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Mumblecore is a subgenre of
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Hoberman, J. (August 14, 2007).
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Lim, Dennis (August 19, 2007)
Mumblecore – The New Talkies: Generation DIY
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characterized by naturalistic acting and dialogue (sometimes improvised), low-budget film production, an emphasis on dialogue over plot, and a focus on the personal relationships of young adults. Filmmakers associated with the genre include
Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore." Life and career Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheil ...
, Lynn Shelton,
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and
Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor and author widely known for his films '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, ...
(known collectively as The Duplass Brothers), Greta Gerwig, Aaron Katz,
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,Hubert, Andrea (May 19, 2007).
Andrea Hubert on the latest fad to hit the US indie film scene
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Harring, Michael (Sep 29, 2009).
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and Ry Russo-Young. In many cases, though, these directors reject the term. The genre is a mostly American phenomenon. The term mumblegore has been used for films mixing the mumblecore and horror genres.


Distinguishing characteristics

Naturalism – both in performance and dialogue – is a key feature of almost all mumblecore films. Early mumblecore films tended to feature non-professional actors, although later films have had more professional actors, including major stars such as
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('' Drinking Buddies'' and '' Happy Christmas'') and
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''). Some mumblecore films feature a prominent use of improvisation, with the cast sharing script credits, though some, like Bujalski's films, are mostly scripted.Bujalski's Beeswax Makes People Say Mumblecore, indieWire
Retrieved June 2011.
Mumblecore films are generally produced with a
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, which has ranged from several thousand to several million dollars as well as low production values. Filming is done in real places, as opposed to studio sets or
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s. Many of these films are shot digitally, although Bujalski's films have all been shot on film. Soundtracks tend to be limited, or nonexistent. Mumblecore films tend to revolve around characters in their twenties and early thirties who are usually single, white, and fairly aimless in both their professional and personal lives. Plots are often concerned with difficulties in romantic relationships, exacerbated by the characters' inability to articulate their own desires.


Influences on mumblecore

Films that have been described as influencing, or at least anticipating, the conventions of mumblecore include '' Girlfriends'' (1978), ''
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'' (1979), '' My Dinner with Andre'' (1981), ''
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'' (1984), '' Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989), '' Slacker'' (1991), '' Clerks'' (1994), ''
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'' (1994) and '' Before Sunrise'' (1995). Directors cited as influences include
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, Eric Rohmer,
Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
,
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and
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, including what one critic called "the spring-break psychodrama of MTV's '' The Real World'', has also been called an influence on mumblecore, as has the 2001 BBC reality-TV-style mockumentary series ''
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''. Another often-cited influence on mumblecore is the profusion of cheaper filmmaking technology starting in the early 2000s, such as the
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video camera, and desktop
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such as
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.


History

Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore." Life and career Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheil ...
has been described as the "Godfather of Mumblecore".A Genre Worth Shouting About, The Independent
Retrieved June 2011.
His 2002 directorial debut, '' Funny Ha Ha'', is generally considered to be the first mumblecore film.Youth Quake: Mumblecore Movies, New Yorker
Retrieved June 2011.
The 2005
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screened a number of other films that came to be considered part of the mumblecore movement, including Bujalski's second film, ''
Mutual Appreciation ''Mutual Appreciation'' is a 2005 independent film by Andrew Bujalski who previously directed '' Funny Ha Ha'' (2002). The script is primarily dialogue between a group of young people as they try to determine where they fit in the world. It is cons ...
''; '' The Puffy Chair'', by
Mark Duplass Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Duplass has written and directed films, ...
&
Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor and author widely known for his films '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, ...
; and ''
Kissing on the Mouth ''Kissing on the Mouth'' is a 2005 American film directed by Joe Swanberg. The small cast served as the only crew, with the film featuring real interviews with recent college graduates and a documentary approach to the graphic sex and conversation ...
'', by
Joe Swanberg Joseph Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film mo ...
.Mumblecore meets the mainstream in Cyrus at Sundance, Guardian
Retrieved June 2011.
Mumblecore Goes Mainstream, Variety
Retrieved June 2011.
That festival was also the origin of the term "mumblecore":
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, a sound editor who has worked with Bujalski, coined the term one night at a bar during the festival, when asked to describe the similarities between those three films. The term was first used publicly by Bujalski in an interview with
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. Bujalski has downplayed the existence of an organized "movement", however, and stated that he does not intentionally make "mumblecore" films. Film journalists have also referred to the genre collectively with the terms "bedhead cinema" and "Slackavetes" (a
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's dialogue-heavy,
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1990s film '' Slacker'', and the name of independent film director
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). In 2007, the
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in New York City exhibited a ten-film series of mumblecore films, titled "The New Talkies: Generation D.I.Y."


