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
Direction Shirley Clarke
Cast Warren Finnerty · Jerome Raphael · Garry Goodrow · Jim Anderson
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
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...
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
Direction Michael Winner
Cast Charles Bronson · Vincent Gardenia · William Redfield · Hope Lange
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
Direction Howard W. Koch
Cast Robert Duvall · Verna Bloom · Henry Darrow · Eddie Egan
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