Every Film that used IMAX Cameras - The ULTIMATE IMAX List
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Ever wonder what movies actually used IMAX cameras? We're not talking about all of the countless documentaries and educational films IMAX has made for decades but for narrative-based films? Well buckle up and join us for what we hope is the MASTER list of IMAX cameras in movies! Let us know in the comments if we missed one!
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0:00 IMAX CAMERAS
0:38 STAR WARS VI | 5 Minutes
2:45 First Man | 5 Minutes
4:25 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 9 Minutes
6:09 Wonder Woman 1984 | 15 Minutes
6:58 MYSTERIOUS USE CASES
8:35 LUCY | ???
10:35 Tree of Life | ???
12:07 Batman v Superman | 25 Minutes
13:20 Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol | 25 Minutes
14:58 The Dark Knight | 28 Minutes
16:33 Star Trek Into Darkness | 30 Minutes
17:44 No Time To Die | 30 Minutes
18:23 Star Wars VIII | 40 Minutes?
19:26 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 48 Minutes
20:39 NOPE | 49 Minutes
21:46 THE NOLANVERSE | 66-80+ Minutes
22:39 FULL FILMS?
22:52 The Young Black Stallion
23:16 Wings of Courage
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Which movie do you think would be better if it used IMAX cameras?
Inglourious Basterds for sure
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The final action scene in The Matrix would've been fucking breathtaking if shot on IMAX.
True! Honestly maybe all of the Matrix fight scenes?
LMAO @jjjuuuhhhaaa
catching fire was my first true imax experience and ive never wanted to watch a big budget movie in standard ever again because of it, truly was breathtaking
Can you guys make a video on what it's like working with a 70mm imax camera? The workflow, lighting, lensing, rigs, post production etc. It's such a mystery to me how they're operated. Would love to see a detailed video on that.
That's on our list for sure!
Usually they require two men to operate in a handheld shot because they're so heavy, in The Dark Knight during the interrogation scene for example, there is a mistake where you can actually see the two cameramen reflected in the mirror holding the gigantic IMAX camera.
@@ProfessorChocolateCake it looks like Hoyta Van Hoytema figured out how to go handheld on Oppenheimer haha.
@@ProfessorChocolateCake the dark knight interrogation scene was shot on 35mm. To figure out which scenes are imax simply focus on the aspect ratio. 2 40 is anamorphic and 16 9 on tv or phone is imax. You can find all the imax scenes in TH-cam
@@justaguywholikesmovies90 I could have sworn the interrogation scene was an IMAX scene. Now I need to start questioning my own memory.
Give a documentary called “Fires of Kuwait” a watch! it was shot out in Kuwait during the oil well fires on IMAX, and is potentially one of the most stunning docs ever shot
I'll have to check it out!~
Even watching on TH-cam I swear this documentary is the highest quality thing I've ever seen. Fascinating use on a fascinating subject
First Man was my first IMAX movie and that moon scene was truly amazing to experience
One of the best sponsor segues I think I've seen. Fantastic.
haha thanks!
Informative and well done! In the mid 1980's I attended a meeting of the SMPTE in Toronto at the Cinesphere 70MM theater, where they played the Dream Is Alive and Hail Columbia, on IMAX, and one of the IMAX inventors gave a talk. They passed around actual frames of the IMAX film and that was very cool!
Appreciate it! And that's really cool. That would have been really cool to have gone to
You really did a lot of searching and analysis work on the topic. It's very interesting for IMAX funs like me. Thank you!👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Even though Force Awakens only had only sequence in IMAX, it was a pretty awesome one and really well shot. I’d rather have at least one cool scene formatted for the format than none.
Fair point!
Yeah that's fair
It really is interesting seeing where IMAX has been used. Far less than I had first thought. I didn't realise The Hunger Games used IMAX, but actually that's a fantastic situation to creatively use it, and one of the few use cases I think you could practically argue that the shallow depth of field and large frame format could be genuinely impactful. I'll have to go back and watch Nope now.
