Movies A-Z
2001: A Space Odyssey
25th Hour, The
À Bout De Souffle (Breathless)
Adventureland
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
All The Real Girls
Alphaville
Amelie
American Beauty
American Friend, The
Antichrist
Apocalypse Now
Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Aviator, The
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Barton Fink
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Being John Malkovich
Berberian Sound Studio
Beyond The Black Rainbow
Black Narcissus
Black Swan
Blade Runner
Blue Valentine
Blue Velvet
Boogie Nights
Bound For Glory
Boucher, Le (The Butcher)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Brazil
Brick
Bringing Out The Dead
Brokeback Mountain
Brown Bunny, The
Buffalo ’66
Buried
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cabin In The Woods, The
Carrie
Che Part 1 (The Argentine)
Che Part 2 (Guerrilla)
Chinese Roulette
Citizen Kane
Clockwork Orange, A
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Conformist, The
Contagion
Contempt (Le Mépris)
Conversation, The
Darjeeling Limited, The
Dark Knight, The
Days Of Heaven
Dead Man
Dead Man’s Shoes
Death In Venice
Death Proof
Deep Red
Delicatessen
Don’t Look Now
Do The Right Thing
Down In The Valley
Drive
Easy Rider
Edward Scissorhands
Elephant
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The
Eraserhead
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Eyes Wide Shut
Fall, The
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Far From Heaven
Fargo
Fight Club
Fistful Of Dollars
Five Easy Pieces
Fly, The
For A Few Dollars More
Full Metal Jacket
Funny Games
Gattaca
Gerry
Godfather, The
Godfather Part II, The
Goodfellas
Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The
Graduate, The
Greenberg
Gummo
Halloween
Hardcore
Harold and Maude
Heat
Hidden
Hired Hand, The
Holy Motors
Hunger
Hunger Games, The
I’m Not There
Inception
Indian Runner, The
Informant!, The
Inglourious Basterds
In The Mood For Love
Into The Wild
Jaws
Kick Ass
Kill Bill Vol. 1
King Of Comedy, The
Kings Of The Road
King’s Speech, The
Last Days
Last Detail, The
Last Temptation Of Christ, The
Lawless
Lawrence of Arabia
Let The Right One In
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The
Lola
Looper
Lost In Translation
Love In The Afternoon (Chloe In The Afternoon) (L’amour l’après-midi)
Machinist, The
Magic Mike
Magnolia
Manhattan
Margot At The Wedding
Marie Antoinette
Man Who Wasn’t There, The
Martha Marcy May Marlene
MASH
Master, The
Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood) (The Night Is Young)
McCabe & Mrs.Miller
Meek’s Cutoff
Memento
Milk
Miller’s Crossing
Mirror (Зеркало, Zerkalo)
Mister Lonely
Moon
Moonrise Kingdom
My Own Private Idaho
Mysterious Skin
New World, The
No Country For Old Men
Nosferatu The Vampyre (Nosferatu Phantom Der Nacht)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Observe & Report
Old Joy
Once Upon A Time In The West
Ondine
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
One Hour Photo
Paris, Texas
Pauline At The Beach (Pauline a la Plage)
Pierrot Le Fou (Crazy Pete)
Poltergeist
Prestige, The
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1998)
Pulp Fiction
Punch Drunk Love
Raging Bull
Rear Window
Red Shoes, The
Requiem For A Dream
Road To Perdition
Rosemary’s Baby
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Ruby Sparks
Rushmore
Searchers, The
Seventh Seal, The
Shame
Shaun Of The Dead
Shining, The
Shutter Island
Snow Angels
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (2002)
Somewhere
Sound Of My Voice
Spirit Of The Beehive
Stalker
Submarine
Sunshine
Suspiria
Take Shelter
Take This Waltz
Taxi Driver
Tetro
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
There Will Be Blood
Thing, The
Thin Red Line, The
This Is England
Tree Of Life, The
True Grit
Two Lane Blacktop
Unforgiven
Vertigo
Weekend
Wendy & Lucy
Where The Wild Things Are
White Ribbon, The
Wild At Heart
Wizard Of Oz, The
Woyzeck
Wrestler, The
Zodiac
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I think stills from Amores perros, Delicatessen, Frida could be added
July 13, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Jeunet seems to be a high amount of requests so ill have to track down DVDs (would Alien Resurrection do???)
I have ashamedly not gotten around to watching Amores Perros, but its on my list! I really love Frida and its beautifully shot, so thanks for the reminder and expect to see that one soon!
