Comments on: Watch: Video Essay Counts Down The 10 Most Beautiful Movies Of All Time

By: daniel23

daniel23 — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

Great list, great video. My own list would have to include:

Blade Runner
Apocalypse Now
Mad Max Fury Road
The Red Shoes
The Master
Persona
In the Mood for Love
Seven Samurai
Assassination of Jesse James

By: A Precourt

A Precourt — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

Great list, but a bit like picking your favorite child.

I\’d add another, sometimes overlooked film to Storaro\’s body of work– Little Buddha. Beautifully shot throughout, but he chose to switch from 35mm to 65mm for all the flashback sequences of Buddha\’s life.

Gorgeous to begin with, it\’s amazing when we travel back in time.

Thank you for your work & the list!

By: MAL

MAL — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

A remarkably good list! I completely agree with Samsara as the number 1 — a mesmerizingly beautiful film. Also great to see Tree of Life and The Fall in the list. Although Bergman had a couple of mentions, I would have actually included Fanny and Alexander . The use of colour and near-greyscale to present tone and mood is second to none. I may also have included Winter Light, which takes place mostly in a church over a full day, and the stunning B&W photography captures the changing light throughout the day — and it was all done on a set! A glimpse at the end of the list reminded me, too, of how beautifully shot The Assassination of Jesse James… was. The train robbery at the beginning is surely up there with the most beautifully shot scenes in film history.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

I still think about the grocery bag flitting around in "American Beauty", still a favorite.

By: Ana Pascoe

Ana Pascoe — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

Ex Machina (2015)

By: RC

RC — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

How on Earth does BARRY LYNDON get only an honorable mention? 2001 might be the best ever made (period,) but you could\’ve thrown out MANHATTAN easily. If your list indeed shows "masterful painting if you pressed the pause button," it is clear LYNDON is the greatest. And I mean number one.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

I\’d add Cinema Paridiso to that list.

By: b.b.c.

b.b.c. — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

"Mishima" is not an Asian film; Paul Schrader directed it and co-wrote it with his brother Leonard and Leonard\’s wife Chieko.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

"Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" was directed by Paul Schraeder and photographed by John Bailey and produced by Zoetrope and Lucasfilm, so I\’m not sure it fits the criteria of the Asian films you grouped it in with.

By: brace

brace — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

Soviet classic The Cranes are Flying is so beautiful i think it deserved a special mention in the Russian Ark segment

By: St.Jon Clark

St.Jon Clark — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

I liked your list, and was so glad to see The Fall and Tree of Life on it, as they top my list of visually stunning films… may have to add the new Mad Max film. I always think of Down By Law when I think of cinematically memorable Black and White films…

By: Paulina Plazas

Paulina Plazas — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:11 +0000

Wow, I really like this list! Only thing is… India is in Asia, no?