List_of_films_shot_over_three_or_more_years
List of films with longest production time
A list of films shot over three or more years
This is a list of films shot over three or more years. This list does not include projects composed of series of films shot over an extended period, except where individual films within those projects meet this criteria.
The Other Side of the Wind holds the record for a movie to be in production for the longest time: it was in production stage for 48 years (1970–2018).
More information Film, Release year ...
| Film | Release year | Number of years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EarthBound, USA | 2023 | 10 | Documentary on the EarthBound fandom directed by Jazzy Benson. |
| Maidaan | 2024 | 5 | Principal photography commenced on 19 August 2019 and experienced long delays due to COVID-19 pandemic and Cyclone Nisarga ultimately ending in May 2022.[1][2] The film was scheduled to release in theatres on 3 June 2022 but was delayed due to impending post-production works. The film was set to be released on 23 June 2023 but was delayed again.[3][4]The film is scheduled to release on 11 April 2024.[5] |
| 5-25-77 | 2022 | 18 | Shooting began in summer 2004. Numerous versions of the film have been screened over the years, including a rough cut at Star Wars Celebration IV. It officially premiered in 2017 followed by a limited theatrical release. The film with its final cut was released on November 22, 2022. |
| The Goat Life | 2024 | 16 | Based on the 2008 novel Aadujeevitham by Benyamin, the project was started by director Blessy in 2008 who also produced the film. Prithviraj Sukumaran was cast in the lead role. However, production was stalled due to financial constraints and the film languished in development hell till 2015 when co-producers came on board. Shooting resumed in 2018 and concluded in 2022 over six schedules being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The film eventually released on 28 March 2024.[6] |
| Indian 2 | 2024 | 6 | A sequel to director S. Shankar's 1996 film Indian,the story was conceived in 2015 and project announced in September 2017.[7][8] Principal photography commenced in February 2019 but was affected by various factors including an accident on the sets,the COVID-19 pandemic and the filming of Shankar's Game Changer and lead actor Kamal Haasan's Vikram.[9][10][11][12] Filming eventually resumed in August 2022 and concluded in January 2024.[13][14] The film is scheduled to release in June 2024.[15] |
| The Devil You Know | 2013 | 8 | The film was shot in 2005 and released in 2013. |
| A Letter to Momo | 2011 | 7 | Directed and written by Hiroyuki Okiura, this Japanese animated film started production in 2004, and was completed in 2011. It had a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in Japan on April 21, 2012. |
| A Tree of Palme | 2002 | 10 | Directed and written by Takashi Nakamura, the film took seven years to plan out and was produced over three and a half years.[citation needed] |
| The Act of Killing | 2012 | 8 | Work on the film began in 2005.[16] |
| The Adventures of Chatran | 1986 | 4 | This Japanese directed by Masanori Hata and associate director Kon Ichikawa edited the film together from 74 hours of footage (400,000 ft or 120,000 m of film), shot over a period of four years. It was released on July 12, 1986, in Japan. The American version, retitled The Adventures of Milo and Otis, features a different soundtrack and cuts out 15 minutes from the original Japanese version. |
| Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo | 2019 | 9 | Principal photography began in January 2009. Filming was completed in 176 days in over 9 years.[17] Also notable for being the longest non-experimental film ever made.[18][19] |
| Anji | 2004 | 7 | Filming began in October 1997. |
| Anna: 6 - 18 | 1993 | 13 | A documentary film by director Nikita Mikhalkov, which was shot during a period of thirteen years, from 1980 to 1993 depicting his eldest daughter, Anna. |
| Apocalypse Now | 1979 | 3 | Inspired by Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and originally pitched from screenwriter John Milius as a war comedy, the film was made in pre-production in 1975 and then filmed in 1976, completed with an overbudget of $25 million. The film was originally scheduled for an April 7, 1977, release (on director Francis Ford Coppola's birthday), the film was released two years later in 1979 as a work in progress at the Cannes Film Festival, albeit with mixed reception. The film was later released months later on August 15, 1979. |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 12 | This film was announced in 2010 after the release of Avatar with writing and visual effects prep work happening simultaneously for seven years. Filming began in 2017 and concluded in 2020. It was one of the films affected by COVID-19.[20] By the time of its December 2022 release, it had been nearly 13 years since production began.[21][22] |
| Avatar 3 | 2025 | 15 | This film was announced in 2010 after the release of Avatar. Filming began concurrently with Avatar: The Way of Water in 2017 and concluded in 2020, with reshoots and additional footage being shot between 2023 and 2024. It was one of the films affected by COVID-19.[20] It is expected to be completed in 2025.[21][22][23] |
