10 Best Uses of Color of All Time 

Oh my gosh this is what WatchMojo dreams it could be.

Wes Anderson's past films have always been my motivation for cleaning my room. And when Grand Budapest came out, I cleaned the whole house.

The switch from black and white to Technicolor in The Wizard of Oz is probably the most memorable use of colour in a film to me. Its not the palette it's the use of colour as a plot point. Going from a sepia world into a fantasy world in a flick of a switch.

Schindler's List use of colours broke my heart

I have to say now La La Land belongs in this list. The colors in that movie stood out so much, it was and is amazing.

Holy shit. A top 10 video where I actually learned something. Thank you! This was incredibly interesting actually.

"Contrasting colors" Me: "vertigo, vertigo, VERTIGO" "Our pick is vertigo" Me: "YES!"

0:49 #10 The Fall (2006) 2:20 #9 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 3:20 #8 Sin city 2005 4:57 #7 Cries and Whispers 1972 5:56 #6 Vertigo 1958 7:08 #5 Contempt (1963) 8:06 #4 Only God Forgives (2013) 9:03 #3 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 10:14 #2 The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) 11:39 #1 In the Mood for Love 2000 Unranked mentions in order of appearance The Great Train Robbery 1903 Intolerance 1916 Wizard of OZ 1939 Scott Pilgrim vs The World 2010 Skyfall 2012 Tron 1982 Charlie and the Chocolate factory 2005 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Hero 2002 Only God Forgives 2013 moonrise Kingdom 2012 Vertigo 1958 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Enter the Void 2009 Spring Breakers 2012 The Holy Mountain 1973 American Beauty 1999 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Buried 2010 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 Suspiria (1977) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Speed Racer (2008) What Dreams May Come 1998 Dick Tracy 1990 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) Gate of Hell 1954 Life of Pi 2012 Moulin Rouge 2001 Great Gatsby 2013 Pleasantville 1998 Sweeney Todd 2007 500 days of summer 2009 The Red Shoes 1948 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 The Aviator 2004 Do The Right Thing 1989 Schindler's List 1993 Buried 2010 Three Colors: Red 1994 Three Colors: White 1994 Citizen Kane 1941 The Seventh Seal 1957 Mission Impossible 1996 Transformers 2007 No Country for old Men 2007 Deadpool 2016 Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Amelie 2001 City of Lost Children 1995 Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Volver 2006 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 The Last Emperor 1987 Akita Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Springbreakers 2012 Tron Legacy 2010 Skyfall 2012 Enter the void 2009 Her (2013) The Shining (1980) Floating Weeds (1959) The Danish Girl (2016) Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Rushmore (1998) The Road (2009) The Matrix (1999) The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) You, The Living (2007) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) fanny and alexander 1982 Lola Montes 1955 Anna Karenina 2012

The Grand Budapest Hotel has got to be the most aesthetically pleasing movie I have ever seen.

My favorite use of color in films has to be in La La Land. The colors were beautiful, memorable, cheerful and amazing in every possible way.

1 - In the Mood for Love (2000) 2 - The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) 3 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 4 - Only God Forgives (2013) 5 - Contempt (1963) 6 - Vertigo (1958) 7 - Cries and Whispers (1972) 8 - Sin City (2005) 9 - O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) 10 - The Fall (2006)

i’m going to film school next year and this video has just inspired: 1) a colour-themed shoot and 2) a colour mood board for my portfolio! Thanks so much!

The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie just because the colors and the costume desing

The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie of all time. The colors that Wes Anderson used are just unbelievably refreshing and iconic.

The Blade Runner movies used color to convey emotion very well, it kinda goes with the whole narrative of the series when you think about it.

When people mention Color in movies, my mind goes straight to Wes Anderson and Baz Luhrmann.

most would just make a video listing top 10 but cinefix really went beyond. This was so educational and interesting for me. i had no idea how much time was put into Brother where art thou and the palletes that even movies like Transformers use. Definitely something that i hope i and others appreciate more and notice. Most people assume colors as meaning vibrant film but it can mean so much more!

