This is a list of 111 of the most beautiful shots in cinema history. Did we leave out one of your favorites? Let us know which one, and we might include it the next time we do a post like this.
1. The Tree of Life (2011)
Fox Searchlight
2. The Master (2012)
The Weinstein Company
3. Moon (2009)
Sony Pictures Classics
4. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
CJ Entertainment
5. Black Swan (2010)
Fox Searchlight
6. Psycho (1960)
Paramount Pictures
7. Mulan (1998)
Disney
8. Forrest Gump (1994)
Paramount Pictures
9. Casablanca (1942)
Warner Bros.
10. Manhunter (1986)
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
11. Three Colours: Blue (1993)
Miramax
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1985)
New Line
13. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Warner Bros.
14. The Shining (1980)
Warner Bros.
15. Boyhood (2014)
IFC Films
16. To Live and Die in LA (1985)
United Artists
17. Frances Ha (2013)
IFC Films
18. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Miramax
19. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Paramount Pictures
20. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
MGM
21. American Beauty (1999)
DreamWorks
22. Hero (2002)
Miramax
23. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Fox Searchlight
24. Three Colours: Red (1994)
Miramax
25. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Weinstein Company
26.Rear Window (1954)
Paramount Pictures
27. Schindler’s List (1993)
Universal
28. Suspiria (1977)
Nouveaux
29. Goodfellas (1990)
Warner Bros.
30. Django Unchained (2012)
The Weinstein Company
31. The Princess Bride (1987)
MGM
32. Skyfall (2012)
MGM
33. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Paramount Pictures
34. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Columbia
35. The Fall (2006)
Roadside Attractions
36. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Warner Bros.
37. Inception (2010)
Warner Bros.
38. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Fox Searchlight39. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2002)
Momentum
40. Big Fish (2003)
Columbia
41. Chungking Express (1994)
Miramax
42. Pleasantville (1998)
New Line
43. Apocalypse Now (1979)
United Artists
44. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Columbia
45. Star Wars (1977)
20th Century Fox
46. Chinatown (1974)
Paramount
47. Duel (1971)
Universal Studios
48. Thelma & Louise (1991)
MGM
49. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Warner Bros.
50. The Road (2009)
The Weinstein Company
51. Se7en (1995)
New Line
52. Life of Pi (2012)
20th Century Fox
53. Days of Heaven (1978)
Paramount
54. Into the Wild (2007)
Paramount
55. Blade Runner (1982)
Warner Bros.
56. Fight Club (1999)
20th Century Fox
57. Mother of George (2013)
Oscilloscope Laboratories
58. There Will Be Blood (2007)
Paramount
59. Jarhead (2005)
Universal
60. Mississippi Burning (1988)
Orion
61. Sunshine (2007)
Fox Searchlight
62. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Buena Vista
63. The Searchers (1956)
Warner Bros.
64. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Warner Bros.
65. Nosferatu (1922)
Film Arts Guild
66. The Killers (1946)
Universal
67. Alien (1979)
20th Century Fox
68. Dark City (1998)
New Line
69. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Warner Bros.
70. American Psycho (2000)
Lionsgate
71. L.A. Confidential (1997)
Warner Bros.
72. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Universal
73. Memories of Murder (2003)
CJ Entertainment
74. The Third Man (1949)
20th Century Fox
75. Fight Club (1999)
20th Century Fox
76. Lost in Translation (2003)
Focus Features
77. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Artisan Entertainment
78. Minority Report (2002)
DreamWorks
79. Drive (2011)
FilmDistrict
80. Akira (1988)
Toho
81. Enter the Void (2009)
Wild Bunch
82. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Miramax
83. Manhunter (1986)
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
84. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
20th Century Fox
85. Thief (1981)
United Artists
86. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Warner Bros.
87. Road to Perdition (2002)
DreamWorks
88. Insomnia (2002)
Warner Bros.
89. The Exorcist (1973)
Warner Bros.
90. Gladiator (2000)
Universal
91. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Paramount
92. True Grit (2010)
Paramount Pictures
93. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Columbia
94. North by Northwest (1959)
MGM
95. Rocky (1976)
United Artists
96. The Truman Show (1998)
Paramount
97. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
United Artists
98. Mad Max (1979)
Warner Bros.
99. City of God (2002)
Miramax
100. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Focus Features
101. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring (2001)
New Line
102. Tron: Legacy (2010)
Disney
103. Melancholia (2011)
Canal+
104. The Wrestler (2008)
Fox Searchlight
105. Finding Nemo (2003)
Disney
106. Dirty Harry (1971)
Warner Bros.
107. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Columbia
108. Moulin Rouge (2001)
20th Century Fox
109. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
20th Century Fox
110. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Dimension
111. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
DreamWorks
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