Best Experimental Films by Rank
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
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
60
3
1925
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
63
4
1972
Luis Buñuel
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France / Italy / Spain
French
64
5
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
81
6
1929
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
82
7
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
98
8
1946
Jean Cocteau, René Clément
Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Paré, ly, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
France / Luxembourg
French
154
9
1928
Luis Buñuel
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Short / Fantasy / Experimental / Cult
France
French (Silent)
159
10
1961
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
181
11
1950
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
210
12
1975
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France
French
220
13
1950
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Experimental
France
French
241
14
1930
Luis Buñuel
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
245
15
1967
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
296
16
1974
Jacques Rivette
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
311
17
1965
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
Drama / Crime / Experimental / Romance
France / Italy
French
405
18
1964
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
422
19
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
479
20
1962
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
485
21
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
521
22
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
603
23
1975
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
615
24
1969
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
627
25
1977
David Lynch
Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
704
26
1970
Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Drama / Experimental / Cult
UK
English
719
27
2002
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
770
28
1943
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
USA
English
804
29
1962
Chris Marker
Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Sci-Fi / Short / Experimental / Romance / Fantasy
France
French
856
30
1983
Chris Marker
Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
867
31
1966
Vera Chytilová
Jitka Cerhova, Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Czechoslovakia
Czech
887
32
1974
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Italy / France
French
952
33
1983
Godfrey Reggio
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English (No Dialogue)
1008
34
1960
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Yul Brynner, Charles Aznavour, Claudine Auger
Drama / Experimental
France
French
1039
35
1967
Jim McBride
L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans, Louise Levine
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
USA
English
1082
36
2002
Aleksandr Sokurov
Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Drama / Fantasy / War / Experimental
Russia / Germany
Russian
1101
37
1970
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Western / Experimental / Cult
Mexico
Spanish
1128
38
1966
Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey
Brigid Berlin, Randy Borscheidt, Christian Aaron Boulogne
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
1295
39
1928
René Clair
Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, Albert Prejean, Paul Olivier
Comedy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
1322
40
2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
1362
41
1964
Kenneth Anger
Bruce Byron, Johnny Sapienza, Ernie Allo, Frank Carifi, Steve Crandell
Short / Experimental
USA
English
1374
42
1988
Jan Svankmajer
Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Animation / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
Czechoslovakia / Switzerland / UK / West Germany
English
1376
43
1964
Mikhail Kalatozov
Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Drama / Experimental / History / Epic
Soviet Union / Cuba
Russian
1620
44
1974
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten
Documentary / Experimental / Biography
France / Iran / West Germany
English
1628
45
1975
Jim Sharman
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien
Comedy / Horror / Musical / Sci-Fi / Experimental / Cult
UK
English
1645
46
1967
Michael Snow
Hollis Frampton, Amy Taubin
Drama / Experimental
Canada / USA
English
1667
47
1975
Marguerite Duras
Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental
France
French
1711
48
2001
Richard Linklater
Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Glover Gill
Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
1776
50
1962
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage
Short / Experimental
USA
English
1795
51
1998
Darren Aronofsky
Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman
Thriller / Sci-Fi / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
1817
52
1977
Ousmane Sembene
Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia
Drama / Experimental
Senegal
French
1884
53
2003
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
1895
54
1998
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Cuny
Short / Documentary / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
1908
55
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
1932
56
1991
David Cronenberg
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands
Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Canada / UK / Japan
English
1959
57
1932
Jean Cocteau
Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talaza
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
1978
58
1936
Joseph Cornell
Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Noble Johnson
Short / Experimental
USA
English
1982
59
1933
Gustav Machatý
Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz, Leopold Kramer, Emil Jerman
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Czechoslovakia / Austria
German
1989
60
1982
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Experimental / Drama / Documentary
France
German
1992
61
1977
Derek Jarman
Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane
Experimental / Fantasy / Crime / Music / Thriller / Horror / Comedy
UK
English
1998
62
1968
William Greaves
Patricia Ree Gilbert, Don Fellows, Bob Rosen, Susan Anspach, Jonathan Gordon
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
1999
63
1988
Shinya Tsukamoto
Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Renji Ishibashi, Naomasa Musaka
Horror / Sci-Fi / Action / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2001
64
1933
Luis Buñuel
Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Short / Documentary / Drama / Experimental
Spain
French
2014
65
1963
Jean-Daniel Pollet, Volker Schlöndorff
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2023
66
1965
Andy Warhol
Tosh Carillo, Larry Latrae, Gerard Malanga, J.D. McDermott
Sci-Fi / Experimental
USA
English
2031
67
1932
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Sergei Bondarchuk, Grigori Aleksandrov
Documentary / Experimental / Romance
Soviet Union / USA / Mexico
Russian (Silent)
2033
68
2006
David Lynch
Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Scott Coffey
Drama / Mystery / Experimental
USA / Poland / France
English
2061
69
1991
Peter Greenaway
John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan
English
2085
70
1976
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
Belgium / France / West Germany
French
2101
71
1972
Miklós Jancsó
Mari Csomos, Mark Zala, Jozsef Madaras, Andrea Drahota
Drama / Experimental
Hungary
Hungarian
2180
72
1929
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Marfa Lapkina, Vasili Buzenkov, M. Ivanin, Chukamaryev
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2187
73
1964
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English
2227
74
1976
Alain Tanner
Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Boyer, Jacques Denis, Roger Jendly, Dominique Labourier
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
France / Switzerland
French
2286
76
2014
Jean-Luc Godard
Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau
Drama / Experimental
Switzerland / France
French
2299
78
1996
Raoul Ruiz
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
France / Portugal
French
2340
79
1978
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
André Heller, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern
War / Experimental
West Germany / UK / France
German
2341
80
1970
Paul Morrissey
Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Geri Miller, Andrea Feldman, John Putnam
Drama / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2380
81
1996
Peter Greenaway
Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Drama / Romance / Experimental
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2390
82
2000
Guy Maddin
Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw
Short / Experimental
Canada
English (Silent)
2395
83
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2439
84
1971
Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bulle Ogier, Michel Lonsdale
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
France
French
2440
85
2015
Sebastian Schipper
Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
Germany
German
2444
86
1975
Jean-Luc Godard
Sandrine Battistella, Alexandre Rignault, Pierre Oudrey
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2451
87
2002
Rolf de Heer
David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Australia
English
2460
88
1907
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2468
89
2005
Gus Van Sant
Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius
Music / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2472
90
1963
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2472
90
1964
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2479
91
1947
Hans Richter, Man Ray
Max Ernst, Louis Applebaum, Ethel Beseda, Jack Bittner
Experimental
USA
English
2489
92
1933
Lev Kuleshov
Konstantin Khokhlov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Vasili Kovrigin, Andrei Fajt
Drama / Biography / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2491
93
2000
Michael Haneke
Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi
Drama / Experimental
France / Germany / Romania
French
2516
95
1987
Todd Haynes
Rob LaBelle, Gwen Kraus, Bruce Tuthill
Short / Biography / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2570
97
2004
Ken Jacobs
Jack Smith, Jerry Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs
Experimental
USA
English
2590
100
1995
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Denis Jadót, Elisabeth Kaza
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
France
French
2597
101
1960
Ron Rice
Taylor Mead, Barry Clark, Heinz Ellsworth, Linda Evanoff, Ella Henry, Bob Kaufman
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2598
102
1949
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Animation / Short / Music / Experimental
Canada
English (No Dialogue)
2601
103
1928
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House
Short / Horror / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2601
103
1928
Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich
Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt
Short / Drama / Experimental / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2605
104
1976
Werner Herzog
Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
West Germany
German
2605
104
1989
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / Italy
