Movies with great cinematography

Personally, Kubrick's attention to detail, composition, and shot planning is always meticulous but it seems like many here already agree so I'll throw another name into the mix instead:

The Coen Brothers, or more specifically, Roger Deakins (their cinematographer). My favorites include No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski (there's some CGI in there but most of the shots are CG-free), A Serious Man, and Burn After Reading. All great films, with great visual style as well IMHO.

Also, Michel Gondry and Ellen Kuras in Be Kind Rewind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep (not sure of the cinematographer for that last one but for me it's the working definition of how CGI makes directors excessively lazy in the creativity dept).
 
Just saw The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson, and while the film grew a bit tiresome it was beautifully shot! Definitely worth seeing.
 
It's a little off topic, but I've really been enjoying the filming in the BBC series "Wallander." Pretty exceptional for a TV show. Not only is the cinematography a pleasure, but it aligns so well with the shows' themes and the lead character's temperament.

John
 
As others have said, Drive, awesome film, very well shot.
'Killing them softly' has some amazing cinematic sequences.
 
Some good mentions film wise.
But sticking close to the subject and just to name a very few . . .

In Cold Blood (B&W) shot by Conrad Hall.
Fat City (color) shot again by Conrad Hall.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (B&W) shot by Haskell Wexler.
Bound for Glory (Color) shot by Haskell Wexler.
Secret of Roan Inish (Color) shot by Haskell Wexler.
McCabe and Mrs Miller (color) shot by Vilmos Zigmund (Seriously nice guy)
The Deadly Affair (Color) shot by Freddie Young.
Shoot the Piano Player (B&W) shot by Raoul Coutard.
Yojimbo (One of the best shot B&W films ever btw) shot by Kazuo Miyagawa and Takao Saito.
Le Samuria (Color) shot by Henri Decaë.
Bob le flambeur (B&W) shot by Henri Decaë.
The World of Apu (B&W) shot by Subrata Mitra.
The River (Color) shot by Claude Renoir.
The Rules of the Game (B&W) shot by Jean-Paul Alphen and Jean Bachelet.
Avalon (Color) shot by Allen Daviau (Seriously nice guy btw).
Empire of the Sun (Color) shot by Allen Daviau.
Salesman (B&W) shot by Maysles Bothers.
Primary (B&W) shot by Richard Leacock, Maysles Bros and D.A. Pennbaker.
Crisis (B&W) shot by Richard Leacock, Maysles Bros and D.A. Pennbaker.
Grey Gardens (Color) shot by Maysles Brothers.
Louisinia Story (B&W) shot by Richard Leacock.
Brooklyn Bridge (Color and B&W) shot by Buddy Squires and Ken Burns.
Closely Watched Trains (B&W) shot by Jaromír Šofr.
A Room with a View (Color) shot by Tony Pierce-Roberts.
Pi (B&W) shot by Matthew Libatique

just to name a very few.

Also try the documentaries on cinematography
Visions of Light
The Art of Cinematography
 
Soy Cuba... I just watched it last night
honestly you could pause anytime and chances are you'd have a photo that ranges from good to brilliant
 
Just couple that always impressed me:

My Fair Lady - Director George Cukor (the entire film was shot with 65mm film)

The Quiet Man - Director John Ford

The Cell - Director Tarsem Singh (I wouldn't let the kids be in the room with this one though)

I could watch each of those movies on mute and be entertained, but My Fair Lady is quite a bit better with volume. :)
 
George Washington (color) shot by Tim Orr. (Seriously underrated film)
Ronin (color) shot by Robert Fraisse.
Three Colors: Blue (color) shot by Slawomir Idziak.
Ashes and Diamonds (B&W) shot by Jerzy Wojcik.
Harlin County USA (Color) shot by Kevin Keating and Hart Perry.
Pan's Labyrinth (Color) shot by Guillermo Navarro.
Snow Falling on Cedar (Color & skip bleach) shot by Robert Richardson.
Unbearable Likeness of Being (Color) shot by Sven Nykvist.
Night of the Igana (B&W) shot by Gabriel Figurao.
To Kill a Mocking Bird (B&W) shot by Russell Harlin

just to name a few more.
 
just saw "a woman, a gun, and a noodle shop," which has wonderful cinematography, although i didn't think the story was so great. it was the first movie i watched at home that made me think my fairly large tv was way too small to adequately present the epic scenery being shown. a lot of the shots seemed very "photographic" in their vision, with repeating elements or contrasting color elements that capture the eye.
 
"Good Night and Good Luck"

Named after Ed Murrow's sign off. Really great B&W film that captures TV's early days and details a few months in 1953~54 of CBS news show 'See it now' and Murrow's conflict with Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy's methods and modivation.
 
Someone mentioned "Grand Prix", so I'll throw in "Le Mans". Sweet diddly all for plot and dialogue, but astonishing racing scenes.

Someone else mentioned the Coen brothers - I recall "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" as being rather stylish.

I'm also a sucker for soaring landscape shots - those aspects of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy really appeal to me and were beautifully done.

"Apocalypse Now" has some classic, evocatively shot scenes as well.
 
Because so many people mentioned it, I watched Soy Cuba this week. What a brilliant film. Some of the best camerawork I've had the pleasure to lay my eyes upon.
 
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