List of non-narrative feature films

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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Title  | Year  | Country  | Director(s)  | Cinematographer(s)  | Music  | Ref(s)

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13 Lakes | 2004  | United States  | James Benning  | James Benning  |  |
23rd Psalm Branch | 1967  | United States  | Stan Brakhage  |  |  | [1]
Age d'Or L'Age d'Or

| 1930  | France  | Luis Buñuel | Albert Duverger  | Luis Buñuel, Georges van Parys  | [1]
Alice (Neco z Alenky)  | 1988  | Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, West Germany  | Jan Švankmajer  | Svatopluk Malý  |  | [1]
Anima Mundi | 1992  | Italy, United States  | Godfrey Reggio  | Graham Berry  | Philip Glass  |
Ashes and Snow | 2005  | United States  | Gregory Colbert  |  | Gregory Colbert  |
Atlantis | 1991  | France, Italy  | Luc Besson  | Luc Besson  | Éric Serra  |
Baraka | 1992  | United States  | Ron Fricke  | Ron Fricke  | Michael Stearns  | [2]
Bestiaire | 2012  | Canada, France  | Denis Côté  | Vincent Biron  |  |
Blue | 1993  | Japan, United Kingdom  | Derek Jarman  |  | Simon Fisher-Turner  | [3]
Bodysong | 2003  | United Kingdom  | Simon Pummell  |  | Jonny Greenwood  |
Chronos | 1985  | United States  | Ron Fricke  | Ron Fricke  | Michael Stearns  |
Clock The Clock

| 2010  | United Kingdom  | Christian Marclay  |  |  | [3]
Decasia | 2002  | United States  | Bill Morrison  |  | Michael Gordon  | [1]
Diva Dolorosa | 1999  | Netherlands  | Peter Delpeut  |  | Loek Dikker  | [1]
Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux | 2004  | France  | Patrice Leconte  | Jean-Marie Dreujou  | Étienne Perruchon  |
Earth from Above | 2004  | France  | Renaud Delourme  | Laurent Fleutot, Daniel Marchetti  | Armand Amar  |
Epic Java | 2013  | Indonesia  | Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara  | Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara  | Denny Novandi Ryan  |
Falls The Falls

| 1980  | United Kingdom  | Peter Greenaway  | Mike Coles, John Rosenberg  | Michael Nyman  | [3]
Field Niggas | 2015  | United States  | Khalik Allah  | Khalik Allah  |  | [4]
Film Socialisme | 2010  | France, Switzerland  | Jean-Luc Godard | Fabrice Aragno, Paul Grivas  |  | [3]
Hitler: A Film from Germany
(Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland)  | 1977  | France, United Kingdom, West Germany  | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg  | Dietrich Lohmann  |  | [3]
Koyaanisqatsi | 1982  | United States  | Godfrey Reggio  | Ron Fricke  | Philip Glass  | [5][6]
Last of England The Last of England

| 1987  | United Kingdom, West Germany  | Derek Jarman  | Tim Burke, Richard Heslop, Christopher Hughes, Derek Jarman, Cerith Wyn Evans  | Simon Fisher-Turner  | [1]
Laya Project | 2007  | India  | Harold Monfils  | Yuk Hoy Cheong, Agung Dewantoro  | Yotam Agam, Patrick Sabag  |
Leviathan | 2012  | France, United Kingdom, United States  | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel  | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel  |  |
Lines | 2016  | Greece  | Vassilis Mazomenos  | George Papandrikopoulos  | Dna  | [7]
Man with a Movie Camera | 1929  | Soviet Union  | Dziga Vertov  | Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski  |  |
Microcosmos | 1996  | France, Italy, Switzerland  | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou  | Thierry Machado  | Bruno Coulais  |
Mirror The Mirror

| 1975  | Soviet Union  | Andrei Tarkovsky  | Georgi Rerberg  | Eduard Artemyev  | [3]
Naqoyqatsi | 2002  | United States  | Godfrey Reggio  | Russell Lee Fine  | Philip Glass  | [6]
Palestrina - Prince of Music | 2009  | Italy  | Georg Brintrup  | Benny Hasenclever, Paolo Scarfò, Oliver Kochs  | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  |
Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

