Narrated Films

Some examples of films featuring narration:


Sunshine, 2007, dir. Danny Boyle
-narrated at the beginning and end by the protagonist


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005, dir. Garth Jennings
-narrated by the "book"


Kick-Ass, 2010, dir. Matthew Vaughn
-narrated by the protagonist


9, 2009, dir. Shane Acker
-narration from unseen scientist

Other films/programmes with narration include Scrubs, Mean Girls and American Psycho. Many film noir also have narration, to add suspense.

The following is a short film about a character from a sitcom called Black Books. It is all narrated, but the voice-over is of the letter that is being written at the time:

The use of music, hand held camera and quick editing makes this short both simple and amusing. It is also not nessacery to have watched the series as it tells a story in it's own write.