Movies (120) tagged by 'Experimental Film'
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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
This movie was designed to have no plot. Meaning is to be created by the viewer, and only the viewer can give value to the images and music. That said, there i...
Begotten (1991)
God disembowels himself with a straight razor. The spirit-like Mother Earth emerges, venturing into a bleak, barren landscape. Twitching and cowering, the Son ...
Eraserhead (1979)
Henry Spencer's (John Nance) hair sticks straight up, and his girlfriend's (Charlotte Stewart) offspring looks like larva.
Shirin (2008)
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Pe...
Powaqqatsi (1988)
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Gaja Gamini (2000)
Gaja Gamini, the embodiment of the Indian spirit, inspires artists of all kinds, interacts with and influences the West, and exists through the ages.
Everlasting Love (2014)
A middle aged teacher meets one of his young students whilst cruising in the local woods. Between them commences a love affair that takes a dark turn.
Holy Motors (2012)
From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, a...
Hotel Room (1993)
The lives of several people spanning from 1936 to 1993 are chronicled during their overnight stay at a New York City hotel room. The hotel room undergoes minor...
Tetsuo, the Iron Man (1989)
A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Ja...
The Five Obstructions (2003)
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967...
Dementia (1955)
MAYBE: A girl lies on a bed in a cheap hotel room. She gets dressed and goes into the street. She walks through dark alleys. She is assaulted by a drunk.A cop ...
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013)
Following the disappearance of his wife, a man finds himself on a dark and twisted trail of discovery through the labyrinthine halls of his apartment building. ...
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1997)
Sequel to "Tetsou" this time has the Iron Man transforming into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. When the skinheads capture him...
Fando and Lis (1972)
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
A traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, are living under a mysterious family curse: Roderick...
The Alphabet (1968)
Against a backdrop of bizarre shapes and textures, a small organic figure gives birth to the letters of the alphabet while a mixture of children's voices and a...
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Filmmaker Dziga Vertov gives a surrealist view of Russia, emphasizing machinery and architecture.
7 Deadly Sins: Inside the Ecomm Cult (2009)
Cults are real...this 'mockumentary' isn't. Godfather of Gore movies Herschell Gordon Lewis plays a detective who tells the story of the Ecomm Cult, operated by...
After Last Season (2009)
A suspect in recently uncovered murders has not been found. Matthew Andrews (Jason Kulas) and Sarah Austin (Peggy McClellan) are among the people who follow the...
Camille 2000 (1969)
Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a ...
Umshini Wam (2011)
Big dreams, big blunts, big rims, and big guns. its time to get gangsta gangsta. Ninja and Yo Landi are wheelchair-bound lovers and real gangstas. They live in ...
Elephants Dream (2006)
The two main characters are on a journey in the folds of a giant Machine, exploring the twisted and dark complex of wires, gears and cogs. Until one moment a c...
A Song of Love (1950)
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Lot in Sodom (1933)
Sodom is a place of sin. An angel appears there and he is welcomed by Lot. The people of Sodom want to have sex with him. Lot refuses; then the angel tells him ...
Visitors (2013)
Director Godfrey Reggio reveals humanity's trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effe...
Goodbye to Language 3D (2014)
The idea is simple: A married woman and a single man meet. They love, they argue, fists fly. A dog strays between town and country. The seasons pass. The man an...
The Last of England (1987)
The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly ...
Hail Mary (1985)
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Persona (1966)
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personas are melding together.
Screening Process (2004)
Kevin and his three best buddies get together regularly for a friendly poker game, but on this particular evening, the conversation touches on a sore subject: K...
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven (1981)
No plot available for TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the ...
Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
A telepathic nightclub act becomes the backdrop for murder.
Zorn's Lemma (1970)
A rhythmically edited alphabet composed of street and shop signs shot in New York City and other elements is gradually replaced by repeated seemingly abstract s...
Fata Morgana (1971)
Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.
U2 Zoo TV Live from Sydney (1994)
U2 perform live in Sydney, Australia in 1993 on the fifth leg of their iconic Zoo TV Tour.
Dog Star Man Part I (2004)
From a murky landscape, a wooded mountain emerges. We watch the sun. We see a bearded man climbing up the mountain through the snow. He carries an ax, and he's ...
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
After learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams.
Wavelength (1967)
One of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week...
Container (2006)
Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following wo...
Transfer (1966)
A psychiatrist, referred to only as Doctor, is living alone in a snowy field surrounded by pine woods. When a former patient named Ralph appears, the Doctor is ...
L'age D'or (1930)
A surrealist tale of a man and a woman passionately in love with one another, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their fam...
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One (1968)
Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind-the-scenes drama taking place.
Das Lächeln der Madame Beudet (1923)
One of the first feminist movies, The Smiling Madame Beudet is the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband is used to playing ...
The the Naked Lunch and the Naked the Naked Lunch (2012)
An intoxicated old experimental novelist tries to explain why he dislikes David Cronenberg's film of William Burroughs' 'The Naked Lunch' so much.
Herz aus Glas (1976)
The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".
À propos de Nice (1930)
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966)
"A Symphony of Sound" - depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground and Nico at the Factory, 231 East 47th St., (loft on 4th floor), New York City. ...
