New York University Department of Filmography General Filmography

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NYU Tisch is consistently ranked among the best film programs in the world and was recently ranked the #1 film school by The Hollywood Reporter.

The university's Cinema Studies Program provides a list of films that highlight their choices for the most important films for their students to recognize and become familiar with. Different sections include

Fiction Film
Animation
Experimental and Political Avant-Gardes
Documentary and Ethnographic Films
Fiction Films: Hollywood Genres:
A) Musicals
B) Westerns
C) Horror
D) Science Fiction
E) Comedy
F) Historical Drama
G) Gangster FIlms
H) Romantic Melodramas /"Women's Pictures"
I) Film Noir / Neo Noir
J) War Films
K)Action-Adventure

Individual Lists can be found here.

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  1. 61 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 62 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 63 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 65 new

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 74 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 79 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 83 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 98 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 99 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 105 new

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 109 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 110 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 154 new

    The Mark of Zorro

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 155 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 156 new

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 157 new

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
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Last updated on Oct 21, 2021;