| Avatar 4 | 2029 | 12 | The first third of the film was shot concurrently with Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar 3 between 2017 and 2019, so that the child actors could be shot at their proper ages. Production was then paused and resumed in 2022. It was one of the films affected by COVID-19 and is expected to be released in 2029.[24] |
| Ayalaan | 2024 | 7 | Officially announced in 2016, and filming began in June 2018. The film was affected due to financial constraints with the production house and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before concluding in January 2021, and additional photography took place in November 2022.[25][26][27] |
| Bad Taste | 1987 | 4 | Shot primarily on weekends over the course of four years.[28] |
| BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment, Redux VII | 2023 | 45 | Philippine National Artist Kidlat Tahimik began shooting in 1978, with the film being released unfinished in 2010, 2015 (Redux III) and 2017 (Redux VI); the final version of the film, subtitled Redux VII, was completed in April 2023.[29][30][31] |
| Begotten | 1989 | 4 | An experimental film by director E. Elias Merhige, the director worked mainly alone and had to act as uncredited roles in the film.[32] |
| Bethune: The Making of a Hero | 1990 | 5 | An international coproduction that saw its budget rise to become the most expensive film in Canadian history.[33] |
| Blood Tea and Red String | 2006 | 13 | A stop-motion film. Director Christiane Cegavske worked primarily alone.[34] |
| The Boy and the Heron | 2023 | 7 | Hayao Miyazaki started working on the film in 2016 whilst working on the CG animated short film Boro the Caterpillar, and planned to have it released by 2019 in time for the Olympics. Due to a slow production, with Miyazaki's age being a factor, the film was pushed back. Despite the setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic, the film's production allowed more work to be done at a consistent rate. It was released on July 14, 2023. |
| Boyhood | 2014 | 12 | The long production schedule was intentional to show the natural aging of the actors in a story taking place over 12 years. Filming took place once or twice a year, starting in summer 2002 and ending in October 2013. The cast and crew gathered to film scenes for three or four days annually.[35] |
| Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | 2022 | 7 | Its pre-production was started in 2014, filming started in 2017 and ended and released in 2022.[36] |
| Chatô, o Rei do Brasil | 2015 | 20 | Filming began in 1995 for a 1997 release,[37] production was paused and then resumed in 1999 but was later cancelled again.[38][39] Production completed in 2015.[37] |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | 2003 | 18 | The first segment filmed in 1986, while the final six were completed in 2003.[40][41] |
| Coraline | 2009 | 4 | Completing the film involved more than 500 people over four years. Principal photography alone took 18 months. With Coraline, LAIKA has become the first company to do a feature-length movie using replacement faces printed on a 3D printer. There were a total of 207,336 possible face combinations for the character. This film marks the first time that a stop-motion animated morphing sequence has ever been accomplished. The sequence runs for 130 frames, or nearly six seconds. |
| Dangerous Men | 2005 | 21 | The film was in production from 1984 to 2005, despite screening of a finished cut in 1985.[42] |
| Dead Souls | 2018 | 13 | Filming began in 2005, with interviews being shot in a continuous period until 2008. Further filming was then suspended due to both Wang Bing becoming ill and then due to becoming committed to other projects. Production restarted in 2014 and continued until 2017. It is also one of the longest films ever made.[43] |
| Deewana Main Deewana | 2013 | 10 | This Bollywood film was filmed in 2003 but did not see release till 2013, due to various reasons, primarily that it did not find any distributors for theatrical release.[44] |
| Delgo | 2008 | 6 | The film started production in 2001. Two voice actors, Anne Bancroft and John Vernon, died during production.[citation needed] |
| Dhruva Natchathiram: Chapter One – Yuddha Kaandam | 2024 | 11 | Filming began in January 2017 went into production hell as the director Gautham Vasudev Menon suffered financial constraints, before completing the film in February 2023.[45] |
| Dimension | 2010 | 7 | Filming took place in three-minute segments from 1991 to 1997. The original plan was to film once a year, from 1991 until 2024, but director Lars von Trier abandoned the project in the late 1990s. The finished footage was released on DVD in 2010.[46][47] |
| Eraserhead | 1977 | 6 | Due to the minimal length of the script, director David Lynch struggled to finance his debut film.[48] |
| Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | 2021 | 9 | First announced in 2012 alongside Evangelion 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, it was initially slated for a 2013 release, then a 2015 release, then was put on hold because Hideaki Anno was working on Shin Godzilla. Although a 2020 release was planned, it was further delayed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released on March 8, 2021. |
