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. 13 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 56 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 87 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 102 -

    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 57 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 71 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 43 -

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 88 -

    Blonde Venus

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 103 -

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 45 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 1 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 104 -

    Footlight Parade

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 72 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 14 -

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 2 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 89 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 73 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 3 -

    A Night at the Opera

    1935, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 105 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 4 -

    My Man Godfrey

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 106 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 5 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    The Good Earth

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 91 -

    Stage Door

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 90 -

    Stella Dallas

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 46 -

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 6 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 16 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 47 -

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 128 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 107 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  34. 58 -

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 92 -

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 8 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 93 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 10 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 9 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 60 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  43. 74 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 59 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 94 -

    Now, Voyager

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 75 -

    The Seventh Victim

    1943, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 27 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 28 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 108 -

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
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    Phantom Lady

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
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