This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2000s.
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes | ||
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2000 | ||||||
And the Pig was Born | Julius Ziz | Lithuania | ||||
Appearances | Barbara Meter | Netherlands | ||||
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty | Jonas Mekas | United States | ||||
Dance | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey | Denmark | |||
Energy Lithuania | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | ||||
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Heart of the World | Guy Maddin | Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar | Canada | [1] | ||
Jesus Trilogy and Coda | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Kimono | Hal Hartley | Miho Nikaido | United States | [2] | ||
Little Otik | Jan Švankmajer | Jan Hartl, Veronika Zilkova | Czech Republic United Kingdom |
[3] | ||
Moilsome Toilsome | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Mysterious Object at Noon | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand | [4] | |||
Persian Series#6 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#7 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#8 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#9 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#10 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#11 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Persian Series#12 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Songs from the Second Floor | Roy Andersson | Sten Andersson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström, Stefan Larsson, Lars Nordh | Sweden | |||
A Story about a Bad Dream | Pavel Stingl | Czech Republic | ||||
Water for Maya | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Werckmeister Harmonies | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Peter Fitz, Lars Rudolph, Hanna Schygulla | Hungary | |||
2001 | ||||||
386 DX | Alexei Shulgin | Russia | ||||
Baby Jesus | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
The Battle of Orgreave | Jeremy Deller | United Kingdom | ||||
Dark Night of the Soul | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Dream Work | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria | ||||
Garden Path | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Her Glacial Speed | Eve Heller | Austria | ||||
Lovesong | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Lovesong cycle | |||
Lovesong 2 | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of Lovesong cycle | |||
A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight | Constanze Ruhm | Austria | ||||
Micro Garden | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch | Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring | United States | [5] | ||
Night Mulch | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Occam's Thread | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#13 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#14 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#15 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#16 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#17 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Perisan Series#18 | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Pistol Opera | Seijun Suzuki | Makiko Esumi | Japan | |||
Rounds | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Les Soviets plus l'électricité | Nicolas Rey | France | ||||
Southlander | Steven Hanft | Rory Cochrane, Rossie Harris, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs | United States | [6] | ||
Very | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Wiley Wiggins, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks | United States | [7] | ||
2002 | ||||||
11'09"01 September 11 | Various | France | [8] | |||
Ascension | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Blissfully Yours | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Lisa Walter | France Thailand |
[9] | ||
Claire | Milford Thomas | Toniet Gallego, Mish P. DeLight, James Ferguson | United States | [10] | ||
The Cloud of Unknowing | Richard Sylvarnes | Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Lisa Walter | United States | [11] | ||
*Corpus Callosum | Michael Snow | Kim Plate, Greg Hermanovic, John Massey | Canada | [12] | ||
Decasia | Bill Morrison | United States | [13] | |||
The Decay of Fiction | Pat O'Neill | Various | United States | [14] | ||
Gerry | Gus Van Sant | Casey Affleck, Matt Damon | United States | [15] | ||
I-San Special | Mingmongkol Sonakul | Mesini Kaewratri, Phurida Vichitphan | Thailand | |||
The Loser Takes It All | Nikos Nikolaidis | Giannis Aggelakas, Simeon Nikolaidis, Jenny Kitseli | Greece | |||
Max | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Meanwhile a Butterfly Flies | Julius Ziz | Lithuania | ||||
Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | United States | [16] | |||
Nikita Kino | Vivan Ostrovsky | United States | ||||
Panels for the Walls of Heaven | Stan Brakhage | United States | Part of the Vancouver Island films | |||
Resurrectus Est | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Russian Ark | Alexander Sokurov | Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy | Russia Canada Denmark Germany |
[17] | ||
Seasons... | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Song of the Mushroom | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Ten | Abbas Kiarostami | Mania Akbari, Amin Maher | Iran | [18] | ||
The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau | Australia | [19] | ||
Uzak | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey | ||||
2003 | ||||||
( ) | Morgan Fisher | United States | ||||
Alice in Wonderland, or: Who is Guy Debord? | Robert Cauble | United States | ||||
Alila | Amos Gitai | Yael Abecassis, Ronit Elkabetz, Hanna Laslo, Uri Klauzner | Israel | |||
Bengali Tourist | Sarnath Banerjee | India | ||||
Bodysong | Simon Pummell | United Kingdom | [20] | |||
Chinese Series | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Cowards Bend the Knee | Guy Maddin | Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Amy Stewart | Canada | [21] | ||
Dogville | Lars von Trier | Nicole Kidman, John Hurt, Paul Bettany | Denmark | [22] | ||
The Five Obstructions | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen | Denmark | |||
I Love My India | Tejal Shah | India | ||||
The Mesmerist | Bill Morrison | United States | ||||
The Missing | Lee Kang-Sheng | Lu Yi-ching, Chang Chea, Miao Tien | Taiwan | [23] | ||
Parc central | Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster | France | ||||
Quay | Barbara Meter | Netherlands | ||||
The Role of a Lifetime | Deimantas Narkevičius | Peter Watkins | Lithuania | |||
The Saddest Music in the World | Guy Maddin | Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros | Canada | [24] | ||
San Yuan Li | Ou Ning, Cao Fei | China | ||||
Scena | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | ||||
Stan's Window | Stan Brakhage | United States | ||||
Tarnation | Jonathan Caouette | United States | [25] | |||
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | Wang Bing | China | ||||
Woodenhead | Florian Habicht | Nicholas Butler, Theresa Peters, Tony Bishop | New Zealand | [26] | ||
2004 | ||||||
Anatomy of Hell | Catherine Breillat | Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Catherine Breillat | France | [27] | ||
Cake and Steak | Abigail Child | United States | ||||
The Future is Behind You | Abigail Child | United States | ||||
A Hole in My Heart | Lukas Moodysson | Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Thorsten Flinck, Goran Marjanovic | Sweden | |||
Innocence | Lucile Hadžihalilović | Zoe Auclair, Berangere Haubruge, Lea Bridarolli | Belgium United Kingdom France |
[28] | ||
Light is Calling | Bill Morrison | United States | ||||
Mira Corpora | Stéphane Marti | France | ||||
Notre Musique | Jean-Luc Godard | Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu | Switzerland France |
[29] | ||
Once in the XX Century | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | ||||
Palindromes | Todd Solondz | Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly-Guirgis, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States | [30] | ||
Planet Earth: Dreams | D.J. Mendel | Tim Donovan Jr., Denise Greber | United States | [31] | ||
Proteus | David Lebrun | Marian Seldes, Corey Burton, Richard Dysart | United States | [32] | ||
The Raspberry Reich | Bruce LaBruce | Susanne Sachsse, Daniel Batscher | Germany | [33] | ||
Scenes from Freedonia | Cordelia Swann | United Kingdom | ||||
Stages of Mourning | Sarah Pucill | United Kingdom | ||||
Star Spangled to Death | Ken Jacobs | United States | ||||
Tropical Malady | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee | Italy Germany Thailand France |
[34] | ||
X-Nana - Subroutine | Constanze Ruhm | Austria | ||||
Yes | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | ||||
2005 | ||||||
Blockade | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine | ||||
Bye Bye Havana | J. Michael Seyfert | Cuba | ||||
Drawing Restraint 9 | Matthew Barney | Matthew Barney, Björk | United States | [35] | ||
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria | [36] | |||
Johanna | Kornél Mundruczó | Orsolya Toth, Zsolt Trill, Eszter Wierdl | Hungary | [37] | ||
Last Days | Gus Van Sant | Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento | United States | [38] | ||
Lunacy | Jan Švankmajer | Pavel Liska, Jan Triska, Anna Geislerová | Slovakia Czech Republic |
[39] | ||
Manderlay | Lars von Trier | Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankolé, Danny Glover | Netherlands Sweden Denmark Italy France United Kingdom Germany |
[40] | ||
"Matrioškos" | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | ||||