Legacy

Some critics have stated that mumblecore ended around 2010, as the original crop of directors began making films with larger budgets, more diverse storylines, and a more conventional cinematic approach. For this reason, films made since 2010 or so that retain an emphasis on naturalistic dialogue and plot are sometimes referred to as "post-mumblecore". Filmmakers who have been labelled as "post-mumblecore" include
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, Alex Karpovsky, Alex Ross Perry and Kate Lyn Sheil.


Influences on other genres

The big-budget films '' Magic Mike'' (
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) and its sequel '' Magic Mike XXL'' (
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) have been described as having mumblecore elements due to their use of naturalistic dialogue. Some TV series, including the HBO series ''
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'' (2012), ''
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'' (2014) and '' Togetherness'' (2015), and the
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series '' Easy'' (2017) have been called mumblecore-inspired, or, in the words of one critic, "mumbleshows". Horror films using mumblecore techniques have resulted in the term "mumblegore." Films that have been described as "mumblegore" include '' Baghead'' (
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), '' The House of the Devil'' (
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), '' Entrance'' (
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), '' You're Next'' (
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), ''
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'' (
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), '' The Sacrament'' (
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), and ''
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'' (
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). Directors associated with mumblegore cinema include Swanberg and Duplass, as well as
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,
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, Ben Wheatley, the trio Radio Silence,
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, Patrick Horvath, and
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. A review of the independent quasi-documentar
''Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets''
in which actors were served real alcohol and filmed interacting in improvised scenes in a recreated dive bar, noted that "the film may be the first-ever in a new 'stumblecore' genre, a risky fusion of indie-mumblecore and on-camera drunkenness."


Outside the United States

Mumblecore has not always been a strictly American phenomenon. Since about 2009, the Berlin Mumblecore movement has had its own manifesto, ''Sehr gutes Manifest''. Berlin Mumblecore is not a reaction to the American hype so much as it is a reaction to the lack of reform in the German public financial support system for the film industry (Filmfoerderung). Crowdfunding is a new possibility to finance movie productions with small and very small budgets independently from restrictions of the German Filmfoerderung. In 2009, Jette Miller's ''Austern ohne Schale'' was screened in Berlin. In 2011, the movies ''Frontalwatte'' by Jakob Lass and ''Papa Gold'' by Tom Lass were released. The latter won several German film awards. 2012 saw the release of ''Klappe Cowboy'' by Timo Jacobs and Ulf Behrens, as well as the award-winning ''Dicke Mädchen'' by Axel Ranisch.Denis Demmerle: Eine neue Schule. In: Berliner Filmfestivals. 2012-04-28
retrieved in December 2012
In 2015, Malte Wirtz ''Voll Paula!'' had its theatrical release, having also been produced without film funding. Since then he produced three more Mumblecore Films (Hard & Ugly, Only one day in Berlin, About Rita!) and the media called him one of the most active German directors.


