When you watch a movie, do your eye-centric reality and the film’s worlds ever meet? The answer might be more than just magical. What we see on screen is often created with careful planning behind it all – how does this work exactly for movies where there are no actors or sets but rather an imagined world through photography/ negative footage as well digital matte paintings (DMPs)? In order to make these films come alive at every turn of their narrative timeline, our favorite directors need teams that can answer many questions: what atmosphere should reign throughout? Who will play which role in front-of camera shot’? And most importantly – How exactly will this be created? Perhaps these and other questions will be answered in this post on how things are on the set when the cameras are turned off.
1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
5. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
6. Singin ‘in the Rain (1952)
7. Ben-Gur (1959)
8. West Side Story (1961)
9. Dr. No (1962)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
11. The Sound of Music (1965)
12. Graduate (1967)
13. Rosemary’s Baby (1969)
14. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
15. The French Connection (1971)
16. American Graffiti (1973)
17. Live and Let Die (1973)
18. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
19. Young Frankenstein (1974)
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
21. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
22. The Deer Hunter (1978)
23. Rocky II (1979)
24. Friday the 13th (1980)
25. Mad Max 2 (1981)
26. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1981)
27. The Goonies (1985)
28. Blue Velvet (1986)
29. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)
30. Predator (1987)
31. RoboCop (1987)
32. Die Hard (1988)
33. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
34. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
35. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
36. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
37. Misery (1990)
38. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
39. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
40. Schindler’s List (1993)
41. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
42. Forrest Gump (1994)
43. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
44. Casino(1995)
45. Heat(1995)
46. Jackie Brown (1997)
47. Titanic (1997)
48. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
49. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
50. The Green Mile (1999)
51. Gladiator (2000)
52. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
53. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
54. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
55. Sin City (2005)
56. No Country for Old Men (2007)
57. Quantum of Solace(2009)
58. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
59. Black Swan (2010)
60. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
61. Django Unchained (2012)
62. Les Misérables (2012)
63. Skyfall (2012)
64. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
65. The Avengers (2012)
66. The Hobbit (2012)
67. Iron Man 3 (2013)
68. Man of Steel (2013)
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