List of avant-garde films of the 1980s

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This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1980s.

Title Director Cast Nation Notes
1980
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen United Kingdom
Stan Brakhage United States Part of Duplicity[disambiguation needed] 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
Patrick Keiller United Kingdom
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
Tessa Hughes-Freeland United States
Chronopolis Poland
Dimension of Dialogue Jan Švankmajer Czechoslovakia
The Draughtsman's Contract Peter Greenaway United Kingdom
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
Sanja Iveković Yugoslavia
Lis Rhodes United Kingdom
Shift Toshio Matsumoto Japan
Three Crowns of the Sailor Raúl Ruiz , , France [5]
1983
La Belle captive Alain Robbe-Grillet Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure, France [6]
City of Lost Souls Rosa von Praunheim West Germany
Cosey Fanni Tutti United Kingdom
David Perlov Israel TV series[7]
First Name: Carmen Jean-Luc Godard Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel France
Switzerland		 [8]
Peter Tscherkassky Austria
Hell Spit Flexion Stan Brakhage United States Part of The Dante Quartet
United Kingdom
Sanja Iveković, Yugoslavia
' Patrick Keiller United Kingdom
Sans soleil Chris Marker Florence Delay France
Sweet Bunch Nikos Nikolaidis Despina Tomazani, Dora Maskalvanou, Takis Moschos Greece
Valie Export Irmilin Hoffer Austria
1984
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
Grayson Perry United Kingdom
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, , France
Italy		 [10]
Hail Mary Jean-Luc Godard Myriem Roussel, , France
United Kingdom
Switzerland		 [11]
Jane Stan Brakhage United States
, Yugoslavia
The Practice of Love Valie Export Adelheid Arndt, , Rüdiger Vogler Austria
Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch United States
, Hans A. Scheirl Austria
, 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"
Patrick Keiller United Kingdom
The Family Album Alan Berliner United States
Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch United States
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy"
Chris Kraus United States
Handsworth Songs Black Audio Film Collective United Kingdom
Peter Tscherkassky Austria
The Loom Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Caswallon Trilogy"
Jon Moritsugu United States
Nidhiyude Katha Vijayakrishnan India [13]
Night Music[disambiguation needed] Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Three Handed-Painted Films"
Street of Crocodiles Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay United Kingdom [14]
John Hurt United Kingdom
France
1987
Dmitrii Frolov Soviet Union
Breda Beban, Yugoslavia
John Smith United Kingdom
Soviet Union
The Cure for Insomnia United States
The Dante Quartet Stan Brakhage United States Part of The Dante Quartet
The Deadman Peggy Ahwesh, United States
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Eleanor Antin United States
Chris Kraus, Sylvère Lotringer United States
Stan Brakhage United States
The Last of England Derek Jarman Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring (Mark Adley) United Kingdom [15]
Stan Brakhage United States
Morning Patrol Nikos Nikolaidis Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi Greece
, Soviet Union
, Soviet Union
1988
Alice Jan Švankmajer Switzerland
Czechoslovakia		 [16]
Cerith Wyn Evans United Kingdom
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
I... Dreaming Stan Brakhage United States
The Limits of Vision Clio Barnard United Kingdom
Stan Brakhage United States
Stan Brakhage United States
Mona Hatoun United Kingdom
Powaqqatsi Godfrey Reggio United States [17]
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Jan Švankmajer Czechoslovakia
1989
Stan Brakhage United States
Begotten E. Elias Merhige Brian Salzberg, , 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
Patrick Keiller United Kingdom
United States
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Looking for Langston Isaac Julien United Kingdom
Marquis Henri Xhonneux Francois Marthouret, , Michel Robin Belgium
France		 [18]
Santa Sangre Alejandro Jodorowsky Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Sabrina Dennison Italy
Mexico		 [19]
Peter Tscherkassky Austria
Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto , Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto Japan [20]
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Stan Brakhage United States Part of the
Soviet Union

Notes[]

  1. ^ German, Yuri. "Possession". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. 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. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Blaise, Judd. "Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  6. ^ Voorhees, John. "La Belle captive". Allrovi. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  7. ^ Diary (1983), retrieved 2017-08-18
  8. ^ Schwartz, Louis. "First Name: Carmen". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  9. ^ LeVasseur, Andrea. "The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  10. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Les Favoris de la Lune". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  11. ^ Schwartz, Louis. "Hail Mary". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  12. ^ Voorhees, John. "A Zed & Two Noughts". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  13. ^ William Verrone (8 November 2011). Nidhiyude Katha. Allrovi. ISBN 9780786488810. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Cooper, Tracie. "Street of Crocodiles". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  15. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Last of England". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  16. ^ Tobey, Matthew. "Alice". Allrovi. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  17. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Powaqqatsi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  18. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Marquis". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  19. ^ Voorhees, John. "Santa Sangre". Allrovi. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  20. ^ Blaise, Judd. "Tetsuo: The Iron Man". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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