July 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Amores perros is a great film with some really great camera work if I remember rightly.
I think There Will Be Blood would be a great choice too. In fact I think I’ll review that one soon on my blog lol.
I would also recommend Brick and Pi – both visually wonderful in their own very unique ways.
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July 15, 2010 at 2:47 am
I find that Asian cinematography has a completely unique style to it, it would be interest to see some reviews on some Asian films such as “Chunking Express” and “Thirst”. I found these films to have some extremely different and interesting shots compared to western cinema.
July 16, 2010 at 2:54 am
I just finished watching 2046, and it really is beautifully shot. Hopefully it will make it up at some point.
I am going to have to see if my local library has a decent selection of asian DVD’s as my own DVD collection is sorely lacking!
July 16, 2010 at 10:45 am
Lots of beautiful films here!
I’d love to see Days of Heaven and Children of Men honored here as well.
And if you’re open to non-American films, The White Ribbon and Hero are certainly lovely films too. Plus, as mentioned before by others, everything by Jean Pierre Jeunet is beautiful.
Thanks for a great collection of films!
July 19, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Just finalising my Days of Heaven post as we speak (or more like just before i started typing this).
The White Ribbon was really excellent, I’ll probably do a Haneke week, or maybe a B&W Week.
July 19, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Tarkovsky has the best cinemtography i’ve ever seen
July 29, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Just bought a pile of his movies last week… theyll make it on here sooner or later!!!
July 29, 2010 at 5:41 pm
You’ll have to take a still of every frame with Tarkovsky. Haha. I’d recommend the Three Colours trilogy too. Immense cinematography!
September 3, 2010 at 7:27 pm
2046 should definitely be added and even In the Moon for Love..and also One Hour Photo had some stunning cinematography
August 4, 2010 at 5:48 am
Jonathan Glazer’s work would be fantastic…
August 22, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I have a request, I haven’t watched this film in a while but I think you’ll enjoy the cinematography quite a bit. Its called Raise the Red Lantern by Yimou Zhang
August 23, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I was just about to say you should finish off your Mallick collection. Now only The Thin Red Line left to do.
Some other requests I hope you get around to someday- No Country For Old Men, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Sin City and maybe some LOTR.
Great job guys.
August 23, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Glazer will get done at some point, I still have to buy Birth…if only for that jogging in the snow scene
ill keep an eye out for Raise the Red Lantern, maybe I should start a donate a DVD option.
Malick will be finished up soon, untill tree of life comes out that is, American Beauty is on the list, as are all of the movies you mentioned.
Im eager to do a Coen brothers week, but a lot of my favourites are all out on loan from my collection!!!
As for the “great job guys” thanks so much for that, but there is only one guy running this thing…. so many movies so little time!!!!
August 23, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Fantastic work here! Although I would, without question, include Unbreakable.
Thank you for putting together this website though!
August 28, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Why isn’t WATCHMEN on this blog? Or the movie TORQUE? Seriously…
(Not joking about Torque, that movie “looks” really good.)
August 31, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Watchmen isn’t on the blog because I didn’t like the movie, that’s not to say that it wont get done (because there are some really wonderful scenes and frames) it’s just not high on my list of priorities… though if I get more requests (or if someone wants to mail me a DVD) Ill be sure to bump it up the list.
Torque I havent seen, but actually do want to see (the wonderful Adam Scott is in it) like Watchmen, it could well get done but I have no idea when!
Hope the trailer is helping drum up some funding for your film…its a great ides (I just wished the movies I made made good trailers)
September 1, 2010 at 12:59 am
Oh yeah, some Coen Brothers would be great.
especially Fargo.
September 3, 2010 at 10:58 pm
I’ve wanted to do a Coen week since I started, but 3 of my DVDs are in friends houses so I might wait till I get them back… or I might start trickling out some Coen classics soon.
What a master of suspense I am!
September 3, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Just found out about this website. Awesome!
For me, cinematography – besides muisc/score – is the most important thing in a movie (which actually should be obvious, since a movie is about MOVING IMAGES, but still most people seem not to care or “get” it). Great job on this site!
You should add “Stay” (by Marc Foster) and “Mr. Nobody” (from 2009) to the list some day – probably the most beautiful cinematography I can remember seeing in films.
Keep it up!
September 4, 2010 at 6:33 am
Tarkovsky – please!!
September 6, 2010 at 10:20 am
Tarkovsky is on the way good sir!
