Film and Video Production
The following films comprise a core list of recommended films for students to see.
Note: Films marked with an asterisk (*) are currently difficult to locate for screening or purchase.
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The 400 Blows (1959) or Jules and Jim (1962) (dir. Francois Truffaut, France) |
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Adaptation (2002, dir. Spike Jonze, United States) |
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, dir. Werner Herzog, West Germany/Peru) |
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*A Movie (1958, dir. Bruce Conner, United States) |
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Andrey Rublyov (1969, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union) |
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Apocalypse Now (1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola, United States) |
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The Apu Trilogy (Song of the Road, 1955; The Undefeated, 1956; The World of Apu, 1960; |
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dir. Satyajit Ray, India) |
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A Question of Silence (1982, dir. Marleen Gorris, Netherlands) |
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958, dir. Andrzej Wajda, Poland) |
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Babe (1995, dir. Chris Noonan, Australia) |
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The Battle of Algiers (1965, dir. Gillo Pontocorvo, Algeria/Italy) |
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Battleship Potemkin (1925, dir. Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union) |
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The Bicycle Thief (1948, dir. Vittorio De Sica, Italy) |
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The Big Sleep (1946, dir. Howard Hawks, U.S.) |
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The Birth of a Nation (1915, dir. D.W. Griffith, United States) |
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Black Girl (a.k.a. Noire de . . . ) (1966) or Ceddo (1975) (dir. Ousmane Sembene, Senegal) |
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Black God, White Devil (1964, dir. Glauba Rocha, Brazil) |
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*Blood of the Condor (1969, dir. Jorge Sanjines, Bolivia) |
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Blade Runner (1982, dir. Ridley Scott, U.S.) |
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Blood Simple (1984, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, United States) |
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Blow-Up (1966, dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni, Italy) |
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The Blue Angel (1930, dir. Josef von Sternberg, Germany) |
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Boat People (1982, dir. Ann Hui, Hong Kong) |
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Body and Soul (1925, dir. Oscar Micheaux, United States) |
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The Body Beautiful (1991, dir. Ngozi Onwurah, Britain) |
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Breathless (1960, dir. Jean-Luc Godard, France) |
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, dir. Robert Wiene, Germany) |
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Casablanca (1942, dir. Michael Curtiz, United States) |
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Un chien andalou (1930, dir. Luis Bunuel, France) |
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Chungking Express (1994, dir. Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong) |
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Citizen Kane (1941, dir. Orson Welles, United States) |
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City Lights (1931) or Modern Times (1936) (dir. Charlie Chaplin, United States) |
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Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962, dir. Agnès Varda, France) |
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Closely Watched Trains (1966, dir. Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia) |
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*Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, dir. Dorothy Arzner, United States) |
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Daughters of the Dust (1991, dir. Julie Dash, United States) |
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Dead Ringers (1988, dir. David Cronenberg, Canada/United States) |
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Do the Right Thing (1989) or Girl 6 (1996) (dir. Spike Lee, United States) |
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Double Indemnity (1944, dir. Billy Wilder, United States) |
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The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982dir. Peter Greenaway, Britain) |
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Dr. Strangelove; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and 2001: A |
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Space Odyssey (1968) (dir. Stanley Kubrick, United States) |
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Duck Amuck (1953, dir. Chuck Jones, United States) |
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Edison short films (1896-8, The Kiss, Cockfight, etc., United States) |
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Eraserhead (1977, dir. David Lynch, United States) |
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Fantasia (1940, dir. Walt Disney, United States) |
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Farewell My Concubine (1993, dir. Kaige Chen, China/Hong Kong) |
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Fire (1996) or Earth (1998) (dir. Deepa Mehta, India) |
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Gap-Toothed Women (1987, dir. Les Blank, United States) |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy, United States) |
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Gone With the Wind (1939, dir. Victor Fleming, U.S.) |
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The Grand Illusion (1937) or The Rules of the Game (1939) (dir. Jean Renoir, France) |
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Harlan County, USA (1976, dir. Barbara Kopple, United States) |
