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.

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Title Year Country Director(s) Cinematographer(s) MusicRuntime 13 Lakes 2004 James Benning 133 mins 23rd Psalm Branch 1967 Stan Brakhage 78 mins 1930 Luis Buñuel Albert Duverger Luis Buñuel, Georges van Parys63 mins Ashes and Snow 2005 Gregory Colbert Gregory Colbert63 mins Atlantis 1991 / Luc Besson Éric Serra78 mins Baraka 1992 Ron Fricke Michael Stearns97 mins Bestiaire 2012 / Denis Côté Vincent Biron 72 mins Blue 1993 / Derek Jarman Simon Fisher-Turner79 mins Bodysong 2003 Simon Pummell Jonny Greenwood78 mins 2010 Christian Marclay 24 hours Decasia 2002 Bill Morrison Michael Gordon67 mins Diva Dolorosa 1999 Peter Delpeut Loek Dikker70 mins Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux 2004 Patrice Leconte Jean-Marie Dreujou Étienne Perruchon80 mins Earth from Above 2004 Renaud Delourme Laurent Fleutot, Daniel Marchetti Armand Amar67 minsEmpire1965Andy Warhol, John PalmerJonas Mekas 485 mins 1980 Peter Greenaway Mike Coles, John Rosenberg Michael Nyman240 mins Field Niggas 2015 Khalik Allah 60 mins Film Socialisme 2010 / Jean-Luc Godard Fabrice Aragno, Paul Grivas 102 mins Hitler: A Film from Germany 1977 // Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Dietrich Lohmann 442 mins Koyaanisqatsi 1982 Godfrey Reggio Ron Fricke Philip Glass86 mins Laya Project 2007 Harold Monfils Yuk Hoy Cheong, Agung Dewantoro Yotam Agam, Patrick Sabag67 mins Leviathan 2012 // Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel 87 mins Lines 2016 Vassilis Mazomenos George Papandrikopoulos Dna 88 mins Man with a Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski 68 mins Microcosmos 1996 // Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou Thierry Machado Bruno Coulais80 mins 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky Georgi Rerberg Eduard Artemyev108 mins Naqoyqatsi 2002 Godfrey Reggio Russell Lee Fine Philip Glass89 mins 2011 //// Roy Andersson István Borbás, Gergely Pálos Stock music from various sources101 mins Powaqqatsi 1988 Godfrey Reggio Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis Philip Glass99 mins Ruhr 2009 James Benning 121 mins Samsara 2011Ron Fricke Marcello de Francisci, Lisa Gerrard, Michael Stearns102 mins Silence Above the Clouds 2009 Pavol Barabáš Maok Martin Tesak65 mins Sixty Spanish Cigarettes 2015 Mark John Ostrowski Gabriel Prada Sophie's Place 1986 Larry Jordan 90 mins Sweetgrass 2009 // Lucien Castaing-Taylor 101 mins 2000 James Benning 90 mins Visitors 2013 Godfrey Reggio Graham Berry, Trish Govoni, Tom Lowe Philip Glass87 mins 2011 /// Victor Kossakovsky Alexander Popov108 mins Walden 1969 Jonas Mekas 177 mins Winged Migration 2001 ///// Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats Various Bruno Coulais97 mins Zorns Lemma 1970 Hollis Frampton 60 mins ★2017Johann Lurf - -130 mins

See also :Category:Films without speech Nonlinear narrative List of nonlinear narrative films Slow cinema Structural film Surrealist cinema

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