September 8, 2010 at 7:55 pm
It’s not film but it is cinema. I’ve recently been watching the Wallander series shot in part by Anthony Dod Mantle of “Slumdog Millionaire” fame and I have to say it is some of the most stunning visual poetry I’ve seen. Each episode is feature-length and everything about it is top notch; the cinematograpy, the setting, the most gorgeous lighting not to mention the acting.
Shot entirely on Red One cameras. If you want to see what the future of digital cinema looks like check out this series.
September 9, 2010 at 3:25 am
Crackin website!
Really please to find some of my fave already on the list. What about The pianist, Royal tenenbaums or inglorious basterds?
September 17, 2010 at 9:25 am
Oh! And Antichrist!
September 17, 2010 at 9:44 am
Hmm. Very nice collection! I’ve been obsessed with cinematography/post-prod ever since I screentested There Will Be Blood as a projectionist. I’ll watch anything with Elswit or Deakins at DoP, regardless of subject matter.
Two films I think you might want to look into are;
A Single Man, by Tom Ford.
He even de-saturates and re-saturates colour hues within single shots, depending on moods. But generally, worth seeing for extreme production values and set dec, and a few interesting tricks for a first-time director. I think there are reflections in about 90% of the shots in the first act.
And;
The Fall, by Tarsem Singh.
Simply the prettiest film I’ve ever seen. I watch it regularly to justify my purchase of a 50″ plasma screen at home. Tarsem is an extremely visual director, if lacking in the storytelling department. His previous film was The Cell, and although not well received critically overall, everyone agreed it was very, very pretty.
September 18, 2010 at 4:10 am
Some great suggestions guys!
A lot of them are in my to do pile, some I still have to get on DVD.
I missed the Fall and A Single Man when they were in cinemas, have wanted to see them but just still haven’t gotten around to it….will do soon!
September 18, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Great site, You need to add John Toll. Great body of work. Thin Red Line is amazing!
October 4, 2010 at 8:14 am
I’m waiting to get the Thin Red Line on criterion before doing a post, by all accounts the transfer is far superior!
October 4, 2010 at 10:27 am
i’d love to see stills from pulp fiction, jarhead (the oil wells are stunning) and american gangster
cheers
October 27, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Fantastic site.
Maybe some Amores Perros would be nice, and Road To Perdition of course! Lovely idea though, great site.
November 4, 2010 at 2:06 am
I really like your site, and share with your passion, love and appreciation of cinema. Keep the site up, glad I found it – there are so many movies that I’d like to see referenced here but I guess the top three that I’m interested in seeing you breakdown into 60 great shots would be …
1. Barry Lyndon
2. Apocalypse Now
3. JFK
November 14, 2010 at 1:07 am
Barry Lyndon is up (I did a week of Kubrick posts), I’ll do Apocalypse Now just as soon as I get myself the proper DVD (I only have redux).
Oliver Stone was one of the first directors I really got into, and JFK was one of my favourite films… I guess Mr. Stone’s recent output hasput me a bit off him, but you’re absolutely right in suggesting JFK… I’ll get on it!
November 14, 2010 at 10:16 am
the redux version of Apocalypse Now, is the propper version, I studied with Vittorio Storaro and I can stated that
January 11, 2011 at 3:50 am
SURELY IT’S TIME FOR CITIZEN KANE! one of the greatest artistic films ever made, every shot is a masterpiece.
November 14, 2010 at 11:17 am
Great site! You should include some shots of The Red Shoes, its a beautiful film.
November 18, 2010 at 4:16 am
Can you please please do “The Spirit of the Beehive” from Victor Erice. A truly beautiful film….
January 3, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Spirit of the Beehive is a film I have meant to watch for ages. So Id love to do it.
(Edit) I just looked into it, and apparently the Region 2 UK DVD is in 4:3, which is the wrong aspect ratio for the movie….which means Ill have to wait till I have money to order the Criterion edition… Ill look some more into it see can I find a good copy.
(Edit) I see the Uk DVD isnt actually cropped (significantly), but the criterion release has much nicer colours, and a nicer general transfer… better get saving!
January 3, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Wow, dude, just watched Valhalla Rising last night, it deserves a marquee spot on this list. Might even top The Fall and Van Dieman’s Land for insane cinematography in my own collection.
