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What are some movies you consider “Perfect Movies” and what does that mean to you?

posted 7 years ago by meet2jenny (36)
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To me, a perfect movie isn’t necessarily my favorite movie, but rather a movie that perfectly accomplishes its goals. A movie where I can’t think of a way to genuinely improve it(beyond tiny nitpicks).

This came about yesterday when I said Incredibles 2 was a great movie, but the Incredibles was perfect. It got me wondering if that was really true, and I honestly couldn’t think anything I’d change about it (beyond adding the pizza planet truck in the background).

What do you guys think? Can you think of any perfect movies? And do you have a different definition of what that means?

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

i certainly agree that a favourite doesn't equal perfect or best. there are lots of films that i completely love that are flawed, some that are probably flat out bad by some standards.

my favourite film of all time is beyond the valley of the dolls. some will call me a joke just based on that, but i truly love every second of that movie, and every from just makes my happy neurons fire. it's ridiculous, nonsense, completely trashy, and probably not good at all by some measures, but it's my favourite & i love it.

but if you're looking for flawless movies, i think i would include the ones listed below. some of these would probably make my top 20...sunrise & tokyo story for sure would be near the top.

sunrise
the passion of joan of arc
tokyo story
the diving bell and the butterfly
cleo from 5 to 7
singin' in the rain
ordet
stroszek

[–] aliensalmon (5860) 7 years ago

Ocean's Eleven. It had a lot of drama and humor. Very good movie.

[–] RussellNash (2087) 7 years ago

Back to the Future
Stand by Me
The Rocketeer
Master and Commander

There's not a single theme, setting, plot point or actor that I'd change in those movies.