Given that this listing is a personal preference thing, there is a criteria I'd like all responders to follow. 1) Originality (no remakes, no book adaptations, no 'based on a true story'); 2) Intensity of Effect (includes "suspension of disbelief"); 3) Cohesion (logical progression though not necessarily linear); and 4) Complexity (no cliches, etc).
My choices:
Philadelphia
Sling Blade
Do The Right Thing
Pulp Fiction
The Empire Strikes Back
Seven
Psycho
Das Boot
Memento
Casablanca
Taxi Driver
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter
Alien
Chinatown
2001: A Space Odyssey
Brother From Another Planet
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"Perfect" Films
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, Jun 15 2012 07:59 PM
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 07:59 PM
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I reckon so.
Posted 15 June 2012 - 08:53 PM
Sin City, The Man Who Would Be King, Captains Courageous, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, Midnight Express...
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Edited by Eldorado, 15 June 2012 - 08:56 PM.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:17 PM
Add "Life of Brian" to your list.
In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back. - Charlie Brown
"It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them." - J. Robert Oppenheimer; Scientific Director; The Manhattan Project
"talking bull**** is not a victimless crime" - Marina Hyde, author.
"It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them." - J. Robert Oppenheimer; Scientific Director; The Manhattan Project
"talking bull**** is not a victimless crime" - Marina Hyde, author.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:30 PM
I would add:
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
His Girl Friday
but then I am prone to comedies...
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
His Girl Friday
but then I am prone to comedies...
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:20 AM
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:44 AM
The Usual Suspects.
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I reckon so.
Posted 16 June 2012 - 08:24 AM
Apologies for not following your criteria, Rimbaudelaire.. tiredness is only excuse I have. 
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 10:30 AM
Hmm, since you don't specify no adaptations from plays, I am going to add Brief Encounter and Blithe Spirit.
Following the rules more closely, I shall also add North by Northwest, The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets and A Matter of Life and Death.
Following the rules more closely, I shall also add North by Northwest, The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets and A Matter of Life and Death.
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I reckon so.
Posted 16 June 2012 - 10:35 AM
grrrr finding it tough to stick to the rules
Most are based on novels.. like your Das Boot.
Most are based on novels.. like your Das Boot.
Edited by Eldorado, 16 June 2012 - 10:41 AM.
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 11:43 AM
The Shawshank Redemption
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 01:12 PM
"Perfect" Storm...ah that was lame...i'll get my coat..
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:57 PM
Eldorado, on 16 June 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:
grrrr finding it tough to stick to the rules
Most are based on novels.. like your Das Boot.
Most are based on novels.. like your Das Boot.
I'm good at breaking my own rules!
Adapted literary sources are somewhat problematic regarding this particular list. You know? Would Apocalypse Now not qualify because it's "adapted" from Heart of Darkness? Or Blade Runner because it's based (loosely) on that Philip Dick short story?
Here's another perfect film: Local Hero
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 05:23 PM
The Orphanage (not too sure if that really counts)
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 05:55 PM
rimbaudelaire, on 16 June 2012 - 04:57 PM, said:
Here's another perfect film: Local Hero
I grew up in a village just round the corner from the village that was filmed in.
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 06:05 PM
My little list:
Boogie Nights
Goodfellas
Chinatown
Pulp Fiction
Boogie Nights
Goodfellas
Chinatown
Pulp Fiction
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