Filmography


List of mumblecore films and television series

* '' Funny Ha Ha'' (2002) * ''
Kissing on the Mouth ''Kissing on the Mouth'' is a 2005 American film directed by Joe Swanberg. The small cast served as the only crew, with the film featuring real interviews with recent college graduates and a documentary approach to the graphic sex and conversation ...
'' (2005) * '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005) * ''
Mutual Appreciation ''Mutual Appreciation'' is a 2005 independent film by Andrew Bujalski who previously directed '' Funny Ha Ha'' (2002). The script is primarily dialogue between a group of young people as they try to determine where they fit in the world. It is cons ...
'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2006–2009) * ''
Hannah Takes the Stairs ''Hannah Takes the Stairs'' is a 2007 American independent mumblecore film by Joe Swanberg. It has been described "as the defining movie of the low-budget, dialogue-driven 'mumblecore' movement." Plot Hannah is a recent college graduate living in ...
'' (2007) * ''
Let Them Chirp Awhile ''Let Them Chirp Awhile'' is a 2007 independent drama-comedy by Jonathan Blitstein, filmed in just eighteen days in New York during October 2006. The film was produced by Anouk Frosch and Jonathan Blitstein. It was photographed by Andrew Shulkind. ...
'' (2007) * '' Quiet City'' (2007) * ''Hohokam'' (2007) * ''Orphans'' (2007) * '' Team Picture'' (2007) * ''
Pop Skull ''Pop Skull'' is a 2007 American horror film directed by Adam Wingard. In 2003, filmmaker Adam Wingard approached Mexican American actor Lane Hughes with the idea of doing a semi-autobiographical film about a recent breakup. They conceived the fi ...
'' (2007) * '' Baghead'' (2008) * ''
In Search of a Midnight Kiss ''In Search of a Midnight Kiss'' is a 2007 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Holdridge. It was listed on the National Board of Review's Top 10 Independent Films of 2008, won the Independent Spirit John Cassavet ...
'' (2008) * '' The Pleasure of Being Robbed'' (2008)Burr, Ty (May 23, 2008).
It's their scene at Cannes – The Boston Globe
. '' Boston.com''. Retrieved on August 21, 2008.
* ''
Nights and Weekends ''Nights and Weekends'' is a 2008 American mumblecore film co-directed, co-written, co-produced by and co-starring Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig. The film follows a long-distance relationship and its aftermath. It premiered at South by Southwest, ...
'' (2008) * ''
My Effortless Brilliance ''My Effortless Brilliance'' is a 2008 independent dark comedy film directed by Lynn Shelton and starring Basil Harris, Sean Nelson, Jeanette Maus, and Calvin Reeder, all of whom co-wrote the film. The film was shot by cinematographer Benjamin K ...
'' (2008) * ''Yeast'' (2008) * ''Luke and Brie Are on a First Date'' (2008) * '' Alexander the Last'' (2009) * ''
Medicine for Melancholy ''Medicine for Melancholy'' is a 2008 independent romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins. The film stars Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, and Elizabeth Acker. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 7, 2008 ...
'' (2009)A Short-Term Affair Leads to Big Questions, New York Times
Retrieved June 2011.
* ''
Humpday ''Humpday'' is a 2009 American mumblecore comedy-drama film directed, produced, and written by Lynn Shelton and starring Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, and Alycia Delmore. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. International distributio ...
'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2009) * '' Daddy Longlegs'' (2009) * ''
Sorry, Thanks ''Sorry, Thanks'' (2009) is an independent feature film directed and written by filmmaker Dia Sokol, who previously produced ''Mutual Appreciation'' and the MTV reality series ''16 and Pregnant''. ''Sorry, Thanks'' premiered at the 2009 South b ...
'' (2009) * ''
The Exploding Girl ''The Exploding Girl'' is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray, starring Zoe Kazan and Mark Rendall. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 and was released theatrically in the United S ...
'' (2009) * ''
Breaking Upwards ''Breaking Upwards'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Daryl Wein, starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Wein, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, and Pablo Schreiber. It explores a 20-something, real-life New York couple bat ...
'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2010) * ''
