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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  1. 4 new

    The Girl Can't Help It

    1956, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 15 new

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 16 new

    Miracle on 34th Street

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 17 new

    A Christmas Story

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 19 new

    An Ache in Every Stake

    1941, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 22 new

    The Nutty Professor

    1963, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 23 new

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 26 new

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 27 new

    The Dentist

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  12. 31 new

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 34 new

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 35 new

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 37 new

    Creepshow

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  16. 39 new

    National Lampoon's Animal House

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 42 new

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 46 new

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 48 new

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 55 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 56 new

    Men in Black

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 61 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 64 new

    Love Actually

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 71 new

    El ángel exterminador

    1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 77 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 83 new

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 86 new

    Down with Love

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  28. 88 new

    Duck Amuck

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 89 new

    One Froggy Evening

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 90 new

    What's Opera, Doc?

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 91 new

    Rabbit Seasoning

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 92 new

    Mischief

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 94 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 95 new

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 99 new

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 106 new

    The Loved One

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 111 new

    Rabbit of Seville

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 115 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 122 new

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source