10 Best Structured Movies of All Time

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  • Movies aren’t all about the writing or the acting or the fancy camera work. The great ones rely on the underlying structure of the story.
    It’s time to take a look at 10 of the best structured films of all time.
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  • @lukepereira-ogan7127
    @lukepereira-ogan7127 Před 7 lety +1449

    These lists kick the shit out of watchmojo

    • @DuncanUdaho67
      @DuncanUdaho67 Před 7 lety +71

      because Cinefix actually knows about film and don't do 10+ lists a day and run out of material

    • @spookf4688
      @spookf4688 Před 7 lety +6

      No anime BS here too. Cinefix > Watchmojo.

    • @TheShadowHatter
      @TheShadowHatter Před 7 lety +37

      Because CineFix has a way of making EACH entry in the top 10 a #1 in their own rights.
      Like how #10's pick in this video is the #1 in the "3-act" department and so on. You watch these lists and you're good with the list because, in a way, each of the top 10 are #1s and even the #1 in this top 10 isn't better than the others on the list, but rather shares in their genius.

    • @bravoalley228
      @bravoalley228 Před 7 lety +7

      +Leo K why not anime?

    • @lancedones208
      @lancedones208 Před 7 lety +10

      +Leo K why not? I don't watch that much but Anime has its moments, even on Cinefixes lists there's some and even on their most beautiful animated movie list the number one spot is held by an anime movie

  • @adrianbyrne114
    @adrianbyrne114 Před 7 lety +2186

    Soundtracks. Soundtracks. Please do soundtracks. Soundtracks. 10 Best Soundtracks.

  • @paperbullet1945
    @paperbullet1945 Před 3 lety +25

    #10 - Die Hard, with a three-act structure
    #9 - High Noon, with an uninterrupted stream of time
    #8 - The Godfather Part II, with a multiple timeline structure
    #7 - Ajami, with a "hyperlink" narrative
    #6 - Citizen Kane, with a flashback narrative
    #5 - Irreversible, with a backwards narrative
    #4 - Rashomon, with a repeating (iterative) narrative
    #3 - Before the Rain, with a circular narrative
    #2 - The Sweet Hereafter, with a nonlinear narrative
    #1 - The Mirror, with an emotional/oneiric structure

  • @jamesmiddleton6340
    @jamesmiddleton6340 Před 7 lety +30

    In Bruges?! That film is the tightest I've ever seen. Not a shot or a line wasted. Everything is important to the story and it never feels forced.

  • @doicare1169
    @doicare1169 Před 7 lety +452

    Top 10 Worst Structured Movies: #1 Suicide Squad

    • @dalebrush5366
      @dalebrush5366 Před 7 lety +48

      That's what you get when WB gives you six weeks to write a screenplay for a $250 million dollar movie, so you're essentially forced to shoot a first draft. And then they just cut it up in post to try and emulate Guardians of the Galaxy anyway.

    • @Takeiteasy1489
      @Takeiteasy1489 Před 7 lety +35

      #2 Batman v Superman

    • @bionicg2040
      @bionicg2040 Před 7 lety +5

      indeed because doing a trimmed down assault on arkham was too damn hard apparently.

    • @dalebrush5366
      @dalebrush5366 Před 7 lety +3

      *****
      Yeah, Assault on Arkham was so good. Stronger characters, better comedy, tighter story, and an actual mission that's appropriate for the Suicide Squad to be going on. I really like a lot of the New 52 stuff as well. They had so much good stuff to draw from and they FUCKED it up!

    • @ElTamex07
      @ElTamex07 Před 7 lety +1

      Why do you think Suicide Squad's structure was bad? Just an honest question. Don't mean to piss you off or anything

  • @DungeonBricks
    @DungeonBricks Před 7 lety +215

    5 minutes in and I feel is my fault for not knowing monst of the mentioned movies.

    • @dalebrush5366
      @dalebrush5366 Před 7 lety +66

      That's a good thing. Now you have some new movies to watch, if they look interesting to you.

    • @MrBeastknows
      @MrBeastknows Před 7 lety +11

      Man, you're lucky. I wish I didn't already know all these movies :( it's so hard finding great ones to watch now, so at least you don't have to dig deep like I am.

    • @cinemaspire7258
      @cinemaspire7258 Před 7 lety +10

      +Shane Benjamson discretely trying to boast your film buffness ;)

    • @joelhc9703
      @joelhc9703 Před 7 lety +13

      Shame Shame (-cough- same) Shame Shame...