English
2609
105
1962
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2633
107
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
2644
108
1997
Harmony Korine
Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Lara Tosh
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2652
110
2004
Todd Solondz
Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Adly-Guirgis
Drama / Adventure / Comedy / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2659
111
2003
Jonathan Caouette
Renee Leblanc, Jonathan Caouette, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, David Sanin Paz
Documentary / Biography / Experimental
USA
English
2665
112
1989
Pat O'Neill
Beth Block, George Lockwood, Joel Loriman
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2682
113
1928
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Mikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander Podorozhny
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2688
114
1998
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney, Marti Domination, Norman Mailer, Richard Serra, Ursula Andress
Experimental / Musical / Drama / Gangster
USA / France / UK
English
2688
114
2000
Mike Figgis
Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Xander Berkeley
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2689
115
1924
René Clair
Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2689
115
1928
Man Ray
Kiki of Montparnasse, André de la Rivière, Robert Desnos
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2689
115
1926
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2691
116
1985
Jean-Luc Godard
Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Religion
France / Switzerland / UK
French
2691
116
1968
Dusan Makavejev
Dragoljub Aleksic, Ana Milosavljevic, Vera Jovanovic, Bratoljub Gligorijevic
Documentary / Experimental / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2691
116
1969
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Experimental
France / West Germany
French
2695
117
1926
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Masao Inoue, Yoshi Nakagawa, Ayako Iijima, Kyosuki Takamatsu
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2717
118
1990
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Roland Amstutz
Drama / Experimental / Fantasy / Romance
Switzerland / France
French
2717
118
1981
Andrzej Zulawski
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer
Drama / Horror / Experimental
France / West Germany
English
2718
119
1944
Maya Deren
Maya Deren, John Cage, Alexander Hammid
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2729
120
1972
Jacques Rivette
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bulle Ogier, Michel Lonsdale
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
France
French
2733
121
1993
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2740
122
1966
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Sergio Rossi
Documentary / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2740
122
1933
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorthea House, Lewis Whitbeck
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2740
122
1956
Albert Lamorisse
Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier
Family / Fantasy / Short / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2742
123
1977
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2746
124
1977
James Benning
Serafina Bathrick, Paddy Whannel, Bette Gordon
Drama / Experimental
USA / Canada
English
2746
124
1978
Mark Rappaport
Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade
Drama / Romance / Experimental
USA
English
2751
125
2010
Clio Barnard
Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Monica Dolan, Jimi Mistry, Natalie Gavin
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2752
126
2000
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton
Documentary / Biography / Experimental
USA
English
2752
126
1912
Dorothy G. Shore
Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2753
127
1971
Stan Brakhage
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1971
Stanton Kaye
Stanton Kaye, Michaux French, Allan McCollum
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2756
128
1895
William K.L. Dickson
William K.L. Dickson
Short / Music / Experimental
USA
English
2756
128
1906
Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter
Jack Brawn
Short / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1956
Harry Smith
Short / Animation / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1979
Len Lye
Experimental / Animation / Short / Musical
UK
English (No Dialogue)
2756
128
2001
Robert Beavers
Short / Experimental
USA / Switzerland / Greece
English (No Dialogue)
2756
128
1984
Victor Masayesva Jr.
Ross Macaya
Documentary / History / Experimental
USA
Hopi
2756
128
1922
John Capstaff
Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, Mary Eaton
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1986
John Lasseter
Short / Animation / Experimental / Family / Comedy
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2756
128
1921
Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
Short / Experimental / Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1966
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1891
William K.L. Dickson
Experimental / Documentary / Short / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1973
Mitchell Block
Shelby Leverington, Alec Hirschfeld
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English
2756
128
1951
Frank Stauffacher
Vincent Price
Experimental / Documentary / Short
USA
English
2756
128
1969
Larry Jordan
Experimental / Animation / Short
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2756
128
1959
Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky
Short / Experimental / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2756
128
1991
Nina Menkes
