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The following is a chronological list of nonlinear narrative films.

Contents

2020s

Year Title Director Note
2022 Vikram Lokesh Kanagaraj
Don Cibi Chakaravarthi Tamil movie
Mahaan Karthik Subbaraj Amazon Prime Tamil movie.
2021 The French Dispatch Wes Anderson
Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright
Eternals Chloé Zhao
2020 Friend of the World Brian Patrick Butler - One Day We'll Talk About Today Angga Dwimas Sasongko Indonesian movie
The Devil All the Time Antonio Campos Netflix psychological thriller film
There Is No Evil Mohammad Rasoulof

2010s

Year Title Director Note
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
Enai Noki Paayum Thota Gautham Vasudev Menon Tamil movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Vince Gilligan Netflix film with limited theatrical release
It Chapter Two Andy Muschietti
Super Deluxe Thiagarajan Kumararaja Tamil movie
Captain Marvel Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
2018 Bad Times at the El Royale Drew Goddard
You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Ol Parker
Vada Chennai Vetrimaran
Odiyan V. A. Shrikumar Menon
2017 Jigsaw The Spierig Brothers
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
2016 Arrival Denis Villeneuve
Oozham Jeethu Joseph
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2015 11 Minutes Jerzy Skolimowski
Steve Jobs Danny Boyle
I Shankar
Too Late Dennis Hauck
2014 Comet Sam Esmail
The Last Five Years Richard LaGravenese
Gone Girl David Fincher
2013 Oculus Mike Flanagan
Trance Danny Boyle
Man of Steel Zack Snyder
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan
Premium Rush David Koepp
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2010 Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance
The Social Network David Fincher

2000s

2009

Year Title Director Note
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

Year Title Director Note
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life Steven Sebring
The Air I Breathe Lee Ji-ho hyperlink cinema
Speed Racer Wachowski brothers
Hell Ride Larry Bishop
Brideshead Revisited Julian Jarrold
Che Steven Soderbergh
JCVD Mabrouk El Mechri
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
Lust for Vengeance Sean Weathers
The Burning Plain Guillermo Arriaga

2007

Year Title Director Note
2007 Into the Wild Sean Penn
Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant
La Môme (La Vie en Rose) Olivier Dahan
Rendition Gavin Hood
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney Lumet
Atonement Joe Wright
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
I'm Not There Todd Haynes
Premonition Mennan Yapo
The Tracey Fragments Bruce McDonald
Youth Without Youth Francis Ford Coppola
Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne Bier

2006

Year Title Director Note
2006 Inland Empire David Lynch
The Prestige Christopher Nolan
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro
The Fountain Darren Aronofsky
Away from Her Sarah Polley
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood
Glastonbury Julien Temple
Unknown Simon Brand
Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro
Reprise Joachim Trier

2005

Year Title Director Note
2005 Sin City Frank Miller,
Robert Rodriguez
hyperlink cinema
Batman Begins Christopher Nolan
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan
I Love Your Work Adam Goldberg
The Call of Cthulhu Andrew Leman
Doom Andrzej Bartkowiak
Last Days Gus Van Sant
The Jacket John Maybury
Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles
Snuff-Movie Bernard Rose

2004

Year Title Director Note
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
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
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
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)

2000

Year Title Director Note
2000 The Weight of Water Kathryn Bigelow
Ju-on 2 Takashi Shimizu
Ju-on Takashi Shimizu
Chaos Hideo Nakata
In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-wai
Joint Security Area Park Chan-wook
Memento Christopher Nolan reverse chronology
Happenstance Laurent Firode
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Hong Sang-soo
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu hyperlink cinema
Urbania Jon Shear

1990s

1999

Year Title Director Note
1999 Peppermint Candy Lee Chang-dong reverse chronology
Cremaster 2 Matthew Barney
Charming Billy Wm. R. Pace
Snow Falling on Cedars Scott Hicks
Jesus' Son Alison Maclean
eXistenZ David Cronenberg
Time Regained Raúl Ruiz
Go Doug Liman hyperlink cinema
The Limey Steven Soderbergh
Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson hyperlink cinema
The Loss of Sexual Innocence Mike Figgis