*Slow Clap* for the citizen kane joke, I actually didnt expect it...

"Her" also has awesome monochromatic palette

Just wanted to say, I've been using this video in my film classes for over 3 years. It's brilliant. I love how it's not just a top 10, but a discussion and enumeration of types of color palettes and their applications. This makes it a great learning and teaching resource. Thank you!

ok ok I get it ill watch in the mood for love.

All the Movies Mentioned (No Specific Order): Wizard of Oz Tron Space Odyssey What Dreams may Come The Life of Pi The Fall Scott Pilgrim vs The World Hero Only God Forgives American Beauty Vertigo Enter the Void O Brother Where Art Thou Buried Curse of the Golden Flower Holy Mountain Spring Breakers Romeo + Juliet Speed Racer Mad Max: Fury Road Intolerance The Great Train Robbery Skyfall Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Moonrise Kingdom Three Colors Blue The Grand Budapest Hotel Suspiria Dick Tracy The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Gates of Hell Moulin Rouge The Great Gatsby (2013) Pleasantville 500 Days of Summer Sweeney Todd The Red Shoes Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters The Aviator Do The Right Thing Sin City Schindlers List Three Colors Red Three Colors White Hero Citizen Kane Cries and Whispers Mission Impossible Transformers No Country for Old Men A Clockwork Orange Deadpool The City of Lost Children The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Volver Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Akira Kurosawa's Dream The Last Emperor Contempt Her The Shining Floating Weeds The Danish Girl Royal Tenenbaums Rushmore The Road Matrix The Living Trilogy Songs from the Second Floor A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Fanny and Alexander Lola Montes Anna Karenina In The Mood for Love

I was expecting "HER" to be on here but at least it got a quick 2 sec cameo. Awesome video!

Edward scissorhands for the pastels!

*WOW! I never knew that films had colour palettes until now!* This video really blew me away. In fact it has made me really want to get into cinema! I really didn't realize that filmmakers paid so much attention to details like this

Honestly La La Land could be on here for sure

in my opinion 2001: a space odyssey used color really well. especially in the end. but i also love the grand budapest hotel (:

I don’t know what it is about this video but I’ve come back and rewatched it over and over now for years. Definitely my favorite CineFix list.

As a graphic designer this is so satisfying to watch!

For number 5, Heathers always stands out for that idea. The powerful red of Heather Chandler, the innocent yellow for Heather McNamara, the envious green of Heather Duke, and the isolated blue for Veronica. There's also the grey/black for JD.

Falling down has one of the best uses of colour i have ever seen in a movie. The colour palette focuses on yellow, brown and red mostly, which doesn’t sound good, but it expresses the main characters frustration with the world, and gives the film an eerie look in general.

I like how this video gives me ten essays for the price of one.

Truly loved this- I now have a complete list of movies to rent when I am searching for beautiful movies! Thank you so much! _PS You do those top ten lists the right way and kept me completely interested._

Not even being sarcastic, I laughed my ass off when he said Citizen Kane.

Thank you for this good and intelligent top 10

Color in cinema is some of the most important aspects of a movie for me (that and the score). My uncle does the colorization for films such as Avengers: Infinity War and Roma, the former being a film bursting with color while the latter is entirely black and white. I find the color spectrum and its ability to shift emotion and tell a story all its own fascinating, and my paintings often use the monochrome technique

Top 10 character traits and character expression must be next

My god CineFix, I laughed so hard at the Citizen Kane joke at the number 7 spot. XD

This is ridiculously high quality. Never subbed faster

Having studied Neuropsychology of color: THANK YOU for this video

Cinefix's top 10 1. In the Mood for Love 2. The Living Trilogy 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel 4. Only God Forgives 5. Contempt 6. Vertigo 7. Cries and Whispers 8. Sin City 9. O' Brother Where Art Thou? 10. The Fall

A use of color I loved was in "sixth sense" by Night Shyamalan ; every time dead people appear, the color red is present or appeared right before, leading us to the final realisation that Bruce Willis also is dead. That is done with subtlety, though it still is visible enough.