Tinka Menkes, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro, Jeffrey Eget
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2756
128
1966
Johnny Nelson
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1966
Mary J. Tsosie, Maxine Tsosie
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
128
1996
Peter B. Hutton
Experimental / Documentary / Short
USA
English (No Dialogue)
2756
128
1925
Theodore Case
Gus Visser
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2756
128
1906
Miles Brothers
Short / Experimental / Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2758
129
2018
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Dimitri Basil
Drama / Experimental
Switzerland / France
French
2771
130
1983
Jean-Luc Godard
Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel
Drama / Crime / Romance / Experimental
France
French
2772
131
1931
Mario Peixoto
Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira, Iolanda Bernardes
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese (Silent)
2778
132
1997
Jafar Panahi
Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
Drama / Experimental
Iran
Arabic
2778
132
1972
Werner Schroeter
Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling
Musical / Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
West Germany
German
2778
132
1974
Ritwik Ghatak
Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Utpal Dutt
Drama / Experimental
India
Bengali
2780
133
1969
Toshio Matsumoto
Pītâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura, Flamenco Umeji
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2783
134
2009
Steven Soderbergh
Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Peter Zizzo, Philip Eytan, Timothy Davis, David Levien
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2788
135
1991
Jean-Luc Godard
Eddie Constantine, Hanns Zischler, Claudia Michelsen
Drama / Experimental
France
French
2788
135
2013
Amos Gitai
Yuval Scharf, Sarah Adler, Uri Gavriel, Norman Issa, Yussuf Abuwarda, Shady Srur
Drama / Experimental
Israel / France
Hebrew
2788
135
1966
Conrad Rooks
Jean-Louis Barrault, Conrad Rooks, William S. Burroughs
Drama / Experimental
USA / France
English
2788
135
1996
Jean-Luc Godard
Madeleine Assas, Ghalia Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux
Drama / Experimental / War
France / Switzerland
French
2788
135
1997
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Aldo Bufi Landi, Tina Femiano, Salvatore Grasso, Antonio Pennarella
Drama / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2788
135
2015
Laurie Anderson
Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin, Bob Currie, Paul Davidson, Dustin Defa
Documentary / Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2788
135
1968
Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Ornella Ferrari, Anita Masini
Experimental / History / Drama / Comedy
Italy
Italian
2788
135
2016
Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Shin Kubota, Leola One Feather, Felix Rohner, Sabina Schärer
Documentary / Experimental
Italy / Switzerland
Italian
2789
136
1983
Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Paul Melchert, Yves Stening, Sean Callinan, David Benton
Short / Drama / Experimental / Comedy / Fantasy
Australia
English
2792
137
1979
Andrew Noren
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2792
137
1998
Martin Arnold
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Short / Experimental
Austria
English
2792
137
1924
Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy
Kiki of Montparnasse
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2792
137
1984
Luc Moullet
Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Yann Lardeau, Jacques Robiolles
Short / Experimental
France
French
2792
137
1997
Ko I-cheng
Tracy Su, Leon Dai, David Wang, Zhang han
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Experimental
Taiwan
Mandarin
2792
137
1998
Caspar Stracke
John Kelly, Kyle deCamp, Charles Duval, Annie Iobst
Experimental / Documentary
USA / Germany
English
2792
137
1977
Raoul Ruiz
Eva Simonet, Robert Darmel, Silke Humel, Frank Lesne
Short / Experimental
France
French
2792
137
2002
Michael Snow
Kim Plate, Greg Hermanovic, John Massey, Joanne Tod
Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
2792
137
1994
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Michael Lonsdale
Documentary / Experimental
France / Belgium
French
2792
137
1971
Werner Herzog
Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2792
137
1958
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Dan Tobin, Joi Lansing, Rick Jason
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2792
137
1970
David Lynch
Richard White, Dorothy McGinnis, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick
Short / Animation / Experimental
USA
English
2792
137
1966
Kenneth Anger
Anaïs Nin, Kenneth Anger, Marjorie Cameron
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2792
137
1978
Manuel de Landa
Dina Paisner, Ken Burns, Patrick Gerstle, Susan Schneider
Short / Drama / Experimental
unknown
unknown
2792
137
1968
Alain Resnais
Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain MacMoy
Sci-Fi / Experimental / Fantasy / Drama
France
French
2792
137
1987
Jean-Luc Godard
Burgess Meredith, Peter Sellars, Molly Ringwald, Jean-Luc Godard
Sci-Fi / Drama / Experimental
Bahamas / USA
French
2792
137
1927
Jean Epstein
Olga Day, Suzy Pierson, René Ferté
Drama / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2792
137
1986
James Benning
Rhonda Bell, Elion Sucher
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2792
137
1986
Raoul Ruiz
Emile Dubois Dance Company
Musical / Experimental / Comedy
France
French
2792
137
1985
Yvonne Rainer
Jacquie Raynal, William Joseph Raymond, Larry Loonin
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2792
137
1986
Raoul Ruiz
Sylvain Thirolle, Roch Leibovici, Bénédicte Sire
