Best Experimental Films by Title
2705
133
1971
Stan Brakhage
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2763
152
1979
Andrew Noren
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2652
119
1966
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Sergio Rossi
Documentary / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2757
149
1980
Glauber Rocha
Maurķcio do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira
Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi / War / Religion / Epic / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese
1403
42
1988
Jan Svankmajer
Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Animation / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
Czechoslovakia / Switzerland / UK / West Germany
English
2707
134
1991
Jean-Luc Godard
Eddie Constantine, Hanns Zischler, Claudia Michelsen
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2763
152
1998
Martin Arnold
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Short / Experimental
Austria
English
2707
134
2013
Amos Gitai
Yuval Scharf, Sarah Adler, Uri Gavriel, Norman Issa, Yussuf Abuwarda, Shady Srur
Drama / Experimental
Israel / France
Hebrew
2658
120
2010
Clio Barnard
Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Monica Dolan, Jimi Mistry, Natalie Gavin
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2651
118
2000
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton
Documentary / Biography / Experimental
USA
English
2668
123
1944
Maya Deren
Maya Deren, John Cage, Alexander Hammid
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2696
130
1997
Jafar Panahi
Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Drama / Experimental
Iran
Arabic
2763
152
1924
Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy
Kiki of Montparnasse
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2763
152
1984
Luc Moullet
Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Yann Lardeau, Jacques Robiolles
Short / Experimental
France
French
62
4
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
96
8
1946
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
2552
104
1949
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Animation / Short / Music / Experimental
Canada
English (No Dialogue)
1919
58
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2779
159
2002
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan, Kanitpat Premkij
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Thailand / France
Thai
1887
55
1932
Jean Cocteau
Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talaza
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
2622
112
1993
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2763
152
1997
Ko I-cheng
Tracy Su, Leon Dai, David Wang, Zhang han
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Experimental
Taiwan
Mandarin
2742
144
2006
Lars von Trier
Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Comedy / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany
Danish
2723
139
2006
Guy Maddin
Gretchen Krich, Sullivan Brown, Maya Lawson, Katherine E. Scharhon, Todd Moore
Drama / Experimental
USA / Canada
English
2668
123
1971
Stanton Kaye
Stanton Kaye, Michaux French, Allan McCollum
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
436
19
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
1847
54
1977
Ousmane Sembene
Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia
Drama / Experimental
Senegal
French
293
17
1974
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
2695
129
1966
Conrad Rooks
Jean-Louis Barrault, Conrad Rooks, William S. Burroughs
Drama / Experimental
USA / France
English
1022
34
1966
Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey
Brigid Berlin, Randy Borscheidt, Christian Aaron Boulogne
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1998
Caspar Stracke
John Kelly, Kyle deCamp, Charles Duval, Annie Iobst
Experimental / Documentary
USA / Germany
English
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
2768
155
2010
Christian Marclay
Rosanna Arquette, Bette Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Hurt, Steve McQueen
Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2474
92
2000
Michael Haneke
Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi
Drama / Experimental
France / Germany / Romania
French
2763
152
1977
Raoul Ruiz
Eva Simonet, Robert Darmel, Silke Humel, Frank Lesne
Short / Experimental
France
French
621
25
1969
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
2763
152
2002
Michael Snow
Kim Plate, Greg Hermanovic, John Massey, Joanne Tod
Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
2664
122
1998
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney, Marti Domination, Norman Mailer, Richard Serra, Ursula Andress
Experimental / Musical / Drama / Gangster
USA / France / UK
English
831
30
1966
Vera Chytilová
Jitka Cerhova, Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1097
38
1967
Jim McBride
L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans, Louise Levine
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
USA
English
2788
164
1988
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova
Sci-Fi / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2749
147
1972
Werner Schroeter
Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling
Musical / Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
West Germany
German
2755
148
1969
Jonas Mekas
Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2723
139
2001
Paul Cox
Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver Streeton
Biography / Experimental
Sweden / Australia / Germany / Netherlands
English
2668
123
1895
William K.L. Dickson
William K.L. Dickson
Short / Music / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1994
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Michael Lonsdale
Documentary / Experimental
France / Belgium
French
58
3
1972
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
1719
49
1962
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2358
82
1963
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2358
82
1964
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2064
69
1964
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English
471
20
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
2668
123
1906
Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter
Jack Brawn
Short / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2464
