Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction 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. 84 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 113 +7

    Tiexi qu

    2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 71 -

    Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland

    1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 92 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
    Check
  5. 54 -

    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 76 -

    Lebensläufe

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 118 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 106 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 96 +7

    Countdown

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  11. 60 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 104 +7

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 115 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    Le joli mai

    1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 83 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 46 -

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 98 +7

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 61 -

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 67 -

    Deutschland im Herbst

    1978 — a.k.a. Germany in Autumn, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 111 +7

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 88 -

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 18 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 109 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 121 +7

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 13 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 93 +7

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 114 +7

    Bright Leaves

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 103 +7

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 112 +7

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 82 -

    Far from Poland

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  31. 101 +7

    Videogramme einer Revolution

    1992 — a.k.a. Videogram of a Revolution, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 50 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 110 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 80 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 116 +7

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 66 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 75 -

    The Wedding Camels

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  38. 122 +7

    Sweetgrass

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  39. 89 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 53 -

    Warrendale

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 95 +7

    Die Mauer

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  42. 68 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 43 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 51 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 117 +7

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 19 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 62 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 47 -

    Paris vu par...

    1965 — a.k.a. Six in Paris, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 85 -

    Tokyo-Ga

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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