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Most Scenic Films

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Contemporary Selections for Most Scenic Films

Here films are selected on the basis of production values -- especially cinematography -- that accomplish the effect of making the film visually impressive in an ornate or picturesque manner. Landscape as well as interior perspective, costumes, and other effects that make the film particularly visually appealing are part of the criteria. In the case of animated features, the depth, realism (or stylization), and panaramic quality of the animation are often the most important factors in the scenic appeal of the film (as judged here).
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1979Apocalypse Now
1980The Blue Lagoon
1981Excalibur
1982The Secret of Nimh
1983Return of the Jedi
1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
 

1985First Choice: Out of Africa
Second Choice: Silverado
 
1986First Choice: The Mission
Second Choice: Stand by Me
 
1987

First Choice: Empire of the Sun
Second Choice: The Last Emperor
Also worth watching: Au Revoir les Enfants, Hope and Glory, The Dead, Wings of Desire
 

1988First Choice: Gorillas in the Mist
Second Choice: Willow
 
1989

First Choice: Driving Miss Daisy
Second Choice: Batman
Also worth watching: Glory, The Abyss, Camille Claudel
 

1990

First Choice: Dances with Wolves
Second Choice: Mountains of the Moon
Also worth watching: Total Recall, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet
 

1991First Choice: The Prince of Tides
Second Choice: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Also worth watching: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, White Fang, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Beauty and the Beast
 
1992First Choice: Far and Away
Second Choice: Howards End
Also worth watching: A River Runs Through It, Enchanted April, Indochine, The Last of the Mohicans
 
1993First Choice: Much Ado about Nothing
Second Choice: The Age of Innocence
Also worth watching: The Piano, The Remains of the Day
 
1994First Choice: The Crow
Second Choice: Queen Margot
Also worth watching: The Lion King, Little Women
 
1995

First Choice: Beyond Rangoon
Second Choice: Sense and Sensibility
Also worth watching: Braveheart,The Restoration
 

1996First Choice: Fly Away Home
Second Choice: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Also worth watching: Romeo + Juliet, Stealing Beauty, The English Patient, The Spitfire Grill
 
1997First Choice: Contact
Second Choice: The Wings of the Dove
Also worth watching: The Saint
 
1998

First Choice: The Horse Whisperer
Second Choice: The Thin Red Line
Also worth watching: What Dreams May Come, Elizabeth, Dark City, Ever After, Deep Impact

No classic selections currently reviewed.
 

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