One Day in People's Poland | Maciej Drygas | Poland | ||||
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | United Kingdom | ||||
Rubber Johnny | Chris Cunningham | United Kingdom | [41] | |||
The Space Between | Brad Butler, Noor Afshan Mirza | United Kingdom | ||||
Straight 8 | Avisha Abraham | India | ||||
Super Mario Bros. Movie | Cory Arcangel, Paper Rad | United States | [42] | |||
Untitled No. 1 | Masha Godovannaya | Russia | ||||
The Wayward Cloud | Tsai Ming-Liang | Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-ching | Taiwan France |
[43] | ||
Welt Spiegel Kino | Gustav Deutsch | Austria | ||||
What is it? | Crispin Glover | Michael Blevins, Rikky Wittman, John Insinna | United States | [44] | ||
The Wild Blue Yonder | Werner Herzog | Brad Dourif | Denmark France Germany |
[45] | ||
The Zero Years | Nikos Nikolaidis | Vicky Harris, Jenny Kitselli, Arhontisa Mavrakaki | Greece | [46] | ||
2006 | ||||||
'All that's solid melts into air' (Karl Marx) | Vong Phaophanit | Vietnam | ||||
Brand Upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin | Erik Steffen Maahs, Gretchen Lee Krich, Sullivan Brown | United States Canada |
[47] | ||
Container | Lukas Moodysson | Peter Lorentzon, Mariha Aberg, Jena Malone | Sweden | [48] | ||
Daft Punk's Electroma | Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo | Peter Hurteau, Michael Reich | United States | [49] | ||
Dark Glass | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom | ||||
East Side Story | Igor Grubić | Croatia | ||||
Glass Lips | Lech Majewski | Patryk Czajka, Joanna Litwin, Grzegorz Przybyl | United States Poland |
[50] | ||
Gradiva | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France | ||||
The Highwater Trilogy | Bill Morrison | United States | ||||
Inland Empire | David Lynch | Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton | Poland France United States |
[51] | ||
The Surging Sea of Humanity | Ken Jacobs | United States | ||||
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno | Zinedine Zidane | United Kingdom France Spain |
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2007 | ||||||
Caesural Variation I | Raqs Media Collective | India | ||||
The Head | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lev Kerbel | Lithuania | |||
It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine | Crispin Glover | Steven C. Stewart, Margit Carstensen, Carrie Szlasa | United States | [52] | ||
Japan Japan | Lior Shamriz | Imri Kahn | Israel | [53] | ||
Lovely Andrea | Hito Steyerl | Japan | ||||
Manuelle Labor | Marie Losier | Marie Losier | United States | [54] | ||
Mister Lonely | Harmony Korine | Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant | Ireland United States United Kingdom France |
[55] | ||
My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin | Ann Savage | Canada | [56] | ||
Revisiting Solaris | Deimantas Narkevičius | Donatas Banionis, Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | |||
You, the Living | Roy Andersson | Björn Englund, Elisabet Helander, Jessika Lundberg | Sweden | |||
The Full Monteverdi | John La Bouchardiere | I Fagiolini | United Kingdom | [57] | ||
2008 | ||||||
History of Cinema | Rouzbeh Rashidi | Iran Ireland |
Shortfilm | |||
Veena Vaadanam | Sathish Kalathil | Sathish Kalathil, Sujith Aalungal | India | Documentary | ||
Langue sacrée, langue parlée | Nurith Aviv | France Israel |
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Synecdoche, New York | Charlie Kaufman | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton | United States | [58] | ||
Tony Conrad, DreaMinimalist | Marie Losier | Tony Conrad | United States | |||
Waltz With Bashir | Ari Folman | Germany France Israel |
[59] | |||
2009 | ||||||
Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm | Denmark | [60] | ||
Atlantiques | Mati Diop | Senegal | ||||
Cinématon | Gérard Courant | France | ||||
Dogtooth | Yorgos Lanthimos | Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Christos Passali | Greece | |||
Guilt (2009 film) | Vassilis Mazomenos | Nikos Arvanitis, Yannis Tsortekis, Arto Apartian | Greece | |||
Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown | France | [61] | ||
Into the Unknown | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | ||||
Trash Humpers | Harmony Korine | Rachel Korine, Brian Kotzur, Travis Nicholson | United States United Kingdom |
[62] | ||
Ville Marie | Alexandre Larose | Canada | ||||
Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Anne Consigny | France Italy |
[63] | ||
Saturn Returns | Lior Shamriz | Chloé Griffin, Tal Meiri, Heinz Emigholz | Germany | |||
2010 | ||||||
Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehle | France Switzerland |
[64] | ||
Jalachhayam | Sathish Kalathil | Baburaj Puthoor, Dr. B Jayakrishnan, Kripa, Prasanna Balan, Master Navin Krishna | India | [65] | ||
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee | Thailand | [66] |