This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1980s.
Title | Director | Cast | Nation | Notes | ||
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1980 | ||||||
Amy! | Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen | United Kingdom | ||||
Duplicity III | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Duplicity cycle | |||
Germany, Pale Mother | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek | West Germany | |||
Lucifer Rising | Kenneth Anger | United States | ||||
Made Manifest | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Other | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Roman Numeral: IV | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
Roman Numeral: V | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
Roman Numeral: VI | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
Roman Numeral: VII | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
Salome | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Sincerity V | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Sincerity cycle | |||
1981 | ||||||
Aftermath | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Arabic Numeral Series 1 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 2 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 3 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 4 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 5 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 6 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 7 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 8 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 9 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 11 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 12 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 13 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
The Garden of Earthly Delights | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Murder Psalm | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
No Mercy, No Future | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Elisabeth Stepanek, Jorge Reis, Curt Curtini | West Germany | |||
Nodes | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Le Pont du Nord | Jacques Rivette | Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti | France | |||
Possession | Andrzej Żuławski | Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent | France West Germany |
[1] | ||
Roman Numeral: VIII | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
Roman Numeral: IX | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans") | |||
RR | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Stonebridge Park | Patrick Keiller | United Kingdom | ||||
T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | Short | |||
Tango | Zbigniew Rybczyński | Poland | ||||
Unconscious London Strata | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
1982 | ||||||
The Angel | Patrick Bokanowski | Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture | France | [2] | ||
Arabic Numeral Series 14 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 15 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 16 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 17 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 18 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
Arabic Numeral Series 19 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Arabic Numeral Series (also called the "Arabics") | |||
The Atomic Café | Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty | United States | ||||
Baby Doll | Tessa Hughes-Freeland | United States | ||||
Chronopolis | Piotr Kamler | Poland | ||||
Dimension of Dialogue | Jan Švankmajer | Czechoslovakia | ||||
The Draughtsman's Contract | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom | ||||
Hours for Jerome | Nathaniel Dorsky | United States | ||||
In Order to Pass | Chris Kraus | United States | ||||
Macbeth | Béla Tarr | György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze, Imre Csuja, János Derzsi, István Dégi, Attila Kaszás, Gyula Maár, Đoko Rosić, János Ács, Lajos Őze | Hungary | Drama[3] | ||
Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States | [4] | |||
Liquid Sky | Slava Tsukerman | Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas | United States | Sci-Fi | ||
Personal Cuts | Sanja Iveković | Yugoslavia | ||||
Pictures on Pink Paper | Lis Rhodes | United Kingdom | ||||
Shift | Toshio Matsumoto | Japan | ||||
Three Crowns of the Sailor | Raúl Ruiz | Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin | France | [5] | ||
1983 | ||||||
La Belle captive | Alain Robbe-Grillet | Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure, Cyrielle Claire | France | [6] | ||
City of Lost Souls | Rosa von Praunheim | West Germany | ||||
Cosey Fanni Tutti | Doobie Eylath | Cosey Fanni Tutti | United Kingdom | |||
Diary | David Perlov | Israel | TV series[7] | |||
First Name: Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel | France Switzerland |
[8] | ||
Freeze Frame | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria | ||||
Hell Spit Flexion | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of The Dante Quartet | |||
Messages | Guy Sherwiin | United Kingdom | ||||
No End | Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis | Yugoslavia | ||||
Norwood | Patrick Keiller | United Kingdom | ||||
Pneuma | Nathaniel Dorsky | United States | ||||
Sans soleil | Chris Marker | Florence Delay | France | |||
Sweet Bunch | Nikos Nikolaidis | Despina Tomazani, Dora Maskalvanou, Takis Moschos | Greece | |||
Syntagma | Valie Export | Irmilin Hoffer | Austria | |||
Videodrome | David Cronenberg | James Woods, Debbie Harry | USA | |||
1984 | ||||||
Blue Monday | The Duvet Brothers | United Kingdom | ||||
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | United Kingdom | [9] | |||
Egyptian Series | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Future of Emily | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Brigitte Fossey, Camille Raymond, Hermann Treusch | West Germany | |||
The Green Witch and Merry Diana | Grayson Perry | United Kingdom | ||||
Ian Breakwell's Continuous Diary | Ian Breakwell | United Kingdom | TV series | |||
Klassenverhältnisse | Straub-Huillet | Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Nazzareno Bianconi | West Germany France |
Drama | ||
Shut the Fuck Up | General Idea | Canada | ||||