    • @MrBeastknows
      @MrBeastknows Před 7 lety +1

      Cinemaspire lol I really wasn't trying to but I see how you see it. I at least have tv shows to hold me over from new movie to new movie but those are running out as well so I might have to soon turn to my worst nightmare....
      books....
      *shiver*

  • @user-yj9xn8ck2w
    @user-yj9xn8ck2w Před 7 lety +77

    Full list:
    Jaws (1975)
    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    Star Wars (1977)
    Back to the Future (1985)
    Witness (1985)
    The Fugitive (1993)
    10. Die Hard (1988)
    12 Angry Men (1957)
    Fail Safe (1964)
    Tape (2001)
    Rope (1948)
    Before Sunset (2004)
    United 93 (2006)
    9. High Noon (1952)
    Intolerance (1916)
    The Fountain (2006)
    Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Days of Grace/ Días de gracia (Spanish, 2011)
    8. The Godfather Part II (1974)
    Amarcord (Italian, 1973)
    Kanchenjungha/ কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা (Bengali, 1962)
    Nashville (1975)
    Short Cuts (1993)
    Babel (mostly English or Spanish, 2006)
    Amores perros (Spanish, 2000)
    21 Grams (2003)
    Paris je t'aime (mostly French or English, 2006)
    Crash (2004) as dishonorable mention
    7. Ajami/ עג'מי (Arabic and Hebrew, 2009)
    Fight Club (1999)
    All About Eve (1950)
    American Beauty (1999)
    Casino (1995)
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    Goodfellas (1990)
    Melancholia (2011)
    6. Citizen Kane (1941)
    Momento (2000)
    Betrayal (1983)
    Peppermint Candy/ 박하사탕 (Korean, 1999)
    5x2/ Cinq fois deux (French, 2004)
    Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind (2004)
    5. Irreversible (mostly French or English, 2002)
    Run Lola Run/ Lola rennt (German, 1998)
    Mr. Nobody (2009)
    Hero/ 英雄 (Mandarin, 2002)
    Go (1999)
    Basic (2003)
    Last Year at Marienbad/ L'Année dernière à Marienbad (French, 1961)
    Inland Empire (2006)
    JFK (1991)
    4. Rashomon/ 羅生門 (Japanese, 1950)
    All the time travel films
    Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
    Dead of Night (1945)
    Lost Highway (1997)
    3. Before the Rain/ Пред дождот (mostly Macedonian or English, 1994)
    Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Reservoir Dogs (1992)
    Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
    I'm Not There (2007)
    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Japanese and English, 1985)
    Annie Hall (1977)
    500 Days of Summer (2009)
    2. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    The Tree of Life (2011)
    The Phantom of Liberty/ Le Fantôme de la liberté (French, 1974)
    Enter the Void (2009)
    8½/ Otto e mezzo (mostly Italian or French, 1963)
    1. The Mirror/ Зеркало (Russian, 1975)
    Note: Those shown but not verbally mentioned are not on here.

    • @sebastianbravo5928
      @sebastianbravo5928 Před 5 lety +1

      廖浩 thank you!

    • @matbrady123456
      @matbrady123456 Před 4 lety

      What's the movie at czcams.com/video/mgk6e8gWDbk/video.html where the dominoes hit the car?? I'm struggling to find an answer to this.

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish4244 Před 7 lety +45

    Amadeus. How did we get to this crazy old man in a mental hospital, ranting about how he murdered Mozart?

  • @nelsonhoffman5922
    @nelsonhoffman5922 Před 7 lety +115

    Another really well structured film with 3 acts The Place Beyond the Pines...oh and also American History X.

    • @collinmonette9795
      @collinmonette9795 Před 7 lety +13

      Thank you someone agrees with me on AHX

    • @Ayvee1138
      @Ayvee1138 Před 7 lety +11

      American History X is amazing

    • @fredbyoutubing
      @fredbyoutubing Před 7 lety

      Good thinking.

    • @marcelomendoza1973
      @marcelomendoza1973 Před 7 lety +17

      ????? 3 acts doesn't mean 3 different stories, it means beggining middle and end on just one story. The place beyond the pines deffinetly is not a 3 act movie.

    • @nelsonhoffman5922
      @nelsonhoffman5922 Před 7 lety +4

      @Marcelo Mendoza To be honest it has been a while since I've seen either of these movies, and I'll concede that you're probably correct and I am likely wrong. I'm not really a film buff by a any means, just someone who likes movies. However, I will say that The Place Beyond The Pines, can be viewed as telling one story just on a longer than typical time horizon, which is part of the reason the movie is so impactful.

  • @laurenjcoates
    @laurenjcoates Před 6 lety +74

    I'm surprised groundhog day wasn't even mentioned

  • @disloyalbot1400
    @disloyalbot1400 Před 7 lety +134

    "There's too many American movies. That's just pandering. How about some diversity instead of the obvious? You're playing it too safe."
    "Too many foreign movies here. So all of us viewers can't be angry of it because we didn't watch it. So pretentious."
    -Two sides of dumb on the Internet

  • @miriam8376
    @miriam8376 Před rokem +9

    My husband saw Irreversible as a teenager, and not only does he still occasionally have nightmares about it, he's built his scholarly career on examining renaissance revenge tragedies. The movie is such a brutal, honest look at violence that it's rightfully difficult to watch, and impossible to forget.

