An important change that occurred in the development of cinema is the linearity of narrative. The history of cinema dates back over a hundred years, with classic narrative emerging in Hollywood around the 1930s. The Classical narrative period had a strong emphasis on linearity and coherence, in which characters were goal-centered and consistent in personality and action. In the 1960s a change began to emerge in Hollywood, with Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) breaking the rules of editing and narrative coherence with the introduction of jump cuts. This film, among others, contributed greatly to the development of non-linear narratives, a narrative technique in which events are depicted without chronological order. In the twenty-first century a number of independent films with a variety of non-linear narratives have been released into the mainstream. Within this essay I will briefly explain the different types of narratives and the reasons for their popularity. The directorial intent of many nonlinear narratives may be to evoke moods, maintain suspense, indicate the malleability of memory, signify dreaminess, and, above all, provide visual pleasure. The involvement a viewer can feel from a non-linear narrative can offer both a sense of pleasure and connection. The fact that it is up to the viewer to keep up, piece things together, and make sense of the narrative provides a sense of satisfaction and may become the reason they watch the film. Removing the chronological order of a story and rearranging its components can make it more compelling than if the scenes proceeded in chronological order. An advantage of nonlinear narrative is its ability to unintentionally provide information to the viewer. This means that the...... half of the newspaper ......d anthology. Abstract series act independently or semi-independently of the conventional relationship between time, space, and narrative causality while anthology, or multi-strand fiction, consists of a series of short stories that originally appear to be separate, but turn out to share the same thing. world in which events occur. Unlike other narrative structures, the anthology moves from a central character to a multi-character narrative in which characters enter and exit the spotlight. This type of storytelling helps maintain suspense throughout the entire film. An ostentatious example of anthology fiction is Love Actually (Richard Curtis 2003). The romantic comedy delves into different aspects of love, shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are revealed to be interconnected as the film progresses..