A Filmmaker's Guide to: 50 Visually Stunning Films

In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.

50 Visually Stunning Films I Have Seen and You Should Watch

Now, this is slightly different today because we have reached 50 ARTICLES ON THE NEW FILMMAKER'S GUIDE SERIES. If you have stuck around since the beginning, you will probably remember that I was a sporadic author of horror filmmaker guides and some cringe-worthy but studious nerd stuff. I want to thank you by providing you with fifty films that I have watched that are visually stunning. It is a list that you can look at and honestly, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

I will put my personal favourite films in bold.

They are in no particular order:

50 Visually Stunning Films - A List in Tens

Part 1

1. Cloud Atlas (2012)
2. Dracula (2000)
3. Interview with the Vampire (1994)
4. Gangs of New York (2002)
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
9. The Third Man (1949)
10. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Part 2

1. The Great Gatsby (2013)
2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
3. The Revenant (2015)
4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
5. Bright Star (2009)
6. Fantasia (1940)
7. Melancholia (2011)
8. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
9. Blade Runner (1982)
10. The Handmaiden (2016)

Part 3

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Metropolis (1927)
3. Sunshine (2007)
4. Big Fish (2003)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. Spirited Away (2001)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Inception (2010)

Part 4

1. Suspiria (1977)
2. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
4. 300 (2006)
5. There Will Be Blood (2007)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
8. The Godfather (1972)
9. Raging Bull (1980)
10. The Master (2012)

Part 5

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed this list as we celebrate coming to the fiftieth article on the filmmaker’s guide. We will be continuing with the filmmaker’s guide as we were at part fifty one coming out soon and we will also be continuing with our list of one thousand and one movies you should watch before you die. I have got some big stuff planned for next year and honestly, I am still planning everything but if you have any suggestions then I would like to hear them. When it comes to the one hundredth filmmaker’s guide article - if I get there - I will be posting yet another milestone article. As you also know my twenty-fifth birthday is coming up at the start of the next year and I want to make you anticipate some great articles that are coming. I’m going to be doing a week-long run-up to my birthday and the articles are currently going through the planning process. Again, I want to thank you for reading my articles and see you tomorrow!