OT: The eight perfectly made films

[darkstar1]

In the limited category of World War II films I'll give you three of my favorites:

Navy: "The Cruel Sea"

Air Force (Corps): "Twelve O'Clock High"

Army: I suppose most folks would go with Saving Pvt Ryan, and it's a fine film, but
let me suggest a small offbeat film called "Attack" in which Eddie Albert gives perhaps
his finest, if least sympathetic, performance.

I’ll go with Bridge over the River Kwai. Great film.

 

[Bigpetunia]

Very intelligent discussion currently being broached about perfectly made films vs greatest films and their potentially non-synonymous nature.

My favorite films are low-budget, under-hyped efforts that one encounters without high expectations (only because there's not all that much buzz surrounding 'em) that turn out to be perfect, or near-perfect realizations of what the creators originally had in mind. I'll offer two recent examples, neither of which belong in the "greatest movie" category, but are undeniably brilliant: "Sorry We Missed You" and "The Florida Project." Do yourselves a favor!

 

[CL82]

"The Enemy Below" is excellent. It is one of the few movies I never turn down the opportunity to watch. And it was Robert Mitchum, not William Holden as the American destroyer captain.

I feel like Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable should get a mention here as well.

 

[msf22b]

i would certainly nominate Jules et Jim (1962, Truffaut)
as a perfectly made film.

 

[BlueandOG]

Wish that the Thread title was which movies do you watch whenever that they come on TV. For me they would be in no special order:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Blind Side
The Replacements
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Remember the Titans
Saving Private Ryan
Apollo 13
Taken
Forest Gump

Just to name a few.

This list, minus The Blind Side, plus:

Glory
Michael Clayton
The Matrix
Black Hawk Down
Dumb and Dumber

 

[Beemer]

I feel like Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable should get a mention here as well.

I don't think I have seen it. Adds to the list

 

[MooseJaw]

I wouldn't know perfect if it feel on my head but I know what I like and the films that had an effect on me. Most early films have been mentioned many times, mine not at all or rarely. I think.
South Pacific
House on a Haunted Hill
Vikings
Giant
Robin Hood Flynn version
Dante's Peak
Marx Bro movies
All Harry Potter
All Hunger Game
Avatar

 

[CL82]

I wouldn't know perfect if it feel on my head but I know what I like and the films that had an effect on me. Most early films have been mentioned many times, mine not at all or rarely. I think.
South Pacific
House on a Haunted Hill
Vikings
Giant
Robin Hood Flynn version
Dante's Peak
Marx Bro movies
All Harry Potter
All Hunger Game
Avatar

Robin Hood is an excellent movie.

 

[Bigboote]

Still not sure what perfectly made actually means or how they define it in the OP.

The youtube link in the OP presented the eight movies that have perfect 100 scores from Metacritic. That’s a high bar in that none of the critics can dislike a movie, but none has to love it.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Robin Hood is an excellent movie.

Didn’t they make three versions? I believe one with Errol Flynn, one with Kevin Costner, and another one with Russell Crowe. There were a couple other lower budget efforts. I hope you mean the Flynn version.

 

[Waquoit]

Didn’t they make three versions? I believe one with Errol Flynn, one with Kevin Costner, and another one with Russell Crowe. There were a couple other lower budget efforts. I hope you mean the Flynn version.

Maybe he means the Mel Brooks version?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Maybe he means the Mel Brooks version?

LOL!!!

 

[UcMiami]

The youtube link in the OP presented the eight movies that have perfect 100 scores from Metacritic. That’s a high bar in that none of the critics can dislike a movie, but none has to love it.

Thanks - I finally followed the links and found the site and their mission and their rating system. Checked a sample movie - Psycho and found it scored 97 with most of the critics rating it 100 but a few mostly dating back to much earlier (1960) finding it too gross.