Gabi on the Roof in July ''Gabi on the Roof in July'' is a 2010 American independent comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Synopsis Gabi ( Sophia Takal), a rambunctious Oberlin undergrad, heads to New York City to spend the summer with her older brothe ...
'' (2010) * '' Universo Servilleta'' (2010) * '' Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' (2010) * '' New Low'' (2010) * ''
Tiny Furniture ''Tiny Furniture'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The film premiered at South by Southwest, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature, screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Fes ...
'' (2010) * ''You Wont Miss Me'' (2010) * ''Overlook'' (2010) * ''
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'' (2011) * '' Autoerotic'' (2011) * ''
Uncle Kent ''Uncle Kent'' is a 2011 American film directed by Joe Swanberg and written by Kent Osborne and Swanberg. The film stars Osborne in the titular role of Kent, and Jennifer Prediger, Josephine Decker, Kevin Bewersdof, and Swanberg. The film premie ...
'' (2011) * '' Entrance'' (2011) * ''
Silver Bullets ''Silver Bullets'' is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Joe Swanberg. The film stars Kate Lyn Sheil, Ti West, Swanberg and Amy Seimetz. It is one of six films released by Swanberg in 2011. The film had its world ...
'' (2011) * '' Caitlin Plays Herself'' (2011) * ''
Your Sister's Sister ''Your Sister's Sister'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Lynn Shelton and starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Mark Duplass. The film premiered on September 11, 2011, at the Toronto International Film Festival, ...
'' (2011) * '' Bellflower'' (2011) * '' Mumblecore'' (2011) * '' The Zone'' (2011) * '' Memory Lane'' (2012) * ''
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon ''The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'' is a 2012 independent comedy film written and directed brothers Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. The film stars Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur, and Julie Vorus. The film had its world premiere at SXSW on March ...
'' (2012) * '' The Color Wheel'' (2012) * ''
Frances Ha ''Frances Ha'' is a 2012 American black and white comedy-drama film, directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Gerwig also plays the title role, a struggling 27-year-old dancer. The film premiered at the Telluride Film ...
'' (2012) * '' Nobody Walks'' (2012) * '' Sun Don't Shine'' (2012) * '' I Want Your Love'' (2012) * ''Ivy League Exorcist: The Bobby Jindal Story'' (2012) * ''
Jeff, Who Lives at Home ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms, and co-starring Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon. The film premiered on September 14, 2011, at the 201 ...
'' (2012) * '' Save the Date'' (2012) * '' Celeste & Jesse Forever'' (2012) * '' Drinking Buddies'' (2013) * '' All the Light in the Sky'' (2013) * ''
Touchy Feely ''Touchy Feely'' is a 2013 film directed by Lynn Shelton and stars Rosemarie DeWitt as a massage therapist who develops a phobia to touching skin. Other cast members include Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, Scoot McNairy, Elliot Page and Josh Pais ...
'' (2013) * '' I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange'' (2013) * '' About Alex'' (2014) * '' Swim Little Fish Swim'' (2014) * '' Happy Christmas'' (2014) * ''
Sulemani Keeda ''Sulemani Keeda'' () is an independent slacker comedy film directed by Amit V Masurkar and produced by Tulsea Pictures in association with Mantra/Runaway Entertainment. It was first screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2013. The film is di ...
'' (2014) * ''
The Overnight ''The Overnight'' is a 2015 American sex comedy film written and directed by Patrick Brice, and starring Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, and Judith Godrèche. The film was produced by Naomi Scott and executive produced by Mark ...
'' (2015) * '' Midnight Delight'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2016) * '' Joshy'' (2016) * '' Teenage Cocktail'' (2016) * '' Easy'' (2016–2019) * ''
Before I Fall ''Before I Fall'' is a 2010 young adult novel written by the American author Lauren Oliver. The novel is written in the first-person perspective of a teenage girl, Samantha Kingston, who is forced to relive the day of her death every day for a we ...
'' (2017) * ''Waiting for Violette'' (2017) * '' Room 104'' (2017-2020) * '' Friends, Foes & Fireworks'' (2018) * '' Support the Girls'' (2018) * ''Importance (of Us)'' (2018) * '' Under the Silver Lake'' (2018) * '' Only One Day in Berlin'' (2018)


