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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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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The Girl Can't Help It
1956, in 7 top lists Check -
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Strangler of the Swamp
1946, in 0 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984, in 8 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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Babe
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947, in 7 top lists Check -
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A Christmas Story
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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An Ache in Every Stake
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
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Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
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A Hard Day's Night
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
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Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Dentist
1932, in 1 top list Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Superman
1978, in 11 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Little Big Man
1970, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Apostle
1997, in 3 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
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American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Creepshow
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
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National Lampoon's Animal House
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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Hairspray
1988, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Jazz Singer
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 11 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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Office Space
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 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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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 24, 2012; source