Apocalypse After (2018)
An abandoned seaside resort. The shooting for a fantasy film about the end of an era wraps up. Two women, both members of the film crew, one an actress, the oth...
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985)
A documentary film about Haitian vodou.
Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
A man recalls the story of how his bees implanted in him a bee television, causing him to lose all perception of space, time, and self in the deserts of the Ame...
Yggdrasill Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind (1997)
An experimental short by Stan Brakhage which combines and overlaps various lights, colors, and footage.
Topos (1985)
During its 85-minute running time, this jarring experimental film takes a no-holds-barred look at the way women have been treated and depicted in Western art.
Illuminated Texts (1982)
A montage provides a meditation on opposing extremes and the inevitability of destruction.
Soft and Hard (1985)
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville talk about their films, while doing everyday tasks around their house.
In the Shadow of the Sun (1981)
A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.
David Holzman's Diary (1967)
This fake documentary which appears quite real on the surface is about a young man making a movie about his everyday life and discovering something important ab...
The Committee (1968)
Experimental 1968 British satire with an exclusive soundtrack by PINK FLOYD.
"Arena" Glitterbug (0)
The home movies of Derek Jarman, chronicling his life.
White (2012)
An existential tale about the mysterious character depicted in painter David Blackwood's piece 'Survivor Wandering'.
The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter (1968)
An animated experimental short film in which drawn images take on a life of their own.
Pavoncello (1969)
In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affair...
The Garden (1990)
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intr...
Tsuburekakatta migime no tame ni (2019)
Two series of images, chaotically showcasing Japan in the '60s, showing images of student riots, ads and pop culture.
Notes on the Circus (1966)
The short film is a montage of sped up video clips of The Ringling Brothers Circus in action set to a musical track. The film is separated into four segments, e...
LOL (2006)
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell (1992)
Alexander Hell, SCOTT SHAW, is a cross-dimensional mercenary. He rides his Harley out of the dark abyss to send ancient vampires back to Hell.
Sunspring (2016)
A computer generated the screenplay for this short science fiction film.
The Capsule (2012)
Seven girls, a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock, a cycle of lessons on discipline, desire and demise-infinitely.
Nuestra Señora de Paris (1982)
Super-8 single frame portrait of the Notre Dame cathedral featuring luminous light and a dense score incorporating players from the square.
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Dog Star Man (1964)
An experimental film from Stan Brakhage in which a man and his dog ascend a wooded mountain.
Wait (1968)
A soundless experimental film which captures two individuals waiting at a table while light flashes on and off the subjects.
Manhatta (1921)
This groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass (1971)
A man and woman in conversation, arguing till roistering and we see gestures and words that are repeated with rough technique.
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myt...
Dark City Beneath the Beat (2020)
Musical documentary reimagines the narrative of Baltimore, a city rising above social and economic turmoil to develop a vibrant and close-knit community for the...
Jesus - Der Film (1986)
JESUS - THE FILM is a monumental feature film in 35 episodes, shot on Super8. The individual episodes retell the story of the New Testament and were made by a t...
Prata Palomares (1972)
While waiting for directions, two revolutionaries hide in a church, where they meet a woman who wants to have a son with one of them.
Emotion (1966)
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpa...
Narcissister Organ Player (2018)
Against the backdrop of her provocative and inventive performance, Narcissister reflects on the personal impact of her mother's illness and death.
Chôfuku-ki (1974)
A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.
Begone Dull Care (1950)
Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
So Long, Lonesome (2009)
In his last seconds of life, a man experiences a vivi fever dream about his life and his recently-departed love. But is she a mere hallucination or is she reach...
Shokenki (1977)
A surreal experimental short about man's relationship with books.
Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
In an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera.
Keshigomu (1977)
Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.
Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
One of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.
Lichtspiel Opus 1. (1921)
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shape...
Atman (1975)
A lone figure sitting outdoors and wearing a Hannya mask is seen from different angles in a succession of crash zooms and encircling jump cuts.
Here (2024)
From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump (1994), Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The sto...
Opus II (1921)
As early as 1909, Walter Ruttmann explored the artistic properties of the film. His theoretical and practical work led in 1919 to the first "absolute film&...
More Things That Happened (2007)
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror 'Inland Empire'
The Diabetic (2022)
The Diabetic follows a lonely and irreverent 30 year old Type 1 Diabetic named Alek who returns to his hometown to re-live his teenage 'glory days.'
Opus IV (1925)
Walter Ruttmann's (Metropolis 1927) fourth abstract animated short in the series. In this the last film he has found a cohesion between the music and the a...
Flesh of the Void (2017)
Death is imminent and meaning absent in this visual exercise of pointless nihilism. A visual experiment of anger and psychosis, captured on all kinds of manipul...
Wu suo zhu (2024)
A monk in red robe passes through rural and urban landscapes. His journey brings uncertainty when a stranger seems to follow his path. Lee Kang-Sheng stars in t...
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002)
A collection of visionary director David Lynch's short films from the first 29 years of his career is accompanied by a special introduction to each film by...
Feng ai (2014)
50 men live for 12 months in a madhouse, they passing their days in a single plane and having little contact with the medical team. Every one of the inmates is ...
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