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The Roost ''The Roost'' is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Ti West. Plot On television show Frightmare Theatre, the Horror Host welcomes viewers and introduces them to the film they are about to see, ''The Roost''. Four friends – Tr ...
'' (2005) * '' Murder Party'' (2007) * '' The Signal'' (2007) * '' Trigger Man'' (2007) * ''
Home Sick ''Home Sick'' is a 2007 American horror film written by E. L. Katz and directed by Adam Wingard. The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Fantasia Festival. Plot A strange man crashes a party and asks each person to name the person they ha ...
'' (2007) * ''
Pop Skull ''Pop Skull'' is a 2007 American horror film directed by Adam Wingard. In 2003, filmmaker Adam Wingard approached Mexican American actor Lane Hughes with the idea of doing a semi-autobiographical film about a recent breakup. They conceived the fi ...
'' (2007) * '' I Can See You'' (2008) * '' Baghead'' (2008) * '' The House of the Devil'' (2009) * '' Hysterical Psycho'' (2009) * '' Red White & Blue'' (2010) * ''
A Horrible Way to Die ''A Horrible Way to Die'' is a 2010 American horror film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by co-producer Simon Barrett, and starring A. J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, Brandon Carroll, and Lane Hughes. The story follows an escap ...
'' (2010) * '' Frozen'' (2010) * '' Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011) * ''
Silver Bullets ''Silver Bullets'' is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Joe Swanberg. The film stars Kate Lyn Sheil, Ti West, Swanberg and Amy Seimetz. It is one of six films released by Swanberg in 2011. The film had its world ...
'' (2011) * ''
Kill List ''Kill List'' is a 2011 British psychological horror crime film directed by Ben Wheatley, co-written and co-edited with Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Michael Smiley. When a British soldier returns home from Kyiv, he ...
'' (2011) * '' The Innkeepers'' (2011) * '' Entrance'' (2011) * ''
What Fun We Were Having ''What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape'' is a 2011 American psychological drama anthology film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Wingard, Simon Barrett and E. L. Katz. It stars Hannah Hughes, AJ Bowen, Lane Hughes, Brandon ...
'' (2011) * '' You're Next'' (2011) * ''
V/H/S ''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found foota ...
'' (2012) * '' Sun Don't Shine'' (2012) * ''Reclusion'' (2012) * '' Resolution'' (2012) * ''
Sightseers ''Sightseers'' is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material written by co-editor Amy Jump. It is produced by Edgar Wright and Nira Park, among ot ...
'' (2012) * '' The Battery'' (2012) * '' V/H/S/2'' (2013) * '' Cheap Thrills'' (2013) * ''
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'' (2013) * '' Blue Ruin'' (2013) * '' 24 Exposures'' (2013) * '' The Sacrament'' (2013) * ''
Proxy Proxy may refer to: * Proxy or agent (law), a substitute authorized to act for another entity or a document which authorizes the agent so to act * Proxy (climate), a measured variable used to infer the value of a variable of interest in climate re ...
'' (2013) * '' The Guest'' (2014) * ''
Honeymoon A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds immediately after their wedding, to celebrate their marriage. Today, honeymoons are often celebrated in destinations considered exotic or romantic. In a similar context, it may also refer to the phase ...
'' (2014) * ''
Creep Creep, Creeps or CREEP may refer to: People * Creep, a creepy person Politics * Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), mockingly abbreviated as CREEP, an fundraising organization for Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign Art ...
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Starry Eyes ''Starry Eyes'' is a 2014 American horror film directed and written by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. The film had its world premiere on March 8, 2014 at South by Southwest and features Alexandra Essoe as a hopeful young starlet who finds th ...
'' (2014) * ''
Bag Boy Lover Boy ''Bag Boy Lover Boy'' is a 2014 comedy horror film that was directed by Andres Torres. The movie had its world premiere on July 23, 2014 at the Fantasia Festival and stars Jon Wachter as a hotdog vendor who finds himself becoming the muse of a man ...
'' (2014) *'' It Follows'' (2014) *''
Goodnight Mommy ''Goodnight Mommy'' (german: Ich seh, Ich seh , translation=I see, I see; UK: ''Goodnight Mummy'') is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film, written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The film stars Susanne Wuest and twin ac ...
'' (2014) *'' Late Phases'' (2014) *''
They Look Like People ''They Look Like People'' is a 2015 independent psychological horror film shot, edited, written, produced and directed by Perry Blackshear. It was his feature film directorial debut. It premiered on January 25, 2015 at the Slamdance Film Festival ...
'' (2015) *'' Synchronicity (2015) *'' The Invitation'' (2015) *''
Lace Crater ''Lace Crater'' is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by Harrison Atkins; the film marks his first feature full-length film. The film stars Lindsay Burdge, Peter Vack, Chase Williamson, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Kim, Keith Poulson an ...
'' (2015) *'' Darling'' (2015) *'' Southbound'' (2015) *'' Be My Cat: A Film for Anne'' (2015) *''We Go On'' (2016) *''
Always Shine ''Always Shine'' is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written by Lawrence Michael Levine and directed by Sophia Takal. The film stars Mackenzie Davis and Caitlin FitzGerald as two friends going for a weekend retreat to Big Sur. It also ...
'' (2016) *''The Alchemist Cookbook'' (2016) *''Another Evil'' (2016) *'' Creep 2'' (2017) *'' The Endless'' (2017) *'' The Ritual'' (2017) *'' Flesh & Blood'' (2018) *''
Pooka! "Pooka!" is an episode of American horror anthology web television series '' Into the Dark'' that aired as the third episode of the show's first season. It originally premiered in the United States on December 7, 2018, on Hulu. The episode was dir ...
'' (2018) *'' Body at Brighton Rock'' (2019) *'' I Trapped the Devil'' (2019) *'' After Midnight'' (2019) *'' Exit 0'' (2019) *'' Pooka Lives!'' (2020) *'' Nocturne'' (2020) *''
The Night House ''The Night House'' is a 2020 psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner and written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. The film stars Rebecca Hall as a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her recently deceased architec ...
'' (2020) *'' Save Yourselves!'' (2020) *''
Rent-A-Pal ''Rent-A-Pal'' is a 2020 American thriller film written and directed by Jon Stevenson, produced by J.D. Lifshitz, Brian Landis Folkins, Jon Stevenson, Annie Elizabeth Baker, Jimmy Weber, Robert B. Martin Jr., Brandon Fryman and Raphael Margules. ...
'' (2020) *'' The Rental'' (2020) *''
Broadcast Signal Intrusion A broadcast signal intrusion is the hijacking of broadcast signals of radio, television stations, cable television broadcast feeds or satellite signals without permission or license. Hijacking incidents have involved local TV and radio stations as ...
'' (2021) *'' Evil in the woods'' (2022)


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External links


indieWIRE Interview: The Mumblecore Movement? Andrew Bujalski On His "Funny Ha Ha"

indieWIRE: Mumblecore Movie? Swanberg, Bujalski, Duplass and Others Unveil "Hannah Takes The Stairs"

The Austin Chronicle: Mumblecore And Murder
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