Ridley Scott told the story of a bleak, rain-soaked futuristic film noir, which was somehow intensely appealing. The transparent coats, neon lights, and fictitious inventions went on to influence everything from architecture to fashion, advertising, and design.
The most stylish of Connery's Bond films, and the first of Bond's kind, featured the signature turnback cuffs, as well as the classic suiting and sportswear in palettes of pale blues, navy, and, of course, black and white. The film's style of humor, sleek action, and sexy thrills also set off what the entire series would become known for.
The time-travelling mode of storytelling is stylistically impressive enough, but Diane Keaton's boyish wardrobe made of waistcoats, trousers, and patterned ties (which was supposedly based on Keaton's actual style) went on to inspire generations of androgynous fashion.
Wong Kar-wai's highly stylized romantic masterpiece put costume changes at the center of scenes, and actress Maggie Cheung's hair alone famously took four hours, while most of her best looks were handmade. But even more impressive is the acute representation of 1960's urban Hong Kong put together with attention to thousands of details.
Terrence Malick has seemingly crafted his own brand of filmmaking, crowning this visual poem as his magnum opus. Aside from the glorious cosmic imagery (with the help of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki) and existential rumination, the world that the characters occupy is somehow even more beautiful than the celestial, pieced together with the fallibility of human memory. The specificity of each shot also reminds us that existence is always bigger than ourselves.
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Sometimes when you're watching a film, you get a feeling that there's something much greater at work than just characters and a plot line, and there's a reason why some films persist in history, and others are lost to the past.
Films are about telling a visual story, and the script only comprises the bare bones of it. The cinematography, costumes, set design, and mode of storytelling, however, are what shapes and accessorizes a film—they make up the style. From the old classics to the new favorites, check out 30 of the best-dressed films you have to watch.
The 30 most stylish films of all time
An essential list of best-dressed movies
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Sometimes when you're watching a film, you get a feeling that there's something much greater at work than just characters and a plot line, and there's a reason why some films persist in history, and others are lost to the past.
Films are about telling a visual story, and the script only comprises the bare bones of it. The cinematography, costumes, set design, and mode of storytelling, however, are what shapes and accessorizes a film—they make up the style. From the old classics to the new favorites, check out 30 of the best-dressed films you have to watch.