List of nonlinear narrative films

The following is a chronological list of nonlinear narrative films.

2020s Year Title Director Note2026The Odyssey Christopher NolanProject Hail Mary Phil LordChristopher Miller2025Back to the PastNg Yuen-fai, Jack Laioverlapped plot with A Step into the PastTere Ishk Mein Aanand L. Rai A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow Netflix political thriller filmWeaponsZach Cregger96 MinutesHung Tzu-hsuan HIT: The Third Case Sailesh Kolanu Retro Karthik Subbaraj2024 We Live in Time John Crowley Maharaja Nithilan Saminathan Deadpool & Wolverine Shawn Levy Challengers Luca Guadagnino Orion and the Dark Sean Charmatz Captain Miller Arun Matheswaran2023 Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire Prashanth Neel Animal Sandeep Reddy Vanga Mark Antony Adhik Ravichandran Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 James GunnBeau Is AfraidAri Aster Iratta Rohit M. G. Krishnan2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson Cobra R. Ajay Gnanamuthu Thallumaala Khalid Rahman Sita Ramam Hanu Raghavapudi Iravin Nizhal R. ParthibanSingle-Shot film Vikram Lokesh Kanagaraj Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook Don Cibi Chakaravarthi Mahaan Karthik Subbaraj2021The French DispatchWes AndersonDawn Breaks Behind the EyesKevin KopackaLast Night in SohoEdgar WrightEternalsChloé ZhaoF9Justin LinSardar UdhamShoojit SircarIndian filmQuarantineDiana RingoFinnish-Russian film2020Shock Wave 2Herman Yau Mank David Fincher Netflix biographical drama filmFriend of the WorldBrian Patrick ButlerThe Devil All the Time Antonio Campos Netflix psychological thriller filmThere Is No EvilMohammad Rasoulof Oh My Kadavule Ashwath Marimuthu Dual narrativeOne Day We'll Talk About Today Angga Dwimas Sasongko Indonesian film

2010s Year Title Director Note 2019Little Women Greta GerwigEnai Noki Paayum Thota Gautham Vasudev Menon Knives Out Rian Johnson Kaithi Lokesh KanagarajEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Vince Gilligan Netflix film with limited theatrical releaseIt Chapter Two Andy Muschietti Super Deluxe Thiagarajan Kumararaja Tamil movieCaptain Marvel Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 2018KGF: Chapter 1Prashanth NeelOdiyanV. A. Shrikumar MenonVada ChennaiVetrimaaranBad Times at the El RoyaleDrew Goddardhyperlink cinemaMamma Mia! Here We Go AgainOl ParkerYou Were Never Really HereLynne Ramsay 2017 JigsawThe Spierig Brothers Arjun Reddy Sandeep Reddy Vanga Vikram VedhaPushkar–Gayathri DunkirkChristopher Nolan Merry-Go-RoundIhor Podolchak Maanagaram Lokesh Kanagarajhyperlink cinema Have a Nice Day Liu Jian 2016 Arrival Denis Villeneuve Brimstone Martin KoolhovenManchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan The Truth Beneath Lee Kyoung-mi The Handmaiden Park Chan-wookJil Jung Juk Deeraj VaidyDeadpoolTim Miller 2015 The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino Yagavarayinum Naa KaakkaSathya Prabhas Pinisetty Too LateDennis Hauck Steve Jobs Danny Boyle 11 Minutes Jerzy Skolimowski Anegan K. V. Anand Yennai Arindhaal Gautham Vasudev Menon I Shankar 2014 The Last Five Years Richard LaGravenese Comet Sam Esmail The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Gone Girl David Fincher Predestination The Spierig Brothers2013 Oculus Mike Flanagan Delirium Ihor Podolchak Trance Danny Boyle Man of Steel Zack Snyder2012 Pizza Karthik Subburaj Premium Rush David Koepp The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan 3 Aishwarya Rajinikanth 2011 Aaranya Kaandam Thiagarajan Kumararaja 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 WebbYoung, Toby. (2009-09-04). "Film Review: (500) Days of Summer". Times Online. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.Matthews, Blake. (2009-12-22). "DVD Review: (500) Days of Summer ". Blogcritics. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.Winkelspecht, Dean. (2010-02-03). "Blu-ray Review: (500) Days of Summer ". DVD Town. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Across the Hall Alex Merkin Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael Shorts Robert RodriguezRawson-Jones, Ben. (2008-09-29). "At the Movies – Brideshead Revisited". Digital Spy. Retrieved on October 1, 2008. Watchmen Zack Snyder hyperlink cinemaHiscock, John. (2009-02-25). "Watchmen: the 'unfilmable' on screen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on January 8, 2011.Perkis, Ed. (2009–12). "Watchmen Director's Cut Blu-ray Review". Cinema Blend. Retrieved on January 8, 2011.

