Films You'd Describe As "Art"

[edonline]

Which films are so good that you would classify them as art?

Among my picks are:
Anything by Cocteau, especially "Beauty and the Beast"
2001
Schindler's List
Seven Samurai

and for something a bit more current, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

[Brock Landers]

here's a few for now... these are definitely artistic both visually and dramatically, and I would consider them true "art"...

"The Seventh Seal"
"Rashomon"
"Andy Warhol: Superstar"
"Beauty & The Beast"
"Grand Illusion"
"Easy Rider"
"The Wall"
"Two Lane Blacktop"
"Suspiria"
"Night of the Hunter"
"American Pop"
"The Magic Flute"
"Gimme Shelter"
"Harder They Come"
"Camille Claudel"
"Dona Flor & Her Two Husbands"
"The Hairdresser's Husband"
"Delicatessan"
"The City of Lost Children"
"The Fire Within"
"The American"
"Bird"
"My Own Private Idaho"


[This message has been edited by Brock Landers (edited 03-07-2001).]

[mafia]

Nice topic edonline!

'The Cook, The Thief, The Wife And Her Lover' by Peter Greenaway.
'The Fourth Man' by Paul Verhoeven.
'Metropolis' by Fritz Lang.
'Das Boot' by Wolfgang Petersen.
'The Terminator' by James Cameron.

[love broker]

I dunno if it was the mood i was in or the timing or the fact that i had just 'fallen in love' but 'Playing By Heart' felt, to me, like art.

[Tuukka]

Could someone please define to me what is the difference between "art" and "entertainment", if there is any?

[This message has been edited by Tuukka (edited 03-08-2001).]

[love broker]

i think art draws an emotional experience from you

[DaN]

Great topic edonline!
That's exactly what Art is love broker.

A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
Beauty and the Beast
The Last of the Mohicans
Agguire: The Wrath Of God
Edward Scissorhands/The Nightmare Before Christmas


Almost all of Kubrick's films are "art". Except for Spartacus and Full Metal Jacket. I don't know about The Shining.

[Deckard]

Art films to me either are exceptionally shot, or deliver images that inspire thought.

Kubrick's 2001 was certainly an artist, framing every picture as carefully as the Mona Lisa.

Finchner's Fight Club & Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers are certainly an artistic films, bold & daring much like Salvador Dali.

David Lynch's EraserHead is art certainly because of its ambiguity & for this reason may be termed Cerebral Art, much like Picasso

Darren Atronsky's Pi is also artistically shot & delivers & message as deep as any delivered by Da Vinci.

Baraka is pure Cinema Artisty as well, beauty is paired with ugliness throughout a true glance into our world that is open to interpretaion.

Some other great Art Films as I see them are:

Most of Fellini & Truffauts work.
City Of Lost Children
Blade Runner both these are visual treats that inspire the mind
Gus Van Sants early work is Surreal.
Hitchcock's Psycho - Hitchcock was an artist.
Orson Welles Citizen Kane was certainly as influential as any other art form before it.
Vincent Gallo's Buffallo 66
Terry Gilliam's Brazil

and many many more......

Art films are what its all about really, they break the ground & mainstream films make it pallitable to the masses 10 years later.

[ak]

Almost all Tim Burton films.

Now, i know a few people may disagrre with me here, but i really think The Empire Strikes Back is a work of art, the cinematography and the general feeling of the film is amazing.

[Brother_Mark]

1. Anything Kubrick did -- with the exception of Eye Wide Shut. 2001 especially. It still looks amazing today.
2. Seven (Fincher)
3. The first and last 15 minutes of English Patient -- the rest of the movie drags on for far too long but the opening is amazing.
4. Anything Tim Burton did but esp. The Batman.
Crouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon may be the art of our time but it's too early to say.

[DaN]

Brother_Mark: The batman? The Batman? Wha? It's BATMAN! Find the topic in the rant section that goes against people saying titles wrongly with "The" at the beginning etc. I won't start on it.

[7_Words]

Here it is (in no particular order):

2001: A Space Odyssey
Sleepy Hollow
Nosferatu (1922)
Edward Scissorhands
A Clockwork Orange
The Crow
Sixth Sense
Schindler's List
Batman
Batman Returns
Dark City
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Fight Club
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Frankenstein (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Blade Runner
Fantasia
Being John Malkovich
Jurassic Park
Death Becomes Her
The Mummy (1932)
Brazil
Mars Attacks!
The Shining
12 Monkeys
Se7en
Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
The Cell
Fisher King
Frankenweenie (early Tim Burton project for Disney)
Vincent (another early projet by Burton)
Barry Lyndon
The Silence of the Lambs
Unbreakable
The Adventures of Barror Munchausen
Lolita
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

And would think that it that I've seenp /ubb/wink.gif

[Gia]

The Cube... is totally confused that you could put it only in ART cathegory!

