Best Cinematography of EVERY Year

…of the sound era at least.

There are a few years where due to wildly different styles and my own indecision, I had to declare a tie.

I realize after the fact that some of the greats like Coutard, Wong Howe, Hall, Miyajima, Menges, Elswit, Delbonnel, Lachman, Alton, and Ondrícek aren’t listed, such is the trouble with trying to keep it to one. 1975 proved the hardest choice, I come down in favor of Barry Lyndon but how not to mention The Mirror? Anyway, enough ado, the list:

2020 (so far): Vitalina Varela (Simões)

2019: A Hidden Life (Widmer)
2018: Roma (Cuaron)
2017: Phantom Thread (None...