| Everyday | 2012 | 5 | Filming took place twice a year, once in summer and once in winter. The cast and crew gathered for a few weeks each time, whenever they had gaps in their schedules.[49] |
| The Evil Within | 2017 | 15 | Originally titled The Storyteller, filming began in 2002, with director Andrew Getty constantly starting and stopping the film's production. Getty died in 2015, two years before the film's release with only editing and color correction remaining, leaving editor Michael Luceri to finish the film on his own.[50][51] |
| Evolution of a Filipino Family | 2004 | 11 | The pre-production was started in December 1993 in Jersey City, and began photography on 8 March 1994 in New Jersey. The Philippine shoot started in early 1997 in Gerona, Tarlac. The shooting ended in April 2003. But more scenes were added October–November 2004, and finally stopped 31 January 2005. It is also one of the longest films ever made.[52] |
| The Fall | 2006 | 4 | Shot in 24 countries.[53] |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | 2009 | 4 | A stop motion animation adaptation of Roald Dahl's book of the same name. Directed by Wes Anderson, the production of the film began in 2006.[54] Recording just 90 seconds of stop motion took one week to do.[55] |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | 2001 | 3 | Production started in October 1997, and the film was released in July 2001. It was the first CG animated film with photorealistic humans. |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | 6 | Development started in 1997, and the film was released in 2003. |
| Flexing with Monty | 2010 | 16 | Shooting started in 1994 and was finally completed in 2008 during which both the film's male lead (Trevor Goddard), and the original producer died.[56] |
| Foodfight! | 2012 | 12 | Announced in 2000 and scheduled for a theatrical release in 2003, the film suffered many production setbacks (including the theft of hard drives in 2002) and finally received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom in June 2012, followed by VOD and DVD releases in the United States in 2013.[57][58] |
| Gantz: O | 2016 | 5 | A CG animated film based on the Osaka arc from the original manga, this film started production in 2011, and was released on October 14, 2016.[59] |
| The Grand Bizarre | 2018 | 5 | Footage was collected in fifteen countries, including Turkey, Greece, Israel, Morocco and Indonesia.[60][61] |
| Hard to Be a God | 2013 | 12 | Filming took place on and off for a period of seven years, beginning in the autumn of 2000 and was followed by an additional six years of post-production.[62][63] |
| Harlock: Space Pirate | 2013 | 5 | Adapted from the manga Space Pirate Captain Harlock by Leiji Matsumoto, and directed by Shinji Aramaki, the film started production in August 2008. The CG-animated film was produced by Toei Animation and Marza Animation Planet on a budget of ¥3 billion ($30 million). The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2013, and a release in Japan followed shortly afterwards on September 7. |
| Hell's Angels | 1930 | 3 | A Howard Hughes' fighting plane film, referenced in The Aviator. A long shooting schedule, made longer when Hughes decided to add sound at the advent of "talkies".[64] |
| Hoop Dreams | 1994 | 5 | Filming included over 250 hours of footage. Originally planned to be a 30-minute piece for PBS, Hoop Dreams developed into a 170-minute documentary that took three years to edit.[65] |
| Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam | 2002 | 6 | It took six years to make, with long sabbaticals between shoots due to production problems.[66] |
| Inside Out | 2015 | 5 | Development lasted for five and a half years,[67][68] with three of its duration for the production.[69] |
| It Happened Here | 1964 | 7 | Filmed by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo, who began work on the film as teenagers, with a cast that mostly consisted of amateur actors.[70] |
| Jet Pilot | 1957 | 8 | A Howard Hughes' fighting plane film which was shot between 1949 and 1951.[citation needed] |
| Junk Head | 2017 | 7 | This Japanese stop motion film, which started life as a short, spent seven years in production. It was directed by Takahide Hori, who also sculpted the models, designed the sets, composed the score, wrote the screenplay and provided voice work. The completed film debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada on July 23, 2017. After a few film festival tours, Hori re-cut the film and it was given a wide release on March 26, 2021, in Japan. |
| Khrustalyov, My Car! | 1998 | 7 | Production lasted for seven years due to difficulties in financial backing.[71] |
| Killer Bean Forever | 2009 | 5 | Killer Bean Forever is a CG-animated film that had a 5-year production period and was released in 2009. It was Jeff Lew's feature length directorial debut, who animated the film entirely by himself, and was also credited for producing, writing, editing, music and cinematography, along with voicing Jet Bean. |
| Kill It and Leave This Town | 2020 | 14 | The film took fourteen years to animate. Wilczyński had originally intended Kill It and Leave This Town to be a short film, however eventually ended up deciding to make it his feature debut. |
