Which movies do you think excelled in all areas?

I'd suggest American Beauty

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The more I watch Mike Leigh's films, the more I love his work. He is an absolute genius behind the camera. The first film I saw of his was Happy-Go-Lucky, another comedy, which I thought was brilliant. This film is a little more subtle in its brand of humor, but I thought that's what made it so great. Leigh has a way of making an otherwise mundane situation seem very interesting (if that makes sense). The character interaction is so interesting to watch. And further, each character has great depth. The viewer is able to infer a great deal about each character without explicitly being told his or her history. It's no wonder Leigh's script got an oscar nod (nomination).

Awesome film! I highly recommend.

Toy Story, The Dark Knight, Cape Fear, Zodiac, Boogie Nights.

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Godfather 1 & 2
Memento
Inception
Let The Right One In

there's a lot actually

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The Room.

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Oscar-nominated for:

Picture
Actor
Adapted Screenplay
Editing
Cinematography
Original Score
Sound


Kudos also needs to be given to:


Oscar-nominated for:

Picture
Actress
Supporting Actress x2
Adapted Screenplay
Cinematography
Art/Set Direction
Original Score
Original Song
Costume
Make Up

I'm going to be the brave one here and mention films since 2000 that do all of that:

1. W.
2. The Machinist
3. Wall-E
4. American Psycho
5. Hero
6. Memento
7. The Piano Teacher
8. Y Tu Mama Tambien
9. Cache
10. Dogville

There are more but I'll start y'all off with these

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Saving Private Ryan



Inception



Let The Right One In

Gangs of New York
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Any Paul Thomas Anderson film, specifically There will be blood.

I am the biggest fan of Saving Private Ryan, but there's one thing that always bothers me about the film, it's minor, but it's still there.

So the film is set up as a flashback, the old man visits the cemetery and thinks back to his unit storming the beach at Normandy...

There is one HUGE problem with this set up...and lets go to the spoiler tag...



This is my one problem with the film. It's still one of my favorite movies, but the basic set up as it being a flashback seems like a last minute addition, and a premise that the film constantly violates.

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That's true, but I think the film is trying to mislead you about who the old man's character really is at the beginning. It may violate logic if you believe he is the one "remembering" but he's basically being used as an inspiration for the tale to be told in the first place. I like the bookends the least of any part of the flick but other films have used similar storytelling "gimmicks".

I watched this movie in the theater and hated it, I was much younger then and was expecting some kind of non stop violence through the movie which isn't the case. I just watched the movie after all these years and I loved it and I think it excels in everything, I can't believe I hated the movie the first time I saw it.

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Sansho The Bailiff. That's the only film that i can think of.

I just finished the Red Riding Trilogy, and I have to say that it excels at almost everything, enough to fit into this category.


You get a new respect for Mark Addy and Sean Bean is always great.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring excels in every area. Performances, writing, direction, visuals, music, emotion, mood, atmosphere; Peter Jackson really got everything right.