Minimalist film
Minimalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of minimalism. Notable filmmakers This type of film includes the works of directors like: Robert Bresson Chloé Zhao Kelly Reichardt Yasujirō Ozu Gus van Sant Andy Warhol Morgan Fisher Don Hertzfeldt James Benning Jafar Panahi Jim Jarmusch Alexander Sokurov Norman McLaren Paul Driessen Michelangelo Antonioni Hollis Frampton Peter Roehr Ernie Gehr John Cassavetes Walter Hill John Carpenter Don Siegel Michael Snow Larry Gottheim Abbas Kiarostami List of notable minimalist films 20th century The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1928) Dots (Norman McLaren, 1940) Paisan (Roberto Rossellini, 1946) Rope (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948) I Shot Jesse James (Samuel Fuller, 1949) Gerald McBoing Boing (Robert Cannon, 1951) Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953) The Tell Tale Heart (Ted Parmelee, 1953) Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953) Billy Boy (Tex Avery, 1954) The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) Ordet (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1955) A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956) The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956) 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957) Plan 9 from Outer Space (Ed Wood, 1959) An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirō Ozu, 1962) Eegah (Arch Hall Sr., 1962) Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964) Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964) Red Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964) Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) Mouchette (Robert Bresson, 1967) Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Surface Tension (Hollis Frampton, 1968) Bambi Meets Godzilla (Marv Newland, 1969) Lemon (Hollis Frampton, 1969) Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970) Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971) Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1972) Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973) Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) Sisyphus (Marcell Jankovics, 1974) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Ackerman, 1975) Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) David (Paul Driessen, 1977) Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977) Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) The Driver (Walter Hill, 1978) Halloween (John Carpenter 1978) Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle, 1981) Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, 1982) Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) Secret Honor (Robert Altman, 1984) Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984) Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987) Swimming to Cambodia (Jonathan Demme, 1987) Alice (Jan Svankmajer, 1988) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismaki, 1989) The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989) The Match Factory Girl, (Aki Kaurismäki, 1990) Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993) Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) and the sequels Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013) Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997) Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Werner Herzog, 1997) A Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999) The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) 21st century Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001) Tape (Richard