IMAX’s tallest format opens the picture all the way to 1.43:1 — nearly square, and roughly twice the height of an ordinary widescreen image. Almost no films use it, and fewer still for more than a scene or two. This is the complete, verified list of features exhibited in true 1.43:1 — whether shot on IMAX 65mm film, captured on IMAX-certified digital cameras that open to the full frame, blown up from VistaVision, or animated and rendered for it. Newest to oldest, with how many minutes of each actually fill the frame.
USA Times is an Amazon Associate. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page — at no extra cost to you.
In July 2026, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey became the first narrative feature shot entirely in the 1.43:1 IMAX frame — the format’s tallest, most immersive shape. It is the summit of a climb that began with a single film in 2008. Here is the whole history, in two pictures and one complete table.
Batmandir · Founders A numbered seat at the table. S3 · The Founders Club — 161 seats per location. By invitation. Explore membership →
| Year | Film | Format | In 1.43 | Blu-ray |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Incredibles 32028Pixar’s threequel, animated and rendered natively for the full 1.43:1 frame. | Animation | TBA | Pre-order →Expected 2028 |
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse18 Jun 2027The Spider-Verse finale, rendered for 1.43:1 — hand-tuned animation built to fill the tallest IMAX frame. | Animation | 140minutes | Pre-order →Expected 18 Jun 2027 |
| Varanasi7 Apr 2027A globe-spanning epic captured on IMAX-certified digital cameras that open to the full 1.43 frame. | IMAX Digital | 175minutes | Pre-order →Expected 7 Apr 2027 | |
| Panic Carefully26 Feb 2027Presented in IMAX-certified digital, opening up to 1.43 for its key sequences. | IMAX Digital | 120minutes | Pre-order →Expected 26 Feb 2027 | |
| Narnia: The Magician’s NephewFeb 2027Greta Gerwig’s Narnia, with selected sequences captured on IMAX film cameras. | IMAX 65mm | 20minutes | Pre-order →Expected Feb 2027 | |
| 2026 | Dune: Part ThreeTBA 2026Denis Villeneuve returns to large-format IMAX film for the Messiah chapter of his Dune saga. | IMAX 65mm | 50minutes | Pre-order →Expected 2026 |
| Godzilla Minus Zero3 Nov 2026Shot on IMAX-certified digital, expanding to 1.43 for its set-piece destruction. | IMAX Digital | 50minutes | Pre-order →Expected 3 Nov 2026 | |
| Digger2 Oct 2026Shot on VistaVision (35mm eight-perforation horizontal) and blown up for the tall frame. | VistaVision | 106minutes | Pre-order →Expected 2 Oct 2026 | |
| The Odyssey17 Jul 2026Christopher Nolan’s Homer adaptation — reportedly the first narrative feature shot in its entirety with IMAX film cameras, the full run in 1.43. | IMAX 65mm | 165minutes | Find on Amazon → | |
| Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu22 May 2026Jon Favreau’s first Mandalorian feature, framed for IMAX-certified 1.43. | IMAX Digital | 49minutes | Find on Amazon → | |
| Project Hail Mary20 Mar 2026The Andy Weir adaptation, using IMAX-certified digital for its deep-space vistas. | IMAX Digital | 117minutes | Find on Amazon → | |
| The Bride!6 Mar 2026IMAX-certified digital, opening to 1.43 for a handful of showcase sequences. | IMAX Digital | 15minutes | Find on Amazon → | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle6 Feb 2026Ufotable’s film arc, composited and rendered for the 1.43 frame. | Animation | 40minutes | Find on Amazon → | |
| 2025 | One Battle After Another26 Sep 2025Paul Thomas Anderson shot on VistaVision, blown up to IMAX 70mm and 1.43 for its run of large-format prints. | VistaVision | 161minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| The Smashing Machine22 Sep 2025Benny Safdie’s MMA drama, with IMAX film used for select fight footage. | IMAX 65mm | 5minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps25 Jul 2025Marvel’s reboot, opening to 1.43 for a short stretch of IMAX-certified footage. | IMAX Digital | 5minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| Sinners18 Apr 2025Ryan Coogler shot on IMAX 65mm (paired with Ultra Panavision 70), a rare horror outing in the format. | IMAX 65mm | 25minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux4 Oct 2024Todd Phillips used IMAX-certified digital (Arri Alexa 65 / Mini LF) for its musical set pieces. | IMAX Digital | 55minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| Megalopolis27 Sep 2024Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project, with selected sequences finished for 1.43. | Mixed | 5minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| Dune: Part Two1 Mar 2024Villeneuve and DP Greig Fraser again used IMAX-certified digital (Alexa 65) for Arrakis at full height. | IMAX Digital | 40minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer21 Jul 2023Christopher Nolan — the first feature to shoot sequences on IMAX black-and-white film stock. | IMAX 65mm | 40minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2022 | Nope22 Jul 2022Jordan Peele shot the first horror film to use IMAX film cameras, framing the sky in full 1.43. | IMAX 65mm | 50minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| Lightyear17 Jun 2022Pixar rendered its ‘in-universe’ hero sequences natively for 1.43:1. | Animation | 25minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| 2021 | Eternals5 Nov 2021Chloé Zhao’s cosmic Marvel entry opened to 1.43 for its most sweeping vistas. | IMAX Digital | 5minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| No Time to Die30 Sep 2021The Bond finale used IMAX film cameras for major action set pieces. | IMAX 65mm | 40minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| Dune16 Sep 2021Villeneuve’s first Dune, shot IMAX-certified digital — among the most 1.43 minutes of any live-action feature. | IMAX Digital | 60minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| 2020 | Tenet26 Aug 2020Nolan’s time-inversion thriller, shot largely on IMAX film. | IMAX 65mm | 75minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2019 | The Lion King19 Jul 2019Jon Favreau’s photoreal remake, virtually ‘shot’ and rendered for 1.43 sequences. | Animation | 25minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2018 | First Man12 Oct 2018Damien Chazelle saved IMAX film for the lunar landing — a jaw-dropping switch to the full frame. | IMAX 65mm | 10minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2017 | Dunkirk21 Jul 2017Nolan shot the majority on IMAX film — at the time the most large-format footage in any narrative feature. | IMAX 65mm | 80minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters15 Jul 2016A single sequence expanded to the full IMAX frame. | IMAX 65mm | 1minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice25 Mar 2016Zack Snyder used IMAX film cameras for several marquee confrontations. | IMAX 65mm | 25minutes | Shop Blu-ray → | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens18 Dec 2015J.J. Abrams shot one sequence — the Millennium Falcon’s escape — on IMAX film. | IMAX 65mm | 5minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2014 | Interstellar7 Nov 2014Nolan filmed vast stretches on IMAX, from cornfields to the wormhole, in towering 1.43. | IMAX 65mm | 65minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire22 Nov 2013Francis Lawrence shot the entire arena section on IMAX film for a dramatic aspect-ratio shift. | IMAX 65mm | 50minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises20 Jul 2012Nolan expanded his IMAX ambitions to over an hour of footage. | IMAX 65mm | 70minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol16 Dec 2011Brad Bird staged the Burj Khalifa climb on IMAX film — vertigo in 1.43. | IMAX 65mm | 30minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen24 Jun 2009Michael Bay shot select battle scenes with IMAX film cameras. | IMAX 65mm | 10minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight18 Jul 2008The film that started it all: the first major feature to shoot sequences with IMAX film cameras. | IMAX 65mm | 30minutes | Shop Blu-ray → |
What’s excluded: films shot with IMAX 65mm cameras but presented at 1.78, 1.66, or 1.90 — such as Star Trek Into Darkness or Killers of the Flower Moon — are not on this list, since they never open to the full 1.43 frame. A handful of titles carry caveats in the source archive (rumored, regional-only, or implied 1.43 exhibition).
Format and running-time data: Batmandir 1.43 archive. Availability and pricing on Amazon change frequently; links open a current search.
Related from the USA Times Data Desk
- IMAX Signed 28% More New Theaters in 2025. Its Backlog Shrank Anyway — Because It's Building Faster Than It's Selling.
- IMAX's Flagship Screen Runs on Two Lasers, Not One. Here's What "GT Laser" Actually Buys You.
- The 1% of Screens That Now Rule the Box Office: How IMAX Won the Post-Streaming Era
- Every True IMAX 1.43:1 Theatre in the World
- Box-office coverage index · the Star Index methodology
Sources
- Box Office Mojo — Weekend Domestic Box Office
- Box Office Mojo — Yearly Domestic Box Office
- IMAX — format & venue background (Wikipedia)
- USA Times — Star Index methodology & data sources
