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. 280 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 304 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 196 +4

    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 37 +6

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 346 -

    Carlos

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 69 +4

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 296 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 235 +4

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 228 +4

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 127 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 188 +4

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 234 +4

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 73 +4

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 344 -

    Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi

    2007 — a.k.a. United Red Army, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 104 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 264 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 167 +4

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 56 +4

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 153 +4

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 236 +4

    Im Lauf der Zeit

    1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 321 -

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  23. 202 +4

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 240 +4

    Czlowiek z marmuru

    1977 — a.k.a. Man of Marble, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 38 +3

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 272 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 212 +4

    Lucía

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 237 +4

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 109 +4

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 311 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 320 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 291 -

    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 341 -

    Juventude Em Marcha

    2006 — a.k.a. Colossal Youth, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 193 +4

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 323 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 322 -

    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 67 +4

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 339 -

    Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu

    2005 — a.k.a. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 58 +4

    The Iron Horse

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 34 -

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 252 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  42. 269 -

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 345 -

    Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

    2009 — a.k.a. The White Ribbon, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 150 +4

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  45. 297 -

    To meteoro vima tou pelargou

    1991 — a.k.a. The Suspended Step of the Stork, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 293 -

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 285 -

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 254 -

    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 270 -

    Ghare-Baire

    1984 — a.k.a. The Home and the World, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 54 +4

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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