List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969

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This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1965 and 1969. Unless otherwise noted, all films had sound and were in color.

TitleDirector(s)CastNationNotes
1965
15 Song Traits Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [1]
The Art of Vision Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [1]
Black Vision Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Brus.Wuenscht. Euch.Seine. Weinachten. Kurt Kren Günter Brus AustriaDocumentation of a Vienna Actionist piece
Derby Jože Pogačnik YugoslaviaShort documentary of a football match between Olimpija Ljubljana and NK Maribor
Dirty Stephen Dwoskin United Kingdom
Les Escargots René Laloux, Roland Topor FranceSurreal animation
Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. Owen Land United States
Fire of Waters Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Fuses Carolee Schneemann United States
Kustom Kar Kommandos Kenneth Anger United States
Now! Santiago Álvarez Cuba
Pasht Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Peyote Queen Storm de Hirsch United StatesColor.
Ruka (The Hand) Jiří Trnka CzechoslovakiaSatirical animation
The Saragossa Manuscript Wojciech Has Iga Cembrzyńska, Zbigniew Cybulski Joanna Jędryka Poland
Schmeerguntz Gunvor Nelson, Dorothy WileyUnited States
Silber - Aktion Brus Kurt Kren Günter Brus AustriaDocumentation of a Vienna Actionist piece
Song 9 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 10 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 11 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 12 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 13 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 14 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 16 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 17 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 18 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 19 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 20 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 21 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 22 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Two: Creeley/McClure Stan Brakhage Robert Creeley, Michael McClure United States [1]
Vinyl Andy Warhol Gerard Malanga, Edie Sedgwick United StatesBlack and white; written by Ronald Tavel, based on Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange [2]
The War Game Peter Watkins Michael Aspel, Peter GrahamUnited KingdomMade for BBC TV, but not broadcast until 1985
Wholly Communion Peter Whitehead Allen Ginsberg, Michael Horovitz, Ernst Jandl, Adrian Mitchell United KingdomDocuments a poetry event held on 11 June 1965 called the International Poetry Incarnation
1966
All My Life Bruce Baillie United States
Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations Willard Maas United KingdomShot at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City [3]
Castle 1 Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom
Castro Street Bruce Baillie United States
Cerro Pelado Santiago Álvarez CubaDocumentary about the Cuban Olympic team trying to enter Puerto Rico
The Cut-Ups Antony Balch William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin United KingdomBlack and white, written by Burroughs [4]
Daisies Vera Chytilová Jitka Cerhová, Ivana KarbanováCzechoslovakia
Do Not Ask Where We Are Going Tomislav Gotovac Yugoslavia
Faire un effort Ben (Ben Vautier) France
The Flicker Tony Conrad United StatesBlack and white
Hold Me While I'm Naked George Kuchar George Kuchar, Donna KernessUnited States [5]
Outer and Inner Space Andy Warhol Edie Sedgwick United States
Persona Ingmar Bergman Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook SwedenBlack and white [6]
Relativity Ed Emshwiller
Sound? John Cage, Roland Kirk United States
Turn, Turn, Turn Jud Yalkut United StatesColor. Award of Merit, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1966 [7] [8]
Unsere Afrikareise (Our Trip to Africa) Peter Kubelka AustriaDocumentary about a hunting trip in Africa
Wintercourse Paul Sharits United States
Word Movie Paul Sharits United States
Yesterday Girl Alexander Kluge Alexandra Kluge West GermanyBlack and white
1967
23rd Psalm Branch Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
7362 Pat O'Neill United States
Beginning Artavazd Peleshian Soviet Union
David Holzman's Diary Jim McBride L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Louise Levine, Lorenzo MansUnited States
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin George Kuchar Frances Leibowitz, Debby Roman, Joe ZinziUnited States
La Femme 100 têtesÉric DuvivierFranceSurrealist short film
The Great Blondino Robert Nelson and William T. Wiley Chuck WileyUnited States
Hasta la victoria siempre Santiago Álvarez CubaGovernment-commissioned documentary about Che Guevara, made within 48 hours of his death
I Am Curious (Yellow) Vilgot Sjöman Vilgot Sjöman, Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt SwedenBlack and white [9]
The Illiac Passion Gregory Markopoulos Richard Beauvais, David BeauvaisUnited States [10]
The Image Michael Armstrong (cinematographer) Michael Byrne (actor), David Bowie United KingdomBlack and white, completed in 1967 but not released until 1969, David Bowie's first screen appearance [11] [12]
