Slowest Racing For Contemplative Cinema
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Major CCC films ranked from slowest to slower
A. Still frame, motionless, zero cut, silent
- Empire (WARHOL)
- Sleep (WARHOL)
 B. Still frame, motionless, sparse cuts, silent
- 13 Lakes (BENNING)
- Ten Skies (BENNING)
-  Homo Sapiens (GEYRHALTER) 
 C. Still frame, natural activity, zero cut, silent
- L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat (LUMIERE)
 D. Still frame, natural activity, few cuts, mute
- At Sea (HUTTON)
- Bestiaire (CÔTÉ)
- Walker series (TSAI)
- Five Dedicated to Ozu (KIAROSTAMI)
- Milky Way (FLIEGAUF)
- Father & Son (WANG Bing)
- Days (TSAI)
- Our Daily Bread (GEYRHALTER)
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn (TSAI)
- Fantasma (ALONSO)
-  Into Great Silence (GRONING)
 E. Mobile frame, natural activity, long takes
- Les Hommes (MICHEL)
- De Humani Corporis Fabrica (PARAVEL/CASTAING-TAYLOR)
- World Cruise 2010 (EIKAWA)
- Hurtigruten Minutt for Minutt (NRK)
- Al Primo Soffio di Vento (PIAVOLI)
- Nana (MASSADIAN)
- Le Moindre Geste (DELIGNY)
- D’Est (AKERMAN)
- Hukkle (PALFI)
- Liverpool (ALONSO)
- Hamaca Paraguaya (ENCINA)
- Leviathan (CASTAING-TAYLOR, PARAVEL)
- Honor de Cavalleria (SERRA)
-  Crude Oil (WANG Bing)
 F. Mobile frame, documentaristic, long takes
- A Humble Life (SOKUROV)
- The Seasons (PELESHIAN)
- Elephant (CLARKE)
- Le Quattro Volte (FRAMMARTINO)
- Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (WANG Bing)
- Il Buco (FRAMMARTINO)
- The Turin Horse (TARR)
- Mother and Son (SOKUROV)
- Freedom (BARTAS)
- La Libertad (ALONSO)
- Los Muertos (ALONSO)
- La vie sur terre (SISSAKO)
- Profils paysans (DEPARDON)
- The Straight Story (LYNCH)
- Three Sisters (WANG Bing)
-  Mysterious Object at Noon (WEERASETHAKUL) 
 G. Still frame, drama, long takes
- Songs From the Second Floor (ANDERSSON)
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (TSAI)
-  Blissfully Yours (WEERASETHAKUL)
 H. Mobile frame, drama, long takes
- El Cant dels Ocells (SERRA)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (AKERMAN)
- Death in the Land of Encantos (DIAZ)
- A Ghost Story (LOWERY)
- Under The Skin (GLAZER)
- Satantango (Béla TARR)
- An Elephant Sitting Still (HU Bo)
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (WEERASETHAKUL)
-  The Red Turtle (DUDOK DE WIT)
 I. Still frame, locomotion, zero cut, mute
- Bergensbanen (NRK)
- C'était un rendez-vous (LELOUCH)
 J. Still frame, motion, quick edit, music
- Koyaanisqatsi (REGGIO)
-  Samsara (FRICKE)
 K. Mobile frame, motion, quick edit, sound
- Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (GORDON/PARRENO)
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