List of feature films described as non-narrative
The distinction between non-narrative film and "narrative films" can be rather vague and is open for interpretation. Few filmmakers would define their works as non-narrative. The following list contains films which have been described as "non-narrative" by independent sources.
List
Feature films need to verify on the list with a running time of 60 minutes.
| Title | Year | Country | Director(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Music | Runtime | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Lakes | 2004 | James Benning | — | 133 mins | [1][2] | ||
| 23rd Psalm Branch | 1967 | Stan Brakhage | — | 78 mins | [3] | ||
| L'Age d'Or | 1930 | Luis Buñuel | Albert Duverger | Luis Buñuel, Georges van Parys | 63 mins | [3] | |
| Ashes and Snow | 2005 | Gregory Colbert | Gregory Colbert | 63 mins | [4] | ||
| Atlantis | 1991 | Luc Besson | Éric Serra | 78 mins | [5] | ||
| Baraka | 1992 | Ron Fricke | Michael Stearns | 97 mins | [6] | ||
| Bestiaire | 2012 | Denis Côté | Vincent Biron | — | 72 mins | [7] | |
| Blue | 1993 | Derek Jarman | Simon Fisher-Turner | 79 mins | [8] | ||
| Bodysong | 2003 | Simon Pummell | Jonny Greenwood | 78 mins | [9] | ||
| The Clock | 2010 | Christian Marclay | — | 24 hours | [8] | ||
| Decasia | 2002 | Bill Morrison | Michael Gordon | 67 mins | [3] | ||
| Diva Dolorosa | 1999 | Peter Delpeut | Loek Dikker | 70 mins | [3] | ||
| Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux | 2004 | Patrice Leconte | Jean-Marie Dreujou | Étienne Perruchon | 80 mins | [10] | |
| Earth from Above | 2004 | Renaud Delourme | Laurent Fleutot, Daniel Marchetti | Armand Amar | 67 mins | ||
| Empire | 1965 | Andy Warhol, John Palmer | Jonas Mekas | — | 485 mins | ||
| The Falls | 1980 | Peter Greenaway | Mike Coles, John Rosenberg | Michael Nyman | 240 mins | [8] | |
| Field Niggas | 2015 | Khalik Allah | — | 60 mins | [11] | ||
| Film Socialisme | 2010 | Jean-Luc Godard | Fabrice Aragno, Paul Grivas | — | 102 mins | [8] | |
| Hitler: A Film from Germany | 1977 | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Dietrich Lohmann | — | 442 mins | [8] | |
| Koyaanisqatsi | 1982 | Godfrey Reggio | Ron Fricke | Philip Glass | 86 mins | [12][13] | |
| Laya Project | 2007 | Harold Monfils | Yuk Hoy Cheong, Agung Dewantoro | Yotam Agam, Patrick Sabag | 67 mins | [14] | |
| Leviathan | 2012 | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel | — | 87 mins | [15] | ||
| Lines | 2016 | Vassilis Mazomenos | George Papandrikopoulos | Dna | 88 mins | [16] | |
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov | Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski | — | 68 mins | [17][18] | |
| Microcosmos | 1996 | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou | Thierry Machado | Bruno Coulais | 80 mins | ||
| Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky | Georgi Rerberg | Eduard Artemyev | 108 mins | [8] | |
| Naqoyqatsi | 2002 | Godfrey Reggio | Russell Lee Fine | Philip Glass | 89 mins | [13] | |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | 2011 | Roy Andersson | István Borbás, Gergely Pálos | Stock music from various sources | 101 mins | [19] | |
| Powaqqatsi | 1988 | Godfrey Reggio | Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis | Philip Glass | 99 mins | [12][13] | |
| Ruhr | 2009 | James Benning | — | 121 mins | [20] | ||
| Samsara | 2011 | Ron Fricke | Marcello de Francisci, Lisa Gerrard, Michael Stearns | 102 mins | [21] | ||
| Silence Above the Clouds | 2009 | Pavol Barabáš | Maok Martin Tesak | 65 mins | |||
| Sixty Spanish Cigarettes | 2015 | Mark John Ostrowski | Gabriel Prada | — | [22] | ||
| Sophie's Place | 1986 | Larry Jordan | — | 90 mins | [3] | ||
| Sweetgrass | 2009 | Lucien Castaing-Taylor | — | 101 mins | [23] | ||
| El Valley Centro | 2000 | James Benning | — | 90 mins | [24] | ||
| Visitors | 2013 | Godfrey Reggio | Graham Berry, Trish Govoni, Tom Lowe | Philip Glass | 87 mins | [25] | |
| ¡Vivan las Antipodas! | 2011 | Victor Kossakovsky | Alexander Popov | 108 mins | [26] | ||
| Walden | 1969 | Jonas Mekas | — | 177 mins | [8] | ||
| Winged Migration | 2001 | Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Various | Bruno Coulais | 97 mins | [27] | |
| Zorns Lemma | 1970 | Hollis Frampton | — | 60 mins | [8] | ||
See also
- Category:Films without speech
- Nonlinear narrative
- Slow cinema
- Structural film
- Surrealist cinema
References
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