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		[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

1. German, Yuri. "Possession". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
2. "The Angel". Allmovie. All Media Guide. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
3. LeVasseur, Andrea. "Koyaanisqatsi". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
4. LeVasseur, Andrea. "Sans Soleil". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
5. Blaise, Judd. "Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
6. Voorhees, John. "La Belle captive". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
7. Schwartz, Louis. "First Name: Carmen". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
8. LeVasseur, Andrea. "The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
9. Erickson, Hal. "Les Favoris de la Lune". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
10. Schwartz, Louis. "Hail Mary". Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
11. Voorhees, John. "A Zed & Two Noughts". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
12. Cooper, Tracie. "Street of Crocodiles". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
13. William Verrone. "Nidhiyude Katha". Allrovi. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
14. Erickson, Hal. "The Last of England". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
15. Tobey, Matthew. "Alice". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
16. Erickson, Hal. "Powaqqatsi". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
17. Brennan, Sandra. "Marquis". Allrovi. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
18. Voorhees, John. "Santa Sangre". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
19. Blaise, Judd. "Tetsuo: The Iron Man". Allrovi. Retrieved July 5, 2011.