List of avant-garde films of the 2010s explained

This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2010s.

Title Director Cast Country Notes
2010
The ArborClio BarnardManjinder Virk
The Autobiography of Nicolae CeaușescuAndrei UjicăRomania
BipedalityRouzbeh RashidiJulia Gelezova, Dean KavanaghIreland
Coming AttractionsPeter TscherkasskyAustria
Co-operative Explanatory Capabilities in Organizational Design and Personnel ManagementPil & Galia KollectivUnited Kingdom
The Death of an InsectHannes Vartiainen, Pekka VeikkolainenFinland
The Last SovietKerry TribeUnited States
Marxism Today (Prologue)Phil CollinsAndrea Ferbar, Marianne Klotz, Petra Mzoga-ZeckayUnited Kingdom
The Miners' HymnsBill MorrisonUnited Kingdom
Nostalgia for the LightPatricio GuzmánChile
Robinson in RuinsPatrick KeillerVanessa RedgraveUnited Kingdom
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
2011
MelancholiaLars von TrierKirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Cameron Spurr, Kiefer SutherlandDenmark
France
Chto Delat?Igmar de Haan, Lesley Korpos, William Sutton, Hulp van Dijk, Willemijn van der ReeRussia
Netherlands
Juan Daniel Fernández MoleroPeru
7aumarivu(7th sense)AR . MurugadossSuriya Sivakumar,Sruthi Hassan,Johnny Tri NguyenIndia
The Strawberry TreeSimone Rapisarda CasanovaCanada
Cuba
Italy
Tall ManVernon Ah Kee[1] Video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney[2] Australia
The Tree of LifeTerrence MalickUnited States
This is Not a FilmJafar Panahi, Mojtaba MirtahmasbJafar Panahi, Mojtaba MirtahmasbIran
TraduireNurith AvivFrance
The Turin HorseBéla Tarr, Ágnes HranitzkyErika Bók, János Derszi, Mihály KormosHungary
Two Years at SeaBen RiversUnited Kingdom
AshesApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
BiancanievesPablo BergerSpain
The Great FloodBill MorrisonUnited States
HeRouzbeh RashidiJames Devereaux, George Hanover, Maximilian Le Cain, John McCarthy, Cillian RocheIreland
Holy MotorsLeos CaraxFrance
Just Ancient LoopsBill MorrisonUnited States
The King's BodyJoão Pedro RodriguesPortugal
LeviathanLucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna ParavelUnited Kingdom
France
Material Witness OR A Liquid CopEd AtkinsUnited Kingdom
Mekong HotelApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
One, Two, ManyManon de BoerNetherlands
The Search for Emak-BakiaOskar AlegríaSpain
Teenager HamletMargaux WilliamsonSheila Heti, Ryan Kamstra, Sholem Krishtalka, Miloš Rodić, Julia Rosenberg, Margaux Williamson, Canada
The Woolworths Choir of 1979Elizabeth PriceUnited Kingdom
2012
It's Such A Beautiful DayDon HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt, Sara CushmanUnited States
2013
Center JennyRyan TrecartinUnited States
Creme 21Eve HellerAustria
Hard to Be a GodAleksei GermanRussia
Karl Marx Among UsJurij MedenSlovenia
The Magic MirrorSarah PucillUnited Kingdom
Nayi KhetiPallavi PaulIndia
NymphomaniacLars von TrierCharlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen.Denmark
France
Bill MorrisonUnited States
A Spell to Ward Off the DarknessBen Rivers, Ben RussellUnited Kingdom
The Stuart Hall ProjectJohn AkomfrahUnited Kingdom
The Great BeautyPaolo SorrentinoItaly
A Thousand SonsMati DiopMagaye NiangSenegal
Tomorrow Never KnowsEd AtkinsUnited Kingdom
Warm, Warm, Warm Spring MouthsEd AtkinsUnited Kingdom
2014
Androids DreamIon de SosaSpain
BoyhoodRichard LinklaterPatricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei LinklaterUnited States
CanopyKen JacobsUS
The Creation of MeaningSimone Rapisarda CasanovaItaly
Canada
EvergreenSasha LitvintsevaRussia
United Kingdom
Goodbye to LanguageJean-Luc GodardKamel Abdelli, Zoé Bruneau, Richard Chevallier, Héloïse GodetFrance
The GuestsKen JacobsUS
Journey to the WestTsa-i Ming-liangDenis Lavant, Kang-sheng LeeTaiwan
France
Liquidity, Inc.Hito SteyerlGermany
Long Hair, Short IdeasPallavi PaulIndia
The Second GameCorneliu PoromboiuAdrian Poromboiu, Corneliu PoromboiuRomania
