From Twitter, these responses so far: @GeoffLaTulippe: SHAWSHANK, PRINCESS BRIDE, SIXTH SENSE @HMONeill79: "The Deer Hunter." @OneTimePhil: There Will Be Blood @jannagummo: Sunset Blvd, American Beauty, Almost Famous, The Fast and the Furious @remiepurtill: Amelie

Hmm perfect huh? I'm going to go with Vertigo. It's hard to argue exactly what makes a movie perfect, but in this case it stems from a paper I wrote analyzing the Sequoia sequence in the film (where Scottie & Madeline have a serious heart to heart under the Redwoods). After watching that sequence over and over, frame by frame, backwards and forwards, I'm still not sick of it, I can't find anything wrong with it--every angle, cut, line, bit of business is all perfectly executed and intentional. And the whole film is that way. Of course, shooting must have been a nightmare. Hitchcock supposedly made Novak jump into the ice-cold San Francisco Bay for the suicide attempt numerous times before he declared the scene perfect.

- I concur with Shawshank Redemption & Sixth Sense and would like to add.. - Pan's Labryinth - Bicycle Thief - The Lion King

More from Twitter: @CharlieRBarrett: Shop Around the Corner! @YourProtagonist: "Ronin" just about nails it on every level, I'd say. @andybrandperson: When Harry Met Sally. Fargo. As Good As It Gets. Rushmore. Lost in Translation. Magnolia... @SomeScruffyDude: Two that spring to mind are Kramer VS Kramer and The Terminator.

American Beauty is perfect.

I agree with: Pan's Labryinth & Princess Bride. Will add: Raiders of the Lost Ark Up The Empire Strikes Back Conan the Barbarian (the original with Arnie)

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THE GRADUATE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK DIE HARD RASHOMON STRANGERS ON A TRAIN HEAT THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION THE CONVERSATION

Sorry, didn't mean to post it like that, thought they'd be lined up. A few perfect movies: The Graduate, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard, Rashomon, Strangers on a Train, Heat, The Shawshank Redemption, The Conversation.

More from Twitter: @kpetrachonis: Elf, Field of Dreams, Shawshank Redemption @johngary: Chinatown, Ocean's 11, Ronin @ScreenWritten: BACK TO THE FUTURE. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. GALAXY QUEST. DIE HARD. THE LADY EVE. @rjlackie: Ever After. BTW if you aren't following me on Twitter, you should as I post all sorts of things there. @GoIntoTheStory

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST hit me in first viewing like the perfect sledgehammer to the temporal lobe. Hal Ashby's BEING THERE. The original DIE HARD. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, and another from Milos Forman -- AMADEUS.

The Terminator Die Hard 12 Angry Men Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 Finding Nemo Wall-E Unforgiven The Matrix Back To The Future Se7en Star Wars North By Northwest Once Upon A Time In The West

Amarcord, The Elephant Man, Fanny & Alexander. And yes, The Shawshank Redemption and The Apartment!

My absolute favorite movie, the French masterpiece/farce King of Hearts (1968) is perfect -- and unforgettable. I also think Midnight in Paris is perfect from this year. And Billy Wilder made at least one other perfect movie -- Double Indemnity. But perfection is a short, short list, I think.

Disney Pixar and Dreamworks Animation tell some perfect stories that for sure.

Yes, jsut saw the mention of Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- I agree, and that means the great Milos Forman made two, as well. Ah, the good old days of serious filmmaking. Alas, they are almost gone.

The Empire Strikes Back. Back to the Future. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Yes, definitely Amadeus. Perfect on every level.

Black Swan. Way too long for me to explain if after watching it you don't feel the same way, but the last line in that movie says it all. Perfect.

The closest I have seen to perfect movies would have to be: AMELIE, CITIZEN KANE, TAXI DRIVER, BACK TO THE FUTURE, JAWS, THE GODFATHER, MANHATTAN, THE SHINING, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, TOY STORY 3, RAGING BULL, E.T., DO THE RIGHT THING, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, THE GRADUATE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, MAGNOLIA

NETWORK, CINEMA PARADISO, 12 ANGRY MEN, CUCKOO'S NEST and the original FAIL SAFE get my vote for "perfect movie" My basic test of a perfect movie is how powerful the illusion has overcome me. 12 ANGRY MEN is unique in that it's a movie with basically one setting - but what sets it apart is the fact that every little tiny thing a character does helps tell the story in a way that is like watching a flower bloom before your eyes; you see it coming but it's still a thing of unsurpassed beauty.

"The Karate Kid". It was used in one of my college writing classes and it really is technically perfect. Every beat hits like clockwork. I rewatched "That Thing You Do" a couple of weeks ago, specifically for structure (Part of my 1/2/7/14 for the week!) and was impressed by its technical perfection. A more recent (more-or-less) example of perfection: "The King's Speech." It hums.

Pulp Fiction - I will always stand by this, perfect in every way (dialogue, music, etc.); going back to the original post, I simply can't think of any way to improve it. I also think 'The Wrestler' is perfect, but I want to give a little more time before committing to that

Vertigo is a favorite movie of mine and so much is to be said about those long passages with no dialogue - pure cinema. An oldie, but goodie: Sunrise (A Song of Two Humans). Contemporary: Tootsie. I cannot think of a better example of how there's not a single wasted word in the screenplay, relationship on screen, etc. It has major laughs, but also heart.

LA Confidential.

I'm tempted to agree with you on The Wrestler, but I really need to see it again in order to make a fair judgement. What I remember, however, is one of the best movies of the past 10 years.

I want to agree with you on Jaws more than you can imagine (it's one of my favorite movies), but it's not perfect. That one extraneous scene with the two fishermen trying to catch the shark adds absolutely nothing to the story, and without, it would be a perfect film.

I always find this question so difficult to answer, and a knee jerk reaction is to list those films that everyone thinks are perfect (which they probably are, hence the reason everyone lists them). When we talk perfection, I guess we are talking about a film that is exceptional to begin with and cannot, in any way (in your opinion), be made better. So it is then, when I think of perfection in relation to film, that I usually list the following: Technical perfection – How the film is shot, acted, lit, scored, etc. Emotional perfection – Is the story emotionally fulfilling in such a way that you can’t imagine how it could be better. I’m tempted to say that a totally perfect film is one that hits both of these points (technical and emotional), but I’m not convinced by that argument. I would probably still say that a particular film is perfect even if it only hit the emotional level and not the technical (but never the other way around). I’m also reminded of a line from Good Will Hunting in which Robin Williams’ character (Sean) tells Will, “You're not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl you've met, she's not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other.” Replace the word “girl” with the word “film” and the previous statement pretty much sums up how I feel about the question. I’m running out the door for work now so I may have to elaborate on my choices at a later date, but here are a few films that I feel are perfect: Clerks Star Wars Back to the Future Raiders of the Lost Ark Titanic Trading Places Evil Dead 2 Pulp Fiction

American beauty's script is perfect. Short cuts is perfect. Magnolia is damn close.

The problem with The Apartment: the setup is unrealistic and feels wrong. You have to suspend disbelief hard to buy it today (for some of us, I guess). Jack Lemon - perfect every time.

I'm going to throw a curve ball in here think that Nacho Vigalondo's Time Crimes is a perfect film.