How can I achieve a professional quality filming style/look with the iPhone camera?

Hey everyone! So, as a fun experiment I'm starting to play with my iPhone 4S camera and am interested in seeing if I can achieve some specific styles of filming. Specifically, I'm looking to get a Spielberg-esque feel in a short film I want to make, which J. J. Abrams nailed in 2011's Super 8. I'm also a big fan of The Rocketeer, which also has a classic Spielberg feel to it, and was curious what it would take to achieve that style. Finally, in terms of more modern styles, I love the clean looks of movies like Captain America and even The Amazing Spider-Man, which I know what shot on a Red Epic. And before I forget, even though I know both Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder use film, is there any way to pull off what they did on The Dark Knight trilogy or Man of Steel? Man of Steel especially had some cool Terrence Malick Tree of Life-esque shots I liked as well.
I'm really just looking for what I can do to film it like them, and then what I'd need to utilize in post-production to further solidify these styles. I know apps like Filmic Pro have been suggested, and right now I'm only using iMovie in post, but any further ideas are welcome. Thanks!

you're listing movies, made by hundreds of professionals with 100s mio of dollars - and you like to accomplish the same 'look' with a mobile phone … ? hmmm ........
basicly …
a) Photography
The 'cameraman' is for good reasons called Director of Photography - s/he studied for years, how to paint with light. There's a Emmy-awarded documentary, I like to recommend beginners like you, spend 3 hours watching them both: Zacuto Camera Shootout I and Zacuto Camera Shootout II
You learn just by watching a lot about what a DoP is looking at.
'Spoiler': In ptII/The Revenge one 'camera' is an iPhone.
… but operated by a professional! He knows the limitations of such a device, e.g. the poor 4 f-stops, it delivers etc etc ....
NONE of your listed movies uses 'existing/ambient light', it's all 'made'.-
b) Grading
ColorGradingCentral offers 15 free tutorials for FCPX … meant as a start.
It also offers tutorials for the pro-grading tool DaVinciResolve …
NONE of your listed movies shows 'real' light, all are 'graded'.-
Last word:
It's not the device, it's the one handling it who creates art/quality.
So, use tons of light, use it wisely, grade your movies with years of experience - done.
Or, use the tons of ready-made plugins (a good source for free ones here) avail for FCPX to give your material 'looks'.
But it will never look as Spielberg-ish as you want
... if there's a one-click-done solution, be sure, Christopher Nolan wouldn't spend hundreds of Millions of Dollars for his movies ...

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