"Not a perfect movie but I liked it..." - where are these perfect movies? 10 10

[MR SigS]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Pulp Fiction (Maybe not "perfect," but I really, really like it)

Shawshank Redemption

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (a work of art)

Bambi Meets Godzilla

 

Edited April 8, 2023 by MR SigS

[littledoom]

On 4/8/2023 at 3:39 PM, MR SigS said:

Bambi Meets Godzilla

Nice you added a short. Pulp is a big mainstream film. Why isn’t it perfect to you? 

Edited April 10, 2023 by littledoom

[@therealsilvermane]

I say IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE is the all-time perfect American film. It’s so perfect that it’s one of a handful of classic movies that millions of Americans still gather round each year to watch. George Bailey is the perfect American hero in a story that never lets up. He’s a big dreamer stuck in the dregs of a small town filled with folks content with the small life. And even though real life keeps him from living what he considers to be a full life, his character still lives life to the fullest at every moment even if he doesn’t realize it, and not just because he keeps putting others before himself. Whether he’s shakily doing the Charleston in a school gym, waltzing in the pool beneath it, courting Mary with the song Buffalo Gals instead of just kissing her, or saving the Bailey Building and Loan from a bank run, George not only thinks big but he acts on those intuitions. And when he dreams up one last big act, ending his life to save his family’s, the powers above give him a set of wings one better than Clarence the angel’s and two better than his little brother Harry’s aviator wings, wings that take him to the Twilight Zone and back, giving him a pretty unique outlook on life. It’s feel good, tragic, endlessly entertaining, and thought provoking. ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE is the perfect American movie. 

Edited April 9, 2023 by @therealsilvermane

[godzilla43]

Lethal Weapon. So much stupid stuff in this film but those stupid things make this just awesome. Also I don't like the sequels but the first film just rocks.

[Larryw7]

The Bowery Boys in Bagdad

The.Complete Cannon Film Library

[MR SigS]

On 4/8/2023 at 7:30 PM, littledoom said:

Nice you added a short. Pulp is a big mainstream film. Why isn’t it perfect to you? 

Remember the beginning when Honey Bunny shouts, "Any of you f*****g p***ks MOVE, and I'll execute every last mother f*****g one of you!"?

Later on when the scene is finished out, she shouts, "Any of you f*****g p***ks MOVE, and I'll execute every last one of you mother f*****s!"

It's one of those "once you see it, you can't unsee it" things that always bugged me because it's surrounded by so much awesomeness.

[thegiftedone45]

Casablanca...........I had to watch it in college and thought it was going to be really stupid.  I watch it at least once a year now.  I love the dialogue, we have dumbed down dialogue in our movies now. Humphrey Bogart is perfect in his role as Rick.

[littledoom]

On 4/10/2023 at 6:53 AM, MR SigS said:

Remember the beginning when Honey Bunny shouts, "Any of you f*****g p***ks MOVE, and I'll execute every last mother f*****g one of you!"?

Later on when the scene is finished out, she shouts, "Any of you f*****g p***ks MOVE, and I'll execute every last one of you mother f*****s!"

It's one of those "once you see it, you can't unsee it" things that always bugged me because it's surrounded by so much awesomeness.

Yeah that’s pretty perfect to me. It’s not a traditional movie

[Gatsby77]

Thelma and Louise.

Every element works:

• The laughably misleading trailer
• Screenplay (that won the Oscar)
• Actors (Everyone - from Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, & Harvey Keitel, to Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen and Christopher MacDonald)
• Directing (Ridley Scott)
• Cinematography
• Editing
• Score (early Hans Zimmer)

I re-watch it every two years or so -- and I've yet to show it to anyone for the first time who didn't end up loving it. 

[Kevin.J]

Most perfect movie for me is, The Adventures of Robin hood 1938, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Haviland in Technicolor, what more could you want 

Godfather 1 & 2

Forbidden Planet

39 Steps (Hitchcock 1935)

Angels with Dirty Faces

Groundhog Day

LOTR Trilogy

The Maltese Falcon

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

12 Angry Men

I will stop there as it would be a long list for me  

 

 

[littledoom]

On 4/10/2023 at 12:19 PM, Kevin.J said:

Most perfect movie for me is, The Adventures of Robin hood 1938, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Haviland in Technicolor, what more could you want 

Godfather 1 & 2

Forbidden Planet

39 Steps (Hitchcock 1935)

Angels with Dirty Faces

Groundhog Day

LOTR Trilogy

The Maltese Falcon

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

12 Angry Men

I will stop there as it would be a long list for me  

 

 

How about Capricorn One

[D84]

On 4/8/2023 at 6:39 AM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

Good list.

I will add some more Bogie

The Maltese Falcon

Sahara 

Key Largo.

 

 

 

 

 

The Maltese Falcon has some of the best lines.

[jcjames]

So many really great "perfect" movies listed here so far. 

A few others that I think are "perfect" - if they've been posted already, well I didn't see them posted, but they are really good in every respect IMO:

 Das Boot,

 Dunkirk,

 The Shining,

 Blazing Saddles,

 Interstellar,

 Schindler's List,

 Tombstone,

 

 

 

[Bosco685]

On 4/10/2023 at 7:47 PM, jcjames said:

Tombstone

Such an incredible film!

[littledoom]

On 4/10/2023 at 5:13 PM, Bosco685 said:

Such an incredible film!

The Quick and the Dead!

[bentbryan]

On 4/10/2023 at 8:13 PM, Bosco685 said:

Such an incredible film!

I was gonna find a quote/meme to post but then I realized there’s about 8000 solid-gold lines in that film  

[bentbryan]

On 4/10/2023 at 7:47 PM, jcjames said:

So many really great "perfect" movies listed here so far. 

A few others that I think are "perfect" - if they've been posted already, well I didn't see them posted, but they are really good in every respect IMO:

 Das Boot,

 Dunkirk,

 The Shining,

 Blazing Saddles,

 Interstellar,

 Schindler's List,

 Tombstone,

 

 

 

I’ve been meaning to watch Das Boot since forever ago. Thank you for the reminder!

[littledoom]

On 4/10/2023 at 4:47 PM, jcjames said:

Tombstone

Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Assassins 

[The humble Watcher lurking]

On 4/10/2023 at 7:17 PM, D84 said:

The Maltese Falcon has some of the best lines.

[Dr. Balls]

Long Kiss Goodnight comes to mind. One-liners, smarmy bad guys getting their come-uppance, killer fight scenes, helpless kid lending a hand when it's most needed, sassy sidekick saving the day, mysterious government shadow group, etc.

It may not be Schindler's List, but it expertly checks every single action movie trope in 90 minutes. Perfect.