I legitimately LOL-ed at the Citizen Kane fake-out. 😂 Well played.

Almodovar and particularly, the stunning beauty of Kurosawa's "Ran".

It's pronounced "films of color", not "colored films". Ya racists

Moonlight anyone?

I think La La Land (2016) uses colour in such an incredible way. I can't even describe it. The scene where Emma Stone in that yellow dress dances with Ryan Gosling in the streets of the Hollywood Hills as the sun is either setting or just starting to rise is indescribable.

One of the best uses of color in a more recent movie had to be Atomic Blonde. The contrast of the neon 80's vs the grey of eastern Germany was beautiful and amazing. Excellent use of color to tell a story and visually striking.

Wes Anderson is so brilliant- the pastel/off primary colors are such a staple in all his films

Just sitting here writing down all these movies. Thanks, definitely subbing

The Banquet(Curse of the Golden Flower) and The Fall are my favorites from this list. Both are complete masterpieces, to me.

This is hands down the best presentations of color in cinema I've seen. Great service to everyone, from film lovers to filmmakers. Thank you tenfold.

I like the way you explained how the green was removed in "Oh Brother" to make the movie appear more warm and dry. The same technique is often used, - but inverted - in Scandinavian movies, to emphasise the harsh and unforgiving cold. You remove the orange, and everything, even the scenes where the characters are smiling, feels chilling and empty and as if there's a great emotional void that everyone is aware of but is trying to ignore. A good example of this is the horrifying Swedish and Danish tvseries "Bron" (="the bridge", the series starts off with a murdered woman being found at the bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark, one half of her in each country). The coldness of the colour palette adds a whole new dimension of emotional chill. It shows despair, but also hopelessness. It's unforgiving. If you want to watch a series like that, I really recommend it. It's very skilfully made, both well-written, beautiful and artistic, but it most certainly isn't a feel-good show.

Gotta love that Cinefix format. Talk about the subject of the list, mention a whole bunch of well known movies as honorable mentions, adds a film I've never heard of.... ....squeezing in Harry Lime and The Third Man in there, somewhere.

Suspira was mentioned but for me personally, one of the most amazing using colour and light. Love thst flick, and im talking ahout the Dargento's one!

I just keep coming back to this video every few months. It's beautiful and soothing and it might be my favorite video on youtube.

As a swedish speaking person I found it both hillarious and interesting that they included two swedish movies. At first I didn't even recognise what language they were speaking, my brain was so set on hearing english at first I couldn't understand what they said xD (I've been speaking swedish my whole life, so when this happens I find it super fun xD)

Budapest was definitely one of my favourite Anderson movies for colour choices, that and life aquatic. I was also really blown away by a lot of Skyfall (that jellyfish neon you clipped, especially) and honestly, for recent blockbuster, Last Jedi did some really striking displays of colour, mostly red.

This is an amazing list. It's not just a boiled down Top 10. I love how you've given other examples. A couple of times, as you were describing a specific pallet, I immediately thought of a specific film. It wasn't ever one that you picked, but it was one you mentioned. Very, VERY nicely done. I'm sorry I'm just now seeing this.

I do not have the capability to describe how much I love and appreciate this video. This channel and Lessons from a Screenplay are the two best channels for cinema heads.

I can watch this video 100 times and still be intrigued. Great job, guys!

Very surprised to not see The Wizard of Oz here.

Finally! I've been watching these videos non stop waiting for the Fall to get more than an Honorable Mention. I love it so much

Out of Tim Burton's films I think Edward Scissorhands is the most memorable for me. I'm glad The Fall and Amelie made it on this list , they were both brilliant. I wonder if anyone has done one of these for animated movies or tv series , there are a lot of really good ones. Some of my favorites in animation are Up , Monsters Inc , any Miyazaki film and The Prince of Egypt. For tv cartoons Steven Universe is great - especially the concept art , where you can see more details in the environment sketches. I also liked Power Puff Girls , but haven't seen that in a while.