So the perfect movies are in fact movies that all critics rate in the top range and has nothing to do with how they were made, or their casts, etc. But I find it interesting because a film like Casablanca had very mixed reviews when it was released so they didn't look too hard for the contemporary reviews for that film, but a film like Psycho they find enough contemporary reviews to down grade. Interesting note - Psycho and Notorious both have a bad review from the critics but they have more and more perfect reviews for the second.

 

[UcMiami]

As for Robin Hood - minimum of 18 versions to choose from:

• 1922: Robin Hood, a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn in his most acclaimed role. Considered by many to be the best Robin Hood movie.[3]
• 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a film starring Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, Robin Hood's son; Robin Hood was Russell Hicks.
• 1948: The Prince of Thieves, a film starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood.
• 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest, a film starring John Derek as Robin Hood's son, Robin of Huntington.
• 1951: Tales of Robin Hood, a Robert Lippert film with Robert Clarke as Robin Hood
• 1952: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, a feature from the Disney Studios, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Peter Finch.
• 1954: The Men of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films feature starring Don Taylor as Robin.
• 1958: The Son of Robin Hood, where the 'son' of Robin Hood, is actually his daughter, played by June Laverick.
• 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer version, Richard Greene reprising his television role.
• 1967: A Challenge for Robin Hood, a Hammer version, with Barrie Ingham as Robin Hood.
• 1969: Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood a Hammer version.
• 1976: Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nichol Williamson as Little John and Ronnie Barker as Friar Tuck.
• 1991: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, with Sean Connery appearing as King Richard in the finale.
• 1991: Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman, is a reinvention of the story pitting Robin Hood against different antagonists.[4] The film was released theatrical in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on television on the Fox network in the United States and in South America.
• 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a film by Mel Brooks that spoofs both the 1938 and the 1991 films and recycles bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood TV sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Cary Elwes plays Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appears in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard.
• 2010: Robin Hood, a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
• 2018: Robin Hood, a film directed by Otto Bathurst previously titled Robin Hood: Origins, starring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Taron Egerton as Robin, a war-hardened crusader.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

 

[CONN78SEJ]

As for Robin Hood - minimum of 18 versions to choose from:

• 1922: Robin Hood, a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn in his most acclaimed role. Considered by many to be the best Robin Hood movie.[3]
• 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a film starring Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, Robin Hood's son; Robin Hood was Russell Hicks.
• 1948: The Prince of Thieves, a film starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood.
• 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest, a film starring John Derek as Robin Hood's son, Robin of Huntington.
• 1951: Tales of Robin Hood, a Robert Lippert film with Robert Clarke as Robin Hood
• 1952: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, a feature from the Disney Studios, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Peter Finch.
• 1954: The Men of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films feature starring Don Taylor as Robin.
• 1958: The Son of Robin Hood, where the 'son' of Robin Hood, is actually his daughter, played by June Laverick.
• 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer version, Richard Greene reprising his television role.
• 1967: A Challenge for Robin Hood, a Hammer version, with Barrie Ingham as Robin Hood.
• 1969: Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood a Hammer version.
• 1976: Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nichol Williamson as Little John and Ronnie Barker as Friar Tuck.
• 1991: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, with Sean Connery appearing as King Richard in the finale.
• 1991: Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman, is a reinvention of the story pitting Robin Hood against different antagonists.[4] The film was released theatrical in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on television on the Fox network in the United States and in South America.
• 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a film by Mel Brooks that spoofs both the 1938 and the 1991 films and recycles bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood TV sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Cary Elwes plays Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appears in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard.
• 2010: Robin Hood, a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
• 2018: Robin Hood, a film directed by Otto Bathurst previously titled Robin Hood: Origins, starring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Taron Egerton as Robin, a war-hardened crusader.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

I would watch any film directed by Ridley Scott or Tony Scott who is either his son or his brother.

 

[CL82]

Didn’t they make three versions? I believe one with Errol Flynn, one with Kevin Costner, and another one with Russell Crowe. There were a couple other lower budget efforts. I hope you mean the Flynn version.

