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. 6 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 13 new

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 25 new

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 36 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 47 new

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 52 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 65 new

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 66 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 67 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 78 new

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 98 new

    Streets of Fire

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  12. 100 new

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 101 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 105 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 109 new

    T-Men

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 117 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 118 new

    The Getaway

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 119 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 123 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source