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*Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (a.k.a. Jeanne Dielman) (1975, dir. |
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Chantal Ackerman, Belgium) |
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Julien donkey-boy (1999, dir. Harmony Korine, United States; see also: Dogme 95 Web site @ |
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http://www.dogme95.dk) |
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Knife in the Water (1962, dir. Roman Polanski, Poland) |
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La Jetee (1962, dir. Chris Marker, France) |
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The Last Laugh (1924) or Sunrise (1927) (dir. F.W. Murnau, Germany) |
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The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980, dir. Connie Field, United States) |
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The Life of Oharu (1952) or Ugetsu (1953) (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan) |
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Looking for Langston (1988, dir. Isaac Julien, Britain) |
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The Lumière Brothers’ First Films (selections, i.e. Workers Leaving a Factory, 1895; Baby’s |
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Meal, 1895; The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1897; dir. Antoine and Auguste |
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Lumière, France) |
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The Man with a Movie Camera (1929, dir. Dziga Vertov, Soviet Union) |
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A Trip to the Moon (1902; dir. Georges Méliès, France) |
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Matewan (1987, dir. John Sayles, United States) |
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, dir. Vincent Minnelli, United States) |
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Memories of Underdevelopment (1968, Gutierrez-Alex, Cuba) |
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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, dir. Maya Deren, United States) |
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Midnight Cowboy (1969, dir. John Schlesinger, United States) |
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Nanook of the North (1922, dir. Robert J. Flaherty, United States/France) |
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Nema-ye Nazdik (a.k.a. Close-Up) (1990, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, Iran) |
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Our Hospitality (1923, dir. John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton, United States) |
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Paris Is Burning (1990, dir. Jenny Livingston, United States) |
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The Piano (1993, dir. Jane Campion, Australia) |
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Psycho (1960, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, U.S.) |
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Pulp Fiction (1994, dir. Quentin Tarantino, United States) |
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Raging Bull (1980, dir. Martin Scorsese, United States) |
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Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), The Seven Samurai (1956,dir. Akira Kurosawa, Japan) |
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Rear Window (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, United States) |
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Salaam Bombay (1988, dir. Mira Nair, India) |
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Surname Viet, Given Name Nam (1989) (dir. T. Minh-ha Trin, United States) |
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955, dir. Nicholas Ray, United States) |
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Roger and Me (1989);Bowling for Columbine (2002); Fahrenheit 911 (2004) (dir. |
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Michael Moore, United States) |
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Rome, Open City (1945, dir. Roberto Rossellini, Italy) |
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The Searchers (1956, dir. John Ford, United States) |
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The Seventh Seal (1957, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) |
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Some Like It Hot (1959, dir. Billy Wilder, United States) |
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Spirited Away (2001, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan) |
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La Strada (1954) or 8 ½ (1963) (dir. Federico Fellini, Italy) |
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971, dir. Melvin van Peebles, United States) |
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The Thin Blue Line (1988, dir. Erroll Morris, United States) |
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The Third Man (1949, dir. Carol Reed, Britain) |
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Tokyo Story (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu, Japan) |
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*Tongues Untied (1990, dir. Marlon Riggs, United States) |
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Triumph of the Will (1935) or The Olympiad (1938) (dir. Leni Riefenstahl, Germany) |
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The Way Home (2002, dir. Jeong-hyang Lee, South Korea) |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988, dir. Robert Zemeckis, United States) |
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Window Water Baby Moving (1962, dir. Stan Brakhage, United States) |
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The Wizard of Oz (1939, dir. Victor Fleming, United States) |
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Written on the Wind (1957, dir. Douglas Sirk, United States) |
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Xica da Silva (a.k.a. Xica) (1976, dir. Carlos Diegues, Brazil) |
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998, dir. Joan Chen, Hong Kong/United States) |
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