Non-Linear Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 70 films told out of chronological order, spanning 1941–2024. 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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2010
127 Hours
Utah — 2000s
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
1963
8½
1960s
Urbandir. Federico Fellini
2022
Aftersun
Turkey — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells
2000
Amores Perros
Mexico City — 1990s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
1977
Annie Hall
New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2018
Annihilation
Near Future
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
2016
Arrival
Near Future
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve
2007
Atonement
London — 1930s · 1940s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright
1966
Black Girl
Dakar · French Riviera — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène
1945
Brief Encounter
England — 1940s
Suburbandir. David Lean
2018
Capernaum
Beirut — 2010s
Urbandir. Nadine Labaki
2002
Catch Me If You Can
New York City · Miami · France — 1960s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rome · Sicily — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore
1941
Citizen Kane
New York City — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Orson Welles
1972
Cries and Whispers
1800s
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
1995
Dolores Claiborne
Maine — 1990s · 1970s
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford
2017
Dunkirk
Dunkirk — 1940s
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
2015
Embrace of the Serpent
1900s · 1910s · 1940s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Ciro Guerra
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
New York City — 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2020s
Urbandir. Daniel Scheinert
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Alabama · Birmingham · Valdosta — 1980s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet
2013
Fruitvale Station
Oakland — 2000s
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler
2014
Gone Girl
2010s
Suburbandir. David Fincher
1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Kobe — 1940s
Urbandir. Isao Takahata
1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima — 1950s
Urbandir. Alain Resnais
1952
Ikiru
Tokyo — 1950s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
2010
Incendies
2000s · 1970s
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
2010
Inception
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
New York City · Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
2014
Interstellar
Space — Near Future
Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Tokyo — 1990s · 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
2019
Knives Out
Massachusetts — 2010s
Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
2005
Lady Vengeance
Seoul — 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
1997
Lost Highway
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
2016
Manchester by the Sea
Boston — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan
2000
Memento
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Havana — 1960s
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1975
Mirror
Russia — 1930s · 1940s · 1960s
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky
2023
Monster
2020s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2001
Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. David Lynch
2003
Oldboy
1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
New York City — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1960s
Urbandir. Sergio Leone
2023
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos · Princeton — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2019
Pain and Glory
Madrid · Valencia — 1960s · 1980s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
2004
Primer
2000s
Suburbandir. Shane Carruth
1994
Pulp Fiction
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1950
Rashomon
Kyoto — Ancient
Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa
1992
Reservoir Dogs
1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1998
Run Lola Run
Berlin — 1990s
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer
2002
Russian Ark
St. Petersburg — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Mumbai — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
1950
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
2002
Talk to Her
Madrid — 2000s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
1966
The Battle of Algiers
Algiers — 1950s
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo
2024
The Bikeriders
Chicago — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols
1971
The Conformist
Paris · Rome — 1930s · 1940s
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1970s
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
1974
The Godfather Part II
New York City · Sicily · Las Vegas · Havana — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
1930s · 1960s
Mountaindir. Wes Anderson
2016
The Handmaiden
South Korea — 1930s
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook
2015
The Hateful Eight
Wyoming — 1800s
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
2019
The Irishman
Philadelphia · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2006
The Prestige
London — 1900s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2009
The Secret in Their Eyes
Buenos Aires — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella
2010
The Social Network
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. David Fincher
2011
The Tree of Life
Texas — 1950s · 2010s · Timeless
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick
1995
The Usual Suspects
Los Angeles · New York City — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
1995
Twelve Monkeys
Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2000s
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay
1957
Wild Strawberries
Stockholm — 1950s
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman

Frequently asked

How many movies are told out of chronological order?

Kinora's catalogue lists 70 films told out of chronological order, spanning 1941–2024.

What are some movies told out of chronological order?

Films told out of chronological order in our catalogue include 127 Hours (2010), 8½ (1963), Aftersun (2022), Amores Perros (2000), and Annie Hall (1977).

What is the oldest movie told out of chronological order?

Citizen Kane (1941) is the earliest film told out of chronological order in our catalogue; the most recent is The Bikeriders (2024).