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15 Great Movies With the Best Cinematography (Plus 9 Hon. Mentions), Ranked by Whatnerd

"Cinematography is a bit of a nebulous term that gets thrown around a lot, but is often misunderstood and misused. It sounds technical—and it does involve some technical aspects of filmmaking—but it's a lot more than just camera lenses, lighting, and composition. On the whole, cinematography is an art form. It describes all the elements that go into how a director captures an image, similar to how painters and photographers do. But cinematography has an extra dimension: how those images move on screen. Mastering all these aspects of composition and movement can elevate a movie to new heights, and can even turn a mediocre film into a good film, or a good film into a great film." - whatnerd.com
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
2
The Revenant (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
3
1917 (2019)
1917 (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
4
A Hidden Life (2019)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
5
Birdman (2014)
Birdman (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
6
The Tree of Life (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
7
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
8
Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
10
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
11
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
12
MacBeth (2015)
MacBeth (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
13
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
The Master (2012)
The Master (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
15
The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
18
The Aviator (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
19
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
20
La La Land (2016)
La La Land (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
21
Silence (2016)
Silence (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
22
High Life (2018)
High Life (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
23
Roma (2018)
Roma (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
Nomadland (2020)
Nomadland (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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