Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Hollywood Genres (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

The "Hollywood Genres" section is divided into subsections:
1-12: Comedies
13-25: Epics
26-41: Film Noir
42-55: Gangster Films
56-70: Historical and War Films
71-86: Horror Films
87-101: Melodramas
102-115: Musicals
116-127: Science Fiction Films
128-143: Westerns
144-159: Independent Cinema

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  1. 127 -

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 24 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 86 -

    Paranormal Activity

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 122 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  6. 115 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 69 -

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 159 -2

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 126 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 25 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 124 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 41 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  13. 70 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 82 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 123 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  16. 51 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  17. 16 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 68 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 84 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 12 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 107 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  22. 55 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 147 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 113 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 141 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 60 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 66 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 52 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  29. 143 -

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 67 -

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 54 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 65 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 80 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 79 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 38 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 20 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 83 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 142 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 110 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  40. 135 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 6 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 53 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 156 -2

    Gummo

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 78 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  45. 125 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 77 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 11 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 81 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 72 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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