It is! Yeah the list probably feels small because of all the "digital IMAX" releases
You should have a look at all IMAX documentaries done in the past. I had the chance to work on one of the last documentaries that used the IMAX Solido camera shooting in stereo with two 70mm film strips.
I will at some point! That would have been a hard one to cover for this video, and there is really a lot less content around some of them. But that's really cool! Let me know if you ever want to jump on a podcast and talk about what it's like working with an IMAX camera
I just saw ‘Rocky Mountain Express’ and it was stunning. That director is like the Nolan of documentaries, but watching them are very inaccessible. Do look into Stephen Low’s filmography?
Now I want to know about all the nature documentaries that use IMAX
Give me a year to research all 100 haha
In addition to films being IMAX shot that eventually get cropped in post, it always bugs me when the IMAX ratio (even a cropped 1.78/1.90 equivalent) is unavailable for home consumption. IMAX cinemas are inaccessible to so many people, and even fewer are re-running older films that have since left the format. Some directors (like Brad Bird) say they find the changing ratios at home distracting given the brighter environment drawing attention to the edges of the screen, but I find that to be a moot point given this:
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Are you getting the "true IMAX experience" at home? Of course not, but the expanded aspect ratio is a HUGE creative choice that get's completely wasted when less than 1% of viewers will ever have a chance to see it that way. I don't care if you think my setup isn't good enough to give the "intended IMAX experience", please let me watch your movie the way it was intended to be seen
Agreed. Even with TV's these days, they are big enough to do that square format if it's available
Scott Derrickson made a similar statement when the IMAX version of Doctor Strange dropped on Disney+. He said that the IMAX ratio for some scenes were only designed for those screens and that the non-IMAX version is his definite version of the movie.
@@benjipc5637 Indeed, but he then proceeded to discuss how it’s perfectly fine to watch the expanded version, and that’s the beauty of choice. It may not be the “intended” way, but at least both versions exist
Great content!
Appreciate it!
Wow you put a lot of effort into these 👍
I saw Oppenheimer on iMax, it was my first experience. Now i am not going to normal cinema ever ❤. It just blew my mind.
It's pretty cool to see it that way!
There is one other film that used IMAX cameras for vfx use, and I guess you could say it was technically the first fictional film shot in IMAX over The Dark Knight, and that film is The Presstige.
There was an interview Christopher Nolan gave years ago where he talked about how, in preparation for using IMAX cameras for TDK, he asked IMAX if they could use one of their cameras to test it out and see how they could utilize it in his next film.
I also remember seeing the Raiders of the Lost Podcast TH-cam channel interview this past year where David Keighley (Chief Quality Officer at IMAX) explained that the cameras were used very sparingly for The Prestige, mostly for a few vfx sequences, but did reveal one of the IMAX shots in the film was the scene where Christian Bales character removes the finger of his twin brother. I highly suggest checking out that interview as David Keighley reveals some pretty cool details about the company.
Interesting! Honestly I'm surprised I've not heard about that before
@FrameVoyager I definitely recommend checking out the Raiders Of The Lost Podcast interview to get some more insight. It's a recent interview from 3 months ago with some cool tech related knowledge, including proprietary technology on their GT projectors that anamorphically projects vertically to fill the entire 1.43.1 IMAX screens.
I can't remember where I read Christopher Nolan's interview on The Prestige, but it's definitely somewhere online.
@@morenol1990 for sure! I've listened to their stuff before, it's great!
@@morenol1990 which episode?
@@LanaaAmor it's one of their most recent episodes from 3 months ago. It should say interview with David Keighley of IMAX or something like that.
What about Tiger Child? No mention of it, it was shot 100% on IMAX, I was surprised to learn it was made in the 70s.
