The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:16pm

Forget about good/bad/indifferent.

This thread is for the art directors, set decorators and cinematographers out there. I'll even throw in the CGI visualists who help create those sets and locations in films of the past 15 years.

I was just watching The Age of Innocence in high-def on my big, fat TV, and it was jaw-dropping. I'd forgotten how visually incredible it was.

In addition to Age of Innocence, I'll add the following:

The Red Shoes
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Black Narcissus
Cocteau's Beauty & the Beast
Marie Antoinette (MGM)
Gone With the Wind
Amadeus
Titanic
The Lord of the Rings (all three)
The Wizard of Oz
Hello, Dolly! (don't laugh--watch it on a huge screen and see if your jaw doesn't drop)
Restoration
The Tales of Hoffman
The Sound of Music
Dr. Zhivago
Metropolis

Updated On: 5/20/08 at 10:16 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:21pm

While I am not a big fan of the movie, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME is GORGEOUS to look at.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:23pm

FAR FROM HEAVEN, with its saturated colors, was a feast for my eyes.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:23pm

Girl with a Pearl Earring was like moving painting--beautiful to look at.

Far From Heaven, Pleasantville and Moulin Rouge also come to mind.
Updated On: 5/20/08 at 10:23 PM

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:24pm

Barry Lyndon

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:25pm

Finding Nemo. Hands down.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:25pm

Restoration
Raise the Red Lantern

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:26pm

Death In Venice

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:29pm

Tadzio notwithstanding, Death in Venice was one of the most stunning films I've seen.

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:30pm

Amadeus

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:31pm

Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
Phantom of the Opera (can't stand the movie, but it is beautiful)
Moulin Rouge
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet

[chris d]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:34pm

orson welles' THE TRIAL is frighteningly beautiful, imo.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:36pm

Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:42pm

Nicholas and Alexandra

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:48pm

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:52pm

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:53pm

Perfume: Story of a Murderer.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:59pm

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH - Powell and Pressburger

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:00pm

METROPOLIS (1927)

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:02pm

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:03pm

SALOME'S LAST DANCE
MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
RABBIT'S MOON
BABYDOLL
THE BOYFRIEND

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:06pm

Amelie

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:07pm

Pan's Labyrinth, definitely is up there.


Gorgeously shot...it's just incredibly beautiful in the weirdest ways.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:08pm

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Amelie
Moulin Rouge
Romeo + Juliet
Across the Universe
American Beauty
The Hours
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:08pm

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