Comparison of Cinematic Aspect Ratios
Academy Standard
NTSC Television
Cine 35mm
 
Gone With the Wind (1939)
  The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4:3 4 3 1.33
Text Box: 1:1.33
Text Box:  
Super 8mm 27:20 27 20 1.35
16mm 18:13 18 13 1.38
IMAX 10:7 10 7 1.43
35mm Slide
Photo
Vistavision
3:2 3 2 1.50
Text Box: 1:78
Text Box:  
Vistavision 8:5 8 5 1.60
Super 16mm 5:3 5 3 1.67
US HDTV
Widescreen
16:9 16 9 1.78
Academy Flat
Panavision
Vistavision
 
The Birds (1963)
  Goodwill Hunting (1997)
37:20 37 20 1.85
Text Box: 1:1.85
Vistavision 49:25 49 25 1.96
70mm 46:21 46 21 2.19
Todd-AO 11:5 11 5 2.20
Anamorphic Scope
Cinemascope
Panavision
Super 35mm
Techniscope
Todd-AO
 
Star Wars (1977)
  Apocalypse Now (1979)
  Blade Runner (1982)
47:20 47 20 2.35
Text Box: 1:2.35
Cinemascope 51:20 51 20 2.55
Cinemascope 133:50 133 50 2.66
Panorama 8:3 8 3 2.67
Text Box: 1:2.76
65mm 11:4 11 4 2.75
Ultra-Panavision
  Ben-Hur (1959)
 
How The West Was Won (1962)
 
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
69:25 69 25 2.76