# List of avant-garde films of the 2000s

This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2000s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 2000 |||||
| And the Pig was Born | Julius Ziz | | Lithuania | |
| Appearances | Barbara Meter | | Netherlands | |
| As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty | Jonas Mekas | | United States | |
| Dance | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Dancer in the Dark | Lars von Trier | Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey | Denmark | |
| Energy Lithuania | Deimantas Narkevičius | | Lithuania | |
| The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| The Heart of the World | Guy Maddin | Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar | Canada | |
| Jesus Trilogy and Coda | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Kimono | Hal Hartley | Miho Nikaido | United States | |
| Little Otik | Jan Švankmajer | Jan Hartl, Veronika Zilkova | Czech Republic United Kingdom | |
| Moilsome Toilsome | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Mysterious Object at Noon | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | | Thailand | |
| Persian Series#6 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#7 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#8 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#9 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#10 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#11 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Persian Series#12 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Songs from the Second Floor | Roy Andersson | Sten Andersson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström, Stefan Larsson, Lars Nordh | Sweden | |
| A Story about a Bad Dream | Pavel Stingl | | Czech Republic | |
| Water for Maya | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Werckmeister Harmonies | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Peter Fitz, Lars Rudolph, Hanna Schygulla | Hungary | |
| 2001 |||||
| 386 DX | Alexei Shulgin | | Russia | |
| Baby Jesus | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| The Battle of Orgreave | Jeremy Deller | | United Kingdom | |
| Dark Night of the Soul | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Dream Work | Peter Tscherkassky | | Austria | |
| Garden Path | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Her Glacial Speed | Eve Heller | | Austria | |
| Lovesong | Stan Brakhage | | United States | Part of Lovesong cycle |
| Lovesong 2 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | Part of Lovesong cycle |
| A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight | Constanze Ruhm | | Austria | |
| Micro Garden | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch | Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring | United States | |
| Night Mulch | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Occam's Thread | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#13 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#14 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#15 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#16 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#17 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Perisan Series#18 | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Pistol Opera | Seijun Suzuki | Makiko Esumi | Japan | |
| Rounds | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Les Soviets plus l'électricité | Nicolas Rey | | France | |
| Southlander | Steven Hanft | Rory Cochrane, Rossie Harris, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs | United States | |
| Very | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Wiley Wiggins, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks | United States | |
| 2002 |||||
| 11'09"01 September 11 | Various | | France | |
| Ascension | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Blissfully Yours | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Lisa Walter | France Thailand | |
| Claire | Milford Thomas | Toniet Gallego, Mish P. DeLight, James Ferguson | United States | |
| The Cloud of Unknowing | Richard Sylvarnes | Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Lisa Walter | United States | |
| *Corpus Callosum | Michael Snow | Kim Plate, Greg Hermanovic, John Massey | Canada | |
| Decasia | Bill Morrison | | United States | |
| The Decay of Fiction | Pat O'Neill | Various | United States | |
| Gerry | Gus Van Sant | Casey Affleck, Matt Damon | United States | |
| I-San Special | Mingmongkol Sonakul | Mesini Kaewratri, Phurida Vichitphan | Thailand | |
| The Loser Takes It All | Nikos Nikolaidis | Giannis Aggelakas, Simeon Nikolaidis, Jenny Kitseli | Greece | |