Tiger child would fit into the documentary category. But I was going to include it, but there is no where I can find corroborating evidence that it was shot on actual IMAX cameras, just in IMAX format. I also made this before they released this video of the expo in 1970 here this year th-cam.com/video/-FZJV2wE44E/w-d-xo.html
This is the only known footage left of it. Someone had been sitting on it for a while 😅
I'd love to see a video tackling how filmmakers work around the loud sounds of the IMAX camera, is all sound recreated in post? Do they have a way of making sure that the microphones don't capture the audio? I'm so curious.
For Oppenheimer they would film the scenes twice actually. Once on IMAX and then they would do the performance again for the audio. But a lot of times, and even with non film movies, they all go back and re-record dialogue in post.
@@FrameVoyager Interesting, thank you for responding!
@@teddysquid9556 No problem!
Dune part 2 in an actual IMAX 1:43 aspect ratio was the greatest movie experience I have ever had . Hoping to see interstellar in 70mm film in September
Brilliant ad read! And loved the video 🙌🏽
Awesome :)
MI:4 and Dark Knight IMAX sequences were absolutely astonishing on the big screen.
hey, FV! Love your stuff. Got a good idea for one of your upcoming episodes. You should do a video on the sphere and big sky. since IMAX 1570 has officially been surpassed by digital thanks to them :-)
Appreciate it! Yeah, I've been keeping my eye on that camera for sure!
Fantastic video
Appreciate it!
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I'd love to see a video on which movie used the most different variations of camera models and film types etc
That would be fun! Honestly, Tree of Life will probably be on that list. That's a random usage of cameras and some that don't even exist anymore.
Yeah that's the section that made me think "damn this would be cool to see a bigger video on" because as a film enjoyer but not an expert; I can't even say that I notice changes in cameras; which I suppose is the point.
(Except in Blair Witch Project where its a key part of the experience)
I'd say it's hard with IMAX unless you see it in IMAX to notice the changes. But in the Tree of Life I'd have to take a closer look to try and tell if I could even see it
Great video! Do you really think Oppenheimer was 80+ minutes? For an incredibly dialogue heavy film, my guess would've been around 70 minutes. Would love to see a video on films that have been released in IMAX 15/70mm and how many prints were actually released for each film.
I think so, given that it was a 3 hour film and they are using the IMAX camera all over the place in the BTS footage. Plus a lot of the b&w footage added into the mix as well.
It kinda seems like IMAX is struggling to remain relevant, requiring these strange backdoor deals to force DP to use IMAX cameras for parts of the film.
I would say it seems like they were doing that more so early on. Lately they have really been surging and have had their best year as a company
It is unfortunate that IMAX cameras are being used as a gimmick instead of being used to their full technical and visual potential.
@@ProfessorChocolateCakeOnly a few filmmakers really take full advantage of the IMAX format for it's rich detail and large aspect ratio. Main one being Christopher Nolan who loves working with large format celluloid.
Most times IMAX is being used now when it comes to blockbusters is mostly for 2 reasons.
1. The size of the frame which makes the spectacle of the film seem that much bigger.
2. High resolution. IMAX has a resolution equivalent to nearly 8k and that high resolution lends it's way to more room in post production for visual effects as well as possible crop in on the image.
Isn't the size of the frame kind of a gimmick though? Not like the aspect ratio would be exactly the same and you won't get the same high resolution, but there's 4 perf 35mm
You don't really need an IMAX camera to fully utilize an IMAX GT theater either though. Dune and Dune Part 2 were shot digitally and use a full 1.43:1 ratio.
Personally, although IMAX cameras are cool, I find the ratio to be the most impactful part of the experience.
Great video (by the way, Interstellar came out in 2014, not 2015)
Damnit, I knew that too because the 10 year anniversarry is next year lmao
For whatever reason at 7:24 my tv either blacked out or I'm going insane. That was freaky.
Little question, why are both Dune movies not present in this list? They were fully shot in IMAX if I am not wrong. Great video btw!
They were shot in IMAX but they used digital cameras and not IMAX's film cameras. So for the subject of this video, we were only listing films that used those massive IMAX cameras in some part of their film.
