Which film(s) do you think have the best/most satisfying stories?

boogieman

Shawshank for me. Perfect story, beautifully acted. 

Closely followed by Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks at his peek.  

Offset

boogieman said:boogieman said:

Shawshank for me. Perfect story, beautifully acted. 

Closely followed by Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks at his peek.  

"Abby Normal".  Absolutely priceless.  I now have an urge to re-watch it (again).

ICBM

The English Patient

Offset

Big Fish.

Danny1969

Still Crazy  .... that solo he plays when he joins the band onstage at the end, just so great

Vanishing point - perfect end 

Pulp Fiction  ... the end is only around 30 mins after we join the film at the beginning 

Sassafras

Reservoir Dogs - when everyone dies.

boogieman

Offset said:

boogieman said:boogieman said:

Shawshank for me. Perfect story, beautifully acted. 

Closely followed by Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks at his peek.  

"Abby Normal".  Absolutely priceless.  I now have an urge to re-watch it (again).

I rewatch it every now and again too and drive my wife nuts with quotes from it that she doesn’t get (she’s not really a MB fan). 

“Werewolf!”
“There wolf, there castle.”


“You mean???”
”Yes! He was my…….BOYFRIEND!!”

bertie

Holy Grail

anyone that mentions C******ads    get a poke in the eye with a  chainsaw

west

bertie said:

Holy Grail

anyone that mentions C******ads    get a poke in the eye with a  chainsaw

Better than a pointed stick ....

Nitefly

Cocoon.

blobb

The Lives of Others.

Having a Statsi agent living in your attic listeneting in to your conversations who then intermingles with you on the street in real life without you knowing he knows things about you. Who it then turns out is helping you without you knowing it to avoid being caught by .... oh you need to watch the film. Lovely.

hollywoodrox

Sassafras said:

Amelie.
Mic-Macs.
Night of the Hunter.
Fifth Element.

Night of the Hunter is some of the best cinema photography I have ever seen .
when they are going down the river at night and all the animals appear in the darkness.
also the mother ,drowned with her hair spread out in the water like Ophelia 

Neil

A couple of British films from the 1940's:

A Canterbury tale

"Went the day well?"

usedtobe

Debbie does Dallas 

LastMantra

DesVegas said:

I've never seen Forrest Gump..

His first movie was quite good, but he's not been in much since. 

PolarityMan

The usual suspects

bertie

LastMantra said:

DesVegas said:

I've never seen Forrest Gump..

His first movie was quite good, but he's not been in much since. 

they thought there was going to be a run

Devil#20

The tragi comedy dealing with serious issues but with a great feel good factor at the end. 

Brassed Off.

Bezzer

Terminator.

No seriously. The self contained time loop in that movie is perfect, better I think that BTTF where they had to show how the future had changed.

bertie

Devil#20 said:

The tragi comedy dealing with serious issues but with a great feel good factor at the end. 

Brassed Off.

not only that,  the late and even great-er  Pete Postlethwaite   and Tara Fitz