Cinematography: Eduardo Serra

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


Blood Diamond

2006 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio · Jennifer Connelly · Djimon Hounsou · Arnold Vosloo

Synopsis As civil war rages through 1990s Sierra Leone, two men, a white South African mercenary (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a black Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou), become joined in a common quest to recover a rare gem that has the power to...

7.3

74K votes

7.3

74K votes

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Alan Rickman

Synopsis The end begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemorts final horcruxes, but when Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be...

Max

7.0

65K votes

7.0

65K votes

The Hairdresser's Husband

1990 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Patrice Leconte

Cast Jean Rochefort · Anna Galiena · Roland Bertin · Maurice Chevit

Synopsis Antoine, a little boy, falls in love with the local hairdresser, so he gets a hair cut every time he can. This situation causes some problems with his parents. However, when he grows up, he is still obsessed with the...

6.9

8K votes

6.9

8K votes

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

2000 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Patrice Leconte

Cast Juliette Binoche · Daniel Auteuil · Emir Kusturica · Michel Duchaussoy

Synopsis In 1850, in Saint-Pierre, a small French island near Canada, a man is brutally murdered. The murderer, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to die in the guillotine. But they must wait for the lethal instrument to arrive from Paris. A long...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Color of Lies

1999 · Movie · 113 min. · France

Direction Claude Chabrol

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · Jacques Gamblin · Antoine de Caunes · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Synopsis In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small...

6.7

833 votes

6.7

833 votes

Unbreakable

2000 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction M. Night Shyamalan

Cast Bruce Willis · Samuel L. Jackson · Robin Wright · Spencer Treat Clark

Synopsis David Dunne is a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disasterous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash--he's completely unharmed. After this miraculous incident, he's contacted by the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L....

Max

6.7

56K votes

6.7

56K votes

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Alan Rickman

Synopsis Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope...

Max

6.6

65K votes

6.6

65K votes

Map of the Human Heart

1993 · Movie · 109 min. · New Zealand

Direction Vincent Ward

Cast Jason Scott Lee · Anne Parillaud · Patrick Bergin · John Cusack

Synopsis In 1931, a chartist lands a plane in the Arctic to map unrecorded regions. He takes an Eskimo boy with tuberculosis back to civilisation where he is healed and indoctrinated in a Catholic foster home. The Eskimo meets a "half-breed"...

6.6

281 votes

6.6

281 votes

The Bridesmaid

2004 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Claude Chabrol

Cast Benoît Magimel · Laura Smet · Aurore Clément · Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis A middle class family in Loire, where things seem just a tad off kilter. Philippe (Benoît Magimel) dotes on his mother, who has raised his two sisters and him. Gérard, a wealthy man just divorced, is paying attention to her,...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Fados

2007 · Documentary · 90 min. · Portugal

Direction Carlos Saura

Cast Mariza · Camané · Carlos Do Carmo · Lila Downs

Synopsis After Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998) –nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-, in 2005 Carlos Saura completes his trilogy on modern urban song with Fados. After over two years of research into the subject, Carlos Saura...

6.6

463 votes

6.6

463 votes

Intimate Strangers

2004 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Patrice Leconte

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · Fabrice Luchini · Michel Duchaussoy · Anne Brochet

Synopsis Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is...

6.5

955 votes

6.5

955 votes

The Wings of the Dove

1997 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Linus Roache · Alison Elliott · Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis Kate Croy's mother was born to wealth and privilege, but she threw it all away to marry Kate's father, a penniless opium addict who admits to having stolen from his wife. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity...

6.5

945 votes

6.5

945 votes

What Dreams May Come

1998 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Ward

Cast Robin Williams · Cuba Gooding Jr. · Annabella Sciorra · Max von Sydow

Synopsis After the death of their two children, Dr. Chris Nielson (Robin Williams) and his wife Annie (Annabella Sciorra) find continuing their lives fraught with difficulties, especially for Annie. When Chris dies and goes to Heaven he meets Albert (Cuba Gooding...

6.4

18K votes

6.4

18K votes

Girl With a Pearl Earring

2003 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Webber

Cast Scarlett Johansson · Colin Firth · Tom Wilkinson · Cillian Murphy

Synopsis Delft, Holland, 1665. After her father is blinded in an explosion, 17-year-old Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must work to support her family. She becomes a maid in the home of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and gradually attracts the master painter’s attention....

6.4

17K votes

6.4

17K votes

The Swindle

1997 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction Claude Chabrol

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Michel Serrault · François Cluzet · Jean-François Balmer

Synopsis Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal...

6.4

783 votes

6.4

783 votes

The Flower of Evil

2003 · Movie · 104 min. · France

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

Defiance

2008 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Daniel Craig · Liev Schreiber · Jamie Bell · Alexa Davalos

Synopsis Three brothers in Bielorrusia during WWII escape to the forest and join forces with soldiers from the Russian Resistance. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death,...

6.3

16K votes

6.3

16K votes

Direction M. Night Shyamalan

Cast Johnny Hiram Jamison

Synopsis "This scene was deleted from the original Unbreakable in 2000 by M. Knight Shyamalan despite it taking two days to create. It shows Mr. Glass's 1st big instance of childhood trauma. It was taken out because it did not match...

6.3

320 votes

6.3

320 votes

Beyond the Sea

2004 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Spacey

Cast Kevin Spacey · Kate Bosworth · John Goodman · Bob Hoskins

Synopsis For BOBBY DARIN (Kevin Spacey), performing was his life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. In BEYOND THE SEA, Bobby tells his own story. At age seven, Bobby gets rheumatic...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes