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Movies that are perfect

Fatoy

Fatoy

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Hell or High Water. Perfect genre filmmaking. Everyone firing on all cylinders, working from a tight script, with a brilliant director. From the running time to the soundtrack, there's not a thing wrong with it.
 

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I love you like a rose loves rainwater, like a leopard loves its partner in the jungle, like... I don't know what like.
 
Praxis

Praxis

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Oct 25, 2017
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UK
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jaws
The Exorcist
Rear Window
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Children of Men
The Witch
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Eraser Head
Mulholland Dr
Fire Walk With Me
 
Idde

Idde

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Oct 27, 2017
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Before sunset
The Incredibles
Castaway on the moon (though in this finely crafted movie there is one thing that sort of doesn't make sense)
Into the Spiderverse
Groundhog Day
 
Savinowned

Savinowned

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Oct 25, 2017
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I was gonna list a bunch of movies I feel are extremely good, but then actually thinking about an actual perfect movie... the only one that really fits this for me is Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
 
kvetcha

kvetcha

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Oct 27, 2017
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The Shop Around the Corner
High and Low
2001: ASO
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kiki's Delivery Service
No Country for Old Men
Jaws
 
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cb1115

cb1115

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Oct 25, 2017
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The Third Man
Godfather 1 & 2
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Pulp Fiction
Mulholland Drive
There Will Be Blood
Heat
The Lighthouse
Into the Spider-Verse

kinda weird seeing Spider-Verse on that list lol, but damn if there isn't a thing I would change about it
 
motherless

motherless

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Nov 6, 2017
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Falling Down
The Mist
Old School
Terminator 2
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Cell
Event Horizon
Alien
Tron (original)
Oblivion
 
Golden

Golden

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Commando
Commando
Commando
Commando
Commando
Commando
 
Tuorom

Tuorom

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The Prestige and Inception
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Both are masterful at weaving character arcs alongside the main storyline which itself is quite engaging with a good script and cinematography.

I would even nominate Annihilation, Sicario, and Prisoners which are also masterful. I can't find any criticisms for them.
 
Slader166

Slader166

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Oct 25, 2017
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The Thing
Nightcrawler
Kiki's Delivery Service
Burning
Memories of Murder
Love Exposure
Blade Runner 2049
Goodfellas
In the Mood For Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Nice Guys
 
Paquete_PT

Paquete_PT

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Good premise for a thread but those examples op...yikes.
Anyway, it's not my favorite movie but I consider "The Wrestler" by Darren Aronofsky to be a perfect film. That is, you couldn't tell that story in a better way
 
Xevross

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Oct 28, 2017
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Man, its hard to think out of all the films I've watched which I'd describe as being absolutely perfect. There was just one film that immediately came to my mind before I opened the thread:

Hot Fuzz

After reading through the thread I'll also echo Into The Spider-Verse, Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight. LOTR trilogy are some of the best films ever for me but they're so big and ambitious that they do get a few things slightly wrong, so I wouldn't describe them as perfect. Perfection is incredibly hard to achieve.
 
Sulik2

Sulik2

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Oct 27, 2017
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The Fellowship of the Ring extended cut is a legit perfect film. I'd probably add Knives Out after a few more viewings.
 
deftones r cool

deftones r cool

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Quite a few actually.

Here's a top 25 in no apparent order:

Lost in Translation
Good Will Hunting
Taxi Driver
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Le Mepris
Wings of Desire
Eraserhead
Freddy Got Fingered
Alien
Love Exposure
Annie Hall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Miracle
Vivre Sa Vie
Hana-Bi
Phenomena
The Taste of Tea
Pinnochio 964
Rocky
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Moonlight
Under the Skin
Lawrence of Arabia
Yojimbo
High Plains Drifter
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Crybaby
Serial Mom
Most Valuable Primate

And of course...

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Dubbedinenglish

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Oct 25, 2017
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Mad Max: Fury Road
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
Coming to America
Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2
 
vala

vala

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Oct 25, 2017
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There Will Be Blood
Once Upon a Time in the West
Andrei Rublev
Dersu Uzala
Apocalypse Now
8 1/2
 
Dreams-Visions

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hmm. I'd have to watch a bunch of movies again, but initial thoughts of movies that don't really fuck anything at all up:

The Color Purple
Gravity
The Hunt for Red October
Casino Royale
Star Trek 6 - The Undiscovered Country
Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring
Moonlight
The Matrix
Star Wars 4 - A New Hope
Bladerunner 2049
The Shawshank Redemption
Jurassic Park
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Edward Scissorhands
There Will Be Blood
Chicago
Se7en
Glory
Malcolm X
Empire of The Sun
Coming to America
 
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