2008 Year Title Director Note 2008 Downloading Nancy Johan Renck(2009-06-03). "Movie Reviews: Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins, Pressure Cooker". LA Weekly. Retrieved on June 8, 2009. Las Meninas Ihor Podolchak Love Exposure Sion Sono Patti Smith: Dream of Life Steven SebringRainer, Peter. (2008-01-25). "At Sundance, the big draws are Patti Smith, U2, Roman Polanski, Osama bin Laden". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved on February 7, 2008. The Air I Breathe Lee Ji-ho hyperlink cinemaOuthier, Craig. (2008-01-24). "The Air I Breathe is pungent with pretentiousness". The Orange County Register. Retrieved on February 4, 2008. Speed Racer The WachowskisHoberman, J. (2008-05-06). "Speed Racer on a Fast Track to Nowhere". The Village Voice. Retrieved on May 11, 2008. Hell Ride Larry BishopPonto, Arya. (2008-08-08). "Review: Hell Ride". JustPressPlay. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Brideshead Revisited Julian Jarrold Che Steven SoderberghAftab, Kaleem. (2008-05-23). "Cannes 2008: Che Review". IGN. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. JCVD Mabrouk El MechriJohnson, Brian D. (November 6, 2008). "Hot damn, Van Damme can act!". Maclean's. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle The Burning Plain Guillermo ArriagaGargano, Jason. (2008-09-10). "Family Values: Toronto Film Festival has big names and unusual family stories". Cincinnati CityBeat. Retrieved on September 11, 2008.

2007 Year Title Director Note 2007 Into the Wild Sean PennStuart, Jan. (2007-09-21). "Into the Wild". Newsday. Retrieved on February 4, 2008. Paranoid Park Gus Van SantBerardinelli, James. (2008). "Review: Paranoid Park". ReelViews. Retrieved on January 8, 2011.White, Cindy. (2008-03-07). "Review: Paranoid Park". IGN. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. La Môme (La Vie en Rose) Olivier DahanValentin, Mel. (2007-06-08). "La Vie en Rose: Uneven Piaf Biopic Elevated by Star-Making Performance". SF Station. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Surf's Up Ash Brannon,Chris Buck Rendition Gavin Hood"Extraordinary Rendition: Jim Threapleton interview". LoveFilm. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney LumetIde, Wendy. (2008-01-10). "Film Review: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". Times Online. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.Charity, Tom. "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". LoveFilm. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Atonement Joe WrightArnold, William. (2007-12-06). "Atonement packs a powerful punch, if you can wait for it". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on February 3, 2008. Michael Clayton Tony GilroyBlake, Richard A. (2007-11-26). "A Man for Our Season: Michael Clayton, one man's ethical wasteland". America. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. I'm Not There Todd HaynesHanke, Ken. (2007-12-12). "Movie Review: I'm Not There". Mountain Xpress. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Premonition Mennan Yapo"Review: Premonition". Movieguide. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. The Full Monteverdi John La BouchardiereWilliam Verrone: Adaptation and the Avant-Garde: Alternative Perspectives on Adaptation Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2011) The Tracey Fragments Bruce McDonaldGoldstein, Gregg. (2008-02-19). "Ellen Page turns up in Tracey Fragments". Reuters. Retrieved on February 22, 2008. Youth Without Youth Francis Ford CoppolaSorenson, Saundra. (2008-02-05). "Youth Without Youth ". Willamette Week. Retrieved on February 4, 2008. Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne BierTorrance, Kelly Jane. (2007-10-19). "'Things' that move people". The Washington Times. Retrieved on March 9, 2008. Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo Anjan Das

