The Analog Renaissance

An analysis of feature films shot on analog formats from 2019 to 2024, presenting key industry data and trends.

Identified Films (2019-2024)

111

A significant number of productions choosing the texture and discipline of film.

Annual Production Pulse

The use of analog film isn't a steady trend but a fluctuating heartbeat, with creative choices leading to peaks and valleys in production year over year.

A Spectrum of Formats

Filmmakers utilize a range of analog formats. While "pure" 35mm or 65mm productions form the core, many projects adopt a hybrid approach.

List of Films Shot on Film (2019-2024)

Year Title and Notes on Film Usage
2019*1917* (Tests on 65mm, final film shot digitally)
2019*A Faithful Man* (35mm)
2019*Ad Astra* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2019*Apollo 11* (Documentary from archival 35mm and 70mm footage)
2019*Ash is Purest White* (Partially on 35mm)
2019*The Beach Bum* (35mm)
2019*Birds of Passage* (35mm)
2019*Detective Pikachu* (35mm)
2019*Her Smell* (35mm)
2019*Joker* (Opening titles on 35mm; film shot digitally)
2019*Knives Out* (One shot on 35mm)
2019*The Lighthouse* (35mm black-and-white)
2019*Little Women* (35mm)
2019*Luce* (35mm)
2019*Marriage Story* (35mm)
2019*Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (35mm with 70mm distribution)
2019*The Painted Bird* (35mm black-and-white)
2019*Queen & Slim* (35mm)
2019*Seberg* (35mm)
2019*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (Hybrid: 35mm, 65mm, digital)
2019*Sunset* (35mm)
2019*Uncut Gems* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2020*The 40-Year-Old Version* (35mm black-and-white)
2020*A Quiet Place Part II* (Hybrid: 35mm with digital scenes)
2020*Artemis Fowl* (35mm)
2020*Bad Education* (35mm)
2020*The Banker* (35mm)
2020*Chemical Hearts* (35mm)
2020*Da 5 Bloods* (Hybrid: 35mm, 16mm, digital)
2020*The Devil All the Time* (35mm)
2020*The King of Staten Island* (35mm)
2020*The Nest* (35mm)
2020*On the Rocks* (35mm)
2020*Sound of Metal* (35mm)
2020*Tenet* (65mm and IMAX 70mm)
2020*The Truth* (35mm)
2020*Wonder Woman 1984* (Hybrid: 35mm, 65mm, IMAX 70mm)
2021*A Chiara* (Hybrid: 16mm and 35mm)
2021*Beckett* (35mm)
2021*Beginning* (35mm)
2021*Bergman Island* (35mm)
2021*Censor* (35mm)
2021*Crisis* (35mm)
2021*Don't Look Up* (35mm)
2021*The French Dispatch* (35mm, color and B&W)
2021*Last Night in Soho* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2021*Licorice Pizza* (35mm with 70mm distribution)
2021*Malcolm & Marie* (35mm black-and-white)
2021*Memoria* (35mm)
2021*No Time to Die* (Hybrid: 35mm, 65mm, IMAX 70mm)
2021*Old* (35mm)
2021*Spencer* (Hybrid: 16mm and 35mm)
2021*West Side Story* (35mm)
2021*The Worst Person in the World* (35mm)
2022*Aftersun* (35mm)
2022*Babylon* (35mm)
2022*Bones and All* (35mm)
2022*Corsage* (35mm)
2022*Death on the Nile* (65mm)
2022*The Fabelmans* (35mm, 16mm, 8mm)
2022*Godland* (35mm)
2022*Jurassic World Dominion* (Hybrid: 35mm, 65mm, digital)
2022*Nope* (65mm and IMAX 70mm)
2022*White Noise* (35mm)
2023*All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt* (35mm)
2023*All of Us Strangers* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2023*Asteroid City* (35mm, color and B&W)
2023*Close Your Eyes* (Hybrid: 35mm, 16mm, digital)
2023*Creed III* (One scene on 35mm)
2023*Fallen Leaves* (35mm)
2023*Fast X* (One scene on 35mm)
2023*Fingernails* (35mm)
2023*The Five Devils* (35mm)
2023*Heart of Stone* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2023*The Iron Claw* (35mm)
2023*Killers of the Flower Moon* (Hybrid: 35mm and digital)
2023*Knock at the Cabin* (35mm)
2023*La Chimera* (Hybrid: 35mm and 16mm)
2023*Maestro* (35mm, color and B&W)
2023*Monica* (35mm)
2023*Oppenheimer* (65mm and IMAX 70mm, color and B&W)
2023*Past Lives* (35mm)
2023*Poor Things* (Hybrid: 35mm Ektachrome and digital)
2023*Saltburn* (35mm)
2023*Sharper* (35mm)
2024*Anora* (35mm)
2024*The Bikeriders* (35mm)
2024*The Brutalist* (35mm VistaVision)
2024*Challengers* (35mm)
2024*Cuckoo* (35mm)
2024*Dune: Part Two* (Shot digitally, distributed on 70mm and IMAX 70mm)
2024*Handling the Undead* (35mm)
2024*Kinds of Kindness* (35mm, color and B&W)
2024*Maria* (35mm)
2024*Nosferatu* (35mm)
2024*Poolman* (35mm)
2024*Saturday Night* (35mm)
2024*Strange Darling* (35mm)
2024*Trap* (35mm)
2024*Twisters* (35mm)
2024*Queer* (35mm)