The following is a chronologicallist ofnonlinear narrative films.
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 500 Days of Summer | Marc Webb | [6][7][8] |
| Across the Hall | Alex Merkin | ||
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | [9] | |
| Shorts | Robert Rodriguez | [10] | |
| Watchmen | Zack Snyder | hyperlink cinema[11][12] |
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kill Bill | Quentin Tarantino | [53] |
| Ju-on: The Grudge 2 | Takashi Shimizu | remake based onJu-on 2 (2000) | |
| Ju-on: The Grudge | Takashi Shimizu | remake based onJu-on (2000) | |
| Identity | James Mangold | [60] | |
| 21 Grams | Alejandro González Iñárritu | hyperlink cinema[61][62] | |
| Elephant | Gus Van Sant | [63] | |
| Oldboy | Park Chan-wook | [64][65] | |
| Wonderland | James Cox | [66] | |
| 11:14 | Greg Marcks |
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | [67] |
| Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | remake based onSolaris (1972)[68] | |
| Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | [69] | |
| Adaptation. | Spike Jonze | [70] | |
| American Gun | Alan Jacobs | [71] | |
| Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | reverse chronology[72] | |
| He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not | Laetitia Colombani | [73] | |
| Cremaster 3 | Matthew Barney | [74][75] | |
| Ararat | Atom Egoyan | [76] | |
| City of God | Fernando Meirelles | [77][78] | |
| The Rules of Attraction | Roger Avary | [79] | |
| The Hours | Stephen Daldry | [80] | |
| Hero | Zhang Yimou | The story of assassins is recollected from varying perspectives and framed by a discussion between the king and an assassin called Nameless. The various chapters are delineated by different colors. |
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Weight of Water | Kathryn Bigelow | [86] |
| Ju-on 2 | Takashi Shimizu | ||
| Ju-on | Takashi Shimizu | ||
| Chaos | Hideo Nakata | [87] | |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Mark Dindal | ||
| In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar-wai | [88] | |
| Joint Security Area | Park Chan-wook | [89][90] | |
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | Two plot lines, simultaneously developing in opposite directions, join in a final scene at the film's conclusion.[53][78][91] | |
| Happenstance | Laurent Firode | [92] | |
| Pay It Forward | Mimi Leder | The main plot, involvingKevin Spacey,Helen Hunt, andHaley Joel Osment, moves forward in time; while in the subplot,investigative journalist Chandler (Jay Mohr) tracks thealtruism movement backward in time. | |
| Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors | Hong Sang-soo | [93][94] | |
| Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu | hyperlink cinema[61][77][78] | |
| Urbania | Jon Shear | [95] |
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Nixon | Oliver Stone | |
| Love Letter | Shunji Iwai | ||
| The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | [78][113] |
The film unfolds as a series of interlocking flashbacks, beginning with Rika's first visit to the house and then going back and forth in time to catch its other victims as they walk into its various traps...
The approach keeps viewers involved and guessing, since they have to reconstruct the time frame from clues (a repeated line of dialogue, a prop) provided in each sequence.