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. 159 -2

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 158 -2

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  3. 157 -2

    George Washington

    2000, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 156 -2

    Gummo

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 155 new

    Smoke

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  6. 154 -1

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 153 -1

    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 152 -1

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 151 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 150 new

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 149 -

    Variety

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 148 -

    Angel City

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  13. 147 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 146 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 145 -

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 144 -

    The Exiles

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 143 -

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 142 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 141 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 140 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 139 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 138 -

    Ride Lonesome

    1959, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 137 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 136 -

    Forty Guns

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 135 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 134 -

    The Man from Laramie

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 133 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 132 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 131 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 130 -

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 129 -

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 128 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
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    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 125 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 124 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  37. 123 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  38. 122 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  39. 121 -

    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 119 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 118 -

    This Island Earth

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  43. 117 -

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 116 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 115 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 114 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 113 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 112 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 111 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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