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Harvard Film Phd Program: Genre Films

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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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
2
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
4
My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
6
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
7
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
14
Cleopatra (1934)
Cleopatra (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
15
The Good Earth (1937)
The Good Earth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
17
The Robe (1953)
The Robe (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
18
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
19
Giant (1956)
Giant (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
20
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
21
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
22
El Cid (1961)
El Cid (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
23
Reds (1981)
Reds (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
24
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
25
Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
26
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
28
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Phantom Lady (1944)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
30
Detour (1945)
Detour (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
31
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
32
Gun Crazy (1950)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
33
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
35
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
36
Point Blank (1967)
Point Blank (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
37
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
38
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
39
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
40
Night Moves (1975)
Night Moves (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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