#FivePerfectMovies, according to great filmmakers
Don't just watch any old movie. Watch the perfect movie.
- Best New Journalist 2019 Australian IT Journalism Awards
Mad Max: Fury Road, unsurprisingly, made the grade.
Want to know what some of the best filmmakers today think are perfect films? Thanks to #FivePerfectMovies trending on Twitter, we've got the answer.
The idea is to tweet a list of movies you deem so good, not a frame should be changed. Filmmakers who got in on the party include James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), Rian Johnson (Knives Out), Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange) and Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz). Like me, you've probably rewatched their own great films at some point in recent times.
Here are their lists and more -- it's fascinating to see what titles have cropped up in there.
Rian Johnson
The Conversation
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) April 20, 2020
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2001
Duck Soup
The Master
Edgar Wright
Okay... Here's, off the top of my head, 5 don't-touch-a-frame movies:
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) April 20, 2020
Umberto D,
Singin' In The Rain,
Rosemary's Baby,
2001: A Space Odyssey,
Mad Max: Fury Road.
Nominating @AnnoDracula @KermodeMovie @rianjohnson @corinhardy @bobfreelander.
J.A. Bayona
5 perfect movies
— JA Bayona (@FilmBayona) April 19, 2020
The Innoccents
Brief Encounter
The Deer Hunter
E.T.
The silence of the lambs
I nominate @scottderrickson@paco_plaza@leeunkrich @curleecronin @lewismacdougall https://t.co/y51HZfkWf9
Scott Derrickson
5 perfect movies
— N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) April 19, 2020
Rashomon
Taxi Driver
Blade Runner
Poltergeist
Se7en
I nominate@Massawyrm @MaggieLevin @zeldawilliams @mangiotto @ManMadeMoon https://t.co/8ofhS7ox4o
Leigh Whannell
Okay, I never do these things but I've been in the house for a month so here goes. In no particular order:
— Leigh Whannell (@LWhannell) April 21, 2020
The Thing
Seven
E.T.
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
Trainspotting#FivePerfectMovies
James Gunn
#FivePerfectMovies
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 21, 2020
Groundhog Day
Blowout
Babe
After Hours
Green Room
Sam Esmail
The Social Network
— Sam Esmail (@samesmail) April 21, 2020
Back to the Future
The Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
The Royal Tenenbaums#FivePerfectMovies
