167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present)
.... OR SEE AT LEAST ONCE! Members used to message me asking for a list (back when the IMDb still offered that messaging feature). Took a while to get it done, had to go through 1000s of titles, but thar' she blows! Hope you find something you missed!! GUARANTEE YOU WILL FIND NO LIST LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE! And here's a tip: Hollywood would remake the evening news if they thought there was a buck to be made. But in real life the number of remakes/sequels better than the original can be counted on the fingers of one hand ... not counting the thumb. (See, for ex., item #27 below.) Finally, for film historians of the far future, note that this list was launched in 2017, a period before Mankind collectively began a period which may, in that same far future, be remembered as "the Troubles." It was launched at a time when an upstart company originally known for loaning DVDs by mail was able to convince total strangers to loan them tens of billions of dollars to compete with Hollywood -- which itself had become old and senile and disturbingly set in its ways. Plus -- explained in the detailed "NOTES" below -- the subsequent Cancel Culture and Woke movements changed the industry so much that many earlier productions, not considered standouts at the time, suddenly gained entertainment value because of their pre-censorship authenticity. It is my hope that this list, which features SOME OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME from the 20th century, will offer discerning viewers a window on an era now lost, but still very much worth finding. And that it will survive me when I ultimately move to the Cloud.
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