List of avant-garde films of the 1930s

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A list of avant-garde and experimental films made in the 1930s. Unless where noted, all films had sound and were in black and white.

TitleDirectorCastNationNotes
1930
L'Âge d'Or Luis Buñuel Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Max Ernst FranceSurrealist feature, produced by Charles de Noailles [1]
Autour de la fin du mondeEugène Deslaw Abel Gance FranceExtraordinary, semi-experimental "making of" documentary shot on set of Abel Gance's "La fin du monde;" silent [2]
Apteka (Pharmacy) Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson PolandRayographic animation, lost [3]
Aimless Walk Alexandr Hackenschmied (Alexander Hammid)CzechoslovakiaCity film [4]
Borderline Kenneth Macpherson Paul Robeson, H.D. United KingdomPool film; silent [5]
A City Symphony Herman G. Weinberg United StatesCity film, never shown, disassembled and partly used in Autumn Fire [6]
Crying for the Carolines Leon Schlesinger, Neil McGuireMilton CharlesUnited StatesA "Spooney Melodie;" Semi-abstract music short [7] [8]
Earth Oleksandr Dovzhenko Soviet UnionSilent feature; part of the director's Ukraine Trilogy.
It's a BirdHarold Mueller Charles Bowers, Lowell Thomas United StatesSemi-animated short where an egg transforms into an automobile [9]
Ein Lichtspiel: Schwarz/Weiss/Grau László Moholy-Nagy Weimar Republic
Light RhythmsFrancis Brugière, Oswell Blakeston United KingdomLight-oriented, non-animated abstract film [10]
Mechanical Principles Ralph Steiner United StatesAbstract film based on machinery; sometimes dated to 1933 [11]
Mennschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday) Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann, Rochus Gliese Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte BorchertWeimar RepublicCity film, partly written by Billy Wilder; silent [12]
The Power of SuggestionM.G. MacPherson (director), Jean D. Michelson (editor)United StatesArtkino [13] production; Lost film [14] [6]
À propos de Nice Jean Vigo FranceCity film
Romance Sentimentale Grigory Alexandrov, Sergei Eisenstein Mara GriyFrance"Étude cinematographique" [15]
The Story of a NobodyJo Gerson, Louis Hirshman United StatesExperiment in subjective camerawork, Lost film [16]
Studie(s) Nr. 2-4 Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animations; Nr. 4 Lost [17]
R.5, Ein Spiel in Linien (Studie Nr. 5) Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Studie Nr. 6 Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Such Is Life Carl Junghans  [ de ] Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pištěk CzechoslovakiaCzech avant-garde
social realist feature; silent [18] 
Tomatos Another Day James Sibley Watson Jr. United StatesAbsurdist comedy written by Alec Wilder [19]
The TrapM.G. MacPherson (director), Jean D. Michelson (editor)United StatesArtkino [13] production, Lost film [6]
Wochenende (Weekend) Walter Ruttmann Weimar RepublicAudio-only film collage; no image [20]
YamekrawMurray RothHugo Marianni & His MediterraneansUnited StatesVitaphone "opera film" visualization of tone poem by James Price Johnson, heavily indebted to German expressionism. [21] [22] [23]
1931
Autumn Fire Herman G. Weinberg Erna Bergman, Willy HildebrandUnited StatesCinematic poem; mixed nature and city film [6]
A Bronx Morning Jay Leyda United StatesCity film; silent [24]
City of ContrastsIrving BrowningUnited StatesCity film [25] [6]
Dance Film Ralph Steiner United StatesDance film [6]
A Day in Santa Fe Lynn Riggs, James HughesUnited StatesCity film [10] [26]
Douro, Faina Flouval Manoel de Oliveira PortugalCity film
Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass Dziga Vertov Soviet UnionDocumentary film with montage of both visuals and sound
Hearts of the West Theodore Huff United StatesGenre parody [6]
Imperial ValleySeymour SternUnited StatesExperimental documentary, sometimes dated to 1932 or 1933; Stern taken off production which was finished by others, Lost film [27] [28]
Limite Mário Peixoto Olga Breno, Raul SchnoorBrazilAdvertised as 'pure cinema;' first Brazilian avant-garde film [29]
At the Prague Castle Alexandr Hackenschmied CzechoslovakiaSemi-documentary [4]
Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa Ralph Steiner Elizabeth Hawes, Morris Carnovsky United StatesSatire, print extant at MOMA [6]
Portrait of a Young Man in Three MovementsHenwar RodakiewiczUnited StatesFeature length experimental film, begun in 1925 [30] [31]
Studie(s) Nr. 7-9 Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Surf and Seaweed Ralph Steiner United StatesPhotographic abstract film, sometimes dated to 1930. [32]
The Light Penetrates the Darkness Otakar Vávra, František PilátCzechoslovakiaPhotographic abstract film [33]
Taris, roi de l'eau Jean Vigo FranceDocumentary about a swimming champion
1932
Blood of a Poet Jean Cocteau Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette TalazacuezFranceSurrealist feature, produced by Charles de Noailles; often misdated to 1930–31 [34]
BurleskaJan KučeraCzechoslovakiaExperimental short; Kučera's only film [35]
DestinyJosef BerneUnited StatesDated "ca. 1932" [6]
Europa Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson PolandAbstract animation, based on the poem by Anatol Stern; lost, but partially reconstructed in 1984 [3]
The Fortune Teller Jerome Hill United StatesTinting and hand-coloring added in the 1960s [36] [37]
Granite, a.k.a. The Quarry Ralph Steiner United States [6]
Harbor Scenes Ralph Steiner United States [6]
Histoire du soldat inconnu Henri Storck Belgium
L'idée Berthold Bartosch FranceSurreal animation; music by Arthur Honegger
Koloraturen (Coloratura) Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Kuhle Wampe Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow Weimar RepublicAgitprop film, written by Bertolt Brecht with music by Hanns Eisler.
Land of the SunSeymour SternUnited StatesExperimental documentary [38] [27]
Little Geezer Theodore Huff United StatesGenre parody [6] [39]
Ornament Sound Experiments Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicSynthetic sound experiments [17]
Poem 8Emlen EttingMary Binney Montgomery, Caresse CrosbyUnited StatesDance film, shot in 8mm, silent [40]
Před maturitou (Before Matriculation) Svatopluk Innemann, Vladislav Vančura Jindřich Plachta, František Smolík CzechoslovakiaSemi-experimental feature film [35] [41]
Qué vivá México! Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov Félix Balderas, Martín HernándezMexicoBegun in 1931, never completed by Eisenstein; edited into numerous other films [42]
Studie(s) Nr. 10-11 Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Studie Nr. 12 Oskar Fischinger, Hans FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation [17]
Sur les bords de la caméra (Pictures on the Sideline) Henri Storck Belgium
Visions of Lourdes Charles Dekeukeleire Belgium
1933
7 till 5 Norman McLaren United KingdomAmateur city film [43]
Dawn to DawnJosef Berne, Seymour SternJulie Haydon, Ole M. Ness, Frank EklofUnited Statesa.k.a. "Black Dawn," short, Naturalist melodrama [44] [6] [45]
Deserter Vsevolod Pudovkin Boris Livanov, Vasili KovriginSoviet UnionAsynchronous use of sound and image [46]
Drobiazg Melodyjny (Moment Musical) Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson PolandRayographic animation, Lost [3]
Footnote to Fact Lewis Jacobs United StatesCity film [47]
G-3 Ralph Steiner United StatesAlso dated to 1932 [6] [48]
Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan Luis Buñuel Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill SpainDocumentary, co-written by Buñuel and Surrealist poet Pierre Unik, with music by Darius Milhaud
In the Icy Wastes of Dialectical Materialism Luis Buñuel, Charles de NoaillesFranceRe-edited section of L'age d'or, rendered as comedy and shown in leftist theaters in Eastern Europe; lost. [49]
Lot in Sodom James Sibley Watson Jr., Melville WebberFriedrich Haak, Hildegarde WatsonUnited StatesExperimental short based on Biblical story [50]
Mr. Motorboat's Last StandJohn Flory, Theodore Huff Leonard StirrupUnited StatesSatire [6] [45]
On the Sunny Side Vladislav Vančura Filip Balek-Brodský, Hana BečkováCzechoslovakiaDidactic feature film [35] [51]
Une nuit sur le mont chauve Alexandre Alexieff, Claire ParkerFranceFirst pinscreen animation, also dated to 1934, 1931 [52]
Oil—A Symphony in MotionM.G. MacPherson (director), Jean D. Michelson (editor)United StatesOnly extant Artkino [13] production [6] [37] [53] [54] [55] [56]