| The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'Oiseau) | 1980 | 33 | Regarded today as a masterpiece of French animation,[72] Le Roi et l'Oiseau begun production in 1948 as La Bergère et le Ramoneur. However, the film suddenly stopped production and was released unfinished by its producer in 1952 without the approval of director Paul Grimault or screenwriter Jacques Prévert. In 1967, Grimault obtained the rights to the film and spent the next decade raising financing to complete the film as originally intended, finally releasing it in 1980. |
| Koyaanisqatsi | 1982 | 7 | The first part in the Qatsi trilogy directed by Godfrey Reggio. Production began in 1975 and ended in 1982.[73] |
| Legend of Destruction | 2021 | 8 | An Israeli animated film where three and a half years were spent with concept development, initial sketches and storyboarding, followed by four and a half years of producing the illustrations.[74] |
| Mad God | 2021 | 30 | A stop-motion animated film by Phil Tippett, production was shelved for 20 years before resuming in 2013. |
| Marketa Lazarová | 1967 | 7 | Works started in 1960 and finished in 1967.[75] |
| Marwencol | 2010 | 4 | A documentary film initially planned to be shot over a single weekend, the director ultimately took four years to complete it.[76] |
| Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin | 2004 | 10 | Work on the film began in 1994. Meri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahin (transl. My wife is incredible) is a 2004 Indian film directed by Pankaj Parashar and produced by S. M. Iqbal. It stars Sridevi. The film was shot in 1994 and delayed for 10 years, finally releasing in 2004. |
| Merrily We Roll Along | TBD | 5 | Having previously directed Boyhood, Richard Linklater decided to shoot this film on again off again for a span of 20 years. Filming began in 2019 and is expected to end around 2039.[77] |
| Meru | 2015 | 3 | The first portion took place in 2008, while the final portion was shot in 2011.[78] |
| Metropolis | 2001 | 5 | Adapted from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga, this Japanese animated film produced by Madhouse on a budget of ¥1.5 billion ($15 million) took five years to create. It used traditional cel animation combined with then cutting-edge CG visuals. It was released on May 26, 2001. |
| Microcosmos | 1996 | 3 | Nature documentary that took 15 years of research, 2 years of equipment design and 3 years of shooting.[79] |
| Movie 43 | 2013 | 4 | Filming spanned four years in order to work around the ensemble cast members' schedules.[80] |
| Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 | 14 | From its beginning in 1946 to its release in 1960, several crew members including the producer and cast were changed. The film was also abandoned briefly during the Partition of India.[81] |
| Nimona | 2023 | 8 | Based on the graphic novel by ND Stevenson, the film originally started out production at Blue Sky Studios and was initially planned to release in 2020. After various delays, the film was cancelled by Disney (due to the closure of Blue sky), then revived due to an acquisition by Netflix. It was released on June 30, 2023. |
| On the Silver Globe | 1988 | 12 | After production was shut down by the Polish cultural authorities in 1977, the film's director, Andrzej Żuławski, returned to Poland in 1988 and smuggled out the remnants of the film to the Cannes Film Festival where it was screened for the first time. The missing segments of the film were filled in with shots of modern-day Warsaw while Zulawski's voice-over explained which segments were missing.[citation needed] |
| On-Gaku: Our Sound | 2019 | 7 | Directed and mostly animated by Kenji Iwaisawa, who worked on the film for over seven years. |
| Othello | 1951 | 3 | An adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Orson Welles. The total production time stretched from 1948 to 1952.[82] Welles also produced Filming Othello, a documentary about the making from 1974 to 1978.[83] |
| The Other Side of the Wind | 2018 | 48 | Principal photography began in 1970 and concluded in 1976. After four decades of difficulties that interfered with the editorial and post-production processes, the film was finished earlier in 2018 and was released in November 2018.[84] |
| The Overcoat | TBD | 43 | An adaptation of the short story written by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Yuri Norstein. Began production in 1981. Still in production as of 2024. |
| Pakeezah | 1972 | 16 | Filming began in 1956 and continued until 1964 when lead actress Meena Kumari separated from the director, Kamal Amrohi, her husband. The film was put on hold for five years until fellow actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt convinced Kumari to finish it in 1969.[85] |
| Perspective | 2020 | 9 | A Canadian feature film wherein each of its nine chapters was completed a year apart over a nine-year period. The first eight of the nine chapters were completed in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively, with the last chapter completed in 2020.[86] |
| Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama | 1993 | 9 | A co-production between Japan and India and based on Hindu mythology, the film started production in 1984. It was completed in 1992, and utilised over 100,000 hand-painted cels. It was released in 1993. |
| Redline | 2009 | 7 | Animated over seven years using 100,000 hand-made drawings.[87] |