90
1947
Hans Richter, Man Ray
Max Ernst, Louis Applebaum, Ethel Beseda, Jack Bittner
Experimental
USA
English
2668
123
1956
Harry Smith
Short / Animation / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
1994
62
1933
Gustav Machatý
Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz, Leopold Kramer, Emil Jerman
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Czechoslovakia / Austria
German
1158
39
1970
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Western / Experimental / Cult
Mexico
Spanish
2680
126
1977
James Benning
Serafina Bathrick, Paddy Whannel, Bette Gordon
Drama / Experimental
USA / Canada
English
2777
158
2009
Gaspar Noé
Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Experimental
France / Germany / Italy / Canada / Japan
English
2635
115
1924
René Clair
Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
639
26
1977
David Lynch
Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2721
138
2004
Lukas Moodysson
Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Goran Marjanovic
Drama / Experimental
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2326
81
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
483
21
1962
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
1660
47
1974
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten
Documentary / Experimental / Biography
France / Iran / West Germany
English
2495
95
1928
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House
Short / Horror / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2763
152
1971
Werner Herzog
Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2716
137
1998
Terry Gilliam
Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
USA
English
2689
127
1983
Jean-Luc Godard
Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel
Drama / Crime / Romance / Experimental
France
French
2588
110
1960
Ron Rice
Taylor Mead, Barry Clark, Heinz Ellsworth, Linda Evanoff, Ella Henry, Bob Kaufman
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2707
134
1996
Jean-Luc Godard
Madeleine Assas, Ghalia Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux
Drama / Experimental / War
France / Switzerland
French
2763
152
1958
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Dan Tobin, Joi Lansing, Rick Jason
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2668
123
1979
Len Lye
Experimental / Animation / Short / Musical
UK
English (No Dialogue)
2690
128
1969
Toshio Matsumoto
Pītâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura, Flamenco Umeji
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2757
149
1967
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2726
140
2002
Gus Van Sant
Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Drama / Adventure / Experimental
USA / Argentina / Jordan
English
2702
132
2009
Steven Soderbergh
Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Peter Zizzo, Philip Eytan, Timothy Davis, David Levien
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2707
134
1997
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Aldo Bufi Landi, Tina Femiano, Salvatore Grasso, Antonio Pennarella
Drama / Experimental
Italy
Italian
1918
57
2014
Jean-Luc Godard
Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau
Drama / Experimental
Switzerland / France
French
2763
152
1970
David Lynch
Richard White, Dorothy McGinnis, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick
Short / Animation / Experimental
USA
English
2502
97
1933
Lev Kuleshov
Konstantin Khokhlov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Vasili Kovrigin, Andrei Fajt
Drama / Biography / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2668
123
2001
Robert Beavers
Short / Experimental
USA / Switzerland / Greece
English (No Dialogue)
2629
113
1997
Harmony Korine
Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Lara Tosh
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2642
117
1985
Jean-Luc Godard
Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Religion
France / Switzerland / UK
French
2707
134
2015
Laurie Anderson
Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin, Bob Currie, Paul Davidson, Dustin Defa
Documentary / Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2499
96
1976
Werner Herzog
Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
West Germany
German
2449
88
2000
Guy Maddin
Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw
Short / Experimental
Canada
English (Silent)
1780
51
1998
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Cuny
Short / Documentary / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
2399
84
1978
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
André Heller, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern
War / Experimental
West Germany / UK / France
German
2748
146
1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / USA
Spanish
1445
43
1964
Mikhail Kalatozov
Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Drama / Experimental / History / Epic
Soviet Union / Cuba
Russian
2671
124
2018
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Dimitri Basil
Drama / Experimental
Switzerland / France
French
2788
164
1978
Guy Debord
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2763
152
1966
Kenneth Anger
Anaïs Nin, Kenneth Anger, Marjorie Cameron
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1978
Manuel de Landa
Dina Paisner, Ken Burns, Patrick Gerstle, Susan Schneider
Short / Drama / Experimental
unknown
unknown
1638
45
1975
Marguerite Duras
Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental
France
French
1890
56
2006
David Lynch
Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Scott Coffey
Drama / Mystery / Experimental
USA / Poland / France
English
2438
87
1968
Dusan Makavejev
Dragoljub Aleksic, Ana Milosavljevic, Vera Jovanovic, Bratoljub Gligorijevic
Documentary / Experimental / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2768
155
1969
Hugo Santiago
Olga Zubarry, Lautaro Murúa, Juan Carlos Paz, Martín Adjemián
Drama / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Argentina
Spanish
2777
158
1977
Valie Export
Susanne Widl, Peter Weibel, Josef Plavec, Monica Helfer-Friedrich, Helke Sander
Drama / Experimental
Austria
German
1328
40
1928
René Clair
Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, Albert Prejean, Paul Olivier
Comedy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2668
123
1984
Victor Masayesva Jr.
