# "Perfect" movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808 "2011-12-11T06:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/141 "2011-12-16T21:51:06Z")
A River Runs Through It Dr. Strangelove A Man for All Seasons Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Edz999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@Edz999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edz999)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/142 "2011-12-16T22:17:42Z")
Tremors, 1-3. The best. Theres no competition. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/143 "2011-12-16T23:36:50Z")
\*\*An Affair To Remember \*\*with Deborah Kerr & Cary Grant ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/144 "2011-12-17T00:05:02Z")
I have a lot of favorite movies, but I would say that the only one I could consider to be perfect was… **Who Framed Roger Rabbit** - A technical masterpiece with brilliant acting, hilarious jokes, and a tight plot that never lets you get bored. If there were any movie I could watch over and over again and never get bored with, it’d be that one. _And look there is no pain… no pain… no pain… no pain…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/145 "2011-12-17T00:20:48Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Some of my choices have already been mentioned but here’s a couple of absolutely perfect French movies. > > _La Grande Illusion_ by Renoir and Becker’s superb prison escape movie _Le Trou_ (_Shawshank Redemption_ pales by comparison.) As long as you’ve seen _La Grande Illusion_, can you tell me why von Stroheim’s character was wearing that device under his jaw that apparently made it impossible for him to bend his spine? ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/146 "2011-12-17T04:40:41Z")
There’s so many awesome movies out there, a lot have been mentioned. I’d have a great movie night if I could watch these movies again: Sense and Sensibility Manhattan Hannah and Her Sisters Almost Famous The Godfather 1, 2 The Untouchables Bullets over Broadway It’s a Wonderful Life Roman Holiday This is Spinal Tap Amadeus Waking Ned Divine ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/147 "2012-03-06T21:40:52Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > The combined wisdom of the movie-loving folks over at IMDB yielded a whole section of [best-in-genre lists of movies.](http://www.imdb.com/user/ur23892615/lists) > > My goal is to watch everything on their top lists, such as this one of the [twenty most underrated movies](http://www.imdb.com/list/p1FIBuuLk_Y/)… Thanks for this list. I’ve seen most of them, and one, I think at least one deserves to be in this thread –_Falling Down_ – the film with Michael Douglas in a meltdown. In action films, the all time gold standard is still _The Terminator_. Relentless, thrilling, holds up to the present day. For maybe an outlier, I’m going with _Risky Business_, just absolutely perfect for the genre of teen films. Another outlier comedy, _As Good As It Gets_. The plot concept itself is a bit of a stretch, but once you buy it the execution of it is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808/148 "2012-03-06T21:51:17Z")
> [@](#): > > To me a “perfect movie” is one you might present to a film school class to show them a movie that is perfect in every department. That includes plotting, character development, acting, cinematography, pacing, editing, scoring, costumes, art direction, etc. I still think that _Die Hard_ is the most perfect little gem of a movie by these standards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-movies/605808.md?page=7)