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. 16 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 53 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 18 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 52 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  6. 19 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 21 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 23 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 66 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 24 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 22 -

    El Cid

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  12. 141 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 51 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  14. 64 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 61 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 67 -

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 68 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 158 -2

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  19. 127 -

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 25 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 41 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  22. 69 -

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 113 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 57 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 56 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 122 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  27. 84 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 54 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  29. 139 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 13 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 137 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 97 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 15 -

    The Good Earth

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 80 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 126 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 17 -

    The Robe

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 59 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 131 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 70 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 38 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 93 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 142 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 130 -

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 115 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 100 -

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 114 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 82 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 11 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 123 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  50. 140 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
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