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What is the best film shot by Hoyte van Hoytema?

By YPB Team

From sweeping IMAX spectacles to intimate dramas bathed in unforgettable light, this lineup gathers the work of one of modern cinema's master image-makers. Where does your favorite frame rank?

  1. Oppenheimer — ranked #11
    Oppenheimer
    Christopher Nolan's 2023 biopic of the atomic-bomb physicist, which won van Hoytema the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
    1000pts
  2. Interstellar — ranked #22
    Interstellar
    Nolan's 2014 deep-space epic shot on IMAX film about astronauts searching for a new home for humanity.
    731pts
  3. Nope — ranked #33
    Nope
    Jordan Peele's 2022 sci-fi horror about siblings filming a mysterious force in the sky.
    577pts
  4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — ranked #44
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson's 2011 Cold War espionage drama adapted from John le Carre.
    500pts
  5. The Fighter — ranked #55
    The Fighter
    David O. Russell's 2010 boxing drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.
    409pts
  6. Her — ranked #66
    Her
    Spike Jonze's 2013 romance about a man who falls in love with an AI operating system.
    409pts
  7. Let the Right One In — ranked #77
    Let the Right One In
    Tomas Alfredson's 2008 Swedish vampire film that earned van Hoytema a Guldbagge Award.
    409pts
  8. Tenet — ranked #88
    Tenet
    Nolan's 2020 time-inversion spy thriller shot on large-format film.
    409pts
  9. Ad Astra — ranked #99
    Ad Astra
    James Gray's 2019 introspective space odyssey starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut seeking his father.
    409pts
  10. Call Girl — ranked #1010
    Call Girl
    Mikael Marcimain's 2012 Swedish political drama set in 1970s Stockholm.
    300pts
  11. Spectre — ranked #1111
    Spectre
    The 2015 James Bond film directed by Sam Mendes, with van Hoytema behind the camera.
    300pts
  12. Dunkirk — ranked #1212
    Dunkirk
    Nolan's 2017 WWII evacuation thriller shot largely on 65mm and IMAX film.
    0pts

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Comments

Tenet cost $205 million, opened into a pandemic and took $366.3 million worldwide, and this is close to the only ranking that still has room for it: https://youpick.best/articles/christopher-nolan-ranked-many-ways

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·Aug 21·