Great Films of Cinema, that show the Art of film
by mjscheer89 | created - 22 Mar 2013 | updated - 22 Mar 2013 | PublicI am a film geek and love films. I recently have been watching films in my class and saw a film that i never saw before. The film was gorgaous and I decided to make a list of films, that which i think show the true Art of Filmmaking. Not all you'll agree with and thats fine we all don't agree on everything. So here is my list in no order.
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1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,605 | Gross: $34.40M
This film show off mise en-Scene in true form and is beautifully done. I like this film because of Narration, Plot and Mise en- Scene. The sets, acting, costumes etc all hold true to the form of the film and give off the perfect miss en-scene
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Votes: 139,212 | Gross: $0.09M
This film is in black and white and not the best film in the world but its a classic. you do see lighting, bad make- up, weird plot holes but what Romaro did with what he had is genius. You don't have to have known actors to make a successful film.
3. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,616 | Gross: $1.24M
One of my new favorite films ever! I saw everyone should watch this film at least once. Its a masterpiece in silent black and white film but the plot, miss en-scene all works and filmmakers have learned from this classic film. This film was way before its time.
4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 428,837 | Gross: $2.08M
This film hints at everything thats going to happen in the plot before it even happens. look and listen closely and you'll see what i mean this classic film of a girl lost and confused about herself and re finds it through a dream. The color is gorgeous. They had to paint the clothes and actors to make it color just to give you the idea of how big this film was
5. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 109,835 | Gross: $2.24M
First off Wells is by far one of the best directors an visionares in film history. He does everything from acting to directing and he did many. The lighting is great and so is the plot. One of my new favorite films.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 333,021
This film is so heartfelt and so true to its time, that the film is better then the book. Its in black and white but who cares its better that way. The acting is an A+ and Mise en-Scene is everywhere .
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 710,679 | Gross: $83.47M
The acting is just a wow factor and one of the best war films ever made period.
8. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,152 | Gross: $1.59M
Orson Wells first film and a masterpiece at that. Watch this film you won't be disappointed. He wrote, directed,stars, and was 25 when he did this film. He plays a 70 year old man and the cinematogaphy is superb. He got the cinematographer from Grapes of Wrath.
9. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,004 | Gross: $0.06M
The cinematography is superb. I still need to see this film.
10. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,818
Gerges Melies one of the fathers of film and way ahead of his time started the double expose of film and found you can do almost anything with film.
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