ZHdK - Film History

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This list is given to Film Students of the Zurich University of the Arts. For the Film-History exam, each student has to prepare one film of their choice for each Sub-Category

(01.03.2019)

1) Beginning of Cinema (1-10) (Every movie of this category has to be seen)

2) Silent Films and Beginning of Sound (11 - 42)

- American Silent Films (11-18)
- European SIlent FIlms (19-30)
- Soviet Films of the Revolution (31-35)
- Beginning of Sound (36-42)

3) Hollywood I - American Genre Cinema / Classic Narration (43-83)

- Western (43-45)
- Biopic (46-49)
- Romance/Melodrama (50-52)
- Crime/Gangster (53-55)
- Film Noir (56-60)
- Comedy (61-65)
- Musical (66-69)
- Horror (70-73)
- Epic (74-76)
- Authors in the Studio System (77-83)

4) European Cinema I - Early Realism in the European Cinema (84-105)

- Social Realism in Germany (84-89)
- Poetic Realism in France (90-97)
- Neorealism in Italy (98-105)

5) European Cinema II - Author Film, New types of Film Narration (106-140)

- Sweden (106-109)
- Italy (110-118)
- France (119-128)
- Great Britain (129-133)
- Federal Republic of Germany (134-140)

6) Hollywood II - Restoration (141-164)

- New Hollywood (141-152)
- High-Concept Film/ Blockbuster Cinema (153-164)

7) The East-European and Soviet Films during the Cold War (165-180)

- USSR (165-168)
- Poland (169-171)
- Czech Republic (172-176)
- DDR (177-180)

8) Cinema in Africa, Asia and Latin America (181-202)

- Africa (181-186)
- Latin America (187-194)
- Asia (195-202)

9) International Documentaries (203-237)

10) Avant-Garde Cinema / Experimental (238-255)

11) Film and Gender (Women's Film / Experimental Feminist Film / Queer FIlm) (256-271)

12) Postmodern Positions in FIlm (272-287)

13) Swiss Films (288-324)

- Fiction (288-305)
- Documentary (306-324)

14) Cinema in the 21st Century (325-393)

- Mainstream (325-339)
- Arthouse (340-363)
- International Documentaries of the 21st Century (364-373
- Swiss Fiction Films of the 21st Century (374-383)
- Swiss Documentaries of the 21st Century (384-393)

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  1. 29 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 37 new

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 40 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 53 new

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 54 new

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 55 new

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 56 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 57 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 58 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 59 new

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 60 new

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 61 new

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 79 new

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 80 new

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 83 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 88 new

    Berlin-Alexanderplatz - Die Geschichte Franz...

    1931 — a.k.a. Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf, in 1 top list Check
  17. 92 new

    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 93 new

    Pépé le Moko

    1937, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 94 new

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 95 new

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 96 new

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 98 new

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 113 new

    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 118 new

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 119 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 121 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 122 new

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 137 new

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 141 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 147 new

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 148 new

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 152 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 158 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 181 new

    Bab el hadid

    1958 — a.k.a. Cairo Station, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 195 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 231 new

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 262 new

    L'homme blessé

    1983 — a.k.a. The Wounded Man, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 272 new

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 276 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 278 new

    Mystery Train

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 280 new

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 281 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 282 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  44. 284 new

    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 293 new

    Matto regiert

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 330 new

    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 334 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 338 new

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 346 new

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 350 new

    L'enfant

    2005 — a.k.a. The Child, in 8 top lists Check
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