Scope Filmography: Z

Compiled by Gary Palmer

Key:

* = Indicates that the photographic process has not been identified.
** = Indicates that the photographic process has been identified, but the entry itself is otherwise incomplete (director hasn't been verified, original title missing, etc.).
bw = Black and white.
CGI = Animated films which employ computer graphics rather than 'traditional' hand-drawn animation.
col = Colour.
D: = Director.
DV = Indicates a film shot on standard-definition Digital Video cameras.
HD = Indicates a film shot with HD cameras at a native 1.78:1 ratio, subsequently cropped to produce a 2.39:1 release print (35mm and/or D-Cinema).
HD Widescreen = Indicates a film shot with HD cameras that employ a mechanism to alter the shape of the pixels that make up the HD image, thereby 'squeezing' a 2.33:1 or 2.37:1 image into the native 1.78:1 frame. This is subsequently 'unsqueezed' and rendered as a 2.39:1 release print (35mm and/or D-Cinema).
(I) = Indicates a film produced for Internet distribution rather than cinema or home video, though such films may also be distributed across other platforms after their initial 'Net-only' premiere.
(LF) = Large Format: This refers to any gauge larger than 5-perf 70mm, though not including VistaVision, Technirama or the various widescreen formats employed on certain movies throughout the 1920's and early 30's.
seq(s) = Sequence(s).
S16 = Indicates a film shot in Super 16.
(TV) = TV movie: Sometimes a film is produced specifically for television with a view to condensing the material for theatrical exhibition in non-domestic markets. With the dominance of 16:9 TV's and HD sets, allowing for easy letterboxing of 2.35:1 and 2.39:1 movies on wider TV screens, this has prompted some directors to use the scope frame for their TV productions. This is duly noted in the relevant entries.
(V) = This designates a movie produced for - and released directly to - home video.

• Entries which do not list a photographic format were shot 'open frame' (usually 1.37:1 for 35mm and/or 1.78:1 for HD) and framed within that open space for a 2.39:1 release print. This is the same principle as 'flat' films which are framed and cropped for a 1.66:1 or 1.85:1 theatrical print, and has more in common with 'cropscreen' than widescreen, though the results are often indistinguishable from the real thing. Some filmmakers use this format to impose a rigorous scope frame, but most of them use it to shoot for a variety of ratios, thereby compromising all of them, especially the intended theatrical ratio. These films are 'widescreen' only in the sense that 2.39:1 is the primary ratio, but they are simply cropped from one frame shape to another and do not employ any special photographic process. 

DE ZAAK ALZHEIMER
(aka: The Alzheimer Case)
(aka: The Memory of a Killer)
Netherlands - 2003 - col
D: Erik Van Looy

ZAAT
(aka: Attack of the Swamp Creatures)
(aka: Blood Waters of Dr. Z)
(aka: Hydra)
USA - 1974 - col
D: Don Barton (and Arnold Stevens)
Techniscope

ZABRISKIE POINT
USA - 1969 - col
D: Michelangelo Antonioni
Panavision

ZAFRA
(aka: Sugar Harvest)
Argentina - 1959 - col
D: Lucas Demare
Alexscope

ZAKHAR BERKUT
Захар Беркут
USSR - 1972 - col
D: Leonid Osyka
Sovscope
[Some sources list this film as having been shot in Sovscope 70, but the information is difficult to verify. It may have been shot in 35mm and blown up to 70mm for theatrical release, but this cannot be confirmed]

ZANDY’S BRIDE
(aka: For Better, For Worse)
USA - 1974 - col
D: Jan Troell
Panavision

ZAN: KING OF THE JUNGLE
(see: Tarzán en la Gruta del Oro)

ZAPATA
(see: Zapata: El Sueño del Héroe)

ZAPATA: EL SUEÑO DEL HÉROE
(aka: Zapata)
Mexico - 2004 - col
D: Alfonso Arau
Univisium
2.00:1

ZAPATO
(see: Emiliano Zapata)

ZAPPER’S BLADE OF VENGEANCE
(see: Swordsman, The)

ZAPROSZENIE*
(aka: The Invitation)
Poland - 1986 - col
D: Wanda Jakubowska
Anamorphic

