Movies that are visually stunning!

[Yogesh]

Let's post here the movies that we find visually stunning! Even if they may not be good entertainment or may not please any critics, but are simply awesome visually.

I will start with a couple,

1. The Tree Of Life - This is highly philosophical movie that is visual symphony. It has some awe inspiring visuals termed as that of the origins of the known universe and the inception of life on Earth.

2. The usual suspect, The Avatar.

 

[fLUX]

3. Life of PI- Almost every alternate scene I would say

4. Dunkirk - Air combat scenes, bombings look so amazingly well made.

 

[Spinekar]

5. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Every scene can be framed, visually it's a stunning movie

 

[plasmoid]

6. The Godfather
7. Apocalypse Now
8. The Thin Red Line
9. The Cell
10. Casino
11. Aviator
12. The Irishman
13. Nosferatu (Murnau and Herzog versions)
14. Ex Machina
15. Drive
16. The Neon Demon
17. Bladerunner (Remake)
18. City of God

 

[plasmoid]

Let's post here the movies that we find visually stunning! Even if they may not be good entertainment or may not please any critics, but are simply awesome visually.

I will start with a couple,

1. The Tree Of Life - This is highly philosophical movie that is visual symphony. It has some awe inspiring visuals termed as that of the origins of the known universe and the inception of life on Earth.

2. The usual suspect, The Avatar.

All Terence Malick films are visually hypnotic.

 

[ItsMe]

Gravity
1917
Mad Max fury road
Pearl Harbor
Blade runner 2049
All F&F movies
Black hawk down
Lord of the ring trilogy + Hobbit
The Martian
Mission Impossible movies
Game of thrones - TV Series

 

[Jith77]

The Revenant
2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[moktan]

When I used to subscribe to Mubi , a movie whose every frame seemed to just leap out of a windows screensaver , was Papusza. The movie is based on the life of a Gypsy poet , her struggles etc and seemed a tad melodramatic for my liking.

 

[Yogesh]

Samsara (2011), This should have been first ever to come up! It's overwhelmingly beautiful visuals compensate for any tediousness in the storytelling!

 

[sound1]

The Hunter (2011)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Matrix (1999)
... and of course, Basic Instinct (1992)

 

[OM_2K19]

Ex Machina
1917
Tenet

 

[Yogesh]

... and of course, Basic Instinct (1992)

The Most Stunning Ever! (The Scene with Fan, Unbeatable!)

 

[pks.k]

The Revenant
2001: A Space Odyssey

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All of the Stanley Gubrick movies especially ,
The shining
Spartacus
Barry Lyndon.
Bond movies- Skyfall
Specter.

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and definitely
"Why so serious "!

A documentary film " ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS "

 

[Hiten]

'The Cell' would get my vote. A Psycho Scifi Thriller with No substance on story, but stunning visuals. Some are gruesome. Movie is about entering Psycho killer's mind and treating him.

Watch following with discretion if family/kids around.

There was another movie which was made to look like renaissance painting but I forgot the name.
Regards

 

[TheSeeker]

from the top of my head..:
- Baraka
- Samsara
- Life Cycles
- Saving Pvt Ryan (yes!)
- some episodes of 'Oats Studios' on netflix
- The Fountain
- Tron
- Interstellar
- Gravity
- Sin City
- Lucy

(first three are documentaries)

edit: okay some of them have already been mentioned now in the above posts.

 

[coaltrain]

A few people have mentioned The Cell, and rightfully so.
However, Tarsem’s masterpiece is undoubtedly ‘The Fall’. Trailer below.
Also, here’s a great list courtesy the ASC:

ASC List of 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century

Throughout 2019, the Society will honor the best-photographed films of the 20th century, as voted on by ASC members.

theasc.com

 

[ankitbhargava]

This Movie "300"

 

[Silencer]

+1 Saving Private Ryan, The Revenant and Blade Runner 2049. Great movies to show-off your home theatre, too.

On Indian films, Mirzya and Barfi. We have great cinematographers now across the globe. One better than the other.

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[Nitin K]

Everest, Dr Strange, inception, Infinity Wars, Avatar, Jurassic World, Hero(Chinese movie).

 

[Bloom@83]

Some of the choices mentioned here are atrocious. Digital effects do not make a visually stunning movie.
For that one needs a super gifted cinematographer who’s perfectly in sync with a visionary director.

The sixties and seventies have gifted the most visually stunning films till date by some of the greatest filmmakers to have ever worked - Bertolucci’s Il Conformista, Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique, Fellini’s 8.5 ( yes it’s in black and white ) , Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon (special Carl Zeiss lenses had to be invented just for that film ) , Kurosawa’s Ran , Coppola’s The Godfather 1 & 2 are just some examples.