Cinematography: Jost Vacano

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


Das Boot (TV Miniseries)

1985 · Series · 293 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Petersen

Cast Jürgen Prochnow · Herbert Grönemeyer · Klaus Wennemann · Hubertus Bengsch

Plot TV Miniserie (1985-1987). 3 episodes. A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.

8.0

98 votes

8.0

98 votes

The Boat

1981 · Movie · 150 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Petersen

Cast Jürgen Prochnow · Herbert Grönemeyer · Klaus Wennemann · Hubertus Bengsch

Plot With the once-feared wolfpacks reduced to 12 lone U-boats, Captain Lehmann-Willenbrock (Jürgen Prochnow) sets out once more to hunt allied shipping. Now it's a different story - German air support...

7.7

22K votes

7.7

22K votes

The NeverEnding Story

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Wolfgang Petersen

Cast Barret Oliver · Noah Hathaway · Moses Gunn · Tami Stronach

Plot The German Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, In the Line of Fire) made his first English-language film with this 1984 fantasy about a boy (Barret Oliver) visualizing the stories of a...

6.9

97K votes

6.9

97K votes

Total Recall

1990 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · Sharon Stone · Michael Ironside · Rachel Ticotin

Plot Earth in the year 2084. Construction worker Doug Quaid goes to Rekall Inc, which advertises that clients can pay to have synthetic memories of a holiday implanted in lieu of...

6.8

70K votes

6.8

70K votes

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead

1975 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Volker Schlöndorff · Margarethe von Trotta

Cast Angela Winkler · Mario Adorf · Dieter Laser · Jürgen Prochnow

Plot Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in...

Max

6.7

411 votes

6.7

411 votes

Soldier of Orange

1977 · Movie · 165 min. · Netherlands

6.5

903 votes

6.5

903 votes

Supermarket

1974 · Movie · 84 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Roland Klick

Cast Charly Wierczejewski · Eva Mattes · Michael Degen · Walter Kohut

Plot 18-year old Willi is living on the street - there are no goals in his life. There, he meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he finally meets...

6.4

33 votes

6.4

33 votes

Spetters

1980 · Movie · 120 min. · Netherlands

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Hans van Tongeren · Renée Soutendijk · Toon Agterberg · Rutger Hauer

Plot A dutch film, post-Saturday Night Fever, which portrays the lives of three young men who are amateur dirt-bike motorcycle racers. They each fall in love with a young woman who,...

6.2

316 votes

6.2

316 votes

Untamed Heart

1993 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Tony Bill

Cast Christian Slater · Marisa Tomei · Rosie Pérez · Kyle Secor

Plot Caroline has not had much luck in love. Boyfriends seem to either leave her or cheat on her. Then she meets a shy, introverted man at work named Adam. When...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

Robocop

1987 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Peter Weller · Nancy Allen · Kurtwood Smith · Miguel Ferrer

Plot After Omni Consumer Products (OCP) announced that it bought out the Detroit police department, the department decides to go on strike. Alex Murphy, gets transferred from Metro South to the...

Max

6.0

80K votes

6.0

80K votes

Starship Troopers

1997 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Casper Van Dien · Dina Meyer · Denise Richards · Clancy Brown

Plot In the society of the future, people have to undergo military service in order to attain citizenship. Johnny Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez and two other friends enlist for military...

6.0

31K votes

6.0

31K votes

Tales from the Crypt: The Switch (TV)

1990 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Arnold Schwarzenegger

Cast William Hickey · Rick Rossovich · Kelly Preston · Roy Brocksmith

Plot The millionaire Carlton Webster is infatuated by the gorgeous and young Linda who does not know that he is a wealthy man. When he proposes her to get married with...

5.9

124 votes

5.9

124 votes

52 Pick-Up

1986 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Roy Scheider · John Glover · Ann-Margret · Vanity

Plot Harry Mitchell, an L.A. manufacturer with a fancy car, a nice house, and a wife running for city council, has his life overturned when three hooded blackmailers appear with a...

5.6

510 votes

5.6

510 votes

Rocket Gibraltar

1988 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Burt Lancaster · Macaulay Culkin · Suzy Amis · Patricia Clarkson

Plot A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with...

5.5

123 votes

5.5

123 votes

Hollow Man

2000 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Kevin Bacon · Elisabeth Shue · Josh Brolin · Kim Dickens

Plot Government scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) discovers how to make people invisible. After a freak accident that makes him slowly disappear, he begins to go insane and seeks revenge on...

4.7

27K votes

4.7

27K votes

Montana Trap

1976 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

4.6

32 votes

4.6

32 votes

Showgirls

1995 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Elizabeth Berkley · Kyle MacLachlan · Gina Gershon · Glenn Plummer

Plot High-strung, statuesque Nomi Mallone (Elizabeth Berkely) is determined to be a dancer in Las Vegas, whatever it takes--but she starts out as a stripper. Through her seamstress roommate (Gina Ravera),...

4.0

20K votes

4.0

20K votes

Voor koningin en vaderland (TV Miniseries)

1979 · Series · min. · Netherlands

Direction Paul Verhoeven

Cast Rutger Hauer · Edward Fox · Jeroen Krabbé · Derek de Lint

Plot Based on the true story of a group of students from Leiden, The Netherlands, their experiences, different paths, and roles in World War II, either as a collaborators or in...

Not rated

Not rated

No Shooting Time for Foxes

1966 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Peter Schamoni

Cast Helmut Förnbacher · Christian Doermer · Andrea Jonasson · Monika Peitsch

Plot Two boyhood friends from different backgrounds reflect back on their childhood growing up during World War II. Both are nearly 30 years old and share a common mistrust of the...

Not rated

Not rated