1998

Year Title Director Note
1998 Sliding Doors Peter Howitt
Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer
Out of Sight Steven Soderbergh
The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick
Firestorm Dean Semler
Following Christopher Nolan
Happiness Todd Solondz
New Rose Hotel Abel Ferrara

1997

Year Title Director Note
1997 Lost Highway David Lynch
Gummo Harmony Korine
The Ice Storm Ang Lee
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan
The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald
Cremaster 5 Matthew Barney
Genealogies of a Crime Raúl Ruiz

1996

Year Title Director Note
1996 L'Appartement Gilles Mimouni
Schizopolis Steven Soderbergh
Lone Star John Sayles
Three Lives and Only One Death Raúl Ruiz
The Rich Man's Wife Amy Holden Jones
The English Patient Anthony Minghella

1995

Year Title Director Note
1995 Nixon Oliver Stone
Love Letter Shunji Iwai
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer

1990–1994

Year Title Director Note
1994 Before the Rain Milčo Mančevski
Exotica Atom Egoyan
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
Three Colors: Red Krzysztof Kieślowski
Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino hyperlink cinema
1993 Short Cuts Robert Altman
Calendar Atom Egoyan
Smoking/No Smoking Alain Resnais
1992 Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Jon Avnet
Daughters of the Dust Julie Dash
1990 Jacob's Ladder Adrian Lyne

1980s

Year Title Director Note
1987 Siesta Mary Lambert
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
Sans Soleil Chris Marker
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
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
1973 Lisa and the Devil Mario Bava
O Lucky Man! Lindsay Anderson
1972 Slaughterhouse-Five George Roy Hill
Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Luis Buñuel
1971 200 Motels Frank Zappa,
Tony Palmer
1970 Catch-22 Mike Nichols
The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci
Zabriskie Point Michelangelo Antonioni

1960s

Year Title Director Note
1969 The Milky Way Luis Buñuel
1968 The Color of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov
Petulia Richard Lester
Head Bob Rafelson
1967 Week End Jean-Luc Godard
Belle de Jour Luis Buñuel
Point Blank John Boorman
Two for the Road Stanley Donen
The Trip Roger Corman
Magical Mystery Tour Bernard Knowles
1966 Gambit Ronald Neame
The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo
Chelsea Girls Andy Warhol,
Paul Morrissey
Blowup Michelangelo Antonioni
Trans-Europ-Express Alain Robbe-Grillet
Persona Ingmar Bergman
1964 Scorpio Rising Kenneth Anger
1963 Diamonds of the Night Jan Němec
Federico Fellini
This Sporting Life Lindsay Anderson
Muriel Alain Resnais
1962 La Commare Secca Bernardo Bertolucci
La Jetée Chris Marker
1961 Last Year at Marienbad Alain Resnais
1960 La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini
Breathless Jean-Luc Godard

1950s

Year Title Director Note
1959 Hiroshima, My Love Alain Resnais
1958 A Movie Bruce Conner
1956 The Killing Stanley Kubrick
1951 Duck Amuck Chuck Jones
1950 Rashomon Akira Kurosawa

1910s – 1940s

Year Title Director Note
1942 Listen to Britain Humphrey Jennings,
Stewart McAllister
short film
1941 Citizen Kane Orson Welles
1936 Show Boat James Whale
1930 L'Age d'Or Luis Buñuel
1929 Un Chien Andalou Luis Buñuel surrealist short film
1927 Napoléon Abel Gance
1926 A Page of Madness Teinosuke Kinugasa
1924 Sherlock, Jr. Buster Keaton
1922 Häxan Benjamin Christensen
1916 Intolerance D. W. Griffith

See also

nonlinearity, film, experiments with cinematic time, nonlinear narrative





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