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Harvard Film Phd Program: Genre Films - Page 4

This is a suggested viewing list of Hollywood genre films (with an emphasis on the classical studio era) for the Film and Visual Studies PhD offered by Harvard University. The films are in chronological order, divided by genre.
NOTES
#1-12 are Comedies.
#13-25 are Epics.
#26-41 are Film Noir.
#42-55 are Gangster Films.
#56-70 are Historical and War Films.
#71-86 are Horror Films.
#87-101 are Melodramas.
#102-115 are Musicals.
#116-127 are Science Fiction Films.
#128-143 are Westerns.
#144 onwards is Independent Cinema.
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Seconds (1966)
Seconds (1966)
121
78%7.7
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
122
92%8.3
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
123
92%8.6
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
124
89%8.1
Dark City (1998)
Dark City (1998)
125
74%7.6
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
126
88%8.7
Avatar (2009)
Avatar (2009)
127
82%7.8
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
128
100%7.9
Canyon Passage (1946)
Canyon Passage (1946)
129
100%6.9
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
130
75%6.8
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
131
100%7.8
High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
132
95%8.0
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
133
94%7.6
The Man From Laramie (1955)
The Man From Laramie (1955)
134
100%7.3
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
135
96%7.9
Forty Guns (1957)
Forty Guns (1957)
136
100%7.0
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
137
98%8.0
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
138
86%7.1
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
139
90%7.9
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
140
84%7.7
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
141
83%8.0
Unforgiven (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
142
96%8.2
True Grit (2010)
True Grit (2010)
143
95%7.6
The Exiles (1961)
The Exiles (1961)
144
89%6.7
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
145
93%7.2
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
146
97%7.8
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
147
90%7.4
Angel City (1977)
Angel City (1977)
148
6.4
Variety (1983)
Variety (1983)
149
5.9
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
150
96%7.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
151
89%7.0
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
152
100%7.3
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
153
96%7.2
Slacker (1991)
Slacker (1991)
154
81%7.1
Smoke (1995)
Smoke (1995)
155
93%7.4
Gummo (1997)
Gummo (1997)
156
37%6.7
George Washington (2000)
George Washington (2000)
157
84%7.3
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001)
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001)
158
40%6.8
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
159
95%7.7
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