Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in cinematography category

The Revenant(2015)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.



The Lighthouse(2019)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.



Amadeus(1984)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.



L.A. Confidential(1997)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.



American Beauty(1999)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.



Dune(2021)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.



The Pianist(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.



Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.



Life of Pi(2012)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Adil Hussain, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma,
Ang Lee,

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.



Schindler's List(1993)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.



Saving Private Ryan(1998)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.



Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.



Mank(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).



The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.



The Aviator(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.



Batman Begins(2005)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.



Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.



Inglourious Basterds(2009)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.



Prisoners(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.



The Hateful Eight(2015)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.




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