Although full disclosure, I can’t buy it in New Zealand, so I had to somewhat slightly steal a 720p rip from the dark corners of the internet. Which was a bit of a boon, standard DVD quality won’t do this justice. I’ll still buy it on dvd though. Just let it sit on the shelf and watch the 720p.
No entries for V in the list yet, so you gotta hit up Valhalla or Van Dieman’s asap!
January 13, 2011 at 8:40 am
You should post Let the Right One in. Fantastic movie.
January 15, 2011 at 6:04 am
I had started a post a while ago and my disc kept on crashing… I’ll dust it of soon enough and try again for sure
January 16, 2011 at 11:16 am
I’d like to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid put up if you have it.
January 17, 2011 at 1:09 pm
anything by Vittorio Storaro one from the heart bankrupted coppola but looks nice…
January 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
you could probably watch “The fall” by Tarsem singh. saw it couple of months back loved the cinematography.
January 19, 2011 at 6:55 pm
This is a really great blog. I’d really like to see Requiem for a Dream on here…
February 10, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Welcome!
RFAD is now on the front page (good synchronisation of request and something I had been working on)
February 11, 2011 at 1:29 am
I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but SNATCH is my favorite film of all time, precisely because of it’s cinematography. May be worth a look see for you.
February 27, 2011 at 3:45 am
Stumbled upon your site and think it’s a great idea. Well done!
May I recommend ‘Hero’ as future film for you to do? As the colours and cinematography in the film are just beautiful.
February 28, 2011 at 11:50 am
defs need stills from “the matador” amazing colors and sets in that movie
March 13, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Maybe a few stills from Alejandro Jadorowsky would liven things up.
March 13, 2011 at 1:31 pm
In the mood for love???
March 13, 2011 at 6:32 pm
All great suggestions, sadly I’m going to be limited a lot by whats in my collection!
My friend lent me Holy Mountain and it looks great, so Im sure to get it in eventually!
Keep those suggestions coming, gives me motivation to seek out stuff!
March 14, 2011 at 12:31 am
May I suggest Amélie? Beautiful cinematography in that film. =)
May 8, 2011 at 5:13 am
I suggest Gummo.
May 25, 2011 at 4:38 am
I suggest “The Big Country” with Gregory Peck.
A blu ray version has recently been released.
May 31, 2011 at 10:11 pm
DON’T LOOK NOW
June 7, 2011 at 12:07 pm
i suggest “if….” (1968) and apocalypse now
June 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Great blog! Thanks for doing this. I strongly recommend you check out “Heartbeats” by Xavier Dolan. It’s got inspiring cinematography (I think Stephanie Weber Biron, the DP, even won prizes for it’s cinematography). Would love to see it on your awesome blog.
July 21, 2011 at 4:07 pm
This is a great site and excellent resource. It would be pretty awesome if there were subcategories. Such as Interior and exterior locations. Night and day scenes. Scenes in Dining rooms, bedrooms and so on. Violent scenes, erotic scenes. Any way to break them down and make specific things easier to find.
many thanks,
diana
July 24, 2011 at 9:32 pm
the library may have quite a few films you can get for free.
July 24, 2011 at 9:33 pm
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excellent page, congratulations
August 31, 2011 at 5:33 am
Oh and whilst I did not enjoy the actual film itself, I thought that Conversations with other Women had some lovely shots!
November 4, 2011 at 9:22 pm
thank you for 2 of my favorite movies of all time
Buffalo 66 & Brown Bunny
November 27, 2011 at 12:06 am
Adore the Rushmore stills – was elated to see there’s a still from the slow-mo scene of max in the elevator with the beehive box. Keep up the lovely work, looking forward to you expanding your collection!
January 23, 2012 at 10:56 am
also, The Last Emperor, films by Fellini, Kurosawa, Bergman, more from the criterion collection would be amazing.
February 29, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Eraser Head…
February 29, 2012 at 10:26 pm
If you do a Jean Pierre Jeunet film, you should do “City of Lost Children”
April 10, 2012 at 5:20 pm
I was quite surprised not to see “The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover”, directed by Peter Greenaway, in your list. This has got to be the most visually striking films that I’ve ever seen. You should definitely watch it; I’m sure that you’ll be blown away by it. Othwerwise, excellent choice of stills.
April 19, 2012 at 9:46 am
These are absolutely fantastic, thanks for taking the time to do this!
April 21, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Something from Janusz Kaminski…
July 10, 2012 at 6:01 pm
It would be great if you could add something from Gabriel Figueroa, from mexican movies
http://www.gabrielfigueroa.net/
August 3, 2012 at 9:43 pm
post stills from Bronson! pretty badass film
August 9, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Back to the Future!!!!
