Self-reflexive films

1943 live-action/animated film by Walt Disney

8½ ( ) is a 1963 avant-garde comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer's block as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film was shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and

2003 film directed by Joe Dante

2017 animated film directed by Chris McKay

1973 French film directed by François Truffaut

1929 Soviet silent documentary film

1997 film directed by Abbas Kiarostami

2019 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2004 Hong Kong film directed by Stephen Chow

1965 film by Elliot Silverstein

2018 film directed by Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath

2012 film by Martin McDonagh

2015 film directed by David Wnendt

1997 film by Michael Haneke

1973 film by Alejandro Jodorowsky

1976 French animated feature film

2019 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

1966 film by Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi

2012 film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

2000 film directed by Des McAnuff

1982 film by Dario Argento

2011 British-Dutch exploitation film directed by Tom Six

2005 film directed by Rick Bota

1992 film by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde

1982 film by Wim Wenders

1993 film by Nanni Moretti

2019 film directed by Klim Shipenko

1985 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava

2010 film by Quentin Dupieux

1982 film by Sidney Lumet

1980 film by Ettore Scola

1953 film by Chuck Jones

1986 film by Lamberto Bava

1994 film by Michel Blanc

1962 film by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

2013 Mickey Mouse short directed by Lauren MacMullan

1959 film by Guru Dutt

1971 film directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer

1960 film by Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin

1947 film by Norman Z. McLeod, Jack Rose

1980 film by Dino Risi

Metacinema, also meta-cinema, is a mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction. Metacinema often references its own production, working against narrative conventions that aim to maintain the audience's suspension of disbelief. Elements of metacinema include scenes where characters discuss the making of the film or where production equipment and facilities are shown. It is analogous to metafiction in literature.

1976 Italian film directed by Dino Risi

1990 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1987 film directed by Bill Froehlich

2004 animated documentary about Ryan Larkin directed by Chris Landreth

1989 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola

1964 film by Dino Risi

2002 film directed by John Stainton

1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal

2016 film by Kriv Stenders

2000 film by Peter Watkins

1999 film by Sylvia Chang

1981 film by Mario Monicelli

1965 short film directed by Alan Schneider

1966 film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet

1998 Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Nanni Moretti

2023 film directed by Klim Shipenko

2003 film by Laurent Baffie

2020 film directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko