Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop

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


Days of Wine and Roses

1962 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Jack Lemmon · Lee Remick · Charles Bickford · Jack Klugman

Synopsis Joe Clay is a top-notch public relations man. Anything a client wants Joe can arrange for them, whether it be dancing girls or an article in a prominent magazine. Part of the job however is drinking and Joe's ability to...

8.1

19K votes

8.1

19K votes

Lonely are the Brave

1962 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction David Miller

Cast Kirk Douglas · Gena Rowlands · Walter Matthau · Michael Kane

Synopsis In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Jane Fonda · Michael Sarrazin · Susannah York · Red Buttons

Synopsis In the dark years of the 1930s, dance marathons became popular as a way for desperate people to compete for prize money. Sometimes the events would drag on for weeks as contestants pushed themselves far beyond the point of physical,...

7.3

6K votes

7.3

6K votes

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Steve McQueen · Edward G. Robinson · Karl Malden · Tuesday Weld

Synopsis A rising cardshark challenges a veteran player for the chance to be known as "The Man." Set in the swampy hedonism of New Orleans during the Great Depression, the card game is a gritty exploration of the manly sport of...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

The Pink Panther

1963 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · David Niven · Capucine · Robert Wagner

Synopsis When famous The Pink Panther diamond goes missing the bumbling Inspector Clouseau goes on the trail of notorious jewel thief The Phantom, but looks everywhere except in the right place!

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7.0

10K votes

7.0

10K votes

7.0

21 votes

36 Hours

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Rod Taylor · Werner Peters

Synopsis In this psychological war-drama an Army Major -from the American intelligence- is captured by the Germans during World War II -on the eve of the D-Day-. The Nazis attempt to brainwash him into believing that it's six years later, that...

6.9

513 votes

6.9

513 votes

Point Blank

1967 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction John Boorman

Cast Lee Marvin · Angie Dickinson · Keenan Wynn · John Vernon

Synopsis "Point Blank" is an expertly made, fast-moving film, based on the theme of the individual pitted against the large, impersonal organization. Here the central character is an old-fashioned loner of a gunman (Lee Marvin) embroiled with a large-scale, corporate criminal...

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes

Experiment in Terror

1962 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Glenn Ford · Lee Remick · Stefanie Powers · Roy Poole

Synopsis Glenn Ford stars as FBI agent John Ripley in Blake Edwards's only foray into the thriller genre. When bank teller Kelly Sherwood (Lee Remick) is confronted in the garage of her San Francisco home by a mysterious man (Ross Martin)...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

The Driver

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Ryan O'Neal · Bruce Dern · Isabelle Adjani · Ronee Blakley

Synopsis Walter Hill's stripped down neo-noir features a protagonist who makes the laconic boxer of the director's similar Hard Times (1974) seem logorrheic by comparison. The film's tone is set in the opening scene as the Driver (Ryan O'Neal) gloms a...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

What Did you Do in the War, Daddy?

1966 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast James Coburn · Aldo Ray · Dick Shawn · Sergio Fantoni

Synopsis A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance,...

6.6

960 votes

6.6

960 votes

Wild Rovers

1971 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

6.4

891 votes

6.4

891 votes

6.4

508 votes

Hard Times

1975 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Charles Bronson · James Coburn · Jill Ireland · Strother Martin

Synopsis In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Americanization of Emily

1964 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Hiller

Cast James Garner · Julie Andrews · James Coburn · Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis During the build-up to D-Day in 1944, the British found their island hosting many thousands of American soldiers who were "oversexed, overpaid, and over here". That's Charlie Madison exactly; he knows all the angles to make life as smooth and...

6.4

376 votes

6.4

376 votes

6.4

607 votes

Mame

1974 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Lucille Ball · Bea Arthur · Robert Preston · Bruce Davison

Synopsis The musical revolves around the antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a flare for life and a razor sharp wit. Her life is suddenly changed when she becomes the guardian of her late brother's only child, Patrick...

6.3

40 votes

6.3

40 votes

Hammett

1982 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Frederic Forrest · Peter Boyle · Marilu Henner · Roy Kinnear

Synopsis San Francisco, 1928. Dashiell Hammet, a former detective of the Pinkerton Agency, in his thirties, is a tuberculous drunkard who barely survives writing detective stories. An old colleague, Jimmy Ryan comes to visit him -- he needs Dashiell's help to...

6.2

996 votes

6.2

996 votes

Peter Gunn (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Lamont Johnson · Blake Edwards · David Orrick McDearmon

Cast Craig Stevens · Herschel Bernardi · Lola Albright · Byron Kane

Synopsis The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.

6.0

32 votes

6.0

32 votes

5.9

191 votes