you spoke to me through her you spoke
with me from the sky there’s a reason a
film is called a moving picture welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most beautiful films this bag was just
dancing with me for this list we’ve
picked the 10 most visually striking
films that were created with little to
no CGI and which instead employs skilled
cinematography and vibrancy of color to
set the tone of the movie if I see you
put your hands in at play one more time
I’m gonna stab you with this knife you
hear me I told you keep your hands out
of the play number 10 Raging Bull Martin
Scorsese expected this to be his last
major movie which explains his rigorous
editing and attention to detail shot in
crisp black and white Raging Bull uses a
lack of color to strip Jake LaMotta
story down to its essence how many fuck
J what I’m saying
Scorsese also employs other visual
techniques to heighten the viewers
understanding with slow-motion
indicating amplified awareness and
carefully choreographed stylized boxing
scenes punctuating the film upon its
release Raging Bull open to mixed
reviews but now it’s considered a modern
classic and one of the decades best
movies can’t wait to be done oh I can’t
wait good thanks happy happy yeah
not more yeah
but stake number nine the last emperor
majesty you ribeiro pass is Freddie this
is one of the only western films to be
shot in China’s Forbidden City
and Bernardo Bertolucci uses its
location to his advantage by opening up
a part of China most of the world
doesn’t get to see with both cinematic
splendor and cultural significance the
film was a visual feat in more ways than
one with brilliant costumes and
cinematography providing a backdrop for
the more than 19,000 extras that filled
the movie scenes the Emperor before me
was murdered because he wanted to reform
the empire to see if they will kill me
for reforming the Forbidden City a
critical success this masterpiece earned
nine Oscars – heaven
to earth to the moon to the Sun number
eight American Beauty my name is Lester
Burnham this is my life you’d expect a
film named after a rose to share the
same beautiful aesthetic and with Sam
Mendes is carefully composed shots
uncluttered sets and repeated visual
cues like fittingly red roses
it more than lives up to its reputation
see the way the handle on those pruning
shears matches her gardening clogs
that’s not an accident that use of color
is in stark contrast with its black and
white ending bringing the movie’s main
themes into sharp focus
though American Beauty cinematographer
Conrad Hall wasn’t Mendez’s first choice
much of the film’s beauty comes from his
artistic choices particularly his use of
lighting and shadow in key scenes but
it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so
much beauty in the world number seven
the fall my lord all hope is lost
it seems your mighty army shall finally
be conquered taking four years to film
and making use of filming locations in
almost 30 different countries this movie
is known for its lush and vibrant colors
as well as its depiction of both
man-made and natural beauty director
tarsem singh funded the production
himself I will destroy so all the film’s
artistic and creative decisions could
remain his own always follow your heart
your ever-loving father it says over
another locket the second movie after
his other striking feature the self the
fall was met with mixed reviews due to
its convoluted plot but visually it’s
considered one of the best
ah let’s go
number six vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock created many visual
achievements in his career including
North by Northwest
but vertigo is his most ambitious and
dazzling effort what do you think all
the people who’ve been boarded have died
when the trees went on living their true
name is Sequoia sempervirens always
green ever living using striking images
precise camera movements and the color
green he manipulates the audience to
capture the protagonists acrophobia
Hitchcock used a dolly zoom to create a
feeling of dizziness for viewers as well
the film also utilized the San Francisco
Bay Area’s landscape and natural
features like steep hills and man-made
elements like bridges to add to the
film’s action sequences and create
memorable visuals response for you now
you know the Chinese say the once you’ve
saved a person’s life you’re responsible
for it forever so I’ve committed number
5 Lawrence of Arabia true Lena you are a
British officer yes Frank Iero yes
regarded as one of history’s best movies
David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia left a
legacy as a feat in cinematography
haha and it’s the kind of film that must
be experienced on the big screen is that
yes why though it features an
unconventional hero and story blasphemy
don’t do that this multi-million dollar
film also does an unparalleled job of
capturing the vastness of the Sahara
Desert paired with the music drama and
superb Peter O’Toole performance it was
a major success winning seven Oscars and
inspiring directors like George Lucas
Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott with
its visuals
yes sir that’s my baby number four Blade
Runner shall we continue this film was a
game changer when it came to the way
movies depicted the future instead of
the sleek skyscrapers and bright lights
audiences were used to seeing Blade
Runner created a future that was dark
leaked and mysterious on new life awaits
you in the whole world color both
thematically and visually to brighten
