Cinematography: Robert Surtees
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Robert Surtees. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Sting
1973 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction George Roy Hill
Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning
Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...
8.6
98K votes
8.6
98K votes
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Lana Turner · Kirk Douglas · Walter Pidgeon · Dick Powell
Plot An egotistical producer, Jonathan Shields (Douglas), determined to prove himself the finest filmmaker of all, gladly steps all over those who helped him when he was starting out. Told from...
8.1
13K votes
8.1
13K votes
Ben-Hur
1959 · Movie · 211 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet
Plot Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in...
7.9
66K votes
7.9
66K votes
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Peter Bogdanovich
Cast Timothy Bottoms · Jeff Bridges · Cybill Shepherd · Ben Johnson
Plot This coming-of-age tale set in the 50s focuses on best friends Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) and their relationships. Duane is dating the beautiful but fickle...
7.8
8K votes
7.8
8K votes
The Collector
1965 · Movie · 119 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Wyler
Cast Terence Stamp · Samantha Eggar · Mona Washbourne · Maurice Dallimore
Plot Freddie Clegg isn't sure if he can carry out his plan for "her" until he stumbles across an isolated house for sale in the English countryside, the house he spots...
7.7
6K votes
7.7
6K votes
The Graduate
1967 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Mike Nichols
Cast Dustin Hoffman · Anne Bancroft · Katharine Ross · William Daniels
Plot In the mid-1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by his wealthy family, friends, and associates just days after receiving his degree. Seduced...
7.5
48K votes
7.5
48K votes
Quo Vadis
1951 · Movie · 171 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Robert Taylor · Deborah Kerr · Peter Ustinov · Leo Genn
Plot Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything...
7.3
11K votes
7.3
11K votes
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Movie · 178 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Marlon Brando · Trevor Howard · Richard Harris · Hugh Griffith
Plot The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means...
7.3
7K votes
7.3
7K votes
Act of Violence
1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Van Heflin · Robert Ryan · Janet Leigh · Mary Astor
Plot War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something...
7.2
450 votes
7.2
450 votes
Summer of '42
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Jennifer O'Neill · Gary Grimes · Jerry Houser · Oliver Conant
Plot Gently nostalgic, Robert Mulligan's tender and insightful look at three teenage boys' approach to the mysteries of love and sex takes place on the coast of New England during World...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
Escape From Fort Bravo
1953 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast William Holden · Eleanor Parker · John Forsythe · William Demarest
Plot A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business, capable of capturing every escaped convict under his supervision. However, when he falls...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
The Other
1972 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Chris Udvarnoky · Martin Udvarnoky · Uta Hagen · Diana Muldaur
Plot The story takes place on a small Connecticut farm in the summer of 1935 and concerns a luckless family that finds itself further plagued by a violent series of mysterious...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Roy Rowland
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Margaret O'Brien · James Craig · Agnes Moorehead
Plot An earnest rural melodrama set among Norwegian immigrants in Wisconsin, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes is a slightly updated version of George Victor Martin's 1940 novel. Edward G. Robinson stars...
6.9
100 votes
6.9
100 votes
Same Time, Next Year
1978 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Ellen Burstyn · Alan Alda · Ivan Bonar · Cosmo Sardo
Plot A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning...
6.9
946 votes
6.9
946 votes
Intruder in the Dust
1949 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast David Brian · Claude Jarman Jr. · Juano Hernández · Porter Hall
Plot In 1940s Mississippi two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
6.9
210 votes
6.9
210 votes
Les Girls
1957 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Gene Kelly · Mitzi Gaynor · Kay Kendall · Taina Elg
Plot After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina...
6.8
604 votes
6.8
604 votes
Cimarron
1960 · Movie · 147 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Mann
Cast Glenn Ford · Maria Schell · Anne Baxter · Arthur O'Connell
Plot Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the life of an American family, from the 1890s through the 1920s, who move to Oklahoma territory. The epic western chronicles the founding of...
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
The Law and Jake Wade
1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast Robert Taylor · Richard Widmark · Patricia Owens · Robert Middleton
Plot Jake Wade breaks Cling Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns...
6.7
933 votes
6.7
933 votes
King Solomon's Mines
1950 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Andrew Marton · Compton Bennett
Cast Deborah Kerr · Stewart Granger · Richard Carlson · Hugo Haas
Plot Three adventurers embark on a perilous quest in the wilds of Africa for the famed diamond mines. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Cinematography, Best...
6.7
3K votes
6.7
3K votes
Sweet Charity
1969 · Movie · 149 min. · United States
Direction Bob Fosse
Cast Shirley MacLaine · Ricardo Montalban · Sammy Davis Jr. · Paula Kelly
Plot Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to...
6.7
695 votes
6.7
695 votes