Masterpiece Lists

[UFAlien]

I want to know what people's lists of masterpieces are and why, and what we think of each other's. Here's mine:

Jisaatsu Saakaru (Suicide Club)
An incredibly powerful, totally disturbing, and incredibly relevant film on issues in pop culture and mass media.

Katakuri-ke no Kofuku (Happiness of the Katakuris)
The world's only horror-drama-crime-mystery-romance-comedy-claymation-zombie-musical, and it sets the bar HIGH.

Dark Water
The remake. Horribly mismarketed, but a wonderful drama/suspense with incredible atmosphere and wondrous acting, much better than the generic horror of the original.

The Dark Knight
Best superhero movie ever.

...there was one more, though I can't remember it...

[assydingo]

Blade - The perfection action movie without depth

The Matrix - The perfect action movie with depth =P

OldBoy - As funny as it is intense. As intense as it is emotional. I could watch it over and over.

Leon - Doesn't even need an explanation

Casablanca - Timeless romance that is clever and plain cool

Gone With The Wind - I love the scope and cinematography. I also thought it's dark portrayal of people to be interesting for such an old movie.

That's what I can think of right now.

[DAROCKNESSMONSTER]

I honestly don't think I have ever watched one film and thought it was a masterpiece. Is that common or uncommon amongst people?

[Sloan78]

The Godfather, Casablanca, Gone With The Wind, just a few off the top of my head.

[coolmilo]

Fifth Element, The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Godfather, All Pixar movies, Kung Fu Panda, Casino, GoodFellas, and Titanic. I think that Slumdog Millionaire and Gran Torino will make my "Masterpiece" list too.

As for my TV masterpiece list (if it counts): Seinfeld, Coupling (UK), Sopranos, ROME, True Blood, Curb your Enthusiasm, The Office, and Entourage

[dvd_mazter]

The Dark Knight, Spider-man 2, The Departed, Tommy Boy, Spider-man, Incredibles, 40 Year Old Virgin and Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back are a few I consider to masterful work in film.

[robertthunder]

2001 A Space Oddysey- Perfection of the Science Fiction genre and a landmark film for teq, cam, and ideologies. Still stands up to todays standards.

Eraserhead- A Nightmare done perfectly.

There Will Be Blood- Everything about this film screams classic. Be it the acting, cinematography, directing; it's there.

The Godfather Serise- The films are just so good. Look and you can see.

Pulp Fiction- Near perfection of cinema and the cinematic experiance.

Others:
The Seventh Seal, Network, La Dolce Vita, Clasablanca, Gone With The Wind, The Seventh Seal, Breathless, Candyman, A Woman Under The Influence, The Once Upon A Time In The West, Che, Shindlers List, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex... But Were Afraid To Ask, Midnight Cowboy

[Leopold BUTTERS]

toy story 2

[toef]

Drama - The Godfather & Citizen Kane

Noir - The Maltese Falcon & Sunset Blvd.

Musical - The Wizard of Oz & Singin' in the Rain

Sci-Fi - 2001: A Space Odyssey & Blade Runner

Romance - Casablanca & Gone With the Wind

Romantic Comedy - City Lights & The Princess Bride

Thriller - Vertigo & Psycho

War - Saving Private Ryan & Der Untergang

Western - The Wild Bunch & High Noon

[tbizzle]

The Green Mile. So damn good all around

Saving Private Ryan. Can't beat it

[assydingo]

Buffy - it has it's weak moments but the characters and their journey never cease to amaze me. not to mention Buffy is my favorite super hero period.

Oz - maybe tied with Buffy for just how deep and interesting the characters are. HBO's best show can be ridiculous but it's perfect entertainment.

Arrested Development - the best and most consistent comedy I've seen. everyone is perfectly cast.

Ed Wood - probably the best movie about someone's life. the director manages to make this guy far more interesting than he really is.

Anchorman - people that like this movie can watch it over and over. I'm one of those people.

Bridge To Terabithia - excellent cast and a surprisingly powerful movie about death

Conversations With Other Women - sometimes the two screens work, sometimes not so much. The story and chemistry of the leads is note-perfect. Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham in a powerful unique romantic film.

[masoud90]

One word: TITANIC.

[superjoe89]

The Lion King

[Rob J in WNY]

• Blade Runner: The Final Cut (evolutionary movie, culnimating in the purity of The Final Cut)
  
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
  
• A River Runs Through It
  
• Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  
• Titanic (historical details)
  
• Superman: The Movie (the subsequent 3 Christopher Reeve episodes paled by comparison)
  
• Dead Poets Society
  
• Gladiator

I'm sure there's more, but it's 2AM and I'm a little fuzzy at the moment!

[naturephoto1]

On Blu-ray:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Blade Runner

Rich

[Nameless Evil]

Movies:

• Drama: There Will Be Blood
• Noir: The Big Sleep
• Sci-Fi: Forbidden Planet
• Horror: The Exorcist
• Comedy: Airplane
• Action: Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Thriller: Rear Window
• War: Apocalypse Now
• Romance: Gone With the Wind
• Romantic Comedy: How to lose a guy in 10 days
• Traditional Western: How the West was Won
• Revisionist Western: High Plains Drifter
• Musical: Hair
• Swords & Sandals: Spartacus
• Biblical: Ben-Hur

TV:

• Star Trek: The Origional Series
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Twilight Zone (seasons 1-3)
• Buffy
• Angel
• Battlestar Galactica (reboot)
• Rome

[assydingo]

The Big Sleep is extremely good. Best movie Bogart and Bacall did together.

[Phatferd]

The Bicycle Thief, Band of Brothers, Reservoir Dogs, Wild Bunch, Elevator to the Gallows.

[Blu Man]

For movie I would have to go with WALL-E, Ratatuille, ok, ok, anything from Pixar.

As far as TV shows I don't think that their really are many "masterpeices". Their too low budget for me to put them into that catagory. But I could list a few in terms of writing. The Mentalist, The Big Bang Theory, Psych, Dexter, and Arrested Development all were and some still are very well written.

[MrFilmFanatic]

Mine in no certain order except for the first 2:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Jaws
Silence Of The Lambs
Gone With The Wind
Casablanca
Halloween
The Empire Strikes Back
Psycho
Alien
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Braveheart
Gladiator
The Wizard Of Oz
Seven Samurai
Citizen Kane
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