| Roar | 1981 | 11 | Directed by Noel Marshall, the film's production was constantly delayed after numerous accidents arose, such as a flood from a dam that burst three years into filming, which destroyed equipment and the ranch built for the film.[88] |
| RRR | 2022 | 4 | Directed by SS Rajamouli, Its pre-production was started in 2018 by announcing cast, it was released in 2022 |
| Samsara | 2011 | 4 | Filmed on location in 25 countries.[89] |
| Salaar | 2023 | 3 | Filming started on 2020 and concluded on 2023. The film was released on December 22, 2023. |
| Shoah | 1985 | 11 | The first six years were devoted to recording interviews conducted in 14 countries.[90] |
| Sholay | 1973 | 3 | Most part of this film was shot outdoor in hills, remote area near Ramanagara, India with large starcast including Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan[91] |
| Shrek | 2001 | 6 | Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to adapt the book by William Steig in 1991, and the film project was put into active development in 1995. |
| The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | 9 | The movie was officially green-lit in 1997, and production on the film officially ended in May 2007. |
| Shōjo Tsubaki | 1992 | 5 | Work began in 1987 and was finished in 1992.[citation needed] |
| Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | 7 | Disney animated film; production spanned 1951 to 1958.[citation needed] |
| Songs from the Second Floor | 2000 | 4 | Shot over four years in Sweden.[92] |
| Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection | 2009 | 25 | First announced in 1984 for a 1987 release. After going through several different revisions, production made some steps in 1993, but got put on hold. Resurrection was finally released in 2009. It was intended to be the start of a new film series, which got cut short in 2010 due to the death of Yoshinobu Nishizaki. |
| Steamboy | 2004 | 10 | Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, the film was in production for ten years and utilized more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts. |
| The Slow Business of Going | 2000 | 5 | Shot one scene at a time over a period of five years in hotel rooms and other locations in various countries. The script was constantly evolving and there was just one consistent cast member, with various other actors appearing in each scene. |
| The Story of Film: An Odyssey | 2011 | 5 | Shot over a period of five years around the world.[93] |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | 8 | Work began in 2005 with no deadlines. It was officially announced in 2008 and completed in 2013. This was Isao Takahata's final film, having died in 2018.[94] |
| The Thief and the Cobbler | 1993 | 29 | Work began in 1964 and was released in an unfinished state in 1993.[95] |
| Tiefland | 1954 | 20 | Script work began in 1934, shooting lasted from 1940 to 1944, and the film was finally shown in 1954.[96] |
| Toy Story | 1995 | 5 | Development began in 1990 as a follow-up to the Pixar short film Tin Toy, tentatively titled A Tin Toy Christmas. |
| The Tragedy of Man | 2011 | 23 | The film went into production in 1988 but encountered difficulties as the production model for Hungarian cinema changed.[97] |
| Train Station | 2017 | 5 | Filmed in 25 countries, 40 filmmakers collaboratively wrote and shot over a period of five years.[98] |
| Tumbbad | 2018 | 7 | This Indian Hindi film was filmed in 2012 and then re filmed again, post production work run for 2.5 years.[99] |
| Twenty Years Later | 1984 | 20 | Work began in 1964 and was finished in 1984.[citation needed] |
| Voyage of Time | 2016 | 13 | Although the actual production for this documentary began in 2003, Terrence Malick has been filming footage since the 1970s and the film features scenes that were filmed in the 1970s, such as the scene featuring Aboriginal Australians.[100] |
| Where the Dead Go to Die | 2011 | 3 | Director, animator, writer and composer Jimmy ScreamerClauz would stop animating the adult animated horror film for months at a time, before starting again.[101] |
| Winged Migration | 2001 | 3 | The documentary was shot over the course of three years focusing on hundreds of bird species.[102] |
| Wonderwell | 2023 | 7 | The feature debut of Vlad Marsavin, the film was shot in 2016, and is Carrie Fisher's final performance. Due to Fisher's death in December 2016, six weeks before the shoot was scheduled to finish, post-production took an additional six years, with it being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The completed film is finally releasing in June 2023. |
| Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? | 1989 | 7 | Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul, spent seven years making this film with one camera and editing it by hand.[103] |
| Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? | 1994 | 13 | Kidlat Tahimik began filming in 1981.[104] |
| Youth (Spring) | 2023 | 9 | Wang Bing shot the film between 2014 and 2019, followed by a four-year post production process.[105] |