Things to ComeLuciano ZubillagaArgentina
The TribeMyroslav SlaboshpytskiyRoza Babiy, Grygoriy Fesenko, Yana NovikovaUkraine
The Unreliable NarratorBrad Butler, Noor Afshan MirzaUnited Kingdom
2015
2002C. Spencer YehUnited States
Isiah MedinaCanada
Bitter LakeAdam CurtisUnited Kingdom
By Our SelvesAndrew KöttingFreddie Jones, Toby Jones, Eden Kötting, Alan Moore, Iain SinclairUnited Kingdom
A Day in the Life of BlissWu TsangUnited States
The Exquisite CorpusPeter TscherkasskyAustria
Factory of the SunHito SteyerlGermany
Finding Fanon (Part I)Larry Achiampong, David BlandyUnited Kingdom
The Forbidden RoomGuy MaddinRoy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Udo Kier, Louis NeginCanada
Heart of a DogLaurie AndersonUnited States
The LobsterYorgos LanthimosOlivia Colman, Colin Farrell, Léa Seydoux, Rachel WeiszGreece
United Kingdom
A Magical Substance Flows Into MeJumana MannaUnited Kingdom
ManifestoJulian RosefeldtCate BlanchettAustralia
Notes and Sketches IGustav DeutschAustria
Notes on BlueMoyra DaveyCanada
Patterns of LifeJulien PrévieuxFrance
The PavilionJasmina CibicSlovenia
STAB (Bishkek)Kyrgyzstan
Tear Down and RebuildJasmina CibicSerbia
Thanx 4 NothingUgo RondinoneUnited States
2016
20 July.2015Deimantas NarkevičiusLithuania
And I Danced to Make a Man AgainAdrian BridgetUnited Kingdom
AscentFiona TanNetherlands
Between FencesAvi MograbiIsrael
Chants and Dances for HandLarry GottheimUnited States
Confessions to the MirrorSarah PucillUnited Kingdom
Bill MorrisonUnited States
Endless PoetryAlejandro JodorowskyChile
France
An Experiment in LeisureManon de BoerNetherlands
Expression of the SightlessJessica Sarah RinlandUnited Kingdom
Further BeyondJoe Lawlor, Christine MolloyIreland
HinterlandsScott BarleyUnited Kingdom
The Human SurgeEduardo WilliamsManuel Asucan, Chai Fonacier, Shine Marx, Sergio MorisiniArgentina
I'm Telling YouKen JacobsUS
The OrnithologistJoão Pedro RodriguesPortugal
Pinochet PornEllen CantorUnited States
Sound of the SunPavel PeppersteinRussia
2017
FootnoteRuth NovaczekUnited Kingdom
Last LoveDmitrii FrolovLeonid Mozgovoy, Vladimir Zolotar, Natalya SurkovaRussia
Loving VincentDorota Kobiela
Hugh Welchmann
Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Helen McCrory, Chris O'Dowd, John Sessions, Eleanor Tomlinson, Aidan TurnerUnited Kingdom
Poland
Resurrected GeniusPavel PeppersteinRussia
Sleep Has Her HouseScott BarleyUnited Kingdom
Song to SongTerrence MalickMichael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie PortmanUnited States
Ulysses in the Subway Ken JacobsUS
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The Grand BizarreJodie MackUnited States
Hegel's AngelSimone Rapisarda CasanovaPierre Widley Phadaël, Mentor Rood, Eddy Fleursaint, Gala Calisto, Philippe Petit, Ebby Angel LouisCanada
Haiti
Italy
United States
The Image BookJean-Luc GodardSwitzerland
France
MAnna ErikssonAnna ErikssonFinland
The Other Side of the WindOrson WellesJohn Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster, Bob Random, Lilli Palmer, Edmond O'Brien, Mercedes McCambridge, Cameron Mitchell, Paul Stewart, Gregory Sierra, Tonio Selwart, Dan Tobin, Joseph McBride, Dennis HopperUnited States
Iran
France
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Above the Rain Ken JacobsUS
Gelateria Christian Serritiello & Arthur Patching UK
Moonlight PeopleDmitrii FrolovNatalya Surkova, Yuri Jadrovsky, Vladimir Zolotar, Darya Alymova Russia
The Sky Socialist: Environs and Outtakes Ken JacobsUS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reich . Hannah . Brisbane artist draws parallels between treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous Australians . ABC News (ABC Arts: The Art Show). Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 22 February 2020 . 24 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Vernon Ah Kee: tall man, 2010 . MCA Australia . 24 February 2020.