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,

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, and

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); 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 * List of avant-garde films of the 1930s * List of avant-garde films of the 1940s *

List of avant-garde films of the 1950s This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1950s. Unless noted, all films had sound and were in black and white. References {{Filmsbygenre Avant-garde 1950s The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly ...

* 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 * List of avant-garde films of the 1980s * List of avant-garde films of the 1990s * List of avant-garde films of the 2000s * List of avant-garde films of the 2010s * List of avant-garde films of the 2020s {{DEFAULTSORT:Avant-garde and experimental films Lists of films by genre