[Gian-Sergio]

Kill Bill
The Seven Samurai
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West
Pulp Fiction
West Side Story
Psycho
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Ikiru
The 400 Blows
Last Tango In Paris
Rashomon
La Strada
Bride Of Frankenstein
The Wild Bunch
The Killer
Rebel Without A Cause
Zombie
Master Of The Flying Guillotine
Dressed To Kill
Amores Perros
Maniac

[Weapon X]

Out of my DVD collection (and a couple others I've only seen recently):

The Abyss
Akira
Alien
Aliens
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Cowboy Bebop (series + movie)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Crow
Dark City
Die Hard
Dogma
Donnie Darko
The Evil Dead Trilogy
FLCL
Fight Club
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (You heard me!)
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Mask of Zorro
The Matrix Trilogy (Yeah, I said it!)
Memento
Neon Genesis Evangelion (series + movie)
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Spider-Man
Spirited Away
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
X2

[ANavissi500]

Moulin Rouge!
Amelie
Kill Bill
Requiem for a Dream
Punch-Drunk Love
Magnolia
All That Jazz
Dancer in the Dark
A Clockwork Orange
The Royal Tenenbaums
Waking the Dead
City of God
Run Lola Run
Chicago
West Side Story
Brazil
8 Women
Big Fish
American Splendor
Evita
Schindler's List
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
2001: A Space Odyssey

[The Other]

Lawrence of Arabia

Every frame is like a painting. Beautiful movie.

[Hucksta G]

Donnie Darko
The Return of the King
The Fellowship of the Ring
Vanilla Sky
The Two Towers
The Passion of the Christ
Road to Perdition
Pink Floyd The Wall
Magnolia
The Last Samurai
The Crow
Big Fish
The Shining
Heavenly Creatures

[Erin123]

Two biggies for me that haven't been mentioned:

Lost in Translation and Snow Falling on Cedars.

[Squid Vicious]

2001: A Space Odyssey certainly comes to mind.

[Living_Dead_Dude]

2001 was the first that came to mind when I saw this thread so I'm sticking just to that...

[Joshmo]

The Passion of the Christ
Road to Perdition
Moulin Rouge
Life is Beautiful
Kwaidan
Black Narcissus
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Millers Crossing
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Man Who Wasnt There
Cold Mountain
Mulhollan Drive
A.I

[Raging Bull080]

Kubrick and Scorsese films . most of the time.

[ANavissi500]

Let me add 2 from Gus Van Sant - Elephant and Gerry - and two from Sam Mendes - American Beauty and The Road to Perdition - You could hang up any frame from those on your walls.

[Hannibal21]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Citizen Kane
Wild Strawberries
8 1/2
Vertigo
La Dolce Vita
Blue Velvet
Psycho
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings: ROTK
Mulholland Drive
The Seventh Seal
City Lights
Seven Samurai
Chinatown
Schindler's List
Letter From an Unknown Woman
....and a whole lot more. But when talking about films I'd describe as "art", any Kubrick, Lynch or Ingmar Bergman film would work for me.

[Kucha]

Amelie
Run Lola Run
Schindlers List
Spirited Away
Chicago
Kill Bill
Big Fish
Punch Drunk Love
Vanilla Sky
Mulholland Drive

[Jerk Shapiro]

Pulp Fiction

2001: A Space Odyssey

Apocalypse Now

[Tayzlor]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Blowup
The 400 Blows
Ikiru
Manhattan
Chinatown
Seven Samurai
Five Easy Pieces

[MickeyKnox]

Originally posted by Hucksta G
Donnie Darko
The Return of the King
The Fellowship of the Ring
Vanilla Sky
The Two Towers
The Passion of the Christ
Road to Perdition
Pink Floyd The Wall
Magnolia
The Last Samurai
The Crow
Big Fish
The Shining
Heavenly Creatures
I agree with all of the above and would like to add
Kill Bill
Lost Highway
Natural Born Killers
Eraserhead
Trainspotting

[wyodebbie]

American Beauty
Age of Innocence
Apocalypse Now
Adaptation
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Being John Malkovich
Bonnie & Clyde
Boogie Nights
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Cell, The
Clockwork Orange
Crying Game, The
Days of Heaven
Deer Hunter
Doctor Zhivago
Fisher King
Goodfellas
Heavenly Creatures
Hours, The
Last Temptation of Christ
Lawrence of Arabia
Natural Born Killers
Mean Streets
Moulin Rouge
Once Upon A Time In America
Pulp Fiction
Shining, The
Taxi Driver
2001: A Space Odssey

[blankpage]

Annie Hall
City Lights
Citizen Kane
Seven Samurai
8 1/2
2001: A Space Odyssey
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Godfather
Taxi Driver
Manhattan

[Mad Maggot]

Lost in Translation
8 1/2
The Godfather
The Hours
Magnolia

[Sad man]

Barry Lyndon
2001: A Space Odyssey
Amelie
Waking Life
Elephant
Lost in Translation
The Hours
Magnolia
Heavenly Creatures
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Donnie Darko
Road to Perdition
Big Fish
Edward Scissordhands
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
The Virgin Suicides
Dogville

And many more...

