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. 47 new

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  3. 52 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 66 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 78 new

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 101 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 108 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 109 new

    T-Men

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 117 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 119 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source