Which films have the best photography?

The most striking and moving is "Betty Blue" (go try to get your hands on that one).

For Cinematography the oscar goes to:

Gone with the Wind. To this day nothing even comes close to the framing and color saturation.

Another classic is "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" The framing and depth of field is great and you'll get to see "Big Daddy" Burl Ives put on a performance of a lifetime.

good luck.
 
Director - Kar Wai Wong (some Chinese dude who makes pretty pictures)
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I think Wong kar-Wai has done enough to merit a title better than "Some Chinese dude"....

Anyways, the cinematography in Ryuhei Kitamura's film Versus is always so energetic, even after considering I've seen it 39 times. In fact, all Kitamura's films usually have at least 3 or 4 shots that I rewind to watch again; I love the way he pans, tilts, zooms, and circles all in the same shots.
 
Though you might not enjoy the content any Woody Allen film, I like Deconstructing Harry, Stardust memories(b/w), Manhatten(b/w), Shadows and fog(b/w),
All of Wes Andersons Films: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, A life aquatic.
Anthing shot by DP's: Fredrick Elmes, Robby Muller.
ALL of David Lynches Films.
And maybe 81/2 (b/w) By Fellini of course, a must own.
Juliet of the spirits, also great.


too many to list
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the photography is "the pianist" is really nice. i don't know who the dp was.

lawrence of arabia is a stunner, i don't know who david lean's dp was though.

and of course, conrad hall. the alpha and omega.
 
A few of my favorites, cinematographically speaking:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Walkabout
The Godfather Pts. 1 & 2
Lenny
Days of Heaven
E.T.
Husbands & Wives
Unforgiven
Seven
Finding Nemo
 
any film by chan-wook park. example OLDBOY they say his stuff get better with age.

alos any film by David fincher is superb cinematography.
 
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Fallen Angels
2046
Element Of Crime
Persona
Suspiria
Anything By Mario Bava (Danger: Diabolik, Lisa and the Devil)
Tokyo Fist
Wild At Heart / Eraserhead
Ganja and Hess
Fight Club
Event Horizon
Fitzcarraldo
Delicatessen
Supervixens
Apocalypse Now
All that Heaven Allows
 
I'm about to fall asleep and can't think of many... I'll kick myself later

Far From Heaven
American Beauty

And for some reason I love Breakfast Of Champions
I just love that movies looks with the use of advertisements in every background, etc., I guess that's highly set design though, second I saw it I knew it was 35. Most of the others I can think of have been named. And my friend showed me a somewhat recent Japanese film he pronounced something shoe shoe, I thought it was spelled chou chou and tried to look it up, can't find it. It's about a kid with an obsession with a famous pop singer apparently. It looked beautiful.
 
PRETTIEST MOVIES EVER SHOT WITH LOTS OF MAGIC HOUR FOOTAGE:

Days of Heaven (1978)
Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography
Terrence Malick, Director

The Black Stallion (1979)
Caleb Deschanel, Director of Photography
Carroll Ballard, Director
Francis Ford Coppola, Executive Producer

MOVIE WITH THE COOLEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Blade Runner (1982)
Syd Mead, Visual Futurist
Lawrence G. Paull, Production Designer
Jordan Cronenweth, Director of Photography
Ridley Scott, Director
 
As a big fan of Ridley Scott i like the images of

Gladiator
Alien
Black Hawk Down

I think that Ridley does some great framing of his movies.

The Rock had some real good moments to. To bad Bay didnt keep that style in his later films. (to much shaky close ups)

Then we have Ridleys brother Tony that had amazing footage in Top Gun and Crimson tide. I didnt like the footage in his later films.
 
stephenlnoe said:
The most striking and moving is "Betty Blue" (go try to get your hands on that one).
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Have to agree on this one, and kudos for the obscure reference. I think , however, the art direction was even stronger than the photography. And then there's the soundtrack...whatever happened to Jean Jaques Beniex, also creator of Diva, a visual fork in my life's road.

Good to see Barry Lyndon make the list. The story is that Kubrick went way overbudget, including having Ziess design and build an f1.0 (!) lens, the first ever, to shoot in the candlelight. The movie glows.

Opening shot of "In the Heat of the Night" (or the rest of the film) might have an edge on "12 Angry Men", but watching either of them leaves me slack-jawed and considering a career wrapping fish, as I am not worthy to create images. I'm nothing, NOTHING. Look at the lighting, lighting, lighting.

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I really like the cinematography in Gattaca, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Count of Monte Cristo, Punch Drunk Love, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
 
I just saw Saints and Soldiers last night and thought the film was beautifully shot. It's a WWII film, independent and made for about $1 million and shot over 30 days. I rented it because the cover was awesome, but didn't expect the movie to be so good. And the acting was really good too.
 
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