We have a new video we just released that talks about all the films released in 1.43:1. Dune is included
Hope that helps!
PLEASE do a breakdown of the production of Tombstone, full of rumors and gossip and a carousel of directors
I doubt that The Force Awakens was shot in IMAX because of Disney. It was probably just a nerdy thing they wanted to do. The movie would have gotten a big IMAX release regardless. And Disney historically doesn’t really care about capture mediums. And pretty much all big films that get an IMAX release have some vague marketing video with the cast and director talking about how immersive IMAX is. Even if they’ve been shot entirely in 2.39:1 anamorphic.
Well for sure, some of that rhetoric was from some industry news sources who thought it felt different then before. Especially considering Nolan used IMAX a ton previously on Star Trek
Crazy that the sequence I remember most from Force awakens is the sole imax one lmaoo
What is the "go to" site to find the technical specs of any movie?
Camera's, Lenses, Lights etc...
Usually manufacturer if they can. Then IMDb but they aren't always accurate and you have to cross reference with other reports and BTS footage
Can't imagine more of a waste of resources than shooting on 70mm film, scanning it to create a scaled down digital copy to add digital VFX and then converting it back to 70mm film... What a stupid thing to do. Also, remember, every A/D or D/A conversion means lowering of quality.
They tried to use imax on everything everywhere all at once for the rock scenes where no movement was happening because they thought it was funny but they couldn’t afford it
Oh interesting, I didn't know that. Would have been hilarious if they did that
What about Tron Legacy : O edit: nevermind I just googled they didnt use an imax camera for it, just vertically enhanced it for imax screens, my bad
That's where they get ya haha
I wish my Blurays / Ultra HD movies came with the proper screen ratios. Does anyone know if this is available?
I get the technicallity of "IMAX Camera", but I would still include Lightyear and Dune 1+2 just in the spirit of them using a 1.43:1 ratio. I'd certainly call them more valid as IMAX features than The Last Jedi was lol.
It's fair! This was really more about which films used IMAX film cameras but yeah I'd consider Dune a complete IMAX film
If you included those 2, you would have to include every other digital film formatted for imax in that aspect ratio
@@marianoguy It isn't that many. Dune, Lightyear, Oblivion, Lion King (2019), and The Eternals have been the only movies rendered/shot that way so far.
@@FrameVoyagerI have seen Force Awakens and Last Jedi in IMAX print, and Dune Part 1 and 2 are no way near in quality to the actual IMAX film sequences. And I saw all four at the Science Museum in London.
Wasn’t Force Awakens episode VII(7)? It says VI fyi
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First man love
I thought that was such a well made film. Those launch sequences were so intense
What about Avengers Infinity War and Endgame?
1.90:1 IMAX ratio. So it was IMAX but not the full 1.43:1.
Dune part 2 wad completely filmed in imax
Not with IMAX films cameras. They used the Alexa LF and 65
Good movies is what’s struggling, not IMAX. All great movies released (recently) Oppenheimer, Dune, NOPE, Top Gun etc did great in IMAX. These two movies have saved cinema imo and have been keeping it alive while we go through this drought of good movies
Marvel also used imax
Not IMAX film cameras though. Just approved IMAX digital cameras. And likely alexa 65's
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That's what the evil hacker guy said.@@FrameVoyager
I think IMAX is good for having the larger film size which results in smaller grain. I really don't care for the ratio.
Exactly, that’s the original point and purpose of the format. Nobody fixated on the square-ish aspect ratio as some sort of spectacular marker until the nolan movies. Historically the more widescreen aspect ratios were the ones that people associated with spectacle. With imax it would have been considered a drawback only worth it for it being large format
@@marianoguy Imax footage that is in 2.39:1 is perfect for me.
What about DUNE?
Dune didn't use IMAX film cameras. Used the Alexa LF
What about Dune?
Dune used approved IMAX digital camera. The Alexa LF and Alexa 65
What about Avatar??
All digital Sony cameras
How many minutes used in Dune 2?
