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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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
99 +7
Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Portrait of Jason
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
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Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check -
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Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check -
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Kon-Tiki
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Handsworth Songs
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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Daughter Rite
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Spanish Earth
1937, in 3 top lists Check -
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CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
104 +7
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Ax Fight
1975, in 1 top list Check -
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Nieuwe gronden
1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check -
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Nicht löschbares Feuer
1969 — a.k.a. The Inextinguishable Fire, in 2 top lists Check -
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Housing Problems
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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Gadajace glowy
1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check -
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Regen
1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check -
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Granton Trawler
1934, in 1 top list Check -
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Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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Let There Be Light
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
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The City
1939, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Nazis Strike
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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The River
1938, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Song of Ceylon
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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Night Mail
1936, in 5 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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Listen to Britain
1942, in 7 top lists Check -
105 +7
Forgotten Silver
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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In the Street
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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San Pietro
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
117 +7
An Inconvenient Truth
2006, in 3 top lists Check -
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Manhatta
1921, in 5 top lists Check -
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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
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