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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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
19 new
An Ache in Every Stake
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
9 new
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
28 new
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
35 new
American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
10 new
An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
78 new
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
96 new
Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
32 new
The Apostle
1997, in 3 top lists Check -
52 new
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
15 new
Babe
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
85 new
Black Narcissus
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
124 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
121 new
Brian's Song
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
58 new
Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
97 new
The California Kid
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
110 new
Carnival of Souls
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
49 new
Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
45 new
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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A Christmas Story
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
75 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
37 new
Creepshow
1982, in 1 top list Check -
102 new
Les croix de bois
1932 — a.k.a. Wooden Crosses, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
95 new
Delicatessen
1991, in 15 top lists Check -
21 new
Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
27 new
The Dentist
1932, in 1 top list Check -
6 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
86 new
Down with Love
2003, in 1 top list Check -
77 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
88 new
Duck Amuck
1953, in 11 top lists Check -
71 new
El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check -
72 new
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
104 new
Employees' Entrance
1933, in 1 top list Check -
24 new
Eyes on the Prize
1987, in 1 top list Check -
26 new
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
65 new
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
69 new
GATTACA
1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check -
118 new
The Getaway
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Girl Can't Help It
1956, in 7 top lists Check -
122 new
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933, in 11 top lists Check -
44 new
The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 11 top lists Check -
87 new
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952, in 4 top lists Check -
7 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
42 new
Hairspray
1988, in 5 top lists Check -
50 new
Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
23 new
A Hard Day's Night
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
51 new
The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
60 new
High Noon
1952, in 19 top lists Check -
38 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source