I do. That's a movie that I will also stop to watch.

 

[MooseJaw]

Didn’t they make three versions? I believe one with Errol Flynn, one with Kevin Costner, and another one with Russell Crowe. There were a couple other lower budget efforts. I hope you mean the Flynn version.

I know of at least 5 versions, and the version in question was with Flynn.🏹

 

[darkstar1]

3 movies I haven’t seen named that I will stop to watch anytime are Chariots of Fire, Crazy Heart and 12 Monkeys.

 

[dogged1]

As for Robin Hood - minimum of 18 versions to choose from:

• 1922: Robin Hood, a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn in his most acclaimed role. Considered by many to be the best Robin Hood movie.[3]
• 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a film starring Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, Robin Hood's son; Robin Hood was Russell Hicks.
• 1948: The Prince of Thieves, a film starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood.
• 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest, a film starring John Derek as Robin Hood's son, Robin of Huntington.
• 1951: Tales of Robin Hood, a Robert Lippert film with Robert Clarke as Robin Hood
• 1952: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, a feature from the Disney Studios, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Peter Finch.
• 1954: The Men of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films feature starring Don Taylor as Robin.
• 1958: The Son of Robin Hood, where the 'son' of Robin Hood, is actually his daughter, played by June Laverick.
• 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer version, Richard Greene reprising his television role.
• 1967: A Challenge for Robin Hood, a Hammer version, with Barrie Ingham as Robin Hood.
• 1969: Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood a Hammer version.
• 1976: Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nichol Williamson as Little John and Ronnie Barker as Friar Tuck.
• 1991: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, with Sean Connery appearing as King Richard in the finale.
• 1991: Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman, is a reinvention of the story pitting Robin Hood against different antagonists.[4] The film was released theatrical in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on television on the Fox network in the United States and in South America.
• 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a film by Mel Brooks that spoofs both the 1938 and the 1991 films and recycles bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood TV sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Cary Elwes plays Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appears in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard.
• 2010: Robin Hood, a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
• 2018: Robin Hood, a film directed by Otto Bathurst previously titled Robin Hood: Origins, starring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Taron Egerton as Robin, a war-hardened crusader.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

you forgot:

 

[dogged1]

and maybe:

Not that either belongs in a perfectly made movie discussion.

 

[Bigboote]

As for Robin Hood - minimum of 18 versions to choose from:

• 1922: Robin Hood, a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn in his most acclaimed role. Considered by many to be the best Robin Hood movie.[3]
• 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a film starring Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, Robin Hood's son; Robin Hood was Russell Hicks.
• 1948: The Prince of Thieves, a film starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood.
• 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest, a film starring John Derek as Robin Hood's son, Robin of Huntington.
• 1951: Tales of Robin Hood, a Robert Lippert film with Robert Clarke as Robin Hood
• 1952: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, a feature from the Disney Studios, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Peter Finch.
• 1954: The Men of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films feature starring Don Taylor as Robin.
• 1958: The Son of Robin Hood, where the 'son' of Robin Hood, is actually his daughter, played by June Laverick.
• 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer version, Richard Greene reprising his television role.
• 1967: A Challenge for Robin Hood, a Hammer version, with Barrie Ingham as Robin Hood.
• 1969: Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood a Hammer version.
• 1976: Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nichol Williamson as Little John and Ronnie Barker as Friar Tuck.
• 1991: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, with Sean Connery appearing as King Richard in the finale.
• 1991: Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman, is a reinvention of the story pitting Robin Hood against different antagonists.[4] The film was released theatrical in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on television on the Fox network in the United States and in South America.
• 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a film by Mel Brooks that spoofs both the 1938 and the 1991 films and recycles bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood TV sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Cary Elwes plays Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appears in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard.
• 2010: Robin Hood, a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
• 2018: Robin Hood, a film directed by Otto Bathurst previously titled Robin Hood: Origins, starring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Taron Egerton as Robin, a war-hardened crusader.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

There's an entire section of the Child Ballads devoted to songs of Robin Hood. There are 38 if I counted properly. (I was going to remark that there are probably just about as many about Prince Charlie Stuart, but shockingly Child has none.)

