Metafiction Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 79 films built on metafiction, spanning 1952–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1963
8½
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 2002
Adaptation.
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze - 1999
After Life
dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 1979
All That Jazz
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 2023
American Fiction
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 1977
Annie Hall
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2007
Atonement
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright - 2023
Barbie
Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1991
Barton Fink
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Suburbandir. Stephen Herek - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1974
Blazing Saddles
Desert · Ruraldir. Mel Brooks - 1981
Blow Out
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1993
Caro diario
Urban · Islanddir. Nanni Moretti - 1990
Close-Up
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1973
Day for Night
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 2016
Deadpool
Urbandir. Tim Miller - 1997
Deconstructing Harry
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1994
Ed Wood
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 1999
eXistenZ
Ruraldir. David Cronenberg - 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes - 1971
Fiddler on the Roof
Ruraldir. Norman Jewison - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
Urbandir. Toshio Matsumoto - 1997
Funny Games
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 1999
Galaxy Quest
Off Worlddir. Dean Parisot - 2003
Good Bye, Lenin!
Urbandir. Wolfgang Becker - 2000
High Fidelity
Urbandir. Stephen Frears - 1981
History of the World: Part I
Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks - 1995
In the Mouth of Madness
dir. John Carpenter - 1963
Irma la Douce
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1989
Jesus of Montreal
Urbandir. Denys Arcand - 1965
Kwaidan
Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1992
Man Bites Dog
Urbandir. Rémy Belvaux - 1993
Matinee
Coastal Seadir. Joe Dante - 2002
Millennium Actress
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 1975
Mirror
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ruraldir. Terry Gilliam - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1976
Murder by Death
dir. Robert Moore - 2017
One Cut of the Dead
dir. Shinichiro Ueda - 2019
Pain and Glory
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1960
Peeping Tom
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1972
Play It Again, Sam
Urbandir. Herbert Ross - 1998
Pleasantville
Suburbandir. Gary Ross - 1972
Roma
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 1996
Scream
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 1998
Shakespeare in Love
Urbandir. John Madden - 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Urbandir. Gene Kelly - 1998
SLC Punk
Urbandir. James Merendino - 1987
Spaceballs
Off World · Desertdir. Mel Brooks - 1979
Stalker
Wildernessdir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 2008
Synecdoche, New York
Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman - 1985
Tampopo
Urbandir. Jūzō Itami - 1997
Taste of Cherry
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 2011
The Artist
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius - 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 2010
The Fighter
Urbandir. David O. Russell - 1972
The Harder They Come
Urbandir. Perry Henzell - 1973
The Holy Mountain
Desert · Urban · Island · Mountaindir. Alejandro Jodorowsky - 1979
The Jerk
Rural · Urbandir. Carl Reiner - 1979
The Muppet Movie
Rural · Desertdir. James Frawley - 1984
The NeverEnding Story
dir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1992
The Player
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
dir. Woody Allen - 1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ruraldir. Jim Sharman - 1998
The Truman Show
Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 1998
There's Something About Mary
Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly - 1984
This Is Spinal Tap
Urbandir. Rob Reiner - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1992
Wayne's World
Suburbandir. Penelope Spheeris - 2014
What We Do in the Shadows
Suburban · Urbandir. Jemaine Clement - 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1983
Zelig
Urbandir. Woody Allen
Frequently asked
How many movies are built on metafiction?
Kinora's catalogue lists 79 films built on metafiction, spanning 1952–2023.
What are some movies built on metafiction?
Films built on metafiction in our catalogue include 8½ (1963), Adaptation. (2002), After Life (1999), All That Jazz (1979), and American Fiction (2023).
What is the oldest movie built on metafiction?
Singin' in the Rain (1952) is the earliest film built on metafiction in our catalogue; the most recent is Barbie (2023).