Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films

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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. 93 +7

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 84 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 106 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 39 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 96 +7

    Countdown

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  6. 52 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 34 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 3 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 37 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 91 -

    Une histoire de vent

    1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 103 +7

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 102 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 71 -

    Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland

    1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 99 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 115 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 79 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 85 -

    Tokyo-Ga

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  18. 45 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 67 -

    Deutschland im Herbst

    1978 — a.k.a. Germany in Autumn, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 61 -

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 64 -

    Mädchen in Wittstock

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  23. 92 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
    Check
  24. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 49 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 73 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 32 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 105 +7

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 50 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 46 -

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 41 -

    Le joli mai

    1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 90 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 55 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 10 -

    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 70 -

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

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 69 -

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

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 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
  39. 63 -

    The Ax Fight

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  40. 11 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 33 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 16 -

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 22 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 15 -

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 9 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 74 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 7 -

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 56 -

    Nicht löschbares Feuer

    1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 12 -

    Granton Trawler

    1934, in 1 top list Check
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