List of nonlinear narrative films
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The following is a chronological list of nonlinear narrative films.
2010s
2012
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2012 | Ee Adutha Kalathu | Arun Kumar | hyperlink cinema " |
2011
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2011 | Bombay March 12 | Babu Janardhanan | " |
Traffic | Rajesh Pillai | hyperlink cinema " |
2010
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2010 | The Social Network | David Fincher |
2000s
2009
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Marc Webb | |
Across the Hall | Alex Merkin | ||
Downloading Nancy | Johan Renck | ||
Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | ||
Shorts | Robert Rodriguez | ||
Watchmen | Zack Snyder | hyperlink cinema |
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2004 | Alexander | Oliver Stone | |
Closer | Mike Nichols | ||
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry | ||
The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | ||
Haven | Frank E. Flowers | ||
Wicker Park | Paul McGuigan | remake based on L'Appartement (1996) | |
November | Greg Harrison |
2003
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2003 | Kill Bill | Quentin Tarantino | |
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | remake based on Ju-on 2 (2000) | |
Ju-on: The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | remake based on Ju-on (2000) | |
Identity | James Mangold | ||
21 Grams | Alejandro González Iñárritu | hyperlink cinema | |
Elephant | Gus Van Sant | ||
Oldboy | Park Chan-wook | ||
Wonderland | James Cox |
2002
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | |
Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | remake based on Solaris (1972) | |
Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | ||
Adaptation. | Spike Jonze | ||
American Gun | Alan Jacobs | ||
Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | reverse chronology | |
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not | Laetitia Colombani | ||
Cremaster 3 | Matthew Barney | ||
Ararat | Atom Egoyan | ||
City of God | Fernando Meirelles | ||
The Rules of Attraction | Roger Avary | ||
The Hours | Stephen Daldry |
2001
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2001 | Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch | |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Jill Sprecher | ||
Sex and Lucia | Julio Médem | ||
In Praise of Love | Jean-Luc Godard | ||
Ghosts of Mars | John Carpenter | ||
Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | remake based on Abre los ojos (1997)<ref name="Dundjerovic" /> |
2000
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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2000 | The Weight of Water | Kathryn Bigelow | <ref>Levy, Emanuel. (2000-09-11). "Film Review: In The Weight of Water". Variety. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> |
Ju-on 2 | Takashi Shimizu | ||
Ju-on | Takashi Shimizu | ||
Chaos | Hideo Nakata | <ref>McKay, Brian. (2004-04-04). "Movie Review: Chaos". eFilmCritic. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar-wai | <ref>Taubin, Amy. (2000-11). "Review: In the Mood for Love". Sight & Sound. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
Joint Security Area | Park Chan-wook | <ref>McAllister, Matt. (2005-05-21). "Film Review: Joint Security Area". Future Movies. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>Scott, A. O. (2005-06-15). "Movie Review: Joint Security Area". The New York Times. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
Memento | Christopher Nolan | reverse chronology<ref name="Garfinkel" /><ref name="aronson" /><ref>(2000-11). "Film of the Month: Memento". Sight & Sound. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
Happenstance | Laurent Firode | <ref>Simels, Steve. (2001-11-01). "Review: Happenstance". TV Guide. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors | Hong Sang-soo | <ref>Armsted, Christopher. "Review: Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors". Film Critics United (FCU). Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>(2001-05-16). "The Films: T-Z". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu | hyperlink cinema<ref name="ebert babel" /><ref name="ebert cape" /><ref name="aronson" /> | |
Urbania | Jon Shear | <ref>Oke, Erin. (2000-11). "Film Review: Urbania". Exclaim!. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> |
1990s
1999
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1999 | Peppermint Candy | Lee Chang-dong | reverse chronology<ref>Ankeny, Jason. (2000-10-11). "Review: Peppermint Candy". Film Threat. Retrieved on January 8, 2011.</ref> |
Cremaster 2 | Matthew Barney | <ref name="Habich" /><ref name="Stamm" /> | |