| Max | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Meanwhile a Butterfly Flies | Julius Ziz | | Lithuania | |
| Naqoyqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | | United States | |
| Nikita Kino | Vivan Ostrovsky | | United States | |
| Panels for the Walls of Heaven | Stan Brakhage | | United States | Part of the Vancouver Island films |
| Resurrectus Est | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Russian Ark | Alexander Sokurov | Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy | Russia Canada Denmark Germany | |
| Seasons... | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Song of the Mushroom | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Ten | Abbas Kiarostami | Mania Akbari, Amin Maher | Iran | |
| The Tracker | Rolf de Heer | David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau | Australia | |
| Uzak | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | | Turkey | |
| 2003 |||||
| ( ) | Morgan Fisher | | United States | |
| Alice in Wonderland, or: Who is Guy Debord? | Robert Cauble | | United States | |
| Alila | Amos Gitai | Yael Abecassis, Ronit Elkabetz, Hanna Laslo, Uri Klauzner | Israel | |
| Bengali Tourist | Sarnath Banerjee | | India | |
| Bodysong | Simon Pummell | | United Kingdom | |
| Chinese Series | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Cowards Bend the Knee | Guy Maddin | Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Amy Stewart | Canada | |
| Dogville | Lars von Trier | Nicole Kidman, John Hurt, Paul Bettany | Denmark | |
| The Five Obstructions | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen | Denmark | |
| I Love My India | Tejal Shah | | India | |
| The Mesmerist | Bill Morrison | | United States | |
| The Missing | Lee Kang-Sheng | Lu Yi-ching, Chang Chea, Miao Tien | Taiwan | |
| Parc central | Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster | | France | |
| Quay | Barbara Meter | | Netherlands | |
| The Role of a Lifetime | Deimantas Narkevičius | Peter Watkins | Lithuania | |
| The Saddest Music in the World | Guy Maddin | Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros | Canada | |
| San Yuan Li | Ou Ning, Cao Fei | | China | |
| Scena | Deimantas Narkevičius | | Lithuania | |
| Stan's Window | Stan Brakhage | | United States | |
| Tarnation | Jonathan Caouette | | United States | |
| Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | Wang Bing | | China | |
| Woodenhead | Florian Habicht | Nicholas Butler, Theresa Peters, Tony Bishop | New Zealand | |
| 2004 |||||
| Anatomy of Hell | Catherine Breillat | Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Catherine Breillat | France | |
| Cake and Steak | Abigail Child | | United States | |
| The Future is Behind You | Abigail Child | | United States | |
| A Hole in My Heart | Lukas Moodysson | Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Thorsten Flinck, Goran Marjanovic | Sweden | |
| Innocence | Lucile Hadžihalilović | Zoe Auclair, Berangere Haubruge, Lea Bridarolli | Belgium United Kingdom France | |
| Light is Calling | Bill Morrison | | United States | |
| Mira Corpora | Stéphane Marti | | France | |
| Notre Musique | Jean-Luc Godard | Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu | Switzerland France | |
| Once in the XX Century | Deimantas Narkevičius | | Lithuania | |
| Palindromes | Todd Solondz | Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly-Guirgis, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States | |
| Planet Earth: Dreams | D.J. Mendel | Tim Donovan Jr., Denise Greber | United States | |
| Proteus | David Lebrun | Marian Seldes, Corey Burton, Richard Dysart | United States | |
| The Raspberry Reich | Bruce LaBruce | Susanne Sachsse, Daniel Batscher | Germany | |
| Scenes from Freedonia | Cordelia Swann | | United Kingdom | |
| Stages of Mourning | Sarah Pucill | | United Kingdom | |
| Star Spangled to Death | Ken Jacobs | | United States | |
| Tropical Malady | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee | Italy Germany Thailand France | |
| X-Nana - Subroutine | Constanze Ruhm | | Austria | |
| Yes | Sally Potter | | United Kingdom | |
| 2005 |||||
| Blockade | Sergei Loznitsa | | Ukraine | |
| Bye Bye Havana | J. Michael Seyfert | | Cuba | |
| Drawing Restraint 9 | Matthew Barney | Matthew Barney, Björk | United States | |
| Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine | Peter Tscherkassky | | Austria | |
| Johanna | Kornél Mundruczó | Orsolya Toth, Zsolt Trill, Eszter Wierdl | Hungary | |
| Kinetta | Yorgos Lanthimos | | Greece | |
| Last Days | Gus Van Sant | Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento | United States | |
| Lunacy | Jan Švankmajer | Pavel Liska, Jan Triska, Anna Geislerová | Slovakia Czech Republic | |