| Udhaya | 2004 | 5 | Filming began in November 1998 and eventually completed in 2001 with prolonged delays.[106][107] The film eventually released on 26 March 2004,a month before lead actor Vijay's Ghilli.[108] |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | 2021 | 5 | The principal photography for the movie began in October 2016.[109] After director Zack Snyder faced a family tragedy and creative differences between him and the studio, he left the project.[110][111] Following his departure, some of the footage, albeit heavily modified in post-production, had been used alongside newly shot scenes from a drastically different script in the 2017 movie Justice League.[112] Following a multi-year fan campaign for the release of the original film,[113] the movie was completed according to original plans and released to the public in March 2021.[114] |
Close
- Ghosh, Sankha. "Rudranil explains why films like 'Maidaan' can only be made for big screen - Times of India". The Times of India.
- Dixit, Ayush Mohan (August 19, 2019). "[First look] Ajay Devgn, Keerthy Suresh's Maidaan, based on football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, goes on floors". Times Now News 18. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- Das Gupta, Surajeet; Sen, Soumik. "Composing a winning score". Rediff. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- "Ajay Devgn's Maidaan to clash with Akshay Kumar's Bade Miyan Chote Miyan on Eid". Hindustan Times. January 21, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- "The Goat Life: Prithviraj Sukumaran's much-delayed survival adventure finally gets a release date". DNA India. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- "Indian sequel on the anvil, says producer AM Rathnam". Hindustan Times. May 29, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Shankar and Kamal Haasan to reunite for 'Indian 2'". The Times of India. September 30, 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Chennai police file four cases against 'Indian 2' producer Lyca Productions". The Times of India. February 21, 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Has 'Indian 2' shooting resumed?". The Times of India. March 12, 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Kamal Haasan to team up with filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj for next". Hindustan Times. September 16, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "'Indian 2' is shelved or not? Here's the truth". The Times of India. February 12, 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Indian 2 update: Kamal Haasan, Shankar finally march past multiple obstacles". The New Indian Express. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2' shooting wrapped up". The Times of India. January 2, 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "It's Official: Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2' to release in June 2024". The Times of India. April 6, 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- Meyer, Michael. "False fronts — The Act of Killing shatters Indonesia's sense of itself". Columbia Journalism Review. Columbia University. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- বাংলাদেশে নির্মিত হলো বিশ্বের সর্বোচ্চ দৈর্ঘ্যের চলচ্চিত্র. Somoy News (in Bengali). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- "Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo gets censor certificate". New Age. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- মুক্তির অনুমতি পেলো পৃথিবীর দীর্ঘতম ছবি. Channel i (in Bengali). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- Harris, Hunter (July 23, 2020). "Avatar Will Remain in Quarantine Until 2021". Vulture. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- "The Real Reason The Avatar Sequels Are Taking So Long". ScreenRant. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- "'Star Wars' Films, 'Avatar' Sequels Pushed Back a Year in Disney Release Calendar Shakeup". Variety. July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- Coyle, Jake (June 13, 2023). "'Avatar 3' pushed to 2025 and Disney sets two 'Star Wars' films for 2026". The Hill. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- Gribbin, Sean (September 11, 2022). "James Cameron Confirms Avatar 4 Has Begun Filming". CBR. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- "Shoot of Sivakarthikeyan's Ayalaan wrapped up". The Times of India. January 24, 2021. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- "Sivakarthikeyan's 'Ayalaan' team shoots a major left-out portion in Chennai". The Times of India. November 25, 2022. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- "Update on Sivakarthikeyan's Ayalaan to be out on this date". Cinema Express. April 23, 2023. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- "Bad Taste". NZ on Screen. September 19, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- Small, Christopher (April 16, 2019). ""That's Thirty Years of Footage I've Accumulated": Kidlat Tahimik on BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment and His Pioneering Career in the Philippines". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- "BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI. 1979– 2017. Directed by Kidlat Tahimik". MoMA. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- Bracamonte, Earl D.C. (April 10, 2023). "National Artist Kidlat Tahimik finally finishes film after 45 years". Philstar.com. Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- Essman, Scott (September 20, 2010). "Interview: Elias Merhige (Begotten)". HorrorNews. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- "Bethune: The making of a Hero". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022.
- Kernion, Jette (September 30, 2006). "FF Review: Blood Tea and Red String". Moviefone. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- Stern, Marlow (July 10, 2014). "The Making of 'Boyhood': Richard Linklater's 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- dos Santos, Bruno Botelho (August 6, 2023). "O filme brasileiro que demorou 20 anos para ser lançado e custou uma multa de 70 milhões de reais" [The Brazilian film that took 20 years to be released and cost a fine of 70 million reais]. Adoro Cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- Grillo, Cristina (May 29, 1999). "R$7,5 milhões depois, "Chatô" empaca e assusta investidores" [R$7.5 million later, "Chatô" stalls and scares investors]. Folha de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- "Interview by Cate Blanchett". Jim-jarmusch.net. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- "Jim Jarmusch". EBSCO Information Services. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- Snider, Eric D. (November 13, 2015). "It Was Supposed to Be Bigger than E.T. It Wasn't. But Dangerous Men Is Finally Having Its Moment". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- Burdeau, Emmanue; Bing, Wang. "Interview with Wang Bing" (PDF). Grasshopper. Icarus Films. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- "इस शुक्रवार रिलीज होगी डिब्बाबंद फिल्म 'दीवाना मैं दीवाना'". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- "Chiyaan Vikram's long pending 'Dhruva Natchathiram' patchwork completed, film to release soon". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- Christensen, Claus (August 17, 2010). "Verdenspremiere på ufuldendt Trier-film". Filmmagasinet Ekko (in Danish). Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- "Unfinished Lars von Trier film Dimension headed to DVD". Screen International. August 19, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2015. (subscription required)
- "I See Myself: Eraserhead". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- Gilbert, Gerard (November 14, 2012). "Michael Winterbottom's 'Everyday' is a prison drama that was worth doing time for". The Independent. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- Ritman, Alex (March 6, 2017). "Late Getty Heir's Directorial Debut 'The Evil Within' Lands After 15 Years". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Fernandez, Alexia (March 14, 2017). "Inside the Dark Secrets of Tragic Oil Heir Andrew Getty — as His 'Macabre' Horror Movie Is Released After His Death". People. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Diaz, Lav. "Evolution of a Filipino Family". IFFR. International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- Goldstein, Patrick (June 26, 2007). "A 'Fall' no one wants to take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- "Devo Is Dead. Long Live Devo". Wired. May 1, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- Douglas, Noah. "Fantastic Mr Fox". Noah Douglas. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- Klemm, Michael D. (February 2010). "Narcissus On Steroids". Cinema Queer.
- "Foodfight!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- Rossen, Jake (August 9, 2013). "Placing Products? Try Casting Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- Numakura, Arihito (November 28, 2016). "Taking Japanese CG animation to a new stage with his love for movies and his exquisite sense of balance as a 3DCG expert ~The movie "GANTZ: O" directed by Yasushi Kawamura~". CGWorld (in Japanese). Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- Small, Christopher (August 13, 2018). "Queen Bee: Jodie Mack in Locarno". MUBI. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- Williams, Blake (2018). "The Grand Bizarre (Jodie Mack, US) — Wavelengths". Cinema Scope. No. 76. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- Möller, Olaf (December 13, 2013). "Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, Russia)". Cinema Scope. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- "Hard to Be a God". Electric Show. October 9, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- Hunter, Stephen (December 19, 2004). "Howard Hughes, Spreading His Wings". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- Shwiff, Kathy (June 7, 2012). "What Ever Happened to the Stars of 'Hoop Dreams'?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- Singh, Kuljinder (May 31, 2002). "Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002)". BBC. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- Cohen, Sandy (April 7, 2015). "Pixar gets emotional with film 5½ years in the making". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- Fischer, Russ (April 6, 2015). "40 Things We Learned About Pixar's Inside Out". /Film. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- Robertson, Barbara (June 1, 2015). "Animation: Pixar's Inside Out". Post Magazine. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- Pfeiffer, Lee (July 14, 2014). "It Happened Here". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Bergan, Ronald (February 26, 2013). "Aleksei German obituary". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- "The King and the Mockingbird - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- "Koyaanisqatsi- Life out of Balance". koyaanisqatsi.org. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- Nirit Anderman. "How Two Secular Artists Rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem". Haretz. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- "Marketa Lazarová — Česká televize". Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- Lanthier, Joseph Jon (December 2, 2010). "2010 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award—Cutting a Path of Understanding: Jeff Malmberg". International Documentary Association. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- Gallupo, Mia (August 29, 2019). "Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- "For 3 Climbers, Summiting Meru Was An 'Irresistible' Challenge". NPR. September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- "Microcosmos". Pathé International. Pathé. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- Ford, Allan (January 25, 2013). "How Movie 43 got made". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "How well do you know Mughal-e-Azam?". Rediff. August 5, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- Keough, Peter (June 26, 2014). "Orson Welles's 'Othello': Moor! Moor! Moor!". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- Brody, Richard (April 25, 2014). "Orson Welles's Shattering "Othello"". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- Saunders, Tristram Fane (May 10, 2018). "The Other Side of the Wind: the strange story of Orson Welles's long-lost masterpiece". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- "In the name of the father". DAWN. March 30, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
Malcolm, Derek (August 4, 1999). "Kamal Amrohi: Pakeezah". Retrieved January 2, 2015. - "Cinefest Sudbury – Perspective". Prod3.agileticketing.net. September 21, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- "Crew: Subbed Redline to Open Throughout U.S. in 2011". Anime News Network. October 6, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- Onda, David (July 9, 2015). "The Unbelievable True Stories Behind 'Roar,' the Most Dangerous Film Ever Made". Xfinity. Movies. Comcast. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- Hayes, Dade (May 18, 2007). "Fricke directs 'Baraka' sequel". Variety.
- Austin, Guy (1996). Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction. New York: Manchester University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-7190-4610-6.
- "Songs from the Second Floor". Wexner Center for the Arts. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- Bradshaw, Nick (May 8, 2018). "Slow on the draw: Takahata Isao's long road to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". Sight and Sound. BFI. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- Briney, Daniel (August 21, 2001). "The Thief and the Cobbler: How the Best Was Lost, 1968–1995". CultureCartel. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2006.
- Rowan, Terry (2012). World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide. Lulu.com. p. 476. ISBN 9781105586026. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- Ito, Robert (November 9, 2012). "Living Through Animated Millenniums". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- Rechtshaffen, Michael (February 2, 2017). "Experimental drama 'Train Station' can't bear the weight of dozens of directors". Los Angeles Times.
- "Did you know Nawazuddin Siddiqui had shot for 'Tumbbad' before it got". Times of india. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- Thompson, Anne (September 11, 2016). "Enabling Terrence Malick: What It's Like To Be His Producers". IndieWire.
- Jason Ours. "Brundlefly'S Cinema Holocaust: An Impossible Attempt To Describe Insanity – A Look At 'Where The Dead Go To Die' + Director Jimmy Screamerclauz Interview". Fromdusktillcon.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- "Winged Migration Review". BBC. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)". Korean Film.
- de Guia, Katrin (2005). Kapwa: The Self in the Other : Worldviews and Lifestyles of Filipino Culture-bearers. Pasig: Anvil Publishing, Inc. p. 102. ISBN 971-27-1490-X. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- "Wang Bing: Man in Black et Jeunesse" Interview by Charlotte Garson in Paris on 30 Janvier 2023. Interpreter: Bingyuan Xu. Cahiers du Cinéma. No. 796. p. 16
- https://web.archive.org/web/19990508012745/http://tamilmovies.com/news/pages/20.doc. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "TFM Old News Items". March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- "The Hindu : In a fix". May 7, 2004. Archived from the original on May 7, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- Westfjords, Visit. "the Shooting of the Justice League in Djúpavík". Visit Westfjords. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- "Today in Entertainment: CNN fires Kathy Griffin over gory Trump photo; Lebanon officially bans 'Wonder Woman'". Los Angeles Times. June 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- Kit, Borys (May 22, 2017). "Zack Snyder Steps Down From 'Justice League' to Deal With Family Tragedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- Buchanan, Kyle (November 19, 2019). "Why Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot Are Tweeting #ReleaseTheSnyderCut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- Krishna, Rachael (January 16, 2018). "Zack Snyder Fans Are Asking Warner Bros. To #ReleaseTheSnyderCut Of "Justice League"". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- Ankers-Range, Adele (January 29, 2021). "Zack Snyder's Justice League HBO Max Release Date Confirmed". IGN. Retrieved September 13, 2022.