Charming Billy | Wm. R. Pace | <ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/charming_billy/</ref> | |
Snow Falling on Cedars | Scott Hicks | <ref>Arnold, William. (2000-01-07). "Snow Falling on Cedars: Sumptuous film lacks book's depth". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on February 4, 2008.</ref> | |
Jesus' Son | Alison Maclean | <ref name="TLA" /> | |
eXistenZ | David Cronenberg | ||
Time Regained | Raúl Ruiz | <ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/time_regained</ref> | |
Go | Doug Liman | hyperlink cinema<ref name="TLA" /> | |
The Limey | Steven Soderbergh | <ref name="Garfinkel" /> | |
Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | hyperlink cinema<ref name="Dancyger Rush" /><ref name="aronson" /> | |
The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Mike Figgis | <ref name="TLA" /> |
1998
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1998 | Sliding Doors | Peter Howitt | <ref name="Dethridge">Dethridge, Lisa. (2003). Writing Your Screenplay. Allen & Unwin. pp. 114-117. ISBN 1-74114-083-8.</ref> |
Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer | <ref name="Garfinkel" /><ref name="aronson" /> | |
Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | <ref>King, Geoff. (2005). American Independent Cinema. I.B.Tauris. p. 262. ISBN 1-85043-937-0.</ref> | |
The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | <ref name="Dancyger Rush" /><ref name="aronson" /> | |
Firestorm | Dean Semler | <ref name="TLA" /> | |
Following | Christopher Nolan | <ref name="Nelmes" /> | |
Happiness | Todd Solondz | <ref name="Global">Dancyger, Ken. (2001). Global Scriptwriting. Focal Press. ISBN 0-240-80369-8.</ref> | |
New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | <ref>Null, Christopher. (2002-08-12). "Movie Review: New Rose Hotel". Filmcritic.com. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> |
1997
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1997 | Lost Highway | David Lynch | <ref name="egs lynch" /><ref name="reverse lynch" /><ref>Johnson, Jeff. (2004). Pervert in the Pulpit: Morality in the Works of David Lynch. McFarland. p. 131. ISBN 0-7864-1753-6.</ref> |
Gummo | Harmony Korine | <ref>Levy, Emanuel. (1997-09-14). "Review: Gummo". Variety. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.</ref> | |
The Ice Storm | Ang Lee | <ref name="aronson" /><ref name="Global" /> | |
The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | <ref name="aronson" /><ref>Poyntz, Stuart & Blake, Dan. "Film Study Guides Program: The Sweet Hereafter". Pacific Cinémathèque. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> | |
The Hanging Garden | Thom Fitzgerald | <ref>Garcia, Maria. (2007). "The Hanging Garden". Film Journal International. Retrieved on February 4, 2008.</ref> | |
Cremaster 5 | Matthew Barney | <ref name="Habich" /><ref name="Stamm" /> | |
Genealogies of a Crime | Raúl Ruiz | <ref>Shulgasser, Barbara. (1998-08-28). "'Genealogies' is just a tad mad". San Francisco Chronicle / Hearst Corporation. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>Schwartz, Dennis. (2004-06-05). "Incomprehensible puzzler". Ozus' World Movie Reviews. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>Anderson, Jeffrey M. (2006-05-26). "Film Review: Genealogies of a Crime". Combustible Celluloid. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> |
1996
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1996 | L'Appartement | Gilles Mimouni | <ref name="Wicker Park" /> |
Schizopolis | Steven Soderbergh | ||
Lone Star | John Sayles | <ref>(1996-10-18). "Truth prevails in Lone Star". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved on February 5, 2008.</ref> | |
Three Lives and Only One Death | Raúl Ruiz | ||
The Rich Man's Wife | Amy Holden Jones | ||
The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | <ref name="aronson" /> |
1995
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1995 | Nixon | Oliver Stone | |
Love Letter | Shunji Iwai | ||
The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | <ref name="aronson" /><ref name="Cowgill">Cowgill, Linda J. (1999). Secrets of Screenplay Structure. Lone Eagle. pp. 148-170. ISBN 1-58065-004-X.</ref> |
1990–1994
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1994 | Before the Rain | Milčo Mančevski | <ref name="Dancyger">Dancyger, Ken. (2002). The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice. Focal Press. pp. 393-394. ISBN 0-240-80225-X.</ref> |
Exotica | Atom Egoyan | <ref name="Dancyger Rush"/> | |
Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | <ref name="Dancyger" /> | |
Three Colors: Red | Krzysztof Kieślowski | <ref>Kakutani, Michiko. (2000-09-12). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; When Lives, and Worlds, Converge". The New York Times. Retrieved on September 21, 2008.</ref> | |
Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | hyperlink cinema<ref name="Garfinkel" /><ref name="aronson" /> | |
1993 | Short Cuts | Robert Altman | <ref name="aronson" /><ref name="Dethridge" /> |
Calendar | Atom Egoyan | ||
Smoking/No Smoking | Alain Resnais | ||
1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | <ref name="Cowgill" /> |
1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Jon Avnet | |
Daughters of the Dust | Julie Dash | <ref name="Dethridge" /> | |
1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Adrian Lyne | <ref name="Dethridge" /> |
1980s
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1987 | Siesta | Mary Lambert | <ref name="Blum">Blum, Richard A. (2001). Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract. Focal Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-240-80384-1.</ref> |
1986 | Street of Crocodiles | Quay brothers | |
1985 | Return to Waterloo | Ray Davies | |
1984 | Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | |
Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | ||
1982 | The Night of the Shooting Stars | Taviani brothers | <ref name="Cowgill"/> |
Sans Soleil | Chris Marker | <ref name="Kinder">Kinder, Marsha. "Hot Spots, Avatars, and Narrative Fields Forever". Film Quarterly. Vol. 55, No. 54. Retrieved on February 9, 2008.</ref> | |
1981 | Possession | Andrzej Żuławski | |
The Beyond | Lucio Fulci | ||
1980 | Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg | |
In the Shadow of the Sun | Derek Jarman | ||
Stardust Memories | Woody Allen |
1970s
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1979 | More American Graffiti | Bill L. Norton | |
1978 | Interiors | Woody Allen | |
1977 | Annie Hall | Woody Allen | |
1975 | The Mirror | Andrei Tarkovsky | |
1974 | Celine and Julie Go Boating | Jacques Rivette | |
The Phantom of Liberty | Luis Buñuel | ||
F for Fake | Orson Welles | <ref>Kirschling, Gregory. (2005). "F For Fake". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.</ref> | |
1973 | Lisa and the Devil | Mario Bava | |
O Lucky Man! | Lindsay Anderson | <ref name="Dancyger" /> | |
1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | |
Solaris | Andrei Tarkovsky | <ref name="Arnold">Arnold, William. (2002-11-27). "Solaris nearly gets lost in space, but Clooney shines". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.</ref> | |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Luis Buñuel | <ref name="Dancyger" /> | |
1971 | 200 Motels | Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer | |
1970 | Catch-22 | Mike Nichols | |
The Conformist | Bernardo Bertolucci | ||
Zabriskie Point | Michelangelo Antonioni |
1960s
1950s
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1959 | Hiroshima, My Love | Alain Resnais | |
1958 | A Movie | Bruce Conner | |
1956 | The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | <ref>Falsetto, Mario. (2001). Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2. ISBN 0-275-96974-6.</ref> |
1951 | Duck Amuck | Chuck Jones | |
1950 | Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | <ref>Prince, Stephen. (2002-03-25). "Film Essay: Rashomon". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>"Top 50 Oriental Films". Design Studio London Brandify. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref><ref>Greenfield, David. "Contextual Links and Non-linear Narrative: A Virtual Rashomon". Museums and the Web / Archives & Museum Informatics. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.</ref> |
1910s – 1940s
Year | Title | Director | Note |
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1942 | Listen to Britain | Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister | short film<ref name="Dancyger" /> |
1941 | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | <ref name="aronson" /><ref name="watched">Template:Cite book</ref> |
1936 | Show Boat | James Whale | |
1930 | L'Age d'Or | Luis Buñuel | |
1929 | Un Chien Andalou | Luis Buñuel | surrealist short film<ref name="Dancyger Rush" /> |
1927 | Napoléon | Abel Gance | <ref name="Debruge">Debruge, Peter. (2007-12-07). "More scripts take nonlinear route". Variety. Retrieved on February 3, 2008.</ref> |
1926 | A Page of Madness | Teinosuke Kinugasa | |
1924 | Sherlock, Jr. | Buster Keaton | <ref>Horton, Andrew. (1997). Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 0-521-48566-5.</ref> |
1922 | Häxan | Benjamin Christensen | |
1916 | Intolerance | D. W. Griffith | <ref name="Debruge" /> |
See also
- Nonlinear narrative
- Nonlinear gameplay
- Reverse chronology
- Hypertext fiction
- Hyperlink cinema
- Lists of films
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