# Earliest Examples of Mumblecore Movies?

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**Earliest Examples of Mumblecore Movies?**

Mumblecore _movies_? Not a clue.

Mumblecore character? [The Original.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmijNBNwbqE&t=320s)

While I see titles on Mumblecore lists that go back as far as the 70’s, [this article (with a nice postscript to MumbleGore!)](https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-mumblecore-film-movement/) contends that Mumblecore started as an American DIY thing around the early 2000s. I remember back then seeing an almost uncomfortably intense, digitally shot confection called “Too Much Flesh” that I’m pretty sure fits at least the more “modern”(?) definition of Mumblecore.

FWIW, a [‘Top 10’ list of Mumblecore flicks](https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/best-mumblecore-movies/) that appear to be only within last 15 years or so.

Or, then again, heh - this:

> [@Loach](#):
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> Mumblecore has navel gazing 20 and 30 year olds mumbling about their relationships. Defining what a mumblecore movie is becomes difficult because it’s mostly a pejorative and many of the directors that are considered mumblecore reject the term.

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Basically, any film starring [Greta Gerwig.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950086/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)

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