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Best Cinematography

37 films·11 winners·1929–2026

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Listed by ceremony year · gold “Won” marks the winner

2026

Sinners

Sinners

2025

2019

The Favourite

The Favourite

2018

2018

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

2017

2016

The Revenant

The Revenant

2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

2014

Gravity

Gravity

2013

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

2012

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

2011

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

2009

Changeling

Changeling

2008

2008

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

2007

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

2007

2007

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

Children of Men

Children of Men

2006

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

2006

The Prestige

The Prestige

2006

2006

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005

2005

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

2004

2004

City of God

City of God

2002

2000

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

1999

1996

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

1995

1992

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

1990

The Abyss

The Abyss

1989

1989

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

1983

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

1980

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979

1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

1977

King Kong

King Kong

1976

Logan's Run

Logan's Run

1976

1976

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

1975

1975

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974

1974

Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972

The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973

1973

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

1972

The French Connection

The French Connection

1971

1929

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

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