September 11, 2012 at 3:26 pm
how about synecdoche new york?
September 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Didnt love it but its full of some great visuals, ill track down a copy and add it to my to do list at some point
October 5, 2012 at 8:16 pm
Can you please add stills for “A Single Man” by Tom Ford …. Thanks !
October 15, 2012 at 7:10 pm
I hear it looks great, and I have a copy here, just havent watched it yet, so gimme a chance to watch it and then i can do a post without spoiling it for myself
October 15, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Um, Lawrence of Arabia? Nice site btw.
November 3, 2012 at 1:56 am
Great job here. Some possible additions could be The Fountain, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, and Mr. Nobody.
November 25, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Glad you like the site, I’m actually currently prepping a post on the Fountain Ill add the other 2 films to my “to do pile”
November 25, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Dead link for Meek’s Cutoff
November 30, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Cheers!
I’ve got a spare few minutes while my food is cooking gonna go dead link hunting!
November 30, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Is there a way to add stills form “Killing them softly” ,” Pineapple Express”,”All about my mother” ? Thank you.
December 7, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Ill add them to my list and get to them asap
December 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm
What a beautiful collection of films, I really appreciate your work. Might I add a suggestion or two? Come and See, a Russian film about WWII. Absolutely beautiful and breathtaking shots, the film still haunts me. Also a film called The Night of the Hunter, it’s a 50′s film but I was shocked at how unique and different (rather modern in my mind) the film looks from films of its time. It has gorgeous composition and lighting, it would make a wonderful addition to your list.
January 8, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Thanks for the suggestions, amazingly enough they’re both in my “to do” list already… well maybe not amazing since the list is over 100 movies long, I better get cracking!
January 8, 2013 at 5:07 pm
The lack of Michael Mann stills is disappointing…good job nonetheless.
January 15, 2013 at 6:31 pm
I am but one Mann (geddit)… theres some of his movies in the pipeline!
January 15, 2013 at 7:32 pm
how about Jerry McGuire? it’s become quite iconic, though not known for its cinematography…
January 22, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Can you put up the stills for Billy Elliot? I was watching it recently. It has some good work by Brian Tufano.
February 5, 2013 at 4:53 am
“The Conformist” by Bernardo Bertolucci is stunning. Shot by Vittorio Storaro, Coppola was so impressed by his work that he brought him to the US for Apocalypse Now. Check it out.
February 5, 2013 at 7:05 am
Thank you for adding “The Conformist”! This site is fantastic.
February 23, 2013 at 7:19 pm
I havent seen billy elliott in years but Ill try track down a copy for you.
The Conformist will be posted this month, I have all the frames just need to put the post together
February 5, 2013 at 11:06 am
I love your website, I would recommend you include Revolutionary Road, it has a great cinematography by the master Deakins.
February 8, 2013 at 2:30 am
Thanks for your wonderful site, you have very good taste.
February 15, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Hey Can you put up stills of “Before Nights Falls” and “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover”. Need it for an assignment. If you could , i would appreciate it.
March 29, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Hi, I have a copy of “the cook…” but havent gotten around to watching it yet, I will see what I can do (no promises) when do you need it by?
March 29, 2013 at 11:34 pm
A great looking film is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. It’s simply stunning! I still am in awe of how “art house” and modern the movie looks. You’re doing a great job by the way!
April 8, 2013 at 3:36 am
Good call, I only got around to seeing it a few months ago but absolutely loved it. Looks amazing, without being too showy, nichols knows when to stand back and just let the actors go for it… will definitely appear on the site soon!
April 8, 2013 at 11:32 am
Thanks so much for doing this! a really brilliant selection, I’d forgotten how beautiful some of these films are (particularly Antichrist). Enter the Void and Irreversible would be nice additions.
April 29, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Thanks Elise! Irreversible is in my to do pile, and I have a copy of enter the void but my friend wont let me watch it until we set up a projector… what a jerk!
April 30, 2013 at 1:19 am
No, I think your friend’s right! well worth going to the effort of a good screen
April 30, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Hi, I love your website and choice of films. Maybe you could put up some Mr. Nobody screencaps. Thank you for your time!
May 6, 2013 at 8:57 am
Fat City please. You know it makes sense.
May 14, 2013 at 10:51 am
Great work you’re doing – thanks
May 14, 2013 at 11:10 pm