ZARAK
UK - 1956 - col
D: Terence Young
CinemaScope

ZARDOZ
UK - 1973 - col
D: John Boorman
Panavision
4-channel stereo 

ZA SREĆU JE POTREBNO TROJE*
(aka: Three for Happiness)
Yugoslavia - 1985 - col
D: Rajko Grlic

ZATOICHI
(see: Zatoichi on the Road)

ZATOICHI: A LETTER OF CHALLENGE
(see: Zatoichi and the Fugitives)

ZATOICHI AND THE CHESS EXPERT
(see: Showdown for Zatoichi)

ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD
座頭市千両首
(aka: Masseur Ichi and the Chest of Gold)
Japan - 1964 - col
D: Kazuo Ikehiro
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI AND THE DOOMED MAN
座頭市逆手斬り
Japan - 1965 - col
D: Kazuo Mori
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI AND THE DRUM
(see: Zatoichi: Fighting Drums)

ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES
座頭市果し状
(aka: The Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives)
(aka: Zatoichi: A Letter of Challenge)
(aka: Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives)
Japan - 1968 - col
D: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI AND THE SCOUNDRELS
(see: Zatoichi on the Road)

ZATOICHI AT LARGE
座頭市御用旅
Japan - 1972 - col
D: Kazuo Mori
Tohoscope

ZATOICHI AT THE BLOOD FEST
(see: Zatoichi’s Conspiracy)

ZATOICHI BREAKS JAIL
座頭市牢破り
(aka: The Blind Swordsman’s Rescue)
(aka: Zatoichi’s Rescue)
(aka: Zatoichi the Outlaw)
Japan - 1967 - col
D: Satsuo Yamamoto
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI CHALLENGED
座頭市血煙り街道
Japan - 1967 - col
D: Kenji Misumi
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI: CRAZY JOURNEY
(see: Zatoichi the Fugitive)

ZATOICHI: FIGHTING DRUMS
座頭市喧嘩太鼓
(aka: The Blind Swordsman and the Drums)
(aka: The Blind Swordsman Samaritan)
(aka: Samaritan Zatoichi)
(aka: Zatoichi and the Drum)
(aka: Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman Samaritan)
Japan - 1968 - col
D: Kenji Misumi
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION
新座頭市物語・折れた杖
Japan - 1973 - col
D: Shintarô Katsu
Tohoscope

ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN
新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣
(aka: The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal)
Japan/Hong Kong - 1971 - col
D: Yasuda Kimiyoshi, Hsu Tseng-hung
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO
座頭市と用心棒
Japan - 1970 - col
D: Kihachi Okamoto
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD
座頭市喧嘩旅
(aka: Zatoichi)
(aka: Zatoichi and the Scoundrels)
(aka: Zatoichi’s Fighting Journey)
Japan - 1963 - col
D: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI’S CANE-SWORD
座頭市鉄火旅
(aka: The Blind Swordsman’s Cane Sword)
Japan - 1967 - col
D: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI’S CONSPIRACY
新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
(aka: The Blind Swordsman’s Conspiracy)
(aka: Zatoichi at the Blood Fest)
Japan - 1973 - col
D: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Tohoscope

ZATOICHI’S FIGHTING JOURNEY
(see: Zatoichi on the Road)

ZATOICHI’S FIRE FESTIVAL
座頭市あばれ火祭り
(aka: The Blind Swordsman’s Fire Festival)
Japan - 1970 - col
D: Kenji Misumi
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI’S FLASHING SWORD
(see: Sword of Zatoichi, The)

ZATOICHI’S PILGRIMAGE
座頭市海を渡る
(aka: Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman’s Pilgrimage)
Japan - 1966 - col
D: Kazuo Ikehiro
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI’S RESCUE
(see: Zatoichi Breaks Jail)

ZATOICHI’S TRIP TO HELL
(see: Showdown for Zatoichi)

ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN
(see: Golden Sword and the Blind Swordswoman)

ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN AND THE CHESS EXPERT
(see: Showdown for Zatoichi)

ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN AND THE FUGITIVES
(see: Zatoichi and the Fugitives)

ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN SAMARITAN
(see: Zatoichi: Fighting Drums)

ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN’S PILGRIMAGE
(see: Zatôichi Umi o Wataru)

ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN'S RETURN
(see: Zatoichi 3: New Tale of Zatoichi)

ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE
座頭市兇状旅
(aka: Masseur Ichi the Fugitive)
(aka: Zatoichi Crazy Journey)
Japan - 1963 - col
D: Tokuzo Tanaka
Daieiscope

ZATÔICHI: THE LAST
座頭市 The Last
Japan/France - 2010 - col
D: Junji Sakamoto

ZATOICHI: THE LIFE AND OPINION OF MASSEUR ICHI
(see: Tale of Zatoichi, The)

ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW
(see: Zatoichi Breaks Jail)

ZATOICHI 3: NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI
新・座頭市物語
(aka: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman's Return)
Japan - 1963 - col
D: Tokuzo Tanaka
Daieiscope

ZATOICHI VS. WHITE WOLF
(see: Blind Hero Fighting Evil Wolf)

ZAYTSEV, ZHGI! ISTORIYA SHOUMENA
Зайцев, жги! История шоумена
Russia - 2010 - col
D: Anton Barshchevsky

ZEBRA FORCE
USA - 1977 - col
D: Joe Tornatore
Todd-AO 35

LE ZÈBRE
(aka: Oddball, The)
France - 1992 - col
D: Jean Poiret
Panavision

ZE FILM
France - 2005 - col
D: Guy Jacques

ZEIT ZU LEBEN
(aka: Time to Live)
E.Germany - 1969 - col
D: Horst Seemann
Totalvision

ZEMSKÝ RÁJ TO NAPOHLED
(aka: An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes)
Czech Republic - 2009 - col
D: Irena Pavlásková

ZEN
禅
Japan - 2009 - col
D: Banmei Takahashi

ZEN AND SWORD
(see: Miyamoto Musashi: Zen and Sword)

ZENITRAM
Argentina/Spain - 2010 - col
D: Luis Barone

ZEN KWUN DO STRIKES IN PARIS
忍拳威震巴黎
(aka: Kung Fu Emmanuelle)
(aka: Kung Fu Leung Strikes Emmanuelle)
Taiwan - 1981 - col
D: John Liu Chung-liang
Anamorphic

ZENTROPA
(see: Europa)

ZEPPELIN
UK - 1971 - col
D: Etienne Perier
Panavision

ZERO
Poland - 2009 - col
D: Pawel Borowski

ZERO FIGHTERS
あゝ零戦
Japan - 1965 - bw  
D: Mitsuo Murayama
Daieiscope

ZERO FOCUS
ゼロの焦点
Japan - 1961 - bw
D: Yoshitaro Nomura
Shochiku GrandScope

ZERO PILOT
大空のサムライ
Japan - 1977 - col
D: Seiji Maruyama
Tohoscope

ZERO WOMAN: RED HANDCUFFS
０課の女　赤い手錠
Japan - 1974 - col
D: Yukio Noda
Toeiscope

ZESTREA DOMNITEI RALU*
(aka: The Dowry of Lady Ralu)
Romania - 1970 - col
D: Dinu Cocea
Anamorphic

ZHOU EN LAI*
周恩來
China - 1992 - col
D: Ding Yin-nan
Anamorphic

ZIDANE: A 21st CENTURY PORTRAIT
(see: Zidane: Un Portrait du 21e Siècle)

ZIDANE: UN PORTRAIT DU 21e SIÈCLE
(aka: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait)
France/Iceland - 2006 - col
D: Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno
Super 35 / HD

ZIFT
Дзифт
Bulgaria - 2008 - bw
D: Javor Gardev

ZIGZAG
(aka: False Witness)
USA - 1970 - col
D: Richard A. Colla
Panavision

ZIMMER 13
(aka: Room 13)
W.Germany/France - 1964 - bw   
D: Harald Reinl
Ultrascope

ZINA, DEAR ZINA
Зина-Зинуля
USSR - 1986 - col
D: Pavel Chukhraj
Sovscope

DER ZINKER
(aka: The Squeaker)
W.Germany - 1963 - bw and col
D: Alfred Vohrer
Ultrascope