Jeanetta Cochrane Peter Whitehead United Kingdom
Kusama's Self-Obliteration Yayoi Kusama, Jud Yalkut Yayoi Kusama United States
Little Dog for Roger Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom
Love Affair, or: The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator Dušan Makavejev Slobodan Aligrudić, Eva Ras Yugoslavia
Marvo MovieJeff KeenUnited Kingdom
Samadhi Jordan Belson United StatesAbstract, color [13]
Song 24 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 25 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Ulysses Joseph Strick Barbara Jefford, T. P. McKenna, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roëves United Kingdom
United States
Adaptation of the James Joyce novel
Wavelength Michael Snow Hollis Frampton, Roswell Rudd, Amy Taubin, Joyce Wieland CanadaStructural film
Weekend Jean-Luc Godard Mireille Darc, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean Yanne France
You're Human Like the Rest of Them B. S. Johnson William Hoyland United Kingdom
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood United Kingdom
United States
AlaskaDore O.United States
Around Perception (Autour de la perception) Pierre Hébert CanadaComputer animation with hand-drawn soundtrack. [14]
The Bed James Broughton United Kingdom
Cinétracts Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais FranceUnsigned mini-films, made in the wake of the May 1968 uprisings, usually shot on 8mm
Contras'city Djibril Diop Mambéty SenegalCity film, made in Dakar
Faces John Cassavetes Lynn Carlin , Seymour Cassell, Fred Draper, John Marley, Gena Rowlands United States
Fando y Lis Alejandro Jodorowsky Sergio Kleiner, Diana MariscalMexicoWritten by Fernando Arrabal
Flesh Paul Morrissey Jackie Curtis, Joe Dallesandro, Candy Darling, Geraldine SmithUnited StatesProduced by Andy Warhol
Hall Peter Gidal United Kingdom
Hanoi, martes 13 Santiago Álvarez CubaAnti-Vietnam War documentary
La hora de los hornos (Hour of the Furnaces) Octavio Getino, Fernando Solanas ArgentinaAgitprop documentary, made of segments that could be stopped for audiences to discuss them
The Horseman, the Woman, and the Moth Stan Brakhage United States [1]
I Am Curious (Blue) Vilgot Sjöman Vilgot Sjöman, Peter Lindgren, Lena Nyman SwedenBlack and white [15]
Innocence Unprotected Dušan Makavejev Dragoljub AleksićYugoslaviaReworking of an unreleased film made in 1941
LBJ Santiago Álvarez CubaAnti-Vietnam War documentary
Lovemaking Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Memorias del Subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados Cuba
Metamorfosis António Palolo Portugal
The Movie Orgy Joe Dante, Jon DavisonUnited StatesMassive collage film, running 7.5 hours, cut in 2010 to 4.5 hours [16]
My Mountain Song 27 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
N:O:T:H:I:N:G Paul Sharits United StatesSilent [17]
Pas de deux (Duo) Norman McLaren Margaret Mercier, Vincent Warren CanadaDance film, uses optical printing. Black and white.
Rat Life and Diet in North America Joyce Wieland Canada
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Chris Marker France
Song 26 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Sorbet IIIFrans ZwartjesNetherlands
Teorema Pier Paolo Pasolini Laura Betti, Massimo Girotti, Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp Italy
1969
American 30'sSong Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Cain's FilmJamie Wadhawan Alexander Trocchi United Kingdom
The Color of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan Soviet UnionColor [18]
Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson United StatesHollywood "road movie;" partly experimental [19]
Erwin, Toni, IlseFriedl Kubelka vom GröllerAustria
Invocation of My Demon Brother Kenneth Anger Kenneth Anger, Mick Jagger United StatesMusic composed by Mick Jagger
Katzelmacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar BremWest GermanyBlack and white [20]
Lemon Hollis Frampton United States
Love Is Colder Than Death Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Ulli Lommel West GermanyBlack and white [20]
My Name Is Oona Gunvor Nelson United States
Note to PatiSaul LevineUnited States
Paradigm B. S. Johnson William Hoyland United Kingdom
Our Lady of the Sphere Larry Jordan United States
Precautions Against Fanatics Werner Herzog West GermanySpoof documentary
Room Peter Gidal United KingdomStructural film
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle [1]
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Three Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle [1]
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Two Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle [1]
Song 27 (Part II) Rivers Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 28 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Song 29 Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]
Up Yours Too, Guillaume Apollinaire! B. S. Johnson United KingdomShort animation
TalesCassandra Gerstein, Andrea Loomis, Gail PorterUnited StatesMade by an all-female crew [21]
Walden Jonas Mekas United States
Window Suite of Children's Songs Stan Brakhage United StatesPart of Songs cycle [1]

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