[Cliche Guevara]

- Kill Bill
- Edward Scissorhands
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Big Fish
- The Shawshank Redemption
- American Psycho
- Road to Perdition
- Fight Club
- Pulp Fiction
- American History X
- King Kong
- Se7en
- Natural Born Killers


p.s.: i am not poking fun, but i need to ask 7_Words how he considers Marts Attacks! art? i like and own that movie, but i'm just not seeing it.

[Avid_Fan]

The Passion of the Christ
American Beauty
Moulin Rouge
Gerry
The Hours
Lost in Translation
2001: A Space Odyssey
Edward Scissorhands
City Lights
Schindler's List
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Metropolis (anime')

[Jamesadin]

GERRY

[Criminal Rock]

The nightmare before Christmas
All of the LOTR
Spirited away
Triplets of Bellevue
Eternal sunshine
The Godfather's
Big fish
Being John Malcovich
Mulin Rouge
American beauty
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Fight club
Beauty and the beast

[The Heart Collector]

Since I haven't seen it mentioned:



SOLARIS

[the humble narrator]

Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love
JoBlo reviewed its sequel 2046

This movie is simply unforgettable. The cinematography might be the bestand most artsy that I've ever seen.
Simply a beautiful piece of art.

[Pvt. Joker]

What was the name of the movie that it was all shot in one continuous camera motion, can't remember for the life of me. I'll have to try and find I suppose.

[JasonLeeFan]

No one's mentioned Waking Life!? I hope I just didn't see it. I'd also say that all of Wes Anderson's films are art, Bottle Rocket... not so much. I'd also say that Bringing Out the Dead is a work of art.

[the humble narrator]

Originally posted by Pvt. Joker
What was the name of the movie that it was all shot in one continuous camera motion, can't remember for the life of me. I'll have to try and find I suppose.

Do you mean Russain Ark

[Green D 6677]

movies that i think are art...are these ones in no order-

american history X

city of god

fight club

primal fear

die hard

the butterfly effect

boys N the hood

a clock work orange

footloose!!!(naw just kidding)



i cant think of any more at the moment but those are some pretty good ones so far.

[jimmyjdmb]

Fight Club
Seven
Shindlers List
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
The Shawshank Redemption

Anythin Kubrik

DONNIE DARKO!!

[actormickey]

American Beauty is the best movie ever made, but Lord of the Rings is my favorite.

[Trinity]

Moulin Rouge!
Far From Heaven
Amelie
Citizen Kane
Rebecca
Jezebel
The Heiress
Mulholland Drive
The Hours
Modern Times
City Lights

[nikemann]

Requiem for a Dream (This is TRUE art)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (Tarantino is an arteest!)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino!)
What Dreams May Come (The visual depictions of "heaven" and "hell" are amazing)
The Cell (Not the greatest movie in the world but visually, it is a masterpiece)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Enough said)
The Matrix Trilogy (The first two especially)
The Godfather 1 & 2 (Don't even even ask about part 3)
Scarface (Pacino was Tony Mantana)
21 Grams (The performances, the screenplay, and the unique editing make this a work of art)
The Passion of the Christ (The cinematography was the some of the best I've ever seen)
American History X (Very real and emotional film with such style)
Schindler's List (Spielberg...)
Minority Report (...and Spielberg)
The Shawshank Redemption (One of the very, very few movies that are completely flawless in every aspect)


That is all I can think of right now.

OK, I literally just saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind so I have to edit this post and add this movie to this list!

[UseYourIllusion]

Requiem For A Dream, 2001, and A Clockwork Orange all came to mind immediatly.

[Rick-James]

Once Upon a Time in the West.

[cygnet74]

Originally posted by Tuukka
Could someone please define to me what is the difference between "art" and "entertainment", if there is any?

art films "go deeper"; they are not as concerned, if at all, with merely keeping the audience entertained, as they are with being truthful to the substance of their content.

[angel]

I dont know why, but for some reason Ive always tought that Leon:The Professional was an artistic movie.

[jmcpher_007]

These immediately came to mind.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Bonnie and Clyde
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
Raging Bull

[Sigur509]

2001: A Space Odyssey
21 Grams
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eyes Wide Shut
Lost in Translation
Magnolia
Punch-Drunk Love