This is chronological list of avant-garde and experimental films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between avant-garde/experimental and other genres (including, documentaries, fantasy, and science fiction films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to the avant-garde, even if it bends genres.

List by decade

List of avant-garde films before 1930 A list of avant-garde and experimental films made before 1930. Though some had dedicated music scores written for them, or were synchronized to records, nearly all of these films were silent. Several of them involve color, through tinting, han ...

List of avant-garde films of the 1930s 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. Bibliography * Jan Christopher Horak, ed. ''Lovers of Cinema: The First American Avant-Garde'', University ...

List of avant-garde films of the 1940s A list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1940s. Notes {{Filmsbygenre 1940s Avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radica ...

* List of avant-garde films of the 1950s * List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1960–1964 * List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969 *

List of avant-garde films of the 1970s This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1970s. Notes {{Filmsbygenre 1970s Avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, ...

List of avant-garde films of the 1980s This is a list of ''avant-garde'' and experimental films released in the 1980s. Notes {{Filmsbygenre 1980s Avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimen ...

List of avant-garde films of the 1990s This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1990s. Notes {{Films by genre 1990s Avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimen ...

* List of avant-garde films of the 2000s *

List of avant-garde films of the 2010s This is a list of Avant-garde film, avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2010s. References

{{Filmsbygenre Lists of avant-garde films by decade, 2010's Lists of 2010s films by genre, Avant-garde 2010s avant-garde and expe ...

List of avant-garde films of the 2020s This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2020s. References {{Filmsbygenre 2020's Avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is exp ...

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