30+ Movies That Everyone Agrees Are Perfect

Published on 07/04/2023
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Spirited Away

Every frame of Spirited Away reflects Hayao Miyazaki’s passion for his own story and his love of animation as an art form. Not a single frame or second of the movie is not breathtakingly detailed, giving you the impression that you could disappear into it and stay there for a very long time without ever getting tired. Spirited Away features one of Miyazaki’s most poignant stories about a lonely child who goes lost in a dark fantasy world, however I’m not sure that makes it any more or less flawless than other Miyazaki films.

Spirited Away

Spirited Away

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Memento

This crime thriller, which served as Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough work, is less flashy than his later successes Tenet and Inception but is no less high concept: It tells the sad tale of a man with no short-term memory who is searching for his wife’s killer while being at the mercy of whoever is in charge of his narrative at any given time. It unfolds like a magic trick, and even after seeing it done both ways, you’re still not sure how the director managed it.

Memento

Memento

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