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Cinefix's Favourite Rule Breaking Films

What makes a cinema rule? And why do they exist? And what happens when you break them?
Sometimes it feels like every movie that comes out is the same and that's why it's so great when a film can shake things up and look at cinema in new and unexpected ways, breaking filmmaking rules to give us something different.
1-8: Breaking the Fourth Wall
9-12: Messing with the Editing
13-15: Unorthodox Camera Placement
16-22: Experimenting with Colour
23-30: Breaking Genre Conventions
31-36: Unorthodox Protagonists
37-44: Changing Story Structure
45-51: No Story At All
52-58: Surrealist Logic
53-62: Visual, Non-Verbal
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Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
1
Spaceballs (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
2
Horse Feathers (1932)
Horse Feathers (1932)
3
JCVD (2008)
JCVD (2008)
4
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
5
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
6
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
7
Dogville (2003)
Dogville (2003)
8
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
9
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928) (1928)
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928) (1928)
10
La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée (1962)
11
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
12
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
13
Vagabond (1985)
Vagabond (1985)
14
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
15
Orpheus (1950)
Orpheus (1950)
16
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
17
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
18
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
19
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
20
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
21
Enter the Void (2009)
Enter the Void (2009)
22
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
23
Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
24
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
25
Dead or Alive (1999)
Dead or Alive (1999)
26
Sunshine (2007)
Sunshine (2007)
27
Fanaa (2006)
Fanaa (2006)
28
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
29
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
30
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
31
Rubber (2010)
Rubber (2010)
32
Phone Booth (2002)
Phone Booth (2002)
33
Buried (2010)
Buried (2010)
34
Russian Ark (2002)
Russian Ark (2002)
35
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
36
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
37
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
38
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
39
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
40
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