Hero
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Baraka
Winged Migration
March of the Penguins
Crouching Tiger/ Hidden Dragon

Angels in America
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Pat

I've not seen "Road to Perdition"...

rb

More: "Shakespeare in Love", "Farinelli" , "Women in Love","Run, Lola, Run", "Zelary," "The Mission", "Last of the Mohicans."

And along the same lines, The Ten Commandments

Some animated films:
Nightmare Before Christmas
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
Toy Story
A Bug's Life
Ants
Honey I Shrunk the Kids

And some of the older ones:
Mary Poppins
Bedknobs and Broomssticks
The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe (the upcoming one looks visually astounding as well)

and don't miss out on the visually wonderful, perfectly in-sync dance sequence between Jerry the Mouse and Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh nor the wondrous dancing on the ceiling done by Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding!

Have to add a few more as well---

A River Runs Through It
Hidalgo
It's A Wonderful Life
Titanic
Eve's Bayou
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Under the Tuscan Sun

Perhaps I am confusing a film that is stunning in its entirety with visually stunning, but I think all the Cabaret scenes qualify. The visuals during "If You Could See Her Like I Do" make the number incredibly powerful. And I find Joel Grey alone stunning to watch throughout the film.

Well we shall see what happens when they remake it....word is they're getting Renee to star. She's no Liza with a Z, but I think she would be quite good. Different. Which I think is important. It's hard to recreate something so it's like you may as well go for something so totally different than what's been done before. Now if they could get Rob Marshall to direct again, I'd be thrilled.

Don't think these have been mentioned:
The first Alien for its landmark truckers-in-space look.
Triplets of Belleville
Gotta give the first Matrix its due here.
Road Warrior
Aguirre Wrath of God
still love the look of Woody Allen's Manhattan/Purple Rose of Cairo

Peter Greenaway's films are all stunners, in my opinion, but my favorite is "The Draughtsman's Contract." I've watched it a dozen times or so and I still don't think I've seen everything in it.

Like Chris, I think "Cabaret" is all-around stunning. The Biergarten scene where the beautiful Nazi youth sings "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" and all but a few cynics rise and join him is chilling, as is the final slow-motion pan of the mirrored wall in the Kit Kat Klub. The difference between "Cabaret" and "Chicago" is, no doubt, which has the stunning message, but visually "Cabaret" trumps, too, in my opinion. Viewers too young to have seen "Cabaret" when it came out in 1972 may not realize what a jawdropper it was to movieviewers of that day (though playgoers already had an edge with the original play plus "The Threepenny Opera"). It was dark and sordid and the music and dancing were placed in appropriate context and setting; thus, it was unmusical-like, back in the day when musical meant invisible full orchestras on mountaintops or rival gangs bursting into fully choreographed rumbles.

Along the lines of The first Matrix, I'm throwing in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Lawrence of Arabia - groundbreaking cinematography, and the only special effect was a shot of the sun pounding down on the desert. David Lean tried photographing the actual sun and it wrecked the lenses, so they went with a painting.

Gone With The Wind - Vivian Leigh in her gorgeous costumes is worth the price of admission.

The Nun's Story - excellent melding of cinematography and the picture's theme. And why is this movie not on DVD?

Out of Africa - Although Robert Redford nearly ruined this movie, it's a feast for the eyes.

Shane - Just visit Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons and try not to cry when you think of this great film.

Mildred Pierce - am prejudiced, as this is one of my faves.

Quo Vadis - lush and vivid, with a touch of corruption, just like Rome.

Enchanted April
Angels and Insects
Funny Bones
Strictly Ballroom

Frieda, it's been a long time since I've "Draughtsman's Contract" -time to see it again. And Moongirl, the tango block cell dance or whatever it's called in "Chicago" is definitely one of the best dance sequences I've seen in a movie (below "Billy Elliot" and the equally wonderful "Simply Ballroom" of course!!!)

Rose

Barry Lyndon
Excalibur

And my personal pick for most visually perfect film,
Days of Heaven, shot by the great cinematographer, Néstor Almendros

I'd like to add Dark City, just because when the camera pulled back to reveal the entire city, my jaw hit the floor. Kind of subjective, but what else isn't?

I love Cabaret, I've seen the show and I am a huge Kander & Ebb fanatic and I love the story and I love the entire concept as a whole. But that film always disappoints me. I do hope that if they remake it that Rob Marshall spearheads it and does it the justice it deserves.

I suspect that Memoirs of a Geisha will be added to this list shortly!

Along the same lines, I will add Schindler's List and The Pianist to the list.

I suspect, moongirl, that Chris and I will never agree with you (and Rosie, if she feels the same way) that the Fosse-directed "Cabaret" is not visually stunning. It's a matter of taste, of course, but it is stunning enough for me to recall vividly certain scenes that I've already mentioned above, as did Chris, and I could enumerate several others. I saw "Cabaret" on stage with Lotte Lenya as Fraulein Schneider and I was a little disappointed in the film that Fraulein Schneider's part was negligible; but, in a way, that make's sense because who could have followed in Lenya's footsteps? What I do like most about the 1972 film is how Fosse opened it up, so to speak, and made it feel less like a filmed stageplay. Purists, I'm sure, would disagree.

While I liked "Chicago" well enough, I wasn't blown away with it like I had so hoped I would be. Perhaps the stylization you mentioned, moongirl, hindered my appreciation -- that, and "Chicago" seems superficial, message-wise, compared to "Cabaret." A remake of "Cabaret" is just fine with me (I thought you disliked remakes, moongirl -- in general, that is). I will watch any effort by Rob Marshall or whomever, but I suspect that "Cabaret" with Minnelli (or in spite of her) will remain my definitive version because it packed such an emotional wallop for me at the impressionable age I first saw it -- my early twenties in 1972.

If Renee Z (a Texan) is cast, as least she can do an English accent, returning Sally to her proper nationality. :-)