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. 51 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 41 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 27 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 11 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 77 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 52 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  7. 54 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 35 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 50 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 55 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 146 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 31 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 113 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 28 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 34 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 53 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 33 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 32 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 95 -

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 1 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 30 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 45 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 49 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 37 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 36 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 48 -

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 44 -

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 43 -

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 46 -

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 42 -

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 47 -

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 153 -1

    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 151 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 40 -

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 29 -

    Phantom Lady

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 27, 2012; source