you with Edward Hopper’s painting
Nighthawks and the French sci-fi comic
magazine heavy metal as inspiration
director Ridley Scott created scenery
that gives the story a neo noir feel
establishes societal inequality and
cements Blade Runner spot as a seminal
film all those moments will be lost in
time like tears
rain wash table again if you are number
three the Tree of Life
tell us the story from before we can
remember terrence malick is known for
capturing nature’s beauty in films like
Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line
but the tree of life is his masterwork
depicting human life and its meaning by
focusing on one family in 1950s Texas
the film is known for one sequence in
particular it’s a stunning and vibrant
scene that depicts the cosmos and the
universes creation
but instead of using CGI Malick employed
special effects artist Douglas Trumbull
who went old-school and created the
sequence using photography and household
objects Nicodemus
number two The Wizard of Oz it’s hard to
imagine a mythical world more beautiful
than the Land of Oz and its fairytale
visuals are only heightened by the
contrast between the vivid Technicolor
of Oz and the flat black-and-white
depicted back in Kansas
after feeding we’re not in Kansas
anymore the effect made the movie appear
otherworldly and it brought l frank
Baum’s story to life in a way that would
have been impossible a few years earlier
we must be over the rainbow Wizard
didn’t win Oscars for special effects or
set design but it undoubtedly features
some of the most iconic visuals ever put
to film you clinking clanking clattering
collection of caliginous yeah before we
unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
but one night these two pretty chill
threw away
you
rosebud
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick created a legacy as a
visual director and storyteller and many
of his works are considered some of
Hollywood’s most beautiful movies
including 1975’s Barry Lyndon mr. Toole
is it a towel of your wife’s washing
they say she wipes your face often with
one but 2001 is like no film before or
since primarily a visual experience with
very little dialogue the movie is a
thrilling feat given the lack of
technology available at the time I’m
sorry Dave I don’t have enough
information today a film like this would
use only CGI but Kubrick covered the
whole of human existence and Beyond with
clever camera angles photography and
hidden wires on a rotating set
do you agree with our list
what’s the most beautiful film you’ve
seen just like a butterfly for more
stunning top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
could have had class I could have been a
contender I could have been somebody
instead of a bum which is what I am
with me from the sky there’s a reason a
film is called a moving picture welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most beautiful films this bag was just
dancing with me for this list we’ve
picked the 10 most visually striking
films that were created with little to
no CGI and which instead employs skilled
cinematography and vibrancy of color to
set the tone of the movie if I see you
put your hands in at play one more time
I’m gonna stab you with this knife you
hear me I told you keep your hands out
of the play number 10 Raging Bull Martin
Scorsese expected this to be his last
major movie which explains his rigorous
editing and attention to detail shot in
crisp black and white Raging Bull uses a
lack of color to strip Jake LaMotta
story down to its essence how many fuck
J what I’m saying
Scorsese also employs other visual
techniques to heighten the viewers
understanding with slow-motion
indicating amplified awareness and
carefully choreographed stylized boxing
scenes punctuating the film upon its
release Raging Bull open to mixed
reviews but now it’s considered a modern
classic and one of the decades best
movies can’t wait to be done oh I can’t
wait good thanks happy happy yeah
not more yeah
but stake number nine the last emperor
majesty you ribeiro pass is Freddie this
is one of the only western films to be
shot in China’s Forbidden City
and Bernardo Bertolucci uses its
location to his advantage by opening up
a part of China most of the world
doesn’t get to see with both cinematic
splendor and cultural significance the
film was a visual feat in more ways than
one with brilliant costumes and
cinematography providing a backdrop for
the more than 19,000 extras that filled
the movie scenes the Emperor before me
was murdered because he wanted to reform
the empire to see if they will kill me
for reforming the Forbidden City a
critical success this masterpiece earned
nine Oscars – heaven
to earth to the moon to the Sun number
eight American Beauty my name is Lester
Burnham this is my life you’d expect a
film named after a rose to share the
same beautiful aesthetic and with Sam
Mendes is carefully composed shots
uncluttered sets and repeated visual
cues like fittingly red roses
it more than lives up to its reputation
see the way the handle on those pruning
shears matches her gardening clogs
that’s not an accident that use of color
is in stark contrast with its black and
white ending bringing the movie’s main
themes into sharp focus
though American Beauty cinematographer
Conrad Hall wasn’t Mendez’s first choice
much of the film’s beauty comes from his
artistic choices particularly his use of
lighting and shadow in key scenes but
it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so
much beauty in the world number seven