 

[cabbie191]

I’m glad that some have mentioned 12 Angry Men.

I don’t claim that it was a technically outstanding film but one that I think is absolutely thought provoking is Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

My Friar Tuck will always be Eugene Pallette.

He also played a feisty cleric to Tyrone Power's Zorro.

 

[BostonBay]

I'd have to put The Shining as a top entry in the horror genre. I'm still not quiet sure what the movie is about (nor did Kubrick), but holy crap does each scene provide a sense of suspense, eeriness & madness. Jack was also at the top of his game...Here's Johnny! Its a movie that has gotten better with time, especially with so many directors ripping off the concept for the past 40 years...

 

[cwaduke]

In no particular order

As Good as it Gets
The Big Lebowski
Blazing Saddles
The Godfather II
Rear Window
Hoosiers
Silence of the Lambs
The World According To Garp

and a 100 more recently "The Father" was beautifully acted.

 

[MooseJaw]

Didn't think when I posted Robin Hood that it would get so many follow up posts, just shows how many people were into one version or another. It looks like a run away for the version with Flynn.
I was just hit in the head remembering how much I enjoyed "The Kings Speech" the movie really opened my eyes to how good an actor Collin Firth is.

 

[Aluminny69]

Interesting.

 

[Nyskier]

I would agree with The Shining, though once was enough for me. Others:
Chinatown, Holiday, Casablanca, almost any Hitchcock, The Devil Wears Prada, Schindler's List, Godfather, All About Eve.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

some more perfect essays with feet firmly planted in history.
the last emperor
1900
scarface 'i want my chuman rights!' lol.


fiddler on the roof is pretty good, too.

 

[browns]

As for Robin Hood - minimum of 18 versions to choose from:

• 1922: Robin Hood, a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn in his most acclaimed role. Considered by many to be the best Robin Hood movie.[3]
• 1946: The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a film starring Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, Robin Hood's son; Robin Hood was Russell Hicks.
• 1948: The Prince of Thieves, a film starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood.
• 1950: Rogues of Sherwood Forest, a film starring John Derek as Robin Hood's son, Robin of Huntington.
• 1951: Tales of Robin Hood, a Robert Lippert film with Robert Clarke as Robin Hood
• 1952: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, a feature from the Disney Studios, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice and Peter Finch.
• 1954: The Men of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films feature starring Don Taylor as Robin.
• 1958: The Son of Robin Hood, where the 'son' of Robin Hood, is actually his daughter, played by June Laverick.
• 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer version, Richard Greene reprising his television role.
• 1967: A Challenge for Robin Hood, a Hammer version, with Barrie Ingham as Robin Hood.
• 1969: Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood a Hammer version.
• 1976: Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery as Robin, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nichol Williamson as Little John and Ronnie Barker as Friar Tuck.
• 1991: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman, with Sean Connery appearing as King Richard in the finale.
• 1991: Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman, is a reinvention of the story pitting Robin Hood against different antagonists.[4] The film was released theatrical in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and on television on the Fox network in the United States and in South America.
• 1993: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, a film by Mel Brooks that spoofs both the 1938 and the 1991 films and recycles bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood TV sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Cary Elwes plays Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appears in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard.
• 2010: Robin Hood, a film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
• 2018: Robin Hood, a film directed by Otto Bathurst previously titled Robin Hood: Origins, starring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Taron Egerton as Robin, a war-hardened crusader.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Flynn and Olivia De Havillan were at their best in Robin Hood..Read where she was madly in love with Errol in all the movies they made together and he never new it