List of avant-garde films of the 1980s
This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1980s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 1980 |
| Germany, Pale Mother | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek |  | |
| 1981 |
| No Mercy, No Future | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Elisabeth Stepanek, Jorge Reis, Curt Curtini |  | |
| Le Pont du Nord | Jacques Rivette | Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti |  | |
| Possession | Andrzej Zulawski | Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent |   | [1] |
| 1982 |
| The Angel | Patrick Bokanowski | Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture |  | [2] |
| Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | |  | [3] |
| Sans Soleil | Chris Marker | Alexandra Stewart |  | [4] |
| Three Crowns of the Sailor | Raúl Ruiz | Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin |  | [5] |
| 1983 |
| La Belle captive | Alain Robbe-Grillet | Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure, Cyrielle Claire |  | [6] |
| First Name: Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel |   | [7] |
| Sweet Bunch | Nikos Nikolaidis | Despina Tomazani, Dora Maskalvanou, Takis Moschos |  | |
| 1984 |
| The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer | Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | |  | [8] |
| The Future of Emily | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Brigitte Fossey, Camille Raymond, Hermann Treusch |  | |
| Klassenverhältnisse | Straub-Huillet | Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Nazzareno Bianconi |   | Drama |
| 1985 |
| Les Favoris de la Lune | Otar Iosseliani | Pascal Aubier, Alix de Montaigu, Gaspard Flori |   | [9] |
| Hail Mary | Jean-Luc Godard | Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste |    | [10] |
| A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon |   | [11] |
| 1986 |
| Street of Crocodiles | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | |  | [12] |
| 1986 |
| Nidhiyude Katha | Vijayakrishnan | |  | [13] |
| 1987 |
| The Last of England | Derek Jarman | Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Spring (Mark Adley) |  | [14] |
| Morning Patrol | Nikos Nikolaidis | Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi |  | |
| 1988 |
| Alice | Jan Svankmajer | Kristina Kohoutova |   | [15] |
| Powaqqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | |  | [16] |
| 1989 |
| Marquis | Henri Xhonneux | Francois Marthouret, Valerie Kling, Michel Robin | .svg.png)  | [17] |
| Santa Sangre | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Sabrina Dennison |   | [18] |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tomoroh Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto |  | [19] |
Notes
- ↑ German, Yuri. "Possession". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ "The Angel". Allmovie. All Media Guide. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. "Koyaanisqatsi". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. "Sans Soleil". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Blaise, Judd. "Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Voorhees, John. "La Belle captive". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Schwartz, Louis. "First Name: Carmen". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. "The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Les Favoris de la Lune". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Schwartz, Louis. "Hail Mary". Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ↑ Voorhees, John. "A Zed & Two Noughts". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Cooper, Tracie. "Street of Crocodiles". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ William Verrone. "Nidhiyude Katha". Allrovi. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Last of England". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Tobey, Matthew. "Alice". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Powaqqatsi". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Marquis". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Voorhees, John. "Santa Sangre". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Blaise, Judd. "Tetsuo: The Iron Man". Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.