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Flaming Creatures
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
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Scorpio Rising
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
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Film
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chelsea Girls
1966, in 6 top lists Check -
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Fuses
1967, in 4 top lists Check -
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Unsere Afrikareise
1966, in 3 top lists Check -
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Castro Street
1966, in 3 top lists Check -
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Wavelength
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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69
1968, in 1 top list Check -
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T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969, in 1 top list Check -
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Zorns Lemma
1970, in 5 top lists Check -
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Serene Velocity
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
1969, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972, in 5 top lists Check -
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'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis...
1974 — a.k.a. 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974), in 1 top list Check -
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Semiotics of the Kitchen
1975, in 0 top lists Check -
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Riddles of the Sphinx
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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One Way Boogie Woogie
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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De cierta manera
1977 — a.k.a. One Way or Another, in 3 top lists Check -
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Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Thriller
1979, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 15, 2012; source