List of feature films described as non-narrative

The distinction between non-narrative film and "narrative films" can be rather vague and is open for interpretation. Few filmmakers would define their works as non-narrative. The following list contains films which have been described as "non-narrative" by independent sources.

List

Feature films need to verify on the list with a running time of 60 minutes.

Title Year Country Director(s) Cinematographer(s) Music Runtime Ref(s)
13 Lakes 2004 James Benning — 133 mins [1][2]
23rd Psalm Branch 1967 Stan Brakhage — 78 mins [3]
L'Age d'Or 1930 Luis Buñuel Albert Duverger Luis Buñuel, Georges van Parys 63 mins [3]
Ashes and Snow 2005 Gregory Colbert Gregory Colbert 63 mins [4]
Atlantis 1991 / Luc Besson Éric Serra 78 mins [5]
Baraka 1992 Ron Fricke Michael Stearns 97 mins [6]
Bestiaire 2012 / Denis Côté Vincent Biron — 72 mins [7]
Blue 1993 / Derek Jarman Simon Fisher-Turner 79 mins [8]
Bodysong 2003 Simon Pummell Jonny Greenwood 78 mins [9]
The Clock 2010 Christian Marclay — 24 hours [8]
Decasia 2002 Bill Morrison Michael Gordon 67 mins [3]
Diva Dolorosa 1999 Peter Delpeut Loek Dikker 70 mins [3]
Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux 2004 Patrice Leconte Jean-Marie Dreujou Étienne Perruchon 80 mins [10]
Earth from Above 2004 Renaud Delourme Laurent Fleutot, Daniel Marchetti Armand Amar 67 mins
Empire 1965 Andy Warhol, John Palmer Jonas Mekas — 485 mins
The Falls 1980 Peter Greenaway Mike Coles, John Rosenberg Michael Nyman 240 mins [8]
Field Niggas 2015 Khalik Allah — 60 mins [11]
Film Socialisme 2010 / Jean-Luc Godard Fabrice Aragno, Paul Grivas — 102 mins [8]
Hitler: A Film from Germany 1977 // Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Dietrich Lohmann — 442 mins [8]
Koyaanisqatsi 1982 Godfrey Reggio Ron Fricke Philip Glass 86 mins [12][13]
Laya Project 2007 Harold Monfils Yuk Hoy Cheong, Agung Dewantoro Yotam Agam, Patrick Sabag 67 mins [14]
Leviathan 2012 // Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel — 87 mins [15]
Lines 2016 Vassilis Mazomenos George Papandrikopoulos Dna 88 mins [16]
Man with a Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski — 68 mins [17][18]
Microcosmos 1996 // Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou Thierry Machado Bruno Coulais 80 mins
Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky Georgi Rerberg Eduard Artemyev 108 mins [8]
Naqoyqatsi 2002 Godfrey Reggio Russell Lee Fine Philip Glass 89 mins [13]
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 2011 //// Roy Andersson István Borbás, Gergely Pálos Stock music from various sources 101 mins [19]
Powaqqatsi 1988 Godfrey Reggio Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis Philip Glass 99 mins [12][13]
Project1 2025 John Derrick Goze — 190 mins [20]
Ruhr 2009 James Benning — 121 mins [21]
Samsara 2011 Ron Fricke Marcello de Francisci, Lisa Gerrard, Michael Stearns 102 mins [22]
Silence Above the Clouds 2009 Pavol Barabáš Maok Martin Tesak 65 mins
Sixty Spanish Cigarettes 2015 Mark John Ostrowski Gabriel Prada — [23]
Sophie's Place 1986 Larry Jordan — 90 mins [3]
Sweetgrass 2009 // Lucien Castaing-Taylor — 101 mins [24]
El Valley Centro 2000 James Benning — 90 mins [25]
Visitors 2013 Godfrey Reggio Graham Berry, Trish Govoni, Tom Lowe Philip Glass 87 mins [26]
¡Vivan las Antipodas! 2011 /// Victor Kossakovsky Alexander Popov 108 mins [27]
Walden 1969 Jonas Mekas — 177 mins [8]
Winged Migration 2001 ///// Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats Various Bruno Coulais 97 mins [28]
Zorns Lemma 1970 Hollis Frampton — 60 mins [8]

See also

References

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