Cinematography: Ernest Day

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


A Passage to India

1984 · Movie · 163 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Lean

Cast Judy Davis · Victor Banerjee · Peggy Ashcroft · James Fox

Synopsis Circa 1920, during the Indian British rule, Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed was born and brought up in India. He is proficient in English, and wears Western style clothing. He meets an old lady, Mrs. Moore, at a mosque, who asks...

7.1

4K votes

7.1

4K votes

The Long Day's Dying

1968 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Collinson

Cast David Hemmings · Tony Beckley · Tom Bell · Alan Dobie

Synopsis The saga of three British soldiers and their German captive as they trek through the European countryside.

6.8

25 votes

6.8

25 votes

Burning Secret

1988 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andrew Birkin

Cast Faye Dunaway · Klaus Maria Brandauer · David Eberts · Ian Richardson

Synopsis Set in Austria in the 1920s. While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war experiences, the baron reveals...

5.8

55 votes

5.8

55 votes

Parents

1989 · Movie · 81 min. · Canada

Direction Bob Balaban

Cast Randy Quaid · Mary Beth Hurt · Sandy Dennis · Bryan Madorsky

Synopsis Michael Laemie (played by Brian Madorsky) is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Especially his father, Nick Laemie (played by Randy Quaid). Young...

5.7

370 votes

5.7

370 votes

Sphinx

1981 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Lesley-Anne Down · Frank Langella · John Gielgud · Saeed Jaffrey

Synopsis A young archeologist stumbles onto an ancient secret which produces astonishing results. Spectacular location shots in Egypt.

4.9

487 votes

4.9

487 votes

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sidney J. Furie

Cast Christopher Reeve · Gene Hackman · Margot Kidder · Jackie Cooper

Synopsis Superman has recognized at last the greatest threat to humanity, and he is out to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, now a nuclear arms entrepreneur, creates Nuclear Man--a solar-powered Kryptonia Android and genetic clone whose powers...

Max

3.7

7K votes

3.7

7K votes

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As Summers Die (TV)

1986 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jean-Claude Tramont

Cast Scott Glenn · Jamie Lee Curtis · Bette Davis · John Randolph

Synopsis The plot centers around a large area of land owned by an old black lady, Elvira Backus. It had been given to her by her one time employer and secret father of her two children, a southern patriarch. Discovering oil...

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Deceptions (TV)

1985 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Robert Chenault · Melville Shavelson

Cast Stefanie Powers · Barry Bostwick · Jeremy Brett · James Faulkner

Synopsis Stephanie and Sabrina are twin sisters. Stephanie is a housewife, who doesn't seem content with her life, while Sabrina is a jetsetter who lives in London. They go to Venice for their birthday and they decide to see how the...

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Running Scared

1972 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Hemmings

Cast Robert Powell · Gayle Hunnicutt · Barry Morse · Stephanie Bidmead

Synopsis When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend Tom Betancourt is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.

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Young Catherine (TV)

1991 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Julia Ormond · Franco Nero · Christopher Plummer · Vanessa Redgrave

Synopsis A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.

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Direction Frederic Raphael · Tony Richardson · Ken Russell

Cast Melanie Griffith · James Woods · Beau Bridges · Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis Three short stories come to the screen, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In "The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman of about...

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Made

1972 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Mackenzie

Cast Carol White · Roy Harper · John Castle · Margery Mason

Synopsis The story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star.

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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

1983 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Robert Day

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Rod Steiger · Diane Venora · Michael Gross

Synopsis The historic race between Admiral Peary and Dr. Cook for the first to reach the North Pole.

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Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor

1991 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Lee Majors · Lisa Hartman · Peter Scolari · John Laughlin

Synopsis Susan and Paul are working late on the thirty-seventh floor of a Los Angeles skyscraper. Also in the building are the cleaning staff, security and some engineers installing sprinklers. As the water is switched off so that work on the...

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Not rated