An odd hybrid of the documentary and experimental form, the essay film couples visual -- usually documentary -- images with extensive narration to create a cohesive cinematic thesis. These films often skew all forms of conventions of both fiction and mainstream non-fiction films: there is no plot as such and few interviews. Instead there is solely the argument of the film. The themes that this style addresses often concern memory, ethnography and the medium of cinema itself. Chris Marker's brilliant Sans Soleil is considered to be the exemplar of this category.

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Rating	MPAA	Year	Title
		2007	Helvetica
		2004	Notre Musique
		2003	Los Angeles Plays Itself
	PG	2002	Naqoyqatsi
		2002	Russian Ark
		2002	September 11
		2001	Le Souvenir d'un Avenir
		2000	Mysterious Object at Noon
		2000	The Gleaners and I
		1998	Aprile
		1997	Finished
		1997	Robinson in Space
		1997	3A: La Monnaie De L'Absolu; 4A: Le controle De L'Univers
	NR	1996	For Ever Mozart
		1996	Words
		1996	La Rencontre
		1996	Level Five
		1996	Nitrato D'Argento
		1995	Deux Fois Cinquante Ans De Cinema Francais
		1994	London
		1994	JLG/JLG -- Autoportrait de Decembre
		1994	Il était une fois Beyrouth - histoire d'une star
		1993	Baraka
		1992	Margaret Sanger: A Public Nuisance
		1992	Le Tombeau d'Alexandre
		1990	Keep Your Laws Off My Body
		1990	Allemagne Annee 90 Neuf Zero
		1989	Histoires D'Amerique
		1989	Mir Vam
		1988	Powaqqatsi
		1988	War Requiem
		1985	Die Nacht
		1983	Voyage Au Pays De Rimbaud
		1982	Sans Soleil
		1982	Koyaanisqatsi
		1980	Skazka Skazok
		1978	L'Hypothese Du Tableau Volé
		1978	France / Tour / Detour / Deux / Enfants
		1977	Le Fond de l'Air Est Rouge
		1977	Unsichtbare Gegner
		1977	Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland
		1976	Ici et Ailleurs
		1975	Numéro Deux
		1974	The Mirror
		1974	Karl May
		1973	F for Fake
		1972	Requiem für einen Jungraulichen Koenig
		1972	Letter to Jane
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