night in movies — cinematic frame references

Explore 9733 frames tagged “night” across 284 films. Compare colors, lighting, composition and shot characteristics. Open any frame to use the visual analysis tools.

9,733 frames 284 films Mostly wide shots
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — walking, street, night
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — room, night, person
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — standing, street, fire
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — sitting, standing, dialogue
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark yellow
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — standing, night, house
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark green
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — walking, street, night
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Godfather: Part II — standing, car, night
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The Godfather: Part II · Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Frame from Hotel Rwanda — walking, car, night
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Hotel Rwanda · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Hotel Rwanda — standing, walking, night
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Hotel Rwanda · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Frame from Hotel Rwanda — car, night, house
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Hotel Rwanda · Low brightness · Dark teal
Frame from Hotel Rwanda — fire, night, house
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Hotel Rwanda · Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — standing, walking, dog
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — car, night, smoke
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — car, night, truck
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — walking, street, dog
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — standing, walking, dog
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark pink
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — standing, plate, kitchen
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark red
Wide shot frame from The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — standing, car, night
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark purple
Medium shot frame from Dream Scenario — walking, dialogue, street
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Dream Scenario · Medium shot · Medium brightness · Dark blue
Wide shot frame from Dream Scenario — sitting, book, room
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Dream Scenario · Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark red

Visual profile of “night”

This profile is calculated from 9,733 frames across 284 films in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Colors commonly associated with “night”

Dark blue 27.1% Dark gray 14.9% Black 11.6% Dark teal 10.2% Gray 8.3% Dark green 7.6% Dark orange 6.8% Dark red 2.4% Dark yellow 2.3% Muted orange 2% Dark purple 1.5% Muted blue 1.2% Muted teal 0.9% Dark pink 0.7%
  • Dark blue appears 2.8 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Dark teal appears 2.1 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.
  • Dark purple appears 1.8 times more frequently in these frames than in the average WatchTheFrame collection.

Lighting and tonal characteristics

Brightness
Very dark6043
Dark3479
Mid185
Bright26
Very bright0
Saturation
Muted1264
Low5440
Mid2280
High658
Vivid91
Contrast
Low2153
Mid6643
High879
Very high58
Aspect ratios
2.40:1 · 2547 2.39:1 · 2229 1.85:1 · 1374 2.35:1 · 1141 1.78:1 · 890

Films with “night” frames

Die Hard 2 — 244/962244John Wick: Chapter 4 — 183/722183The Night Before — 155/607155Bad Boys for Life — 152/793152John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum — 151/602151The Instigators — 148/760148Black Panther — 147/765147Super 8 — 143/612143Zombieland — 140/492140Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit — 134/7141348 Mile — 133/623133Jack Reacher — 132/523132
Zombieland — 28.5%28Only God Forgives — 28.2%28Die Hard — 27%27The Night Before — 25.5%26Die Hard 2 — 25.4%25John Wick: Chapter 4 — 25.3%25Jack Reacher — 25.2%25John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum — 25.1%25Super 8 — 23.4%23John Wick — 21.6%228 Mile — 21.3%21Air Force One — 20.8%21

Directors and cinematographers associated with “night”

Nicolas Winding Refn — 1 films · 53 frames28Jonathan Levine — 1 films · 155 frames26Renny Harlin — 1 films · 244 frames25Christopher McQuarrie — 1 films · 132 frames25J.J. Abrams — 1 films · 143 frames23Chad Stahelski — 4 films · 537 frames22David Leitch — 1 films · 114 frames22Curtis Hanson — 1 films · 133 frames21Wolfgang Petersen — 1 films · 126 frames21Seth Gordon — 1 films · 85 frames20Ryan Coogler — 1 films · 147 frames19Adil El Arbi — 1 films · 152 frames19

Common combinations with “night”

night + street light 772 frames · 7.9% · lift 12.7 night + skyscraper 292 frames · 3% · lift 5.2 night + fire 435 frames · 4.5% · lift 3.4 night + street 4393 frames · 45.1% · lift 3.4 night + building 1765 frames · 18.1% · lift 3.3 night + wheel 2219 frames · 22.8% · lift 3 night + land vehicle 921 frames · 9.5% · lift 2.7 night + car 3063 frames · 31.5% · lift 2.6 night + car tire 370 frames · 3.8% · lift 2.5 night + smoke 526 frames · 5.4% · lift 2.4 night + boat 383 frames · 3.9% · lift 2.1 night + walking 2044 frames · 21% · lift 1.8

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Frequently combined
street light skyscraper fire street building wheel land vehicle car car tire smoke boat walking