35 Films That Are So Beautifully Made, They Might Just Be The Most Aesthetically Pleasing Of All Time

"Dark, atmospheric, just enough flashes of light here and there to really throw you off. *Chef's kiss* That reveal shot of Eric as the Crow, standing menacingly in his broken circular window? By itself, that should earn it a spot on the list."

—greyladybast

"All of the visuals surrounding the cathedral are stunning."

—annahill95

"It had amazing people doing the camerawork, who had a ton of knowledge about how to make the characters feel real. It’s full of what feels like real human interaction and it’s amazing. It feels like you enter a new world for a couple hours."

—the_real_sunflower

"My favorite moment was when Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character was fighting in the rotating room. The cinematography in that particular scene is immaculate."

—shadeofblue

"It’s Martin Scorsese’s most underrated film. Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer are forbidden lovers. It's set in 1870's New York. It’s such a beautiful, sparkly, mesmerizing movie. I cannot recommend it highly enough."

—joljah21

"Seriously, that movie broke new ground, and now so many crime movies are like it that most people don’t realize how stunning it was when it first came out!"

—watchingitburn

"It's literally the most expensive animated movie ever made, and it showed!"

—sr4

"I mean any Denis Villaneuve movie, but especially Arrival."

—meganw49ff9668b

"Tom Ford is such an underrated director, and his films have underrated cinematography. This and Nocturnal Animals are just so so beautiful to look at."

—anthonybacrocker

"Anything Wes Anderson directs is going to be absolutely gorgeous in terms of visuals, but that one’s my personal favorite of his to watch, especially during the fall; lots of warm autumn colors.

—audreyschockett

"The costumes are perfect and the set design is to die for."

—horsekream

"The movie is messed up, but every scene could be printed out and framed."

—churroknowme

"A true travesty that this wasn’t included on the original list."

—jensenm3

"I would use the word 'spacious.'"

—murrays3

"I recently saw this, and the visuals were stunning. It was like a peek into the garden of Eden. Lush, vibrant colors, nature at its most healthy and beautiful, and characters diverse in size/shape/color."

—sushimidnight

"I've loved and appreciated it since childhood. The juxtaposition of the dark, forbidding manor house with the wild garden bursting with life and color, and character growth from influence of the one towards the influence of the other. I am a 34-year-old man and it still impacts me when I watch it every spring."

—arflurer87

"The music, the design, the color scheme, the story — everything is so satisfying!"

—dat_flowerpot

"Most Stephen Soderbergh movies are so incredibly lit. The scene where Clooney and Jennifer Lopez meet for a drink in a hotel, and it's cut with them having sex upstairs, it's just so beautiful to me. The lighting is the perfect color temperature, and the images are softened just a little to make it sexy as hell without really seeing any of the sex."

—mistersoak

"Every frame is either lush with texture and tone, or stark and bold. This movie is meant to enjoyed over and over again, not only for the story, but also because it’s so visually vibrant."

—juliz44

"Everything about it, but especially the last 10 minutes. So incredibly beautiful, yet what was happening within the story was so heartbreaking."

—sblai974

"This is kind of a strange one, but the lighting in those movies is AMAZING and very aesthetically pleasing, as well as the aerial shots of New York."

—justanotherday1

"Amazing cinematography. Beautiful, neon colors. Just everything."

—tawanab

"It's a movie that hardly anybody has heard of (probably because it was released in the '70s). I swear you could freeze-frame any part of the movie and hang it on your wall as art. Gorgeously filmed. It was Ridley Scott's first full-length feature, and presages his mastery of his craft. Check it out."

—bruce920

"The visuals are beautiful, especially with matching it to every season."

—onionhead_27

"That scene with the curtains blowing in the wind is just 😍."

—batmanswife92

"The land of dead is an incredible visual."

—pine59