Ross Macaya
Documentary / History / Experimental
USA
Hopi
2757
149
2011
Don Hertzfeldt
Sara Cushman, Don Hertzfeldt
Animation / Short / Drama / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1968
Alain Resnais
Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain MacMoy
Sci-Fi / Experimental / Fantasy / Drama
France
French
165
11
1975
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
2582
109
1995
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Denis Jadót, Elisabeth Kaza
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
France
French
2267
74
1976
Alain Tanner
Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Boyer, Jacques Denis, Roger Jendly, Dominique Labourier
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
France / Switzerland
French
2788
164
1980
Yvonne Rainer
Annette Michelson, Gabor Vernon, Vito Acconci, Yvonne Rainer
Drama / Experimental
USA / UK / West Germany
English
2017
64
1977
Derek Jarman
Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane
Experimental / Fantasy / Crime / Music / Thriller / Horror / Comedy
UK
English
2742
144
1999
Harmony Korine
Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Joyce Korine
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1987
Jean-Luc Godard
Burgess Meredith, Peter Sellars, Molly Ringwald, Jean-Luc Godard
Sci-Fi / Drama / Experimental
Bahamas / USA
French
2668
123
1922
John Capstaff
Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, Mary Eaton
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
1020
33
1983
Godfrey Reggio
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2757
149
2018
Mariano Llinás
Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Correa, Pilar Gamboa, Laura Paredes, Esteban Lamothe
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Argentina
Spanish
2763
152
1927
Jean Epstein
Olga Day, Suzy Pierson, René Ferté
Drama / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
818
29
1962
Chris Marker
Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Sci-Fi / Short / Experimental / Romance / Fantasy
France
French
238
15
1930
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
2663
121
1912
Dorothy G. Shore
Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2045
67
1933
Luis Buñuel
Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Short / Documentary / Drama / Experimental
Spain
French
2763
152
1986
James Benning
Rhonda Bell, Elion Sucher
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2456
89
2005
Gus Van Sant
Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius
Music / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
156
10
1961
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
2696
130
1977
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2642
117
1969
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Experimental
France / West Germany
French
2635
115
1928
Man Ray
Kiki of Montparnasse, André de la Rivière, Robert Desnos
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2495
95
1928
Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich
Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt
Short / Drama / Experimental / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2674
125
1931
Mario Peixoto
Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira, Iolanda Bernardes
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese (Silent)
192
12
1950
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
2652
119
1933
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorthea House, Lewis Whitbeck
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2527
99
1938
Len Lye, Norman McLaren, William Coldstream, Pat Jackson, Lotte Reiniger, Harry Watt, Basil Wright
John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Evelyn Corbett, Dwight Godwin, Charlotte Leigh
Documentary / Musical / Animation / Short / Experimental / Comedy / Romance
UK / Canada
English
2668
123
1986
John Lasseter
Short / Animation / Experimental / Family / Comedy
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2763
152
1986
Raoul Ruiz
Emile Dubois Dance Company
Musical / Experimental / Comedy
France
French
2763
152
1985
Yvonne Rainer
Jacquie Raynal, William Joseph Raymond, Larry Loonin
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
74
7
1929
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2668
123
1921
Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
Short / Experimental / Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2057
68
1963
Jean-Daniel Pollet, Volker Schlöndorff
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2763
152
1986
Raoul Ruiz
Sylvain Thirolle, Roch Leibovici, Bénédicte Sire
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
697
27
1943
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
USA
English
553
23
1975
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
69
6
2001
David Lynch
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Experimental / Post-Noir / Cult
France / USA
English
2763
152
2000
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Experimental / Documentary / Biography
Thailand
Thai
1965
60
1991
David Cronenberg
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands
Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Canada / UK / Japan
English
2668
123
1966
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2668
123
1891
William K.L. Dickson
Experimental / Documentary / Short / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
1887
55
1976
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France / West Germany
French
2768
155
1992
Barbara Hammer
Jerre, Maria, Ruth, Sandy Binford, Peter Cramer, Barbara Hammer
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2668
123
1973
Mitchell Block
Shelby Leverington, Alec Hirschfeld
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English
2695
129
1968
Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Ornella Ferrari, Anita Masini