Tortured Dust Part I | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Tortured Dust Part II | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Tortured Dust Part III | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Tortured Dust Part IV | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
1985 | ||||||
2084 | Chris Marker | France | ||||
The Angelic Conversation | Derek Jarman | Judi Dench, Paul Reynolds, Philip Williamson | United Kingdom | |||
The Epic of Gilgamesh | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | United Kingdom | ||||
Les Favoris de la Lune | Otar Iosseliani | Pascal Aubier, Alix de Montaigu, Gaspard Flori | France Italy |
[10] | ||
Hail Mary | Jean-Luc Godard | Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste | France United Kingdom Switzerland |
[11] | ||
Jane | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Monument of Sacrifice and Orgy | Ana Nuša Dragan, Srečo Dragan | Yugoslavia | ||||
The Practice of Love | Valie Export | Adelheid Arndt, Hagnot Elischka, Rüdiger Vogler | Austria | |||
The Right Side of My Brain | Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch | United States | ||||
Super-8 Girl Games | Ursula Pürrer, Hans A. Scheirl | Austria | ||||
Where Evil Dwells | Tommy Turner, David Wojnarowicz | United States | ||||
A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon | Netherlands United Kingdom |
[12] | ||
1986 | ||||||
The Aerodyne | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy" | |||
Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry | United Kingdom | |||
Confession | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Dance Shadows by Danielle Helander | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy" | |||
The End | Patrick Keiller | United Kingdom | ||||
The Family Album | Alan Berliner | United States | ||||
Fingered | Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch | United States | ||||
Fireloop | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy" | |||
Foolproof Illusion | Chris Kraus | United States | ||||
Handsworth Songs | Black Audio Film Collective | United Kingdom | ||||
Kelimba | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria | ||||
The Loom | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy" | |||
Mommy, Mommy, Where's My Brain? | Jon Moritsugu | United States | ||||
Nidhiyude Katha | Vijayakrishnan | India | [13] | |||
Night Music | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the "Three Handed-Painted Films" | |||
Street of Crocodiles | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | United Kingdom | [14] | |||
Thames Film | William Raban | John Hurt | United Kingdom | |||
Toutes les femmes est Jeanne d'Arc | Suzanne Lemaître | France | ||||
1987 | ||||||
17 Reasons Why | Nathaniel Dorsky | United States | ||||
Alaya | Nathaniel Dorsky | United States | ||||
All Our Secrets are Contained in an Image | Breda Beban, Hrvoje Horvatić | Yugoslavia | ||||
The Black Tower | John Smith | United Kingdom | ||||
Cruel Illness of Men | Igor Aleinikov | Soviet Union | ||||
The Cure for Insomnia | John Henry Timmis IV | United States | ||||
The Dante Quartet | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of The Dante Quartet | |||
The Deadman | Peggy Ahwesh, Keith Sanborn | United States | ||||
Dream | Dmitrii Frolov | Soviet Union | ||||
Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Faustfilm Project | |||
From the Archives of Modern Art | Eleanor Antin | United States | ||||
How to Shoot a Crime | Chris Kraus, Sylvère Lotringer | United States | ||||
Kindgering | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Last of England | Derek Jarman | Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring (Mark Adley) | United Kingdom | [15] | ||
Loud Visual Noises | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Morning Patrol | Nikos Nikolaidis | Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi | Greece | |||
The Revolutionary Sketch | Gleb Aleinikov, Igor Aleinikov | Soviet Union | ||||
Traktora | Gleb Aleinikov, Igor Aleinikov | Soviet Union | ||||
1988 | ||||||
Alice | Jan Švankmajer | Kristina Kohoutova | Switzerland Czechoslovakia |
[16] | ||
Degrees of Blindness | Cerith Wyn Evans | United Kingdom | ||||
Faust 3: Candida Albacore | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Faustfilm Project | |||
Faust's Other: An Idyll | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Faustfilm Project | |||
I... Dreaming | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Limits of Vision | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom | ||||
Marilyn's Window | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Matins | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Measures of Distance | Mona Hatoun | United Kingdom | ||||
Powaqqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States | [17] | |||
Rage Net | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Three Hand-Painted Films | |||
Virile Games | Jan Švankmajer | Czechoslovakia | ||||
1989 | ||||||
Babylon Series #1 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Begotten | E. Elias Merhige | Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry | United States | Experimental horror | ||
Clownery | Dmitrii Frolov | Dmitri Shibanov, Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Sourkova, Alexey Zaharov, Viktoriya Zlotnikova, Mark Nahamkin, Yevgeniy Suhonenkov, Alexey Frolov, Alexandr Kostin, Yakov Shmayev, Vyacheslav Gridin | Soviet Union | |||
The Clouds | Patrick Keiller | United Kingdom | ||||
Ecce Homo | Jerry Tartaglia | United States | ||||
Faust 4 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Faustfilm Project | |||
Looking for Langston | Isaac Julien | United Kingdom | ||||
Marquis | Henri Xhonneux | Francois Marthouret, Valerie Kling, Michel Robin | Belgium France |
[18] | ||
Santa Sangre | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Sabrina Dennison | Italy Mexico |
[19] | ||
Tabula Rasa | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria | ||||
Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tomoroh Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | [20] | ||
Visions in Meditation #1 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Visions in Meditation Cycle | |||
Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Visions in Meditation Cycle | |||
The Window | Julius Ziz | Soviet Union |