This is a list of films with high frame rates . Only films with a native (without motion interpolation) shooting and projection frame rate of 48 or higher, for all or some of its scenes, are included, as are films that received an official post-conversion using technologies such as TrueCut Motion. This is at least double the 24 frames per second (fps) standard used in Hollywood. [1] Several of these films also have versions which are converted and projected at 24 fps.
The following list is sorted by release year. There are only 2 films in 4K 60 fps on Blu-ray.
Year | Title | Director | Language | FPS | Notes | Ref. |
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1978 | Night of Dreams | Douglas Trumbull | English | 60 | Showscan | [2] |
1983 | New Magic | [3] | ||||
1992 | Momentum | Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo | 48 | IMAX HD | [4] | |
1994 | Hoop Dreams | Steve James | 60 | Shot on interlaced 60 fps Betacam. Shown in cinemas in 24 fps. Original 60 fps presentation restored with the 20th anniversary restoration. | ||
1997 | Titanic | James Cameron | 48 | Partially converted with TrueCut Motion, limited release February 10, 2023. | [5] [6] | |
1998 | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | Danish, English | 50 | Shot on digital video in interlaced 50 fps. Shown in cinemas in 24 fps. The original 50 fps presentation is not in any home video release. | |
Love & Pop | Hideaki Anno | Japanese | 60 | Shot on digital video in interlaced 60 fps, with some scenes shot on 35 mm movie film in 24 fps. Shown in cinemas in 24 fps and in interlaced 60 fps with 24 fps segments on DVD and Blu-ray. | ||
2001 | Soarin' Over California | Rick Rothschild | English | 48 | IMAX HD, Disney California Adventure ride | [7] [8] |
2006 | Inland Empire | David Lynch | English, Polish | 60 | Shot on digital video in interlaced 60 fps. Shown in cinemas in 24 fps. The original 60 fps presentation is not in any home video release. | |
2009 | Avatar | James Cameron | English | 48 | Partially converted with TrueCut Motion, released September 23, 2022. The HFR presentation is available on Apple Vision Pro. | [5] [9] |
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | [10] [11] | |||
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | [12] [11] | ||||
FlyOver Canada | Rick Rothschild | 60 | 4K, Canada Place ride | [7] [8] | ||
2014 | Lucid Dreams of Gabriel | Sasha A. Schriber | 48 | Short film | [13] | |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Peter Jackson | [14] [11] | ||||
2016 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Ang Lee | 120 | DVD and Blu-ray rendered at 24 fps. Blu-ray 4K UHD rendered at 60 fps. | [15] [11] [16] | |
Meridian | Curtis Clark | 60 | Short film | [17] [11] | ||
Wings over Washington | Brent Young | Flying Theater Attraction, filmed in 5K at 60fps | [18] [19] | |||
2017 | Flamenco | Demetri Portelli | 120 3D / 192 2D | Short film, projected at 24 & 60 fps after RealD TrueMotion processing | [20] [21] | |
2017 | Sleep Has Her House | Scott Barley | English, No dialogue | 60 | Shot on iPhone 6 Plus digital video at 60 fps, and converted to 24 fps for projection. Blu-ray rendered at 24 fps. | [22] |
2018 | Aquarela | Victor Kossakovsky | Russian, English, Spanish | 96 | Documentary, projected at 48 fps | [23] [24] |
Hometown | Bao Dejun | Chinese | 48 | First short film produced in China with 8K 48 fps | [25] | |
2019 | Gemini Man | Ang Lee | English | 120 | DVD and Blu-ray rendered at 24 fps. Blu-ray 4K UHD rendered at 60 fps. | [26] [27] |
2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | James Cameron | 48 | Shot entirely at 48 fps. 24 fps scenes achieved by doubling frames. The HFR presentation is available on Apple Vision Pro. | [28] | |
2023 | The Last Heretic / El Ultimo Hereje | Daniel de la Vega | Spanish | First Latin American movie shot in HFR. | ||
HERONICS: Part 1 | Sidharth S Nair | English | Shot on 24fps. Extended cut to be released on 48fps by frame interpolation. | |||
2024 | Argylle | Matthew Vaughn | ||||
Kung Fu Panda 4 | Mike Mitchell | First fully-animated theatrical feature to be rendered in HFR. | ||||
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Adam Wingard | |||||
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Jeff Fowler | Shot on 48fps, but it is unknown how it'll be released. | Upcoming Film | [29] | ||
TBD | Animal Farm | Andy Serkis | HFR | Upcoming film | [30] |
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