129 Of The Most Beautiful Shots In Movie History
A visual essay by Dan Dalton, published on BuzzFeed on August 5, 2015: 129 film frames chosen for their cinematography. Each caption below keeps the film, year and studio as given in the post, which credits cinematicpaintings.com and two Reddit threads as its sources.
- The Tree of Life (2011), Fox Searchlight

- The Master (2012), The Weinstein Company

- Moon (2009), Sony Pictures Classics

- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), CJ Entertainment

- Black Swan (2010), Fox Searchlight

- Psycho (1960), Paramount Pictures

- Mulan (1998), Disney

- Forrest Gump (1994), Paramount Pictures

- Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros.

- Manhunter (1986), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

- Three Colours: Blue (1993), Miramax

- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1985), New Line

- Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Warner Bros.

- The Shining (1980), Warner Bros.

- Boyhood (2014), IFC Films

- To Live and Die in LA (1985), United Artists

- Frances Ha (2013), IFC Films

- Reservoir Dogs (1992), Miramax

- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Paramount Pictures

- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), MGM

- American Beauty (1999), DreamWorks

- Hero (2002), Miramax

- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Fox Searchlight

- Three Colours: Red (1994), Miramax

- Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Weinstein Company

- Rear Window (1954), Paramount Pictures

- Schindler’s List (1993), Universal

- Suspiria (1977), Nouveaux

- Goodfellas (1990), Warner Bros.

- Django Unchained (2012), The Weinstein Company

- The Princess Bride (1987), MGM

- Skyfall (2012), MGM

- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Paramount Pictures

- Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Columbia

- The Fall (2006), Roadside Attractions

- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Warner Bros.

- Inception (2010), Warner Bros.

- The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fox Searchlight

- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2002), Momentum

- Big Fish (2003), Columbia

- Chungking Express (1994), Miramax

- Pleasantville (1998), New Line

- Apocalypse Now (1979), United Artists

- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Columbia

- Star Wars (1977), 20th Century Fox

- Chinatown (1974), Paramount

- Duel (1971), Universal Studios

- Thelma & Louise (1991), MGM

- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Warner Bros.

- The Road (2009), The Weinstein Company

- Se7en (1995), New Line

- Life of Pi (2012), 20th Century Fox

- Days of Heaven (1978), Paramount

- Into the Wild (2007), Paramount

- Blade Runner (1982), Warner Bros.

- Fight Club (1999), 20th Century Fox

- Mother of George (2013), Oscilloscope Laboratories

- There Will Be Blood (2007), Paramount

- Jarhead (2005), Universal

- Mississippi Burning (1988), Orion

- Sunshine (2007), Fox Searchlight

- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Buena Vista

- The Searchers (1956), Warner Bros.

- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Warner Bros.

- Nosferatu (1922), Film Arts Guild

- The Killers (1946), Universal

- Alien (1979), 20th Century Fox

- Dark City (1998), New Line

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Warner Bros.

- American Psycho (2000), Lionsgate

- L.A. Confidential (1997), Warner Bros.

- Shaun of the Dead (2004), Universal

- Memories of Murder (2003), CJ Entertainment

- The Third Man (1949), 20th Century Fox

- Fight Club (1999), 20th Century Fox

- Lost in Translation (2003), Focus Features

- Requiem for a Dream (2000), Artisan Entertainment

- Minority Report (2002), DreamWorks

- Drive (2011), FilmDistrict

- Akira (1988), Toho

- Enter the Void (2009), Wild Bunch

- Pulp Fiction (1994), Miramax

- Manhunter (1986), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

- Romeo + Juliet (1996), 20th Century Fox

- Thief (1981), United Artists

- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Warner Bros.

- Road to Perdition (2002), DreamWorks

- Insomnia (2002), Warner Bros.

- The Exorcist (1973), Warner Bros.

- Gladiator (2000), Universal

- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Paramount

- True Grit (2010), Paramount Pictures

- Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Columbia

- North by Northwest (1959), MGM

- Rocky (1976), United Artists

- The Truman Show (1998), Paramount

- For a Few Dollars More (1965), United Artists

- Mad Max (1979), Warner Bros.

- City of God (2002), Miramax

- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Focus Features

- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring (2001), New Line

- Tron: Legacy (2010), Disney

- Melancholia (2011), Canal+

- The Wrestler (2008), Fox Searchlight

- Finding Nemo (2003), Disney

- Dirty Harry (1971), Warner Bros.

- The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Columbia

- Moulin Rouge (2001), 20th Century Fox

- The Empire Strikes Back (1980), 20th Century Fox

- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Dimension

- A Clockwork Orange (1971), Warner Bros.

- The Deer Hunter (1978), Universal

- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Decla-Bioscop

- The Hidden Fortress (1958), Toho

- The Dark Knight (2008), Warner Bros.

- Barry Lyndon (1975), Warner Bros.

- Miller’s Crossing (1990), 20th Century Fox

- Stand By Me (1986), Columbia

- Saving Private Ryan (1998), DreamWorks

- 12 Years a Slave (2013), Fox Searchlight

- Amélie (2001), Canal+

- Oldboy (2005), Tartan

- Children of Men (2006), Universal

- Vertigo (1958), Paramount

- The Graduate (1967), United Artists

- Jurassic Park (1993), Universal

- My Neighbour Tortoro (1988), Toho

- The Matrix (1999), Warner Bros.

- Atonement (2007), Focus Features

