26 Shots I Love, From Films Ordered A-Z
From black-and-white to color, from past to present.
Film is a visual medium, and the best film directors know how to tell an entire story in an image.
Continuing my recent love of listing things about films, I’ve compiled a list of film shots that I like, picked from one film corresponding to the alphabet (one film with the letter ‘A’, another with the letter ‘B’, and so on and so forth).
Which shots do you love from your favorite films? Please share your answers in the comments.
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8 ½ — Fellini, 1963
A
American Graffiti — Lucas, 1973
B
Before Sunset — Linklater, 2004
C
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover — Greenaway, 1989
D
Double Indemnity — Wilder, 1944
E
Ex Machina — Garland, 2015
F
Five Easy Pieces — Rafelson, 1970
G
Goldfinger — Hamilton, 1964
H
Hugo — Scorsese, 2011
I
Inglourious Basterds — Tarantino, 2009
J
Jaws — Spielberg, 1975
K
Kiki’s Delivery Service — Miyazaki, 1989
L
Lost In Translation — Coppola, 2003
M
Malcolm X — Lee, 1992
N
No Country For Old Men — The Coen Brothers, 2007
O
Oldboy — Chan-wook, 2003
P
Paths of Glory — Kubrick, 1957
Q
No film for Q, so here’s a bonus entry:
Once — Carney, 2007
R
Rocco and His Brothers — Visconti, 1960
S
Still Walking — Kore-eda, 2008
T
Tampopo — Itami, 1985
U
Us — Peele, 2019
V
Vertigo — Hitchcock, 1958
W
Wings of Desire — Wenders, 1987
X
No film for X, so here’s a bonus entry:
The Souvenir — Hogg, 2019
Y
The Year of Living Dangerously — Weir, 1982
Z
Zodiac — Fincher, 2007
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D.L. Holmes
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