Almost flawless? That definitely doesn’t describe this article. “Movies That Are Considered Flawless.” By whom? The suggestion is that some kind of consensus has been achieved in selected the movies presented here. However, this article – while not credited to anyone – clearly is an individual fan’s personal favorites. That makes sense considering that Buzznet is a social media platform allowing members to share content. I have no problem with personal lists and consider it a low blow to tell someone his or her tastes are wrong. If it is a personal list, though, OWN IT.
As if to muster credibility, a handful of classics like Jaws, Vertigo, West Side Story, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are thrown in alongside a list of mostly 21st-century films that are far from universal classics. While putting together best-of lists is a very subjective thing, it is telling that this list offers titles like Silence and You Were Never Really Here which have appeared on exactly zero other lists compiled by Dave’s Movie Database.
Actually, this isn’t a list, but a hastily assembled and poorly edited article. How else do you explain Her and You Were Never Really Here each showing up TWICE? The article also presents 38 movies (why 38? I have no idea) in an unranked, nonchronological, seemingly random order.
Nonetheless, this “list” has been presented as a curiosity with the films listed in order of ranking by Dave’s Movie Database.
1. Schindler’s List (1993)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Jaws (1975)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Forrest Gump (1994)
10. West Side Story (1961)
11. Unforgiven (1992)
12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
13. The Incredibles (2004)
14. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
15. Fight Club (1999)
16. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
17. There Will Be Blood (2007)
18. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
19. Mulholland Drive (2001)
20. The Big Lebowski (1998)
21. The English Patient (1996)
22. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
24. Get Out (2017)
25. Her (2013)
26. The Thing (1982)
27. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
28. Whiplash (2014)
29. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
30. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
31. Creed (2015)
32. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987)
33. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
34. John Wick (2014)
35. Hot Fuzz (2007)
36. The Witch (2016)
37. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
38. Silence (2016)
Resources:
- Buzznet.com (8/12/2019). “Movies That Are Considered to Be Almost Flawless”
