List of avant-garde films of the 1980s

Avant-garde and experimental films din yina1980s.

Title	Director	Cast	Nation	Notes
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
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

Notes

↑ German, Yuri. Possession. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ The Angel. Allmovie. All Media Guide. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
↑ Macbeth (1982). AllMovie. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. Koyaanisqatsi. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ Blaise, Judd. Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ Voorhees, John. La Belle captive. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Diary (1983), retrieved 2017-08-18
↑ Schwartz, Louis. First Name: Carmen. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Erickson, Hal. Les Favoris de la Lune. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ Schwartz, Louis. Hail Mary. Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
↑ Voorhees, John. A Zed & Two Noughts. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ William Verrone (8 November 2011). Nidhiyude Katha. Allrovi. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488810. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
↑ Cooper, Tracie. Street of Crocodiles. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Erickson, Hal. The Last of England. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Tobey, Matthew. Alice. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ Erickson, Hal. Powaqqatsi. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Brennan, Sandra. Marquis. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
↑ Voorhees, John. Santa Sangre. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
↑ Blaise, Judd. Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.

[1] German, Yuri. Possession. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[2] The Angel. Allmovie. All Media Guide. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[3] Macbeth (1982). AllMovie. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[4] LeVasseur, Andrea. Koyaanisqatsi. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[5] Blaise, Judd. Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[6] Voorhees, John. La Belle captive. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[7] Diary (1983), retrieved 2017-08-18

[8] Schwartz, Louis. First Name: Carmen. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[9] LeVasseur, Andrea. The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[10] Erickson, Hal. Les Favoris de la Lune. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[11] Schwartz, Louis. Hail Mary. Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.

[12] Voorhees, John. A Zed & Two Noughts. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[13] William Verrone (8 November 2011). Nidhiyude Katha. Allrovi. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488810. Retrieved January 19, 2013.

[14] Cooper, Tracie. Street of Crocodiles. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[15] Erickson, Hal. The Last of England. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[16] Tobey, Matthew. Alice. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[17] Erickson, Hal. Powaqqatsi. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[18] Brennan, Sandra. Marquis. Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[19] Voorhees, John. Santa Sangre. Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

[20] Blaise, Judd. Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.

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