ZINNIA IN PLAIN
중원의 백일홍
S.Korea - 1979 - col
D: Kim Si-hyeon
Anamorphic 

ZIP UP
쟉크를 채워라
S.Korea - 1972 - col
D: Park No-shik
Anamorphic

ZITEITAI PSEFTIS
Ζητείται Ψεύτης
Greece - 2010 - col
D: Ieroklis Michaelidis

O ZIVOT
[Listed under 'O', since the title translates loosely as 'Of Life']

ZLOTO
(aka: Gold Dreams)
Poland - 1961 - bw
D: Wojciech Has
CinemaScope

ZODIAC
USA - 2007 - col
D: Michael Mann
HD Widescreen

ZODIAC AMERICA: THE SUPER MASTER
(see: Zombie vs. Ninja)

ZODIAC FIGHTERS
十二生南
(aka: Dragon Zombies Return)
Taiwan - 1978 - col
D: Hau Chang
Anamorphic

ZODIAC POWER: THE SUPERMASTER
(see: Zombie vs. Ninja)

ZODIA FECIOAREI*
(aka: Virgo)
Romania - 1966 - bw
D: Manole Marcus

ZOKU SHACHÔ DÔCHÛ-KI: ON’NA OYABUN TAIKETSU NO MAKI
続社長道中記 女親分対決の巻
Japan - 1961 - col
D: Shûe Matsubayashi
Tohoscope

ZOKU SÛPÂ JAIANTSU: AKUMA NO KESHIN
続スーパー・ジャイアンツ　悪魔の化身
Japan - 1959 - bw
D: Nagayoshi Akasaka
Shintohoscope
[Footage from this film and Sûpâ Jaiantsu: Uchû Kaijin Shutsugen (スーパー・ジャイアンツ　宇宙怪人出現, 1958, Academy ratio) and Zoku Sûpâ Jaiantsu: Dokuga Ôkoku (1959, Shintohoscope, qv) were combined to create a new film for US distribution, Evil Brain from Outer Space (1964, qv)]

ZOKU SÛPÂ JAIANTSU: DOKUGA ÔKOKU
続スーパー・ジャイアンツ　毒蛾王国
Japan - 1959 - bw
D: Nagayoshi Akasaka
Shintohoscope
[Footage from this film and Sûpâ Jaiantsu: Uchû Kaijin Shutsugen (スーパー・ジャイアンツ　宇宙怪人出現, 1958, Academy ratio) and Zoku Sûpâ Jaiantsu: Akuma no Keshin (1959, Shintohoscope, qv) were combined to create a new film for US distribution, Evil Brain from Outer Space (1964, qv)]

ZOMBI 2
(aka: Zombie)
(aka: Zombie Flesh-Eaters)
Italy - 1979 - col
D: Lucio Fulci
Techniscope

ZOMBIE
(see: Zombi 2)

ZOMBIE FLESH-EATERS
(see: Zombi 2)

ZOMBIELAND
USA - 2009 - col
D: Ruben Fleischer

ZOMBIE REVIVAL: NINJA MASTER
(see: Zombie vs. Ninja)

ZOMBIE RIVALS
(see: Zombie vs. Ninja)

ZOMBIE RIVAL: THE SUPER NINJA MASTER
(see: Zombie vs. Ninja)

ZOMBIES
(see: Dawn of the Dead [1978])

ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!
USA - 2008 - col
D: Jay Lee

ZOMBIE VS. NINJA
(aka: The Gravedigger)
(aka: Zodiac America - The Super Master)
(aka: Zodiac Power: The Supermaster)
(aka: Zombie Revival: Ninja Master)
(aka: Zombie Rivals)
(aka: Zombie Rival: The Super Ninja Master)
Hong Kong/S.Korea - 1987 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung [as: Charles Lee]
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Korean film The Undertaker in Sohwa Province (1983, qv), intended for international distribution]

LA ZONA
(aka: The Zone)
Mexico/Arg/entinaSpain - 2007 - col
D: Rodrigo Plá

ZONDE
(aka: Shame)
Netherlands - 2010 - col
D: Simon Sliphorst

THE ZOO
(see: Bubble, The [1966])

