Filmically Perfect
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What is a perfect movie you ask? Well it comes from the WYSO radio show Filmically Perfect (available as a free podcast on itunes) where George Willimam (of the Library of Congress Film Archives) and J. Todd Anderson (storyboard artist for the Coen Brothers and many others) along with host Nikki Dakota review movies they consider perfect. The criteria used to choose these movies are 1. A perfect movie creates the world it exists in. 2. A perfect movie sustains that world. And 3. Regardless of changes in society, it retains meaning and entertainment value.
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Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
40 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
93 new
Memento
2000, in 27 top lists Check -
76 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
124 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Babe
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
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Love Actually
2003, in 3 top lists Check -
77 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Iron Giant
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Office Space
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
36 new
RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
67 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Superman
1978, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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GATTACA
1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check -
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A Christmas Story
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
108 new
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
6 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
105 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
47 new
Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
123 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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National Lampoon's Animal House
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
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An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
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American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
120 new
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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High Noon
1952, in 19 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source