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. 13 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 24 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 26 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 27 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 28 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 29 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 30 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 31 -

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 32 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 36 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 44 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 46 -

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 48 -

    La section Anderson

    1967 — a.k.a. The Anderson Platoon, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 56 -

    Nicht löschbares Feuer

    1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 73 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 84 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 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. 101 +7

    Videogramme einer Revolution

    1992 — a.k.a. Videogram of a Revolution, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 102 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 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
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