Experimental / History / Drama / Comedy
Italy
Italian
2668
123
1951
Frank Stauffacher
Vincent Price
Experimental / Documentary / Short
USA
English
2727
141
2004
Jean-Luc Godard
Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine
Drama / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
2674
125
1990
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Roland Amstutz
Drama / Experimental / Fantasy / Romance
Switzerland / France
French
2467
91
1975
Jean-Luc Godard
Sandrine Battistella, Alexandre Rignault, Pierre Oudrey
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2188
73
1929
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Marfa Lapkina, Vasili Buzenkov, M. Ivanin, Chukamaryev
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2763
152
1990
Robert Frank
Mika Moses, Peter Orlovsky, Kevin O'Connor, Taylor Mead
Experimental / Documentary
France
English
2763
152
2001
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Angela Nugara, Angela Durantini, Vittorio Vigneri
Drama / Experimental / Biography
France / Italy
Italian
219
13
1950
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
2714
135
2018
Orson Welles
John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
English
2668
123
1969
Larry Jordan
Experimental / Animation / Short
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2376
83
1971
Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bulle Ogier, Michel Lonsdale
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
France
French
2695
129
1972
Jacques Rivette
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bulle Ogier, Michel Lonsdale
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
France
French
2781
161
1999
Peter Tscherkassky
Barbara Hershey
Short / Horror / Experimental
Austria
English (No Dialogue)
2636
116
1926
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Masao Inoue, Yoshi Nakagawa, Ayako Iijima, Kyosuki Takamatsu
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2548
103
2004
Todd Solondz
Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Adly-Guirgis
Drama / Adventure / Comedy / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2759
151
1983
Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Paul Melchert, Yves Stening, Sean Callinan, David Benton
Short / Drama / Experimental / Comedy / Fantasy
Australia
English
2773
156
2002
Leslie Thornton
Drama / Experimental / Epic
USA
English
765
28
1970
Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Drama / Experimental / Cult
UK
English
914
32
1974
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Italy / France
French
1829
53
1998
Darren Aronofsky
Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman
Thriller / Sci-Fi / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
289
16
1965
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
2300
77
1996
Peter Greenaway
Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Drama / Romance / Experimental
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2610
111
1981
Andrzej Zulawski
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer
Drama / Horror / Experimental
France / West Germany
English
2505
98
1962
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2001
63
1991
Peter Greenaway
John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan
English
2668
123
1959
Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky
Short / Experimental / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2103
71
1932
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Sergei Bondarchuk, Grigori Aleksandrov
Documentary / Experimental / Romance
Soviet Union / USA / Mexico
Russian (Silent)
2668
123
1991
Nina Menkes
Tinka Menkes, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro, Jeffrey Eget
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2715
136
1968
Elio Petri
Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Experimental
Italy / France
Italian
2773
156
1929
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Documentary / Short / Experimental / History
Netherlands
Dutch (Silent)
2763
152
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2749
147
1974
Ritwik Ghatak
Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Utpal Dutt
Drama / Experimental
India
Bengali
2652
119
1956
Albert Lamorisse
Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier
Family / Fantasy / Short / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2160
72
1972
Miklós Jancsó
Mari Csomos, Mark Zala, Jozsef Madaras, Andrea Drahota
Drama / Experimental
Hungary
Hungarian
2730
142
1907
Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Short / Fantasy / Horror / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2763
152
1988
Jon Jost
Jon A. English, Barbara Hammes, Jennifer Johanson, Ed Green
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2777
158
1977
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen
Dinah Stabb, Merdelle Jordine, Rhiannon Tise, Clive Merrison, Marie Green
Experimental / Drama
UK
English
1689
48
1975
Jim Sharman
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien
Comedy / Horror / Musical / Sci-Fi / Experimental / Cult
UK
English
1983
61
1936
Joseph Cornell
Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Noble Johnson
Short / Experimental
USA
English
1073
37
2002
Aleksandr Sokurov
Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Drama / Fantasy / War / Experimental
Russia / Germany
Russian
2723
139
2003
Guy Maddin
Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental / Period Film
Canada
English
2763
152
1972
Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Donyale Luna, Alfiero Vincenti
Drama / History / Religion / Experimental
Italy
Italian
876
31
1983
Chris Marker
Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2499
96
1989
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / Italy
English
2680
126
1978
Mark Rappaport
Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade
Drama / Romance / Experimental
USA
English
1379
41
1964
Kenneth Anger
Bruce Byron, Johnny Sapienza, Ernie Allo, Frank Carifi, Steve Crandell
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2763
152
1983
Maria Klonaris
Parvaneh Navaï
Experimental
France
French
64
5
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2668
123
1966
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2635
115
1926
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2707
134
2016
Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Shin Kubota, Leola One Feather, Felix Rohner, Sabina Schärer
Documentary / Experimental
Italy / Switzerland
Italian
2668
123
1966
Mary J. Tsosie, Maxine Tsosie
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2763
152
1989
Vanalyne Green
Short / Experimental / Sports
USA
English
2563
107
2004
Ken Jacobs
Jack Smith, Jerry Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs
Experimental
USA
English
2735
143
2021
Rhayne Vermette
Isabelle d'Eschambault, Jack Theis, Valerie Marion, Dolorès Gosselin
Drama / Experimental
Canada
French
2780
160
1997
Hilary Brougher
Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, Belinda Becker, James Urbaniak, Thomas Pasley
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
USA
English
2775
157
1986
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Feliks Stawinski
Short / Experimental
UK
English
2668
123
1996
Peter B. Hutton
Experimental / Documentary / Short
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2493
94
1987
Todd Haynes
Rob LaBelle, Gwen Kraus, Bruce Tuthill
Short / Biography / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
1926
59
1968
William Greaves
Patricia Ree Gilbert, Don Fellows, Bob Rosen, Susan Anspach, Jonathan Gordon
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2726
140
1979
Yuri Norstein
Aleksandr Kalyagin
Animation / Short / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2556
105
2003
Jonathan Caouette
Renee Leblanc, Jonathan Caouette, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, David Sanin Paz
Documentary / Biography / Experimental
USA
English
604
24
2002
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
1062
35
1960
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Yul Brynner, Charles Aznavour, Claudine Auger
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2074
70
1988
Shinya Tsukamoto
Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Renji Ishibashi, Naomasa Musaka
Horror / Sci-Fi / Action / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2668
123
1925
Theodore Case
Gus Visser
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2788
164
1983
Raoul Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2312
79
1996
Raoul Ruiz
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
France / Portugal
French
2763
152
1979
Ulrike Ottinger
Magdalena Montezuma, Nina Hagen, Kurt Raab, Volker Spengler
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2664
122
2000
Mike Figgis
Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Xander Berkeley
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2025
65
1982
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Experimental / Drama / Documentary
France
German
2697
131
2018
Adina Pintilie
Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Christian Bayerlein, Grit Uhlemann
Drama / Experimental
Romania / Germany / Czech Republic / Bulgaria / France
English
2408
85
2002
Rolf de Heer
David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Australia
English
2299
76
1970
Paul Morrissey
Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Geri Miller, Andrea Feldman, John Putnam
Drama / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2668
123
1906
Miles Brothers
Short / Experimental / Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
495
22
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
1064
36
2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
2479
93
1907
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
1737
50
2003
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
3
2
1968
Stanley Kubrick
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Experimental / Epic / Cult
UK / USA
English
147
9
1928
Luis Buñuel
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Short / Fantasy / Experimental / Cult
France
French (Silent)
2788
164
1997
John Greyson
Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
2763
152
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / Experimental / Crime
USA
English
2763
152
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / History / Experimental / War
USA
English
2780
160
1997
Nicholas Barker
Aimee Copp, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte, Mikey Russo, Heather Feeney
Documentary / Experimental
France / UK / USA
English
2763
152
1950
Isidore Isou
Jean Cocteau, Jean Louis-Barrault, Blaise Cendrard, Marcel Achard
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2325
80
2015
Sebastian Schipper
Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
Germany
German
2040
66
1965
Andy Warhol
Tosh Carillo, Larry Latrae, Gerard Malanga, J.D. McDermott
Sci-Fi / Experimental
USA
English
1644
46
2001
Richard Linklater
Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Glover Gill
Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2562
106
1989
Pat O'Neill
Beth Block, George Lockwood, Joel Loriman
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
1625
44
1967
Michael Snow
Hollis Frampton, Amy Taubin
Drama / Experimental
Canada / USA
English
236
14
1967
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
2765
154
1959
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
404
18
1964
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2630
114
1928
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Mikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander Podorozhny
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
