Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz

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


Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Nelson

Cast Anthony Quinn · Jackie Gleason · Mickey Rooney · Julie Harris

Plot Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his...

7.4

504 votes

7.4

504 votes

Serpico

1973 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Al Pacino · John Randolph · Jack Kehoe · Tony Roberts

Plot Serpico is a cop in the early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to...

7.4

16K votes

7.4

16K votes

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction John Cassavetes

Cast Gena Rowlands · Seymour Cassel · Val Avery · Timothy Carey

Plot Minnie breaks up with her married boyfriend and becomes disillusioned. However, she begins to learn that there is hope for love and romance in a desperate world when she meets...

7.2

884 votes

7.2

884 votes

The Connection

1962 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

7.1

60 votes

7.1

60 votes

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Lenny Baker · Shelley Winters · Ellen Greene · Lois Smith

Plot An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953. He struggles to come to terms...

6.9

152 votes

6.9

152 votes

The Chosen

1981 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Jeremy Kagan

Cast Maximilian Schell · Rod Steiger · Robby Benson · Barry Miller

Plot Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, 1944. Reuven "Robert" Malter and Daniel "Danny" Saunders are two 15-year-old Jewish youths living in the same predominant Jewish neighborhood whom have never met nor...

6.9

70 votes

6.9

70 votes

The Boys in the Band

1970 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Kenneth Nelson · Peter White · Leonard Frey · Cliff Gorman

Plot It's Harold's birthday, and his closest friends throw him a party at Michael's apartment. Among Harold's presents is "Cowboy", since Harold may have trouble finding a cute young man on...

6.8

588 votes

6.8

588 votes

Playing for Time (TV)

1980 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Mann · Joseph Sargent

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · Jane Alexander · Maud Adams · Christine Baranski

Plot Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.

6.6

216 votes

6.6

216 votes

An Unmarried Woman

1978 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Jill Clayburgh · Alan Bates · Michael Murphy · Cliff Gorman

Plot Erica seemingly has the perfect life until her husband informs her he's leaving her for another woman. With help from a therapist and a supportive group of friends, she recovers...

6.6

296 votes

6.6

296 votes

Charly

1968 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Nelson

Cast Cliff Robertson · Claire Bloom · Lilia Skala · Leon Janney

Plot This intriguing drama, directed tenderly by Ralph Nelson, is based on the story FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes. The plot centers around a mentally retarded adult who instantly matures...

6.4

438 votes

6.4

438 votes

Power and the Land

1940 · Documentary · 38 min. · United States

Direction Joris Ivens

6.3

24 votes

6.3

24 votes

A Thousand Clowns

1965 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Fred Coe

Cast Jason Robards · Barbara Harris · Martin Balsam · Gene Saks

Plot Twelve-year-old Nick (played by Barry Gordon) lives with his Uncle Murray (Jason Robards), a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social...

6.2

96 votes

6.2

96 votes

Me, Natalie

1969 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Fred Coe

Cast Patty Duke · James Farentino · Martin Balsam · Al Pacino

Plot A plain girl, living in New York, tries to come to terms with the fact that she'll never be beautiful.

6.1

48 votes

6.1

48 votes

Carol for Another Christmas (TV)

1964 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast Sterling Hayden · Ben Gazzara · Steve Lawrence · Robert Shaw

Plot Industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley, killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for...

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6.0

46 votes

6.0

46 votes

The Goddess

1958 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Kim Stanley · Lloyd Bridges · Steven Hill · Betty Lou Holland

Plot Loosely based on the life of Marilyn Monroe, the story of a young woman destined from childhood on to be adored by millions but unhappy in her own life. Patty...

5.8

41 votes

5.8

41 votes

Death Wish

1974 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

5.7

3K votes

5.7

3K votes

The Anderson Tapes

1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Sean Connery · Dyan Cannon · Martin Balsam · Christopher Walken

Plot A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building....

5.6

795 votes

5.6

795 votes

House Of Dark Shadows

1970 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Dan Curtis

Cast Jonathan Frid · Grayson Hall · Joan Bennett · Kathryn Leigh Scott

Plot House Of Dark Shadows, based on the very popular TV Gothic soap opera, follows the life (or is that AFTERlife) of Barnabas Collins. Recently unleashed from his coffin by a...

5.4

153 votes

5.4

153 votes

Badge 373

1973 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

5.4

71 votes

5.4

71 votes

The World of Henry Orient

1964 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Peter Sellers · Paula Prentiss · Angela Lansbury · Tom Bosley

Plot In New York City, adolescent friends Gil and Val follow pianist Henry Orient all over town, while he tries to seduce Stella, a married woman. When Val's parents arrive for...

5.4

495 votes

5.4

495 votes