La La Land and. Blade Runner 2048 both had great use of color

Oh this channel is about intelligent thought provoking movies. I'm in the wrong place.

you've done an incredible job to educate your viewers not only in movies but also the art and soul used inside them.

Omg!!! I'm so happy to see The Fall mentioned. Such a visually stunning film, one of my favourites.

Am I the only one who would consider Blue Velvet?

No Singin' in the Rain? I thought that movie has a really unique color palette.

Hands down my favorite episode! The detail you guys put into this one is.. just amazing

This was a true masterclass list in movie making. It’s made me want to rewatch some of these favourites with a new eye.

Green color in Great Expectations (1998) (one of the most underrated movies ) dir. Alfonso Cuaron DoP. Emmanuel Lubezki

I adored the palette of Grand B.H.

This is the best top ten list I've ever seen. It was interesting, well researched, educational, passionate and yet not dragging or boring. Good job

Yes it’s a show, but Pushing Daisies using color brilliantly.

Nicholas Winding Refn knows how to use color perfectly.

Do Top 10 Orchestral Movie Scores of All Time

I'm so glad Cries and Whispers was in there since that's what came to mind when I think of deep rich use of red

Was fortunate to be on What Dreams May Come, and agree that it is a visual masterpiece in so many ways. I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan, so it was great to hear your thoughts on his use of pastels in Grand Budapest Hotel. Keep it up, I enjoy learning new things through such videos!

You explained that high Blue/Orange contrast that blockbuster films love! It's so easy to spot nowadays and i'm honestly getting tired of it!

Glad you got a Hitchcock and Wes Anderson movie on there, fantastic use of colour in pretty much all their work. Also shout out to Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, Shyamalan made some interesting character and story approaches with colour and used it masterfully.

I watch this channel for amazing movie suggestions. These are all gems

this is the first cinefix video I ever watched, 4 years ago, and it was my introduction to film analysis and video essay type videos, and honestly was the beginning of me wanting to get into filmmaking

Trainspotting: In addition to being one of my favorite films, I feel Trainspotting does an amazing job with its color scheme, as if everything has been dusted over with a powdered coating of Heroin.

My all time favourite use of colour in a film goes to La La Land, i just ADORE how they used the colour and cinematography. Everything looks like classic cinema burst into modern day and its simply GORGEOUS to look at. Right down to Sebastian and Mia being such polar opposites in colour, Sebastian is muted, blacks,browns and whites and perfectly contrasted with Mia and her bright reds, blues and yellows. The colour is used to such great effect, it perfectly mimics old hollywood whilst also being bright and modern. Its class and bold and i ADORE it.

I just discovered this channel some hours ago and instead of writing an essay I needed to submit last Monday (it´s Friday...) I just watched a lot of this videos hoping my favourite director or movie would be mentioned... Thank you for finally mentioning Baz Lurhmann hahaha now I can continue to try to end my semester on a good note

Wow, I think this is possibly my favourite RU-vid vid of this year; thanks guys!

Great video, but I thought Edward Scissorhands should be included, although it doesn't fit neatly into one category: there's the candy-colored pastel world of suburbia and the desaturated, dark world from whence Edward came.

The entire film of The Shawshank Redemption is all very bland in color until the very end were we see the beach and boat scene.

This is so informative and consistently been kept informative! Great work

Thank you so much! I am looking forward to watching all of these movies with fresh eyes.

1:07- "Fincher described it as what would happen if Tarkovsky directed Wizard of Oz." This made my day. I didn't know this. :D

Where were you when I had to do a report on color in movies.

Interestingly, yellow and purple *are* seen together in nature, namely in sunsets. Contrasting colours that reflect nature tend to be more memorable. Also, Anderson isn't hipster. Anderson is who hipsters try to be.

I have watched this video so many times and I still cannot get enough. I love it

The lack of Her's well-deserved inclusion on this list was disappointing.

'Apocalypse Now' was sorely missed from the list.

Im so amazed that this video is a top ten list that didn't disappoint me! Truely excellent work!!!

this is a gold mine