OramundeEmlen EttingCaresse Crosby, Mary Binney MontgomeryUnited StatesDance film [37] [57]
Poslovi konzula Dorgena (Consul Dorgen's Business) Oktavijan Miletić Šime Marov, Ivan Alpi-RauchYugoslaviaExperimental dramatic short; won a prize awarded by Louis Lumière [58] [59]
Prostoy sluchay (A Simple Case) Vsevolod Pudovkin Aleksandr Baturin, Mariya BelousovaSoviet UnionNaturalist drama, begun in 1931; silent [60]
PuebloSeymour SternUnited StatesExperimental documentary; never finished, Lost film [27]
Synchromy Mary Ellen Bute, Lewis Jacobs, Joseph Schillinger United StatesAbstract animation, never completed [61]
Tilly Losch in the Dance of Her Hands Norman Bel Geddes Tilly Losch United StatesDance film, dated 1930–33 [37]
The Earth SingsKarel Plicka, Alexandr Hackenschmied CzechoslovakiaExperimentally edited ethnographic semi-documentary, with music score [4]
Zéro de conduite Jean Vigo France
1934
Atoms of Eternity Čeněk Zahradníček Czechoslovakia
Beyond This Open RoadB. Vivian BraunUnited Kingdom
Café Universal Ralph Steiner United StatesSatire featuring members of The Group Theatre [6]
Camera Makes Whoopee Norman McLaren United KingdomAmateur film; montage experiments [62]
La Joie de vivreAnthony Gross, Hector HoppinFranceStylized, surreal animated film [63]
The Furies Slavko Vorkapich United StatesSurreal special effects insert for feature, "Crime without Passion" [64]
Hands Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke United StatesSponsored by the Works Project Administration; also dated 1936-7 and edited into later films [65] [16]
Happiness Aleksandr Medvedkin Petr Zinoviev, Elena EgorovaSoviet UnionSoviet satire; stylized, silent [66]
The Hearts of Age William Vance, Orson Welles Virginia Nicolson, Orson Welles United StatesAmateur experimental film, made at the Todd School, Chicago [37]
Kreise (Circles) Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation, exists in two versions, color [17]
Liebesspiel Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract animation, first exhibited posthumously; silent [17]
Man of Aran Robert J. Flaherty IrelandFictionalised documentary
Marijka nevěrnice (Faithless Maritza)Vladislav VančuraHana Maria PravdaCzechoslovakiaSemi-experimental feature [35] [67]
Muratti Greift Ein (Muratti Gets in the Act) Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyDancing cigarette animation, Gasparcolor [17]
PrisonerRoman FreulichGeorge Sari, Jack RockwellUnited StatesExpressionistic short, made in Hollywood, lost film [6]
Quadrate (Squares) Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract animation, silent, Gasparcolor [17]
Rhythm in Light Mary Ellen Bute United StatesAbstract animation [68]
Ein Spiel in Farben (A Play in Colors) Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract animation, a.k.a. Studie No. 11a, color [17]
Studie Nr. 13 (Coriolan Fragment) Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract animation, unfinished [17]
Sweet Land of Liberty Leo Hurwitz United StatesSatirical documentary; Lost film [69]
Žijeme v Praze (We Live in Prague) Otakar Vávra CzechoslovakiaCity film [70]
1935
A Colour Box Len Lye United Kingdom
Colour Cocktail Norman McLaren United KingdomAbstract animation; lost film [71]
Ghost Town: The Story of Fort Lee Theodore Huff, Mark BorgatteUnited StatesSemi-documentary [25] [72]
Gypsy NightJosef Berne, Harold HechtUnited StatesMusical short, set in a Gypsy camp, color [73]
The Hands on Tuesday Čeněk Zahradníček Czechoslovakia [74] [35]
HollywoodVic Kandel, Robert Del DucaUnited StatesSatire, Lost film [69]
Kinetic Molpai Ted Shawn Ted Shawn and his Men DancersUnited StatesModern dance film [75]
Komposition in Blau (Composition in Blue) Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract animation in Gasparcolour [17]
November Otakar Vávra, Alexandr Hackenschmied Czechoslovakia [70] [35]
Muratti Privat Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyDancing cigarette animation, black and white [17]
Pie in the Sky Ralph Steiner, Elia Kazan, Molly Day Thatcher, Irving Lerner Elia Kazan, Russell CollinsUnited StatesSatire [76]
Pink Guards On Parade Oskar Fischinger Nazi GermanyAbstract advertisement, Gasparcolor, unfinished; recreation on video made in 2000 by William Moritz [17]