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French
2792
137
2000
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Experimental / Documentary / Biography
Thailand
Thai
2792
137
1990
Robert Frank
Mika Moses, Peter Orlovsky, Kevin O'Connor, Taylor Mead
Experimental / Documentary
France
English
2792
137
2001
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Angela Nugara, Angela Durantini, Vittorio Vigneri
Drama / Experimental / Biography
France / Italy
Italian
2792
137
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2792
137
1988
Jon Jost
Jon A. English, Barbara Hammes, Jennifer Johanson, Ed Green
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2792
137
1972
Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Donyale Luna, Alfiero Vincenti
Drama / History / Religion / Experimental
Italy
Italian
2792
137
1983
Maria Klonaris
Parvaneh Navaï
Experimental
France
French
2792
137
1989
Vanalyne Green
Short / Experimental / Sports
USA
English
2792
137
1979
Ulrike Ottinger
Magdalena Montezuma, Nina Hagen, Kurt Raab, Volker Spengler
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2792
137
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / Experimental / Crime
USA
English
2792
137
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / History / Experimental / War
USA
English
2792
137
1950
Isidore Isou
Jean Cocteau, Jean Louis-Barrault, Blaise Cendrard, Marcel Achard
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2794
138
2018
Orson Welles
John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
English
2796
139
1998
Terry Gilliam
Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
USA
English
2799
140
2004
Lukas Moodysson
Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Goran Marjanovic
Drama / Experimental
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2801
141
2006
Guy Maddin
Gretchen Krich, Sullivan Brown, Maya Lawson, Katherine E. Scharhon, Todd Moore
Drama / Experimental
USA / Canada
English
2801
141
2001
Paul Cox
Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver Streeton
Biography / Experimental
Sweden / Australia / Germany / Netherlands
English
2801
141
2003
Guy Maddin
Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental / Period Film
Canada
English
2804
142
2004
Jean-Luc Godard
Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine
Drama / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
2805
143
1979
Yuri Norstein
Aleksandr Kalyagin
Animation / Short / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2807
144
2002
Gus Van Sant
Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Drama / Adventure / Experimental
USA / Argentina / Jordan
English
2807
144
1907
Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Short / Fantasy / Horror / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2807
144
2021
Rhayne Vermette
Isabelle d'Eschambault, Jack Theis, Valerie Marion, Dolorès Gosselin
Drama / Experimental
Canada
French
2817
145
2006
Lars von Trier
Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Comedy / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany
Danish
2817
145
1999
Harmony Korine
Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Joyce Korine
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2823
146
1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2830
148
1969
Jonas Mekas
Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2832
150
1980
Glauber Rocha
Maurķcio do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira
Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi / War / Religion / Epic / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese
2832
150
1967
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2832
150
2011
Don Hertzfeldt
Sara Cushman, Don Hertzfeldt
Animation / Short / Drama / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
2832
150
2018
Mariano Llinás
Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Correa, Pilar Gamboa, Laura Paredes, Esteban Lamothe
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Argentina
Spanish
2839
152
1959
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2842
153
2010
Christian Marclay
Rosanna Arquette, Bette Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Hurt, Steve McQueen
Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2842
153
1969
Hugo Santiago
Olga Zubarry, Lautaro Murúa, Juan Carlos Paz, Martín Adjemián
Drama / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Argentina
Spanish
2842
153
1992
Barbara Hammer
Jerre, Maria, Ruth, Sandy Binford, Peter Cramer, Barbara Hammer
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2848
154
2002
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan, Kanitpat Premkij
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Thailand / France
Thai
2849
155
1986
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Feliks Stawinski
Short / Experimental
UK
English
2852
156
1997
Hilary Brougher
Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, Belinda Becker, James Urbaniak, Thomas Pasley
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Experimental / Romance
USA
English
2852
156
1997
Nicholas Barker
Aimee Copp, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte, Mikey Russo, Heather Feeney
Documentary / Experimental
France / UK / USA
English
2853
157
1999
Peter Tscherkassky
Barbara Hershey
Short / Horror / Experimental
Austria
English (No Dialogue)
2860
160
1988
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova
Sci-Fi / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2860
160
1978
Guy Debord
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2860
160
1980
Yvonne Rainer
Annette Michelson, Gabor Vernon, Vito Acconci, Yvonne Rainer
Drama / Experimental
USA / UK / West Germany
English
2860
160
1983
Raoul Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2860
160
1997
John Greyson
Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
