Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films

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An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from mjf314).

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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

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  1. 192 +1

    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 90 +4

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 343 -

    4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

    2007 — a.k.a. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 166 +4

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 156 +4

    Accattone

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 222 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 242 +4

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 306 -

    Ai qing wan sui

    1994 — a.k.a. Vive L'Amour, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 207 +4

    Al-mummia

    1969 — a.k.a. The Mummy, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 94 +4

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 239 +4

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 323 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 188 +4

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  14. 291 -

    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 10 -

    Annabelle Serpentine Dance

    1895, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 182 +4

    Apa

    1966 — a.k.a. Father, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 252 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 149 +4

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 187 +4

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 227 +4

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 143 +4

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 136 +4

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 180 +4

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 31 -

    The Battle of Elderbush Gulch

    1913, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 319 -

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 195 +4

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 296 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 41 +4

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 137 +4

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 79 +4

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 46 +4

    The Blot

    1921, in 1 top list Check
  33. 183 +4

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 273 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 133 +4

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 61 +4

    Body and Soul

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 179 +4

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 81 +4

    Borderline

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 144 +4

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 311 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 106 +4

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 42 +4

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 59 +4

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 336 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 271 -

    Camila

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 274 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 346 -

    Carlos

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 265 -

    Carmen

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 303 -

    Caro diario

    1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check
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