2006

Year Title Director Note 2006 The Good Shepherd Robert De NiroMajor, Wade. (2009-12-18). "The Good Shepherd ". Boxoffice. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. The Fountain Darren AronofskyWhite, Al. (2010-12-01). "Darren Aronofsky Retrospective The Fountain". Sound On Sight. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. The Prestige Christopher Nolan Away from Her Sarah PolleyNemet-Nejat, Daniel. (2008-01-22). "Sarah Polley's Uncompromising Vision ". MovieMaker. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Flags of Our Fathers Clint EastwoodMantz, Scott. (2006-12-21). MovieMantz Reviews: Letters From Iwo Jima. Access Hollywood. Retrieved on February 5, 2008. Glastonbury Julien TempleSelvin, Joel. (2007-03-02). "Film Clips". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on February 7, 2008. Unknown Simon Brand Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del ToroTarradell, Mario. (2007-01-28). "Q&A with Guillermo Navarro". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on April 7, 2008. Reprise Joachim TrierPaurich, Milan. (2008-07-16). "A Novel Approach ". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved on July 22, 2008.

2005 Year Title Director Note 2005 Sin City Frank Miller,Robert Rodriguez hyperlink cinemaPage, Matt. (2005-06-20). "Film Review: Sin City". Open Heaven Church. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Batman Begins Christopher NolanGreydanus, Steven D. "Review: Batman Begins". Decent Films Guide. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.Thompson, Luke Y. (2005-06-14). "Review: Batman Begins ". LYTrules.com. Retrieved on January 15, 2011.Brayton, Timothy. (2008-07-17). "Yes, Father. I Will Become a Bat.". Antagony & Ecstasy / Riverrun Productions. Retrieved on January 15, 2011. Where the Truth Lies Atom EgoyanDigiovanna, James. (2005-11-17). "Threesome Gone Bad". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved on February 3, 2008. I Love Your Work Adam GoldbergCrust, Kevin. (2005-11-04). "I Love Your Work". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on February 4, 2008. Hoodwinked! Cory EdwardsTodd EdwardsTony Leech The Call of Cthulhu Andrew Leman Doom Andrzej BartkowiakSperling, Nicole. (2005-10-21). "Boys, prepare to meet the Doom". The Hollywood Reporter. Last Days Gus Van SantSchager, Nicholas. (2005-06-25). "". Filmcritic.com. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. The Jacket John Maybury Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan The Constant Gardener Fernando MeirellesFitzgerald, John. (2006). "The Constant Gardener". Film Education. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.Bird, Cameron. "Review: The Constant Gardener ". Paste. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Snuff-Movie Bernard Rose

2004 Year Title Director Note 2004 Alexander Oliver StoneGarfinkel, Asher. (2007). Screenplay Story Analysis: The Art and Business. Allworth Communications, Inc. p. 20. .Schneider, Dan. (2005–10). "DVD Review: Alexander". Hackwriters. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Closer Mike NicholsOishi, Lindsay. (2005-02-31). "Cinema Review: Closer". Daily Information. Retrieved on January 12, 2011. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry The Grudge Takashi Shimizu Haven Frank E. FlowersOrdoña, Michael. (2006-09-15). "Haven". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on February 3, 2008. Wicker Park Paul McGuigan remake based on L'Appartement (1996)Arnold, William. (2004-09-03). "Romantic thriller Wicker Park is refreshingly true to its French connection". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on February 2, 2008. Primer Shane CarruthHasan, Mark R. (2005). "DVD Review: Primer". KQEK. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.

2003