1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) was not tied to a specific film; all of the work by the nominated cinematographers during the qualifying period was listed after their names. The problem with this system became obvious the first year, since Karl Struss and Charles Rosher were nominated for their work together on Sunrise but three other films shot individually by either Rosher or Struss were also listed as part of the nomination. The second year, 1929, there were no nominations at all, although the Academy has a list of unofficial titles which were under consideration by the Board of Judges. In the third year, 1930, films, not cinematographers, were nominated, and the final award did not show the cinematographer's name.
Finally, for the 1931 awards, the modern system in which individuals are nominated for a single film each was adopted in all profession-related categories. From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).
Floyd Crosby won the award for Tabu in 1931, which was the last silent film to win in this category. Hal Mohr won the only write-in Academy Award ever, in 1935 for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mohr was also the first person to win for both black-and-white and color cinematography.
No winners are lost, although some of the earliest nominees (and of the unofficial nominees of 1928–29) are lost, including The Devil Dancer (1927), The Magic Flame (1927), and Four Devils (1928). The Right to Love (1930) is incomplete, and Sadie Thompson (1927) is incomplete and partially reconstructed with stills.
The first nominees shot primarily on digital video were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, with Slumdog Millionaire the first winner.[1] The following year Avatar was the first nominee and winner to be shot entirely on digital video.[2]
In 2018, Rachel Morrison became the first woman to receive a nomination. Prior to that it had been the last Academy Award category to never nominate a woman.[3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography#Winners_and_nominees
The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries.
Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm
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The top films in the 2012 Sight and Sound Poll from the combined votes of 846 critics and 359 directors. Contains films with 3 or more votes. In order by number of votes.
The following is a list of positions and the number of corresponding votes. 21-22 (66 votes), 27-28 (55 votes), 29-30 (54 votes), 36-37 (46 votes), 39-42 (44 votes), 43-46 (43 votes), 47-50 (41 votes), 51-52 (40 votes), 53-55 (39 votes), 56-57 (38 votes), 59-60 (35 votes), 62-74 (33 votes), 75-77 (32 votes), 78-79 (31 votes), 82-88 (28 votes), 89-90 (27 votes), 91-93 (26 votes), 94-99 (25 votes), 100-103 (24 votes), 104-106 (23 votes), 107-110 (22 votes), 111-118 (21 votes), 119-127 (20 votes), 128-139 (19 votes), 140-146 (18 votes), 147-153 (17 votes), 154-166 (16 votes), 167-182 (15 votes), 183-193 (14 votes), 194-206 (13 votes), 207-228 (12 votes), 229-243 (11 votes), 244-271 (10 votes), 272-302 (9 votes), 303-330 (8 votes), 331-375 (7 votes), 376-423 (6 votes), 424-497 (5 votes), 498-624 (4 votes), 625-817 (3 votes)
Source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012
This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715
List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Masters of Cinema Series is a specially curated DVD collection of classic and world cinema using the finest available materials for home viewing.
An ongoing collaboration between mastersofcinema.org and Eureka Entertainment, the MoC Series started in early 2004 and has so far included award-winning DVD editions of films by Carl Th. Dreyer, F. W. Murnau, Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Masaki Kobayashi, Roberto Rossellini, Kaneto Shindo, Nicholas Ray, Satyajit Ray, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Peter Watkins, Sadao Yamanaka, Rene Laloux, Fritz Lang, Shohei Imamura, Vittorio De Sica and many more.
MoC Series releases all come with extensive booklets, and where applicable, a host of extra features.
Source: https://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc
This list contains all movies that have won the Best Cinematography prize in the Academy Awards.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography
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Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed
Years after 2018 come from NYT website.
work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.
The top 300 best silent era films are based on the votes on the silentera.com website. The list is not limited to features exclusively. True silent films (like City Lights) not made in the default silent cinema timeline (1891-1929) are also accepted. Films receiving votes must still exist somewhere and in some viewable form. We limit the list to films that were produced to be silent films exclusively (synchronized music tracks are acceptable, but part-talkies and talkies that have only survived as silents are out).
Source: http://silentera.com/info/top100.html
Movies released during the 1930s to watch
List of Nominees and Winners.
LIONEL BARRYMORE "A Free Soul" - WINNER
JACKIE COOPER "Skippy"
RICHARD DIX "Cimarron"
FREDRIC MARCH "The Royal Family of Broadway"
ADOLPHE MENJOU "The Front Page"
MARIE DRESSLER "Min and Bill" - WINNER
MARLENE DIETRICH "Morocco"
IRENE DUNNE "Cimarron"
ANN HARDING "Holiday"
NORMA SHEARER "A Free Soul"
"CIMARRON" Cimarron - WINNER
"JUST IMAGINE" Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras
"MOROCCO" Hans Dreier
"SVENGALI" Anton Grot
"WHOOPEE!" Richard Day
"TABU" Floyd Crosby - WINNER
"CIMARRON" Edward Cronjager
"MOROCCO" Lee Garmes
"THE RIGHT TO LOVE" Charles Lang
"SVENGALI" Barney "Chick" McGill
"SKIPPY" Norman Taurog - WINNER
"CIMARRON" Wesley Rug
"A FREE SOUL" Clarence Brown
"THE FRONT PAGE" Lewis Milestone
"MOROCCO" Josef Von Sternberg
"CIMARRON" RKO Radio
"EAST LYNNE" Fox
"THE FRONT PAGE" The Caddo Company
"SKIPPY" Paramount Publix
"TRADER HORN" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department - WINNER
Samuel Goldwyn - United Artists Studio Sound Department
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
"CIMARRON" Howard Estabrook - WINNER
"THE CRIMINAL CODE" Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo, Jr.
"HOLIDAY" Horace Jackson
"LITTLE CAESAR" Francis Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
"SKIPPY" Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
"THE DAWN PATROL" John Monk Saunders - WINNER
"THE DOORWAY TO HELL" Rowland Brown
"LAUGHTER" Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart
"THE PUBLIC ENEMY" John Bright, Kubec Glasmon
"SMART MONEY" Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson
Top 10 Trakt Popular of all movies released before 1980 according to Trakt's Popular tab.
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For movies released after 1980 see Top 10 Domestic Gross by Year:
https://trakt.tv/users/dannyvfilms/lists/top-10-domestic-gross-by-year-1980-present
The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board was established in 1988. Each year, 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" are preserved, to increase awareness for its preservation. To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old but it is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released.
Source: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/
A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson.
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X
The top 100 most essential films of 78 French film directors, critics and industry executives. The list was compiled for and published in the French Cahiers du cinéma film magazine.
Source: https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/100-films/
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