List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969

This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1965 and 1969. Unless otherwise noted, all films had sound and were in color.

1965
Vinyl	Andy Warhol	Gerard Malanga, Edie Sedgwick		Black and white; written by Ronald Tavel, based on Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange [1]
1966
Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations	Willard Maas			Shot at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City[2]
The Cut-Ups	Antony Balch	William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin		Black and white, written by Burroughs[3]
The Flicker	Tony Conrad			Black and white
Hold Me While I'm Naked	George Kuchar	George Kuchar, Donna Kerness		[4]
Persona	Ingmar Bergman	Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullman, Margaretha Krook		Black and white[5]
Turn, Turn, Turn	Jud Yalkut			Award of Merit, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1966[6][7]
Yesterday Girl	Alexander Kluge	Alexandra Kluge		Black and white
1967
I Am Curious (Yellow)	Vilgot Sjöman	Vilgot Sjöman, Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt		Black and white[8]
The Illiac Passion	Gregory Markopoulos	Richard Beauvais, David Beauvais		[9]
The Image	Michael Armstrong (cinematographer)	Michael Byrne (actor), David Bowie		Black and white, completed in 1967 but not released until 1969, David Bowie's first screen appearance[10] [11]
1968
I Am Curious (Blue)	Vilgot Sjöman	Vilgot Sjöman, Peter Lindgren, Lena Nyman		Black and white[12]
The Movie Orgy	Joe Dante, Jon Davison			Massive collage film, running 7.5 hours, cut in 2010 to 4.5 hours[13]
N:O:T:H:I:N:G	Paul Sharits			Silent[14]
1969
The Color of Pomegranates	Sergei Parajanov	Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan		Color[15]
Easy Rider	Dennis Hopper	Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson		Hollywood "road movie;" partly experimental[16]
Katzelmacher	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem		Black and white[17]
Love Is Colder Than Death	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Ulli Lommel		Black and white[18]

References

1. Mary Scanlon -- Beyond the Absurd: Roland Tavel and Andy Warhol
2. "Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations" on Experimental Cinema
3. Rob Bridgett -- An Appraisal of the Films of William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Anthony Balch in terms of Recent Avant Garde Theory, Bright Lights Film Journal Issue 39
4. Dangerous Minds entry
5. Elsaesser, Thomas (27 March 2014). "The Persistence of Persona'". Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
6. Dangerous Minds entry
7. Film Maker's Cooperative Online Catalog
8. Ankeny, Jason. "I Am Curious (Yellow)". Allmovie. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
9. BAM/PFA program
10. Cinebeats, "David Bowie is The Image"
11. Michael Armstrong, "The Image -- History"
12. Lahr, John (10 March 2013). "Sex and Politics: An Interview with Vilgot Sjöman". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
13. St. Louis Mag "Jutaxposition as Art"
14. LUX catalog entry
15. Fountain, Clarke. "The Color of Pomegranates". Allmovie. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
16. Criterion Collection DVD entry
17. Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
18. Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.