JFK
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JFK

Oliver Stone’s JFK is steeped in questionable conspiracy and a slew of harmonizations, but it wins the audience over with strong performances, solid technical work, and deeper themes that speak truth to the world that we currently live in, earning it a place alongside the greats.

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Elevator to the Gallows
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Elevator to the Gallows

In Elevator to the Gallows, Louis Malle combines crime thriller with the comedy of errors to give us an entirely new take on what crime films can be, elevated even more by some excellent filmmaking and a beautiful jazz score from Miles Davis, all of which work together to earn it a spot among the greats.

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Gangs of Wasseypur
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Gangs of Wasseypur

Gangs of Wasseypur is an incredibly long (and resultingly difficult to follow in places) but deeply satisfying crime epic that has all the best pieces of western gangster flicks played out in the streets of an outlying Indian province with all of the additional complexities that that entails, earning it recognition as one of the Greatest Films of All Time.

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United 93
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United 93

United 93 offers an impressive look at a director bringing the fullness of a vision to life, enmeshing the audience within the events of September 11th and doing honor to those on the titular flight in the process, earning the film a spot among the greats.

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John Wick: Chapter 4
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John Wick: Chapter 4

A cohesive conclusion to John Wick’s story, John Wick: Chapter 4 delivers big on action thanks to Reeves and newcomers Donnie Yen and Shamier Anderson and on story thanks to the work put in by Reeves and Stahelski in the previous installments that pays off well in this one, earning the film a spot among the Greatest Films of All Time.

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Promising Young Woman
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Promising Young Woman

Carey Mulligan’s leading performance pairs perfectly with Emerald Fennell’s script and story in Promising Young Woman to give audiences a film that captures the outrage of victims of sexual assault across the world who have been silenced because of the inconveniences of their plights, making this one of the most necessary and greatest films ever made.

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Persona
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Persona

Without spending thousands of words breaking down each scene of Persona piece by piece, I don’t know how else to convince you of its greatness other than by saying that the film might be the prime example of a director in full mastery of his art working with his ideal script and two incredibly talented performers.

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Sherpa
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Sherpa

You hate to say that Sherpa benefitted from an act of nature when that act of nature left sixteen people dead, but that act also provided the film with a much-needed catalyst to present the horrors of the reality that it wants to show the audience, ultimately earning it a spot among the greats.

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Amores Perros
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Amores Perros

Amores Perros presents the audience with a brutal breakdown of social, economic, and relational gaps that highlights the central need of all people to be loved by and connected to other humans, resulting in a film worthy of a place among the greats.

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