the fall my lord all hope is lost
it seems your mighty army shall finally
be conquered taking four years to film
and making use of filming locations in
almost 30 different countries this movie
is known for its lush and vibrant colors
as well as its depiction of both
man-made and natural beauty director
tarsem singh funded the production
himself I will destroy so all the film’s
artistic and creative decisions could
remain his own always follow your heart
your ever-loving father it says over
another locket the second movie after
his other striking feature the self the
fall was met with mixed reviews due to
its convoluted plot but visually it’s
considered one of the best
ah let’s go
number six vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock created many visual
achievements in his career including
North by Northwest
but vertigo is his most ambitious and
dazzling effort what do you think all
the people who’ve been boarded have died
when the trees went on living their true
name is Sequoia sempervirens always
green ever living using striking images
precise camera movements and the color
green he manipulates the audience to
capture the protagonists acrophobia
Hitchcock used a dolly zoom to create a
feeling of dizziness for viewers as well
the film also utilized the San Francisco
Bay Area’s landscape and natural
features like steep hills and man-made
elements like bridges to add to the
film’s action sequences and create
memorable visuals response for you now
you know the Chinese say the once you’ve
saved a person’s life you’re responsible
for it forever so I’ve committed number
5 Lawrence of Arabia true Lena you are a
British officer yes Frank Iero yes
regarded as one of history’s best movies
David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia left a
legacy as a feat in cinematography
haha and it’s the kind of film that must
be experienced on the big screen is that
yes why though it features an
unconventional hero and story blasphemy
don’t do that this multi-million dollar
film also does an unparalleled job of
capturing the vastness of the Sahara
Desert paired with the music drama and
superb Peter O’Toole performance it was
a major success winning seven Oscars and
inspiring directors like George Lucas
Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott with
its visuals
yes sir that’s my baby number four Blade
Runner shall we continue this film was a
game changer when it came to the way
movies depicted the future instead of
the sleek skyscrapers and bright lights
audiences were used to seeing Blade
Runner created a future that was dark
leaked and mysterious on new life awaits
you in the whole world color both
thematically and visually to brighten
you with Edward Hopper’s painting
Nighthawks and the French sci-fi comic
magazine heavy metal as inspiration
director Ridley Scott created scenery
that gives the story a neo noir feel
establishes societal inequality and
cements Blade Runner spot as a seminal
film all those moments will be lost in
time like tears
rain wash table again if you are number
three the Tree of Life
tell us the story from before we can
remember terrence malick is known for
capturing nature’s beauty in films like
Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line
but the tree of life is his masterwork
depicting human life and its meaning by
focusing on one family in 1950s Texas
the film is known for one sequence in
particular it’s a stunning and vibrant
scene that depicts the cosmos and the
universes creation
but instead of using CGI Malick employed
special effects artist Douglas Trumbull
who went old-school and created the
sequence using photography and household
objects Nicodemus
number two The Wizard of Oz it’s hard to
imagine a mythical world more beautiful
than the Land of Oz and its fairytale
visuals are only heightened by the
contrast between the vivid Technicolor
of Oz and the flat black-and-white
depicted back in Kansas
after feeding we’re not in Kansas
anymore the effect made the movie appear
otherworldly and it brought l frank
Baum’s story to life in a way that would
have been impossible a few years earlier
we must be over the rainbow Wizard
didn’t win Oscars for special effects or
set design but it undoubtedly features
some of the most iconic visuals ever put
to film you clinking clanking clattering
collection of caliginous yeah before we
unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions
but one night these two pretty chill
threw away
you
rosebud
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick created a legacy as a
visual director and storyteller and many
of his works are considered some of
Hollywood’s most beautiful movies
including 1975’s Barry Lyndon mr. Toole
is it a towel of your wife’s washing
they say she wipes your face often with
one but 2001 is like no film before or
since primarily a visual experience with
very little dialogue the movie is a
thrilling feat given the lack of
technology available at the time I’m
sorry Dave I don’t have enough
information today a film like this would
use only CGI but Kubrick covered the
whole of human existence and Beyond with
clever camera angles photography and
hidden wires on a rotating set
do you agree with our list
what’s the most beautiful film you’ve
seen just like a butterfly for more
stunning top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
could have had class I could have been a
contender I could have been somebody
instead of a bum which is what I am
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