During his most recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, legendary director Quentin Tarantino shed light a few movies he personally deems to be “perfect.”
What exactly constitutes a perfect movie?
“Well, there’s not many of them. That just bemoans the fact that the film art form is hard,” explained the auteur behind Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, and more.
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“And look, when you say perfect movies, you’re talking about any individual person’s aesthetic, but even trying to account for all aesthetics.
Tarantino added: “Perfect movies kind of crosses all aesthetics to one degree or another. Might not be your cup of tea, but there’s nothing you can say to bring it down.”
Here are six “perfect” movies, according to Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino’s Perfect Movies
The Exorcist (1973) dir. William Friedkin
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Linda Blair
Written by: William Peter Blatty
Synopsis:
Regan, a young girl, displays bizarre behaviour after playing with an Ouija board. Chris, her mother and an actress, consults two priests who conclude that Regan is possessed by a demonic entity.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen
Written by: Kim Henkel & Tobe Hooper
Synopsis:
Sally, Franklin and their three friends run out of gas while driving to their grandfather’s house. One by one they are tormented and killed by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his psychopathic family.
Young Frankenstein (1974) dir. Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn
Written by: Mel Brooks
Synopsis:
Several years after living down his family reputation, Frankenstein inherits his grandfather’s castle, where he discovers a book full of his granddad’s experiments and starts reworking on them.
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Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gar,y Murray Hamilton
Written by: Peter Benchley & Carl Gottlieb
Synopsis:
A police chief, a marine scientist, and a fisherman spring into action after a white shark terrorises the inhabitants of Amity, a quiet island.
Annie Hall (1977) dir. Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Janet Margolin, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Colleen Dewhurs
Written by: Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
Synopsis:
Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
Back To The Future (1985) dir. Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Written by: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Synopsis:
Marty travels back in time using an eccentric scientist’s time machine. However, he must make his high-school-aged parents fall in love in order to return to the present.
