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[IISANDERII]

Even though I can't find great caps, The Rum Diary.
1960's Latin America cannot not be great looking

Plus Amber Heard was amazing.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I don't have pictures, but Jesus of Nazareth (the 1970s one with blue-eyed Jesus) looks really good. The worst scenes are usually the ones with the king, which suffer from the 1950s-1970s visual interpretation of kings and their subjects which make it all look like a stupid play. But I really liked the attention given to the backgrounds, the houses, etc. It looked as it probably looked then. Lots of smoke, diffuse lighting, etc. Also the color palette is sort of pastel like and it looks really uniform.

Also, Fight Club. I'm not sure if it's true, but I remembering hearing somewhere that the movie uses no lighting other than that of the environment itself. It felt very real.

 

[tamaster92]

Blade runner :

Such a perfect cyberpunk world

Pan's Labyrinth :

Everything by Guillermo Del Toro is brilliant.

 

[yepyepyep]

Beauty and the Beast ( 1946)

[Safe]

High and Low

Kwaiden

Tales of Tales

I almost think modern cinematography is too pretty; as in too slick without grain or texture, which is why I tend to prefer older films. Although there are great cinematographers working today,like Lance Acord, Robert Elswitt and Roger Deakins

 

[kn0wsk1lls]

I agree with most of the suggestions in this thread. to add to the list:

Mr Nobody

The Cell

Don't know where to find some high quality images for these. I really like the Future scenes in Mr. Nobody.

 

[Ken Masters]

I saw The Master yesterday, was just beautiful to look at, each scene was like a painting

 

[Horse Detective]

I hope this is not too old to bump, but I really enjoyed viewing this thread.

 

[John Rabbit]

enter the void is not in this thread? how?

 

[User 100115]

I would like to second the mention of Suckerpunch. I know pretty much everyone but me hated that movie, but good lord was it pretty. The amount of just pure MOTION was amazing.

 

[black_13]

Blade Runner on Blu-ray is a fucking spectacle. I still remember watching it and just getting blown away that it was a 20 year old movie. The reshoots and upconverting made it look just like a modern film. I showed it to a friend who hadn't seen it before and he asked me why he hadn't heard it come out in theaters.

 

[afternoon delight]

Fun!

Apocalypse Now

 

[Evenball]

Surprised no mention of Jaws:

Ilya Muromets didn't look all that impressive on MST3K thanks to a bad pan and scan print, but I think it's worth mentioning

on MST3K it was called The Sword and The Dragon

 

[watershed]

In the Mood for Love. Its stillness, the deliberately distant camera placement, and the slowmo scenes. Unforgettable.

 

[Sub_Level]

Mishima

Stalker

Last Year at the Marienbad

Play Time

Blade Runner

Alien (even though I prefer the second film)

Terminator 1 and 2 (notably the future scenes, but there are excellent shots in the present times as well)

The Master

Badlands

Apocalypse Now

Street Fighter

EDIT: Looked through the topic and I agree also with Gattaca, Ghost in the Shell, and Event Horizon 9even though Event Horizon as a movie was meh imo). Can't believe I forgot FUCKING 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY. Disagree with Prometheus. Certain parts of the film look brilliant, such as David's introduction during the cryo sleep, but the costumes, HUD, radar, 3D mapping, alien control panel, and a bunch of other shit was overdesigned imo.

 

[Nappuccino]

La Haine

There we go.

I'm still waiting for Kassovits to do something 1/10 as stunning.

 

[Macmanus]

And pretty much any Coen film where Barry Sonnenfeld was the DP.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Avatar... by a huge margin:

Yeah, I think you're right.
I saw it at the cinemas with the 3D glasses and was blown away.
I was suprised how much I enjoyed the movie, as I was a little hesitant to go see it initially, as the ads on TV made it look a bit "kiddy" to me.
Great GIFs BTW.

 

[Zereul]

It's Such A Beautiful Day

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Unless I missed it on the first page (doublechecked the last two) I don't think either of these two movies have been mentioned.

HERO:

AKIRA:

 

[deadhorse32]

Citizen Kane

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

 

[Memento_Mori15]

Tokyo Drifter. Directed by Seijun Suzuki.

Yes! This movie was amazing! Glad someone mentioned this before I could. The final scene is also pretty awesome and shows the stunning visuals for a 1966 film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jzeIecakg