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. 1 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    My Man Godfrey

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 6 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 7 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 8 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 10 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  9. 12 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 13 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 15 -

    The Good Earth

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 16 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 24 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 42 -

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 56 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 59 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 60 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 62 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 87 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 89 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 90 -

    Stella Dallas

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 94 -

    Now, Voyager

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 96 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 98 -

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 99 -

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 100 -

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 102 -

    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 103 -

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 104 -

    Footlight Parade

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 105 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 106 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 109 -

    Easter Parade

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  35. 110 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 111 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 112 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 114 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 115 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 129 -

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 130 -

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 131 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
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