| 2011  | Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Denmark  | Roy Andersson  | István Borbás, Gergely Pálos  | Stock music from various sources, The Battle Hymn of the Republic prominently featured
Powaqqatsi | 1988  | United States  | Godfrey Reggio  | Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis  | Philip Glass  | [5][6]
Rasa Yatra | 2012  | India, United Kingdom  | Param Tomanec  | Param Tomanec  | Kalindi Dasi, Krishangi Lila  |
Ruhr | 2009  | Germany  | James Benning  | James Benning  |  |
Sacred Site | 1986  | United States  | Ron Fricke  | Ron Fricke  |  |
Samsara | 2011  | United States  | Ron Fricke  | Ron Fricke  | Marcello de Francisci, Lisa Gerrard, Michael Stearns  | [8]
Silence Above the Clouds
(Ticho nad oblakmi)  | 2009  | Slovakia  | Pavol Barabáš  | Pavol Barabáš  | Maok Martin Tesak  |
Sixty Spanish Cigarettes | 2015  | Spain  | Mark John Ostrowski  | Mark John Ostrowski  | Gabriel Prada  | [9]
Sophie's Place | 1986  | United States  | Larry Jordan  |  |  | [1]
Sweetgrass | 2009  | France, United Kingdom, United States  | Lucien Castaing-Taylor  | Lucien Castaing-Taylor  |  | [10]
Valley Centro El Valley Centro

| 2000  | United States  | James Benning  | James Benning  |  |
Visitors | 2013  | United States  | Godfrey Reggio  | Graham Berry, Trish Govoni, Tom Lowe  | Philip Glass  |
Vivan las Antipodas ¡Vivan las Antipodas!

| 2011  | Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands  | Victor Kossakovsky  | Victor Kossakovsky  | Alexander Popov  |
Walden (Diaries Notes and Sketches)  | 1969  | United States  | Jonas Mekas  | Jonas Mekas  |  | [3]
Winged Migration | 2001  | France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States  | Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats  | Various  | Bruno Coulais  | [11]
Zorns Lemma | 1970  | United States  | Hollis Frampton  |  |  | [3]

## See also

* Nonlinear narrative
* List of nonlinear narrative films
* Slow cinema
* Structural film
* Surrealist cinema

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Atkinson, Michael. "Be Very Afraid: The Best Experimental (Non-Narrative) Features, Part I". Fandor. https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/be-very-afraid-the-best-experimental-non-narrative-features-part-i.
2. ↑ McIntosh, Cody (February 2, 2020). "Baraka: 10 Most Visually Stunning Moments In The Film". https://screenrant.com/baraka-most-visually-stunning-moments/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Atkinson, Michael. "Be Very Afraid: The Best Experimental (Non-Narrative) Features, Part II". Fandor. https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/be-very-afraid-the-best-experimental-non-narrative-features-part-ii.
4. ↑ Scherstuhl, Alan (October 13, 2015). "Lexington One Two Five: Experimental Doc ‘Field Niggas’ Puts You There All Night". The Village Voice. https://www.villagevoice.com/2015/10/13/lexington-one-two-five-experimental-doc-field-niggas-puts-you-there-all-night/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fulton, Helen; Huisman, Rosemary; Murphet, Julian; Dunn, Anne (2006). Narrative and Media. Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0521617420. ""Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (1983) and Powaqqatsi (1988) are non-narrative films, [...]""
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hexel, Vasco (2018). The Film and Media Creators' Guide to Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138055728. ""Geoffrey Reggio's groundbreaking series of non-narrative montage films Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002) is accompanied by minimalist music by composer Philip Glass.""
7. ↑ Castiel, Elie (December 31, 2017). "S.O.S. Grèce" (in fr). Séquences. https://www.revuesequences.org/2017/12/lines/.
8. ↑ Keefe, Brad (March 17, 2020). "Movies to stream from home amid growing coronavirus shutdowns". https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20200317/movies-to-stream-from-home-amid-growing-coronavirus-shutdowns.
9. ↑ O'Falt, Chris (May 24, 2018). "From Lynch to Kiarostami to Ozu: See Where Your Favorite Directors Fall on Paul Schrader’s Chart of Non-Narrative Cinema". https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/paul-schrader-non-narrative-film-diagram-lynch-kiarostami-ozu-1201966364/.
10. ↑ O'Hehir, Andrew (January 5, 2010). ""Sweetgrass": Spectacular elegy for a dying West". https://www.salon.com/2010/01/05/sweetgrass/.
11. ↑ VanDerWerff, Emily (April 19, 2015). "How March of the Penguins ruined the nature documentary". https://www.vox.com/2015/4/19/8446027/nature-documentaries-monkey-kingdom.

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