ZOOKEEPER
USA - 2011 - col
D: Frank Coraci

ZOOLANDER
USA/Australia/Germany - 2001 - col
D: Ben Stiller

ZOOMERNE
(aka: Zoomers)
Denmark - 2009 - col
D: Christian E. Christiansen

ZOOMERS
(see: Zoomerne)

ZOOM: IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT GETTING CLOSER
Germany - 2000 - col
D: Otto Alexander Jahrreiss

ZORIKAN LO STERMINATORE
(aka: Zorikan the Barbarian)
Italy - 1964 - col
D: Roberto Mauri
Pancrorama

ZORIKAN THE BARBARIAN
(see: Zorikan lo Sterminatore)

ZORRO ALLA CORTE DI SPAGNA
(aka: The Masked Conqueror)
(aka: Zorro in the Court of Spain)
Italy - 1962 - col
D: Luigi Capuano
Totalscope

ZORRO AND THE THREE MUSKETEERS
(see: Zorro i Tre Moschettieri)

ZORRO CONTRA MACISTE
(aka: Samson and the Slave Queen)
Italy - 1963 - col
D: Umberto Lenzi
Totalscope

ZORRO: IL CAVALIERE DELLA VENDETTA
(aka: Zorro: Rider of Vengeance)
Italy/Spain - 1968 - col
D: Luigi Capuano, José Luis Merino
Techniscope

ZORRO IN THE COURT OF SPAIN
(see: Zorro alla Corte di Spagna)

ZORRO I TRE MOSCHETTIERI
(aka: Zorro and the Three Musketeers)
Italy - 1963 - col
D: Luigi Capuano
Totalscope

EL ZORRO JUSTICIERO
Spain/Italy - 1969 - col
D: Rafael Romero Marchent
Techniscope

ZORRO: RIDER OF VENGEANCE
(see: Zorro: Il Cavaliere della Vendetta)

ZORRO THE AVENGER
(see: Venganza del Zorro, La)

ZOT VAN A.
Belgium - 2010 - col
D: Jan Verheyen

ZOZO
Sweden/UK/Denmark - 2005 - col
D: Josef Fares

ŽRALOK V HLAVE
(aka: Shark in the Head)
Czech Republic - 2004 - col
D: Maria Procházková
Hawk Scope

Z7 OPERATION REMBRANDT
(see: Rembrandt 7 Antwortet Nicht)

ZULU
UK - 1964 - col
D: Cy Endfield
Technirama
Super Technirama 70 release print
6-channel stereo 
2.21:1

ZULU DAWN
USA/Netherlands - 1979 - col 
D: Douglas Hickox
Panavision

ZUM, ZUM, ZUM
Italy - 1968 - col
D: Bruno Corbucci, Sergio Corbucci
Techniscope

ZUM, ZUM, ZUM NO. 2
Italy - 1969 - col
D: Bruno Corbucci
Techniscope

ZUO RI CONG CONG
昨日匆匆
Taiwan - 1977 - col
D: Ulysses Au-yeung Jun
Anamorphic
[No Taiwanese-English title]

ZURÜCK NACH GAYA
(aka: Back to Gaya)
(aka: Boo, Zino & the Snurks)
(aka: The Snurks)
Germany/Spain/UK - 2004 - col
D: Lenard Fritz Krawinkel, Holger Tappe
CGI Widescreen

ZU WARRIORS
(see: Legend of Zu, The)

ZWARTBOEK
(aka: Black Book)
Netherlands/Germany/UK/Belgium - 2006 - col
D: Paul Verhoeven

ZWART WATER
(aka: Two Eyes Staring)
Netherlands - 2010 - col
D: Elbert van Strien

DER ZWEITE FRÜHLING*
(aka: Second Spring)
W.Germany/Italy - 1975 - col
D: Ulli Lommel

ZWISCHEN SCHANGHAI UND ST. PAULI
(aka: Voyage to Danger)
W.Germany/Italy - 1962 - col
D: Roberto Bianchi Montero, Wolfgang Schleif
Ultrascope