What is the best film shot by Bruno Delbonnel?

Painterly golds in Paris, candlelit gloom in Scotland, and a few frames that look lifted from a Dutch master. Fans split between the warm fairy tales and the stark, shadowed later work.

1. 1
   Darkest Hour

   Joe Wright's 2017 Churchill drama, shot in pools of light and deep shadow.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

   The 2009 sixth Potter film, which earned Delbonnel an Oscar nomination for its muted, shadowy look.
   840pts
3. 3
   Inside Llewyn Davis

   The Coen brothers' 2013 portrait of a struggling folk singer in wintry 1961 Greenwich Village.
   709pts
4. 4
   The Tragedy of Macbeth

   Joel Coen's 2021 black-and-white Shakespeare adaptation with stark, stage-like imagery.
   709pts
5. 5
   Faust

   Aleksandr Sokurov's 2011 Golden Lion-winning reimagining of Goethe's tale.
   600pts
6. 6
   A Very Long Engagement

   Jeunet's 2004 First World War mystery following a woman searching for her missing fiancé.
   466pts
7. 7
   Across the Universe

   Julie Taymor's 2007 jukebox musical built entirely from Beatles songs.
   466pts
8. 8
   Amélie

   Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 Paris fairy tale, drenched in Delbonnel's signature golds and greens.
   0pts
9. 9
   Dark Shadows

   Tim Burton's 2012 gothic comedy about a vampire reawakened in 1972 Maine.
   0pts
10. 10
    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Coen brothers' 2018 six-part western anthology.
    0pts

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