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. 66 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 97 +7

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 99 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 50 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 57 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 108 +7

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 19 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 18 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 34 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 84 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 80 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 86 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 72 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 90 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 17 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 104 +7

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 11 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 74 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 7 -

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 12 -

    Granton Trawler

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  21. 60 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 2 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 13 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 40 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 32 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 20 -

    The City

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 24 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 3 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 102 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 78 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 16 -

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 89 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 10 -

    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 33 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 15 -

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 42 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 9 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 22 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 105 +7

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 35 -

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 31 -

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 117 +7

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 1 -

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 44 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 36 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 94 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 5 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 116 +7

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 109 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 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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