None? Dune didn't use IMAX film cameras 😉
@@FrameVoyager I just watched it yesterday in an imax theater. Dune part 2. Also read entirely shot in imax
@@FrameVoyager This is the comment made by Denis Villeneuve about it:
"We visit new locations, everything is new in the film. In the first movie we shot 40% in IMAX, this time it’s full IMAX.”
@@Maxpower50000 Well first. They are using Digital Alexa LF cameras at open gate which hasa 4:3 ratio which allows them to get the full coverage of an IMAX asep[ct ratio. Which is 1.43:1. Which is not what this video is talking about, it's talking about which films used IMAX Film cameras not the digital "approved for IMAX" cameras. If that make sense. We have another video we just released talking about all the films taht have been release in FULL IMAX 1.43:1 that includes the Dune films.
Also, I read that too about it being fully in IMAX 1.43:1 format, but I've heard from others at the 1.43:1 IMAX theaters that it's only specific parts of the film still. Which means sure they could have shot it all in IMAX format, but not used the full sensor. Likely meaning you have some other standard IMAX 1.90:1 shots in there. So it's still all shot for IMAX formats taht you can only see in IMAX theaters
I appreciate the knowledgeable response! Maybe Dune 3 🤞🏼
I’ll check out the other videos today, just subscribed. Not sure if you did a 4dx video, if not that would be interesting to see how production is done for that variant even if only done in post.
It’s pretty save to assume that not 40 minutest of the final movie in The Last Jedi ended up being IMAX. It’s probably more likely that 40 minuets of IMAX footage were shot in total for the entire movie. The Last Jedi used a whole lot of formats and is a mix of 50/50 digital and film with cinematographer Steve Yedlin’s custom print film emulation to bring all the footage together.
Likely yes, the estimates were based on a couple of corroborating reports we could find on the actual estimates. I would assume it's lower but I also have no evidence for that. It's why I left a little "?" on it haha.
The list of IMAX films is actually quite a lot longer than this video, depending on what you call a "feature film" (vs a documentary or short film). Also, it would be great to call out which movies you can see the IMAX ratio on home video, and which ones you can't, as it's surprisingly controversial. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMAX_films
Yeah expanding into non major motion pictures of IMAX films is a much longer video 😅 But we mentioned that list at the beginning of the video
So many you can't see I'm IMAX ratio 😩
Didn't mention MCU which uses imax with varying degrees of success infinity war and endgame are the stand outs
MCU doesn't use IMAX films cameras and only uses secondary IMAX aspect ratios at 1.90:1. So no, it wouldn't make sense to add them to this video.
@@FrameVoyager ahhh okay that makes sense! Would have loved for you to distinguish the difference between IMAX film cameras and IMAX digital cameras...
Thanks for replying and clearing up my confusion
@@TheJadongrant ah, yeah. Well technically IMAX doesn't have any "digital" cameras just "approved for IMAX" cameras. If that makes sense
@@FrameVoyager gotcha that does make sense! Thank you!
You don't need the imax camera format! Digital cameras have much higher light sensitivity than film cameras. Imagine the size of your phone's sensor and it takes decent quality pictures.
We did some hard research into this subject, but let us know if we missed any films! IMAX information can be pretty tough at times
@@nicolasospina2984 They used an ArrI Alexa LF IMAX certified camera. Not an IMAX film camera
@@FrameVoyager - I Google'd "Arri Alexa LF IMAX Certified Camera", and it looks like it's 4.5K image quality, which...isn't really all that impressive considering my FujiFilm X-S20 vlogging cam can do up to 6K if I attach a hard drive to its back!
I get that "speeds & feeds" isn't everything, but when dealing with a format touted for its 11K image quality shooting in digital at a biscuit over 4K seems a bit like cheating....
what about Killers of the Flower Moon?
@@8teenOfficial it wasn't filmed with IMAX cameras, just an ARRI LT, ST and a Sony Venice
Zack Snyder JL Cut?
