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Best cinematography

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This Showdown celebrates cinematographers, those heroes of lens and light, whose command of incredible imagery can sear a frame into our minds forever. List your top ten most beautifully shot films. Beauty being in the eye of the beholder, your preference may be for uncut steadicam shots, stop-motion living room chases, sumptuous 70mm nature films or an audacious iPhone feature. We’re looking for personal, not popular. Set your shutter speed, rack that focus and get your top ten inside the frame.

Most mentioned

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Blade Runner
  • The Shining
  • Barry Lyndon
  • The Tree of Life
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Apocalypse Now
  • There Will Be Blood
  • La La Land
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Suspiria
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Citizen Kane
  • Days of Heaven
  • Children of Men
  • Vertigo
  • The Revenant

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Kurosawa

Kurosawa 67 films

Stephen T

Stephen T 258 films

jon b.

jon b. 284 films

Lawrence

Lawrence 50 films

David Kuskie

David Kuskie 10 films

elvisisking

elvisisking 20 films

Tamara

Tamara 10 films

Monica Silva

Monica Silva 10 films

rsq2000

rsq2000 10 films

Evan

Evan 10 films

donovon

donovon 10 films

Nick FW

Nick FW 10 films

Mike E

Mike E 10 films

cinemacl🎃wn

cinemacl🎃wn 10 films

James Curtiss

James Curtiss 10 films

Blake Petit

Blake Petit 20 films

Wade McCormick

Wade McCormick 10 films

Bradley Porter

Bradley Porter 10 films

Gabriel Lewis

Gabriel Lewis 10 films

Robert Berlin

Robert Berlin 10 films

Symusty

Symusty 10 films

nichole

nichole 10 films

maddy

maddy 50 films

John

John 10 films

Buboven

Buboven 45 films

Kyle Bailey

Kyle Bailey 30 films

Evelyn Undead

Evelyn Undead 10 films

VladimirVader

VladimirVader 10 films

Gino

Gino 10 films

somelocaloser

somelocaloser 14 films

Pete

Pete 25 films

NPscope

NPscope 10 films

Lise

Lise 39 films

AJ

AJ 25 films

Kurtis

Kurtis 10 films

Conor Wade

Conor Wade 10 films

Shane Barlow

Shane Barlow 10 films

Gabriel Jewett

Gabriel Jewett 10 films

Kyle

Kyle 11 films

Darren

Darren 10 films

Luis_989

Luis_989 65 films

{Todd}

{Todd} 10 films

Patrick Russell

Patrick Russell 10 films

Beeeeeees

Beeeeeees 10 films

TajLV

TajLV 10 films

alfonsina

alfonsina 13 films

Sarah Horwath

Sarah Horwath 55 films

Wayne Little

Wayne Little 10 films

Jojo/Lily Maben

Jojo/Lily Maben 39 films

Dirk Senger

Dirk Senger 10 films

kierstonwoodley

kierstonwoodley 25 films

Cafu_brate

Cafu_brate 10 films

Manas Mishra

Manas Mishra 10 films

Ian

Ian 10 films

Bruno Viana

Bruno Viana 20 films

Josh

Josh 10 films

Captain Rowdy

Captain Rowdy 7 films

Eduardo Morais

Eduardo Morais 35 films

DisposableMiffy

DisposableMiffy 10 films

Lydie 💜

Lydie 💜 100 films

emily

emily 10 films

Davormkd

Davormkd 10 films

maxou

maxou 10 films

Reigntall

Reigntall 10 films

_ottavia_

_ottavia_ 30 films

sailordanae

sailordanae 10 films

Kelcey

Kelcey 10 films

Matthew Noble

Matthew Noble 10 films

luke

luke 17 films

Allison M. 🌱

Allison M. 🌱 10 films

1dontget1t

1dontget1t 10 films

Luke

Luke 10 films

Tom W

Tom W 45 films

Daniel Charchuk

Daniel Charchuk 10 films

Taher

Taher 38 films

🧀 Almer

🧀 Almer 14 films

MarkofDevilry

MarkofDevilry 10 films

improbable

improbable 10 films

Ivan

Ivan 10 films

Geoff

Geoff 10 films

Quinn

Quinn 10 films

Evan

Evan 10 films

KinoBlanco

KinoBlanco 10 films

Tam Honks

Tam Honks 10 films

kayreedm

kayreedm 14 films

Maximilian

Maximilian 13 films

Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson 10 films