I can’t name a single film since the advent of color-films, where the black & white imagery suited as much as it did in ‘Schindler’s List’. Of course, ‘Schindler’s List’ wouldn’t be the film it is without its exceptional black & white cinematography. Schindler’s List (1993)ĭirector: Steven Spielberg | Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski Read More: Best Futuristic Movies of All Time 5. But the images of the wheat-fields and just the whole mood that Malick is able to create using those images will remain etched in your mind forever. ‘Days of Heaven’, a love story set in the early 20th century, is mostly shot around farmlands. There is something about Terrence Malick. Days of Heaven (1978)ĭirector: Terrence Malick | Cinematographer: Néstor Almendros, Haskell Wexler
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Read More: Best Movie Remakes of All Time 6. The greatness of the cinematography in this film is that it is moving, disturbing and beautiful sometimes all at once. The mood of ‘Apocalypse Now’ is set by its startling, often unconventional, images. Apocalypse Now (1979)ĭirector: Francis Ford Coppola | Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro Read More: Best Sci-Fi Movie Directors of All Time 7. One of the many strengths of Citizen Kane, arguably the greatest film ever made, is its dynamic cinematography, which conveys the pain, the frustrations and the angst of Kane in the best way a camera can capture those emotions. Citizen Kane (1941)ĭirector: Orson Welles | Cinematographer: Gregg Toland Read More: Best Rewatchable Movies of All Time 8. This fantastical world that Amelie sees - in spite of the ugliness around - is what must have been the motive behind the extraordinarily beautiful, rich and colorful cinematography of the film. The world of Amelie in ‘Amelie’ is more based in fantasy than in reality. Amelie (2001)ĭirector: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel Read More: Best Fantasy Movies of All Time 9. Usually, in Woody Allen movies, the city where story is set plays a character in itself, and this is especially true with, aptly named, ‘Manhattan’, where the anxiety and desperation of Isaac (Woody Allen) is perfectly complemented by city’s chaotic beauty. With its black & white imagery, New York never appeared as beautiful as it did in ‘Manhattan’. Director: Woody Allen | Cinematographer: Gordon Willis.