Only get to submit one. Criteria: compelling, no wasted scenes, great acting, you'd watch it 1,000 times. 

Mine is Fargo. It's a World Series perfect pitched game 7. 

A Few Good Men

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Godfather

The Godfather seems to be widely considered as Top-5 by many sources. 

But for me it's Braveheart.

Majority of "best ever" seem to be early 70's or sooner.  I'm sure nostalgia (and 35mm film) have a lot to do with it.  I wonder what our generation will rank as the best 30 years from now?

side note: I still think a lot of the old 35mm films look more realistic (occasional static or glitch aside).  Tarantino gets it.  To be fair, I haven't seen an 8K, or even HDR 4K, production.

Red october

Shawshank

Die Hard for action. 

Dumb and Dumber for comedy. 

Inglourious Basterds for overall.

posted by Laley23

Die Hard for action.

posted by gut
That's actually ranked best action movie a number of places I saw.  And one UK survey also ranked it the best Christmas movie!

For me, that’s accurate. It has a very compelling and awesome villain, which is priority 1. After that, it has a great plot and amazing setting for different types of scenes within the same place. Sprinkle in the perfect amount of 1-liners and you have what every action movie should strive for.

Back to the Future. 

posted by Fletch

Red october

As in The Hunt for?

posted by Fletch

Red october

The irony here is that my wife says the two movies I watch over and over again are "Fletch" and "Hunt For Red October".

posted by Zunardo

The irony here is that my wife says the two movies I watch over and over again are "Fletch" and "Hunt For Red October".

same, both are awesome.

I haev not seen Once upon a time in Hollywood but everyone tells me its a masterpiece

Good will hunting is one of my all time favorites. 

I also loved dances with wolves 

posted by Fletch

same, both are awesome.

I haev not seen Once upon a time in Hollywood but everyone tells me its a masterpiece

It's damn close.

posted by geeblock

I also loved dances with wolves 

posted by BRF
I like that, too, but I it's not perfect for me.  I'm having trouble thinking of any movie for this thread.

It is hard. I have 4 or 5 other candidates that I think could apply. I think Shawshank as already mentioned was one 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Interstellar 

Forrest Gump

The Dark Knight

Tommy Boy 

posted by geeblock

Good will hunting is one of my all time favorites. 

I also loved dances with wolves 

I am with you, Good Will Hunting is one of the best movies of all time.

My top 4 are probably (in no particular order):

Good Will Hunting (Robin Williams won an Oscar for this, and 100% deserved it. As funny as he was, he was WAY better acting in serious roles...like Dead Poets Society)

Braveheart

Shawshank Redemption

Saving Private Ryan

Best Comedy:

Happy Gilmore (ok, not on the same level but probably the best comedy ever made...lol)

Best Action:
Have to agree with Die Hard.

Best single "moment" in cinematic history:

The "circles" scene in Avengers: Endgame. If you were there opening night the theaters were seriously like a Super Bowl with the cheering. It was amazing.

Holy crap. 🧭 ng today and watched Fargo once again. That is a perfect film. Without a doubt 

Shawshank

Honorable mention: The Talented Mr. Ripley (I just fucking love that movie)

Tombstone

posted by superman

Tombstone

Shawshank 

Comedy for me has to be Step Brothers I laugh more and more each time I watch it