Poison Man Ray Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim FranceDouble "portrait" film of Ray and Oppenheim [77]
Polychrome Phantasy Norman McLaren CanadaAbstract animation, color [78]
Synchromy No. 2 Mary Ellen Bute, Ted NemethUnited StatesAbstract animation [79]
Zwarcie (Short Circuit) Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson PolandAbstract animation, music by Witold Lutoslawski, Lost [3]
1936
145 W 21 Rudy Burckhardt Paul Bowles, Aaron Copland United States [80]
The Birth of the Robot Len Lye United Kingdom
Black and White Rhapsody Martin Frič CzechoslovakiaCity film [35]
Dada Mary Ellen Bute, produced by Ted NemethUnited StatesAbstract animation, black and white [81]
Hell Unlimited Helen Biggar, Norman McLaren United KingdomAnti-war political short [82]
The New Architecture and the London Zoo László Moholy-Nagy United Kingdom
RedesEmilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann Silvio Hernández, Rafael HinojosaMexicoCinematography by Paul Strand, music by Silvestre Revueltas; Eisenstein-influenced revolutionary film [83]
Rose Hobart Joseph Cornell Rose Hobart United StatesCollage film [84]
1937
Even—As You and ILeRoy Robbins, Harry Hay Hy Hirsh United States
Escape Mary Ellen Bute, produced by Ted NemethUnited StatesAbstract animation, color [81]
Monsieur Fantômas Ernst Moerman Belgium
An Optical Poem Oskar Fischinger United StatesAbstract animation, distributed by MGM, color [17]
Parabola Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth, Bill Nemeth, Rutherford BoydUnited StatesAbstract animation [85]
Przygoda Czlowieka Poczciwego (The Adventure of a Good Citizen) Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson PolandSatire [3]
Seeing the World No. 1: A Trip to New York CIty Rudy Burckhardt United StatesCity film [10]
Silnice spívá (The Highway Sings)Elmar Klos, Alexandr Hackenschmied CzechoslovakiaExperimental advertising film [4]
1938
Bookstalls Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film, title added posthumously; Silent [10] [86]
Carousel: Animal Opera Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film [10]
The Children's Jury Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film, Silent [10]
The Children's Trilogy: Cotillion, The Midnight Party, The Children's Party Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film, put into a final form by Larry Jordan ca. 1967–70, Silent [10]
Family FilmJosé Val del OmarSpain
Fragment from Caroland's Mansion Frank Stauffacher United States [87]
Jack's Dream Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film, put into a final form by Larry Jordan ca. 1970 [10]
N or NW Len Lye United Kingdom
Thimble Theater Joseph Cornell United StatesCollage film, title added posthumously; Silent [10]
Tree Trunk to Head Lewis Jacobs Chaim GrossUnited StatesSemi-documentary, silent [88]
1939
The City Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke United StatesCity film for New York World's Fair, written by Pare Lorentz [89]
Dance of the ColorsHans FischingerGermanyAbstract animation, color [17]
Haiti Rudy Burckhardt United States [90] [91] [92]
Love on the Wing Norman McLaren United KingdomAbstract animation, color [93]
Scherzo Norman McLaren United KingdomAbstract animation, color [94]
Spare Time Humphrey Jennings United KingdomShort documentary about British people at leisure, inspired by Mass Observation
Spook Sport Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth, Norman McLaren United StatesAbstract animation, color, animation by McLaren [81]
Stars and Stripes Norman McLaren United KingdomAbstract animation, color [94]
Time in the Sun Marie Seton United KingdomComposite film, made of footage shot by Sergei Eisenstein for Qué vivá México! [95]

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  74. "Čeněk Zahradníček – Monoskop". monoskop.org.
  75. "100 Dance Treasures: Ted Shawn".
  76. "Pie in the Sky". IMDb.
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  79. "Synchromy No. 2 (1936)". IMDb.
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  81. 1 2 3 "Mary Ellen Bute". Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles .
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  94. 1 2 "Stars and Stripes (1939)". IMDb.
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