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. 11 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 22 -

    A Romance of the Rail

    1903, in 1 top list Check
  3. 28 -

    The Lonedale Operator

    1911, in 1 top list Check
  4. 36 +4

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 42 +4

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 56 +4

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 70 +4

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 73 +4

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 74 +4

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 77 +4

    Sous les toits de Paris

    1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 83 +4

    The Exile

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  12. 88 +4

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 95 +4

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 97 +4

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 104 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 106 +4

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 108 +4

    Die Mörder sind unter uns

    1946 — a.k.a. Murderers Among Us, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 110 +4

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 115 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 117 +4

    The River

    1951, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 119 +4

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  22. 125 +4

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 129 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 138 +4

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 139 +4

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 142 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 143 +4

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 144 +4

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 145 +4

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 165 +4

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 175 +4

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 186 +4

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    1965 — a.k.a. The Loves of a Blonde, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 196 +4

    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 203 +4

    Petulia

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 206 +4

    Quatre nuits d'un rêveur

    1971 — a.k.a. Four Nights of a Dreamer, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 223 +4

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 225 +4

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 226 +4

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 228 +4

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 229 +4

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 242 +4

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 261 -

    Yol

    1982, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 265 -

    Carmen

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 271 -

    Camila

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 276 -

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 278 -

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 297 -

    To meteoro vima tou pelargou

    1991 — a.k.a. The Suspended Step of the Stork, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 299 -

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 305 -

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 309 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
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