Wasn’t Infinity War and Endgame filmed entirely in IMAX? I remember seeing articles to that effect.
IMAX 1.90:1 yes haha
Was looking for this
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You forgot a couple. IMAX has a official 3D digital camera that was made with phantom that is full 1:43.2 and is not like the ARRI such is a ARRI camera with IMAX branding and certification. This camera used 2 phantom 65 camera inside the make 1 3D image and is a official IMAX 1:43.1 camera and was used in Transformers 4 and 5. Also Eternal (the only marvel film to do this) used the 9802 camera for 6 minutes of the film (the hyper lapse scene and the scene where the girl meets the giant dude in the other world). I've actually seen it in 70mm it was jaw dropping.The Lion king used the imax9802 and was full 70mm for 23min (I believe maybe light year movie also). Also hows Tenet not shown on here (unless I missed it ).? There was also a big film in china that used it but I don't remember the name
Oh I know about those, but we were specifically referencing IMAX film cameras for this. Those other digital, while IMAX, still not technically their cameras. Just didn't fit the nature of our list of IMAX cameras shooting in 15 perf 65mm film
And we mentioned tenet in the "Nolanverse" section
@@FrameVoyager Eternals definently used the 9802. The only digital IMAX that fills 1.43:1 is the phantom digital one but eternals wasnt filmed with a 3D camera it was using the film camera for 6 minutes of the film and the arri digital for like 40 more minutes but the 9802 was definitely used. It's the only marvel film to actually ever be shot with proper IMAX.
@@mtvisionary if you have some links or photos showing that I'd love to see it. Even IMAX put out for that one that the IMAX scenes were filmed with the Alexa LF and Mini LF. I can't find anything on the IMAX film cameras being used for that film
Every technical specs I can find from IMAX to any article on it just shows made for IMAX cameras being the alexas
@@mtvisionary that's not true, in the digital imax list there's the alexa LF and that one is 1.43 open gate
I saw it somewhere before but never bookmarked it. I'm still looking if I can't find it I'll reply and admit defeat 😂
what about michael jordan to the max
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I dont understand what the deal with imax is. Its a bigger screen, i guess? so what? screen size doesnt even matter it just matters how close you are to it. all the imax theaters here only offer tiny exttemely uncomfortable stadium style seating where youre crammed in like sardines so they can maximize profit. it completely ruins the entire experience. it makes it pretty obvious how the entire thing is just a marketing gimmick. im convinced the only reason imax exists is so theaters can charge almost 2x as much for movies. i saw oppenheimer in imax and it was horrible. just so uncomfortable the whole time and it didnt look or sound any different from a normal movie. i saw dune 2 in a dolby showing with a nice comfortable leather recliner all to myself and i dont regret a thing. never going back to imax, why would i? The only truly different exerience ive had is a long time ago seeing a documentary about the moon landings and they played it on this big curved screen that was almost like a dome. thats what Imax used to be, in my mind. but somewhere along the way imax came to just mean "a large screen"
Real IMAX = 70mm film.
Anything else is just a film screened on an IMAX screen.
Digital 1.90 or 1.40 ratio does not = IMAX.
Star wars the force awakens isn't episode 6 😂
what an insanely glaring issue that was overlooked
Wasn’t Avengers Endgame and infinity war shot in full IMAX …the whole movie shot in IMAX ?
You mean in digital imax?
Yeah it was with digital cameras, the ARRI Alexa 65if I remembered correctly, not on their film cameras.
No Time To Die was ironically the worst looking Bond film ever…
All the incredible technic is useless if the story is bullsh** or Pheobe Waller-Bridge destroys the movie! 😂
I think IMAX is extremely overrated. It's mostly used as a gimmick to attract filmbros, mainly Nolan and Villeneuve fans.
Make Christopher Nolan Brand Ambassador of IMAX 😁🫡🤞
By the way I'm shocked by the hearing the news about Nolan want to make a horror film. How would it be 🦇⚫➰