"Perfect" movies?

[Static-Jak]

What in your mind are some "perfect" movies? Let perfect mean every scene works; plus script, to cast to shots, nothing is wasted, nothing is extra; plus general consensus is positive and it can be watched again and again.

What inspired me to make this thread was watching Chinatown on blu last night, which I would consider one of the few flawless films in existence. There is literally nothing that can be done to improve that film IMO. Casablanca and The Sting are two others off the top of my head that I cannot imagine being any better than they are.

[sycro]

Young Frankenstein. Perfect comedy.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Might just be me, but I think no movie really is perfect.

[cinemaphile]

Die Hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
E.T.
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters

[Zero_Cool]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Might just be me, but I think no movie really is perfect.

+1

I can always find a few things wrong no matter how great the movie is.

[remake]

Cabin In The Woods

[Walts Ghost]

Back to the Future
Casablanca
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
The Empire Strikes Back
The Rocketeer
Superman: The Movie
Die Hard
Forrest Gump
Say Anything...
The Wizard of Oz
E.T.
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fight Club
Se7en
Zodiac
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Monsters, Inc.

[memovieaddict]

Cinema Paradiso
Ordinary People
Shawshank Redemption
Dead Man Walking
American History X
Big Fish
Crash
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Lawn Dogs

[nolfoc]

Sudden Death
Kickboxer
Street Fighter
Universal Soldiers
Death Warrant
Double Impact
Lionheart
Bloodsport
The Expendables 2

[Travis]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Great cast.
Great score.
Great cinematography.
Great pace.
Great ending.
Great product placement. "Mmm, Juicy Fruit."

[JonD7]

Batman '89
The Shining
Devils Backbone
I Saw The Devil
Child's Play
Sweeney Todd
Shaun of the Dead

I can keep going but rather not, lol.

[TNAJason]

I'd say.....

Terminator
Terminator 2:Judgement Day
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead '78
Night of the Living Dead BOTH '68 & '90
Monster Squad
Die Hard
Die Hard:With a Vengence
Live Free or Die Hard (Unrated Version)
Star Wars:A New Hope (ORIGINAL Version)
Star Wars:Empire Strikes Back (ORIGINAL Version)

And the Back to the Future Trilogy is on the verge of perfection as a whole as far as story,but the recasting of Jennifer and George McFly's recasting even if he played as a cameo-type role in Parts II & III,costs it.

There are a few others I don't see fault in,but those came out off the top of my head. Even tho I probably have unpopular choices like The 3rd & 4th Die Hard and maybe NOTLD'90.

[Foggy]

Not a single film is perfect, heck even my favorite film of all time is up there only for the sheer reason it doesn't try to be perfect and just does what it can to the best of it's capabilities.

[Kryptonic]

Jaws
Predator
2001: A Space Odyssey

[Ill_Be_Back]

Die Hard
The Terminator
Aliens
The Dark Knight
Predator
Black Rain
The Big Lebowski
Evil Dead II
Die Hard with a vengeance

[octagon]

Early on in my BD career I decided (on something of a whim, actually) to collect the AFI Top 100 and I have to say quite a few of them would make any 'perfect film' list I'd put together.

Are there perfect films that aren't on the list. Of course. For one thing, it's limited to films that are primarily American and it was last updated, I believe, in the late 90s. That means Downfall and The Lives of Others would have two strikes against them where one would be perfectly sufficient.

Are all 100 entries perfect? I don't know, I still haven't seen them all but those I've seen are either perfect or awfully damn close. Even those few I don't particularly care for (The French Connection or Some Like It Hot, for instance) aren't flawed in any way - they just don't do it for me.

Whatever one might think of reviewers or scholars or experts oh my it's a very good resource and I'm very glad I started down that particular path.

It's been a lot of fun.

[the new scum]

Amelie
I Saw the Devil
Pulp Fiction

I consider a movie perfect if every scene belongs in the movie, exactly where it is, and at the end I don't wish they'd done things differently (an ending that feels forced, for example). It needs to feel like it accomplished everything it set out to do, especially creating characters that you actually care about, even if you only care because you want horrible things to happen to them.

[Seymour]

Fargo
Groundhog Day

Also, I agree with the peeps that listed Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Phazed]

Gladiator
Shawshank Redemption

[P@t_Mtl]

It's hard to find those type of movies. There will always be moments that make you go or you find too long or wish was different even in movies you like.

One movie that always just work well for me, a movie that just flow by without noticing the time and just being immerse into the story is Equinox Flower by Yasujiro Ozu. I am sure a lot of people would find it boring to death and would disagre with me but for some reason it's a movie that for me just is perfect. I can watch it over and over again and just always be amaze by how simple the story is and just how well it work's.