One shot, unbroken
This is the latest from a series of films from Coppola and Fricke, where the entire movie is driven by cinematography. There are underlying themes about mankind's imbalance with the natural world, but mainly, they took a couple of imax cameras, bolted them together, and traveled the world looking for opportunities for great cinematography. In a way, these films are the ultimate answer to your question. They did ditch the custom dual imax after a while, but the new stuff looks just as good, better really.
Planet Earth (the bbc series) boasts some of the most impressive work ever seen. The original series was at the time the highest budget production in the history of the UK. It's the carefully curated work of hundreds of professional photographers, some of whom went to extraordinary lengths to get a shot, such as living with snow leopards for six months.