| Manderlay | Lars von Trier | Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankolé, Danny Glover | Netherlands Sweden Denmark Italy France United Kingdom Germany | |
| "Matrioškos" | Deimantas Narkevičius | | Lithuania | |
| One Day in People's Poland | Maciej Drygas | | Poland | |
| The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes | Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | | United Kingdom | |
| Rubber Johnny | Chris Cunningham | | United Kingdom | |
| The Space Between | Brad Butler, Noor Afshan Mirza | | United Kingdom | |
| Straight 8 | Avisha Abraham | | India | |
| Super Mario Bros. Movie | Cory Arcangel, Paper Rad | | United States | |
| Untitled No. 1 | Masha Godovannaya | | Russia | |
| The Wayward Cloud | Tsai Ming-Liang | Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-ching | Taiwan France | |
| Welt Spiegel Kino | Gustav Deutsch | | Austria | |
| What is it? | Crispin Glover | Michael Blevins, Rikky Wittman, John Insinna | United States | |
| The Wild Blue Yonder | Werner Herzog | Brad Dourif | Denmark France Germany | |
| The Zero Years | Nikos Nikolaidis | Vicky Harris, Jenny Kitselli, Arhontisa Mavrakaki | Greece | |
| 2006 |||||
| 'All that's solid melts into air' (Karl Marx) | Vong Phaophanit | | Vietnam | |
| Brand Upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin | Erik Steffen Maahs, Gretchen Lee Krich, Sullivan Brown | United States Canada | |
| Container | Lukas Moodysson | Peter Lorentzon, Mariha Aberg, Jena Malone | Sweden | |
| Daft Punk's Electroma | Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo | Peter Hurteau, Michael Reich | United States | |
| Dark Glass | Clio Barnard | | United Kingdom | |
| East Side Story | Igor Grubić | | Croatia | |
| Glass Lips | Lech Majewski | Patryk Czajka, Joanna Litwin, Grzegorz Przybyl | United States Poland | |
| Gradiva | Alain Robbe-Grillet | | France | |
| The Highwater Trilogy | Bill Morrison | | United States | |
| Inland Empire | David Lynch | Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton | Poland France United States | |
| The Surging Sea of Humanity | Ken Jacobs | | United States | |
| Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno | Zinedine Zidane | United Kingdom France Spain | |
| 2007 |||||
| Caesural Variation I | Raqs Media Collective | | India | |
| The Head | Deimantas Narkevičius | Lev Kerbel | Lithuania | |
| It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine | Crispin Glover | Steven C. Stewart, Margit Carstensen, Carrie Szlasa | United States | |
| Japan Japan | Lior Shamriz | Imri Kahn | Israel | |
| Lovely Andrea | Hito Steyerl | | Japan | |
| Manuelle Labor | Marie Losier | Marie Losier | United States | |
| Mister Lonely | Harmony Korine | Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant | Ireland United States United Kingdom France | |
| My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin | Ann Savage | Canada | |
| Revisiting Solaris | Deimantas Narkevičius | Donatas Banionis, Deimantas Narkevičius | Lithuania | |
| You, the Living | Roy Andersson | Björn Englund, Elisabet Helander, Jessika Lundberg | Sweden | |
| The Full Monteverdi | John La Bouchardiere | I Fagiolini | United Kingdom | |
| 2008 |||||
| History of Cinema | Rouzbeh Rashidi | | Iran Ireland | Shortfilm |
| Veena Vaadanam | Sathish Kalathil | Sathish Kalathil, Sujith Aalungal | India | Documentary |
| Langue sacrée, langue parlée | Nurith Aviv | | France Israel | |
| Synecdoche, New York | Charlie Kaufman | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton | United States | |
| Tony Conrad, DreaMinimalist | Marie Losier | Tony Conrad | United States | |
| Waltz With Bashir | Ari Folman | | Germany France Israel | |
| 2009 |||||
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm | Denmark | |
| Atlantiques | Mati Diop | | Senegal | |
| Cinématon | Gérard Courant | | France | |
| Dogtooth | Yorgos Lanthimos | Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Christos Passali | Greece | |
| Guilt (2009 film) | Vassilis Mazomenos | Nikos Arvanitis, Yannis Tsortekis, Arto Apartian | Greece | |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown | France | |
| Into the Unknown | Deimantas Narkevičius | | Lithuania | |
| Trash Humpers | Harmony Korine | Rachel Korine, Brian Kotzur, Travis Nicholson | United States United Kingdom | |
| Ville Marie | Alexandre Larose | | Canada | |
| Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Anne Consigny | France Italy | |
| Saturn Returns | Lior Shamriz | Chloé Griffin, Tal Meiri, Heinz Emigholz | Germany | |
| 2010 |||||
| Film Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehle | France Switzerland | |
| Jalachhayam | Sathish Kalathil | Baburaj Puthoor, Dr. B Jayakrishnan, Kripa, Prasanna Balan, Master Navin Krishna | India | |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee | Thailand | |