Cinematography: Charles Van Enger

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Charles Van Enger. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Phantom of the Opera

1925 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Rupert Julian

Cast Lon Chaney · Mary Philbin · Norman Kerry · Snitz Edwards

Synopsis At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs,...

7.4

4K votes

7.4

4K votes

Lady Windermere's Fan

1925 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Ronald Colman · Irene Rich · May McAvoy · Bert Lytell

Synopsis Mrs. Erlynne, a woman of dubious reputation, summons Lord Windermere on her return to London, revealing that she is his wife's mother, believed dead, and demanding money for her silence. She also asks for an invitation to his wife's birthday...

7.2

488 votes

7.2

488 votes

Seven Years Bad Luck

1921 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Max Linder

Cast Max Linder · Alta Allen · Ralph McCullough · Betty K. Peterson

Synopsis After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.

7.1

172 votes

7.1

172 votes

The Marriage Circle

1924 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Marie Prevost · Monte Blue · Florence Vidor

Synopsis Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had his eye on Charlotte, sees this as his...

7.0

323 votes

7.0

323 votes

The Last of the Mohicans

1920 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown · Maurice Tourneur

Cast Wallace Beery · Barbara Bedford · Alan Roscoe · Lillian Hall

Synopsis As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the...

6.7

185 votes

6.7

185 votes

Three Women

1924 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast May McAvoy · Pauline Frederick · Marie Prevost · Lew Cody

Synopsis Although the heavily indebted Edmund Lamont is courting wealthy widow Mabel Wilton, he soon turns his affections to her daughter, Jeanne. Despite marrying the latter, he proceeds to have an affair with a flapper called Harriet. Jeanne is in love...

6.6

25 votes

6.6

25 votes

Time Table

1956 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Mark Stevens

Cast Mark Stevens · King Calder · Felicia Farr · Marianne Stewart

Synopsis As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. The fake doctor, Paul Bruckner, leaves the train with his "patient" and the "patient's wife",...

6.6

24 votes

6.6

24 votes

Forbidden Paradise

1924 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Pola Negri · Rod La Rocque · Adolphe Menjou · Pauline Starke

Synopsis Having earned the Czarina's love after having saved her small kingdom from revolutionary conspirators, young officer Alexei leaves his sweetheart Anna, the regent's lady-in-waiting. Pushed by spite to join her conspirators when the Czarina is unfaithful to him, Alexei is...

6.5

50 votes

6.5

50 votes

Salome

1922 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Charles Bryant

Cast Mitchell Lewis · Alla Nazimova · Rose Dione · Earl Schenck

Synopsis Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.

6.3

90 votes

6.3

90 votes

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Bela Lugosi · Lon Chaney Jr.

Synopsis The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey (Costello) and Chick Young (Abbott) is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

The Spider Woman

1943 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Gale Sondergaard · Dennis Hoey

Synopsis Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed "The Pajama Murders" by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After...

6.2

432 votes

6.2

432 votes

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

1941 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Edward F. Cline

Cast W.C. Fields · Gloria Jean · Leon Errol · Billy Lenhart

Synopsis Fields wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beat up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. He becomes his niece's guardian when her mother is killed...

6.2

57 votes

6.2

57 votes

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Dennis Hoey · Halliwell Hobbes

Synopsis During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of...

6.1

368 votes

6.1

368 votes

The Magnetic Monster

1953 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Curt Siodmak · Herbert L. Strock

Cast Richard Carlson · King Donovan · Jean Byron · Harry Ellerbe

Synopsis Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart and his partner Dan Forbes are sent to a local hardware store where they find a strong magnetic field has magnetized every metal item in the store. Investigating...

5.7

151 votes

5.7

151 votes

Gilligan's Island (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold · Leslie Goodwins · Gary Nelson · Jerry Hopper

Cast Bob Denver · Alan Hale Jr. · Jim Backus · Natalie Schafer

Synopsis TV Series (1964-1967). 3 Seasons. 98 episodes. Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive and ultimately escape from a previously...

5.7

290 votes

5.7

290 votes

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marjorie Reynolds · Binnie Barnes

Synopsis Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

5.6

28 votes

5.6

28 votes

The Kid from Texas

1950 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Kurt Neumann

Cast Audie Murphy · Gale Storm · Albert Dekker · Shepperd Strudwick

Synopsis Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take...

5.5

72 votes

5.5

72 votes

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Boris Karloff · Lenore Aubert

Synopsis Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the...

5.4

69 votes

5.4

69 votes

Night Monster

1942 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Ford Beebe

Cast Bela Lugosi · Lionel Atwill · Leif Erickson · Irene Hervey

Synopsis Dr. Lynn Harper, psychologist, has been called out to the old Ingston Mansion, a dark and mysterious place with a very bad reputation, in order to make an assessment of the sanity of Margaret Ingston, daughter of patriarch Kurt Ingston....

5.4

60 votes

5.4

60 votes