#111

Infernal Affairs
City of God
Spirited Away
Pans Labyrinth
Before Sunset
Still Walking
Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring
Goodbye Lenin

#112

Oooh ‘Into the Abyss’ is good

#113

no one rates the last jedi that highly then

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#114

To be fair, I’m not sure anyone would say any of the star wars films are masterpieces. Unless I’ve misjudged the room or what people define as a masterpiece.

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#115

reckon loads of people think TESB is a masterpiece (and some ANH) and as at the time a lot of people were saying TLJ was the best star wars film, I would expect it to have had a couple of mentions

#116

Well colour me surprised.

The star wars franchise through the years:

  • Contains masterpieces
  • Nah, entertaining but not what I’d call masterpieces
  • Not on star wars book

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#117

this will probably be seen as a referendum on my star wars views so will be biased

#118

Don’t be silly. Respect the poll.

#119

I don’t think I would call any Star Wars films a “masterpiece” but that speaks more to a personal definition than it does to the quality of the films.

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#120

Upgrade

#121

Welcome to the boards!

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#122

Hello Ruffers!

#123

Roy Andersson’s Living trilogy (Songs From the Second Floor, You the Living and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence). Some other stuff too, idk it’s early.

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#124

Still Walking

Most Hirokazu Koreeda films of the past 20 years, really.

Also:
The White Ribbon
The Lobster
Spirited Away
Ladybird
Arrival

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#125

To be fair there is probably a little element of my own feeling about the definition of masterpiece that relates to arty films but only a smidge and for me it is more that everything, or near enough, needs to be as good as it can be and that it perfectly conveys what it was intended to.

So for me star wars is terrific knockaround fun but let’s face it Hamill can’t act and some of the scripts… Eesh. But tremendous fun nonetheless.

Anyway this probably shouldn’t become another star wars thread so sorry for steering it in this direction.

#126

Oh, and some Bong Joon-ho films:

Memories of Murder
Mother

(Parasite is ace, but think the above are better).

Also Hunt for the Wilder People.

And Eureka just about scrapes in (from 2000).

#127

I dont think I would call any film a masterpiece by virtue of being a film.

but who knows films better than film fan readers of film magazine empire, who voted TESB second best film of all time

#128

Burning
Zodiac
Moonlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Uncut Gems
There Will Be Blood
Spirited Away
Mulholland Drive

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#129

Not heard of Eureka, looks good - will check it out!

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#130

This should’ve been a poll thread

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