25 incredible shots from 25 incredible movies

1. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Photo: Miramax

Year: 2003 Director: Quentin Tarantino Cinematography: Robert Richardson

2. The Dark Knight

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Year: 2007 Director: Christopher Nolan Cinematography: Wally Pfister

3. Prisoners

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Year: 2013 Director: Denis Villeneuve Cinematography: Roger Deakins

4. Taxi Driver

Photo: Columbia Pictures

Year: 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Cinematography: Michael Chapman

5. 12 Years a Slave

Photo: Fox Searchlight / Entertainment One

Year: 2013 Director: Steve McQueen Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt

6. American History X

Photo: New Line Cinema

Year: 1998 Director: Tony Kaye Cinematography: Tony Kaye

7. Mad Max: Fury Road

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Year: 2015 Director: George Miller Cinematography: John Seale

8. Oldboy

Photo: Tartan Films

Year: 2003 Director: Park Chan-wook Cinematography: Chung Chung-hoon

9. Aliens

Photo: 20th Century Fox

Year: 1986 Director: James Cameron Cinematography: Adrian Biddle

10. Blade Runner

Photo: Warner Bros.

Year: 1982 Director: Ridley Scott Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth

11. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Photo: New Line Cinema

Year: 1984 Director: Wes Craven Cinematography: Jacques Haitkin

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Photo: New Line Cinema

Year: 2002 Director: Peter Jackson Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie

13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Photo: Universal Pictures

Year: 1998 Director: Terry Gilliam Cinematography: Nicola Pecorini

14. The Master

Photo: The Weinstein Company

Year: 2012 Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cinematography: Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

15. Drive

Photo: FilmDistrict

Year: 2011 Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel

16. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Photo: Warner Bros.

Year: 2007 Director: Andrew Dominik Cinematography: Roger Deakins

17. Children of Men

Photo: Universal Pictures

Year: 2006 Director:  Alfonso Cuarón Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki

18. Under the Skin

Photo: StudioCanal / A24

Year: 2013 Director: Jonathan Glazer Cinematography: Daniel Landin

19. The Empire Strikes Back

Photo: 20th Century Fox

Year: 1980 Director:  Irvin Kershner Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky

20. Requiem for a Dream

Photo: Artisan Entertainment

Year: 2000 Director: Darren Aronofsky Cinematography: Matthew Libatique

21. Gravity

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Year: 2013 Director:  Alfonso Cuarón Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki

22. Heat

Photo: Warner Bros.

Year: 1995 Director: Michael Mann Cinematography: Dante Spinotti

23. Let the Right One In

Photo: Magnet Releasing / Sandrew Metronome

Year: 2008 Director: Tomas Alfredson Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema

24. The Orphanage

Photo: Warner Bros. / Picturehouse

Year: 2007 Director: J. A. Bayona Cinematography: Óscar Faura

25. There Will Be Blood

Photo: Paramount Vantage / Miramax

Year: 2007 Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cinematography: Robert Elswit