  • @GeahkBurchill
    @GeahkBurchill Před 7 lety +102

    Honorable mention for Edge of Tomorrow on the "Repetition" discussion.

    • @CineFix
      @CineFix  Před 7 lety +44

      Yep. A MOST honorable mention.

    • @Gettinsketchypodcast
      @Gettinsketchypodcast Před 7 lety

      +Henri-Ansel Vallee movie titled '11:14'

    • @ginsan8198
      @ginsan8198 Před 7 lety +1

      I think it is still counted as classic three-parts structure, tho. Repetition does not tell a story from one viewpoint only, if I'm not mistaken.

    • @Arian545
      @Arian545 Před 7 lety +1

      Well it definitely has a begging middle and end, and they get further into that same day as more they repeat it, so it not as of an unsual structure as you might think, because the progression is linear, it goes from a to b.

    • @Kjleed13
      @Kjleed13 Před 7 lety +7

      Groundhogs Day!

  • @Indoor_Carrot
    @Indoor_Carrot Před 7 lety +28

    Kind of a cheat, but I loved how the Bourne Supremacy ended with a scene which is mid-way through Ultimatum, and Ultimatum begins right after Bourne killed the assassin chasing him in Supremacy as he escapes the police, also tying some loose ends along the way (where Pam and Nicky ended up)
    Plus the Identity begins with Bourne being discovered in deep water at night and Ultimatum ends with him disappearing into water at night... Nice touch :)

  • @bitofingeralastname6794
    @bitofingeralastname6794 Před 7 lety +17

    I'm surprised you left out Groundhog Day for #4, telling the same story over and over but in a different way. It's structure is superbly crafted. And Bill Murray puts in a tremendous performance.

    • @jonnyboy4508
      @jonnyboy4508 Před rokem +1

      They wont pick it, not enough subtitles....

  • @dariussonofjazzlin7433
    @dariussonofjazzlin7433 Před 7 lety +19

    I myself really like the structure of In Bruges. All of the events in that movie just tie together so well; even the events which you'd expect to be inconsequential.

    • @SidV101
      @SidV101 Před 2 lety +2

      That was literally the first movie that came to mind for me. That movie operates like clockwork, every piece fits together so well

    • @akeithing1841
      @akeithing1841 Před rokem

      Dumb&Dumber is also structured quite well

  • @pppfan103
    @pppfan103 Před 7 lety +9

    Lists like these are my favorite, where I go into it not knowing much about a side of filmmaking and come out of it learning how to appreciate the work and effort that goes into it.

  • @don_brodka
    @don_brodka Před 7 lety +8

    Blue Valentine definitely deserves a nod on this list. The structure of that movie is incredible and the movie wouldn't work any other way.

  • @californiahummus
    @californiahummus Před 7 lety +14

    My top ten using Cinefix Criteria:
    10. Deliverance
    9. Ten Cloverfield Lane
    8. There Will Be Blood
    7. Pulp Fiction
    6. Sunset Boulevard
    5. My Own Private Idaho
    4. Butterfly Effect
    3. Mulholland Drive
    2. Happiness
    1. Badlands

  • @alexwells7170
    @alexwells7170 Před 7 lety +62

    I have to watch The Mirror now because it's in literally every Cinefix list

    • @Alexander-tj2dn
      @Alexander-tj2dn Před 4 lety +3

      It´s boring

    • @RatatRatR
      @RatatRatR Před 4 lety +7

      Tarkovsvky was unbelievably good.

    • @Alexander-tj2dn
      @Alexander-tj2dn Před 4 lety +1

      @@RatatRatR Good but boring. Antonioni is also slow paced and I like his movies much more.

    • @RatatRatR
      @RatatRatR Před 4 lety +7

      I mean, you certainly can get bored. The first time I watched one of his films I was bored out of my mind. But I was a beer-chugging teenager then, and the movie was just not for me at that time. Much later I came back and learned how to tune into him and found it extremely rewarding.

  • @lukeclarke2880
    @lukeclarke2880 Před 7 lety +27

    I get excited whenever you guys make a new video

  • @p1ll
    @p1ll Před 4 lety +5

    I'm.hooked on this channel. 😷 In the age of this virus, of the zombie apocalypse... your commentary on the media we all grew up with.. is brilliant..
    Makes me want to see all those old movies again

  • @UltimaPowers
    @UltimaPowers Před 7 lety +419

    So the best structured film of all time has no structure?

    • @s1lverp3nguin
      @s1lverp3nguin Před 7 lety +137

      It forces the viewer to structure the film, it's totally malleable like that.

    • @krautgazer
      @krautgazer Před 7 lety +54

      He didn't say it has no structure; he said it has no story.

    • @TheCaliforniaHP
      @TheCaliforniaHP Před 6 lety +3

      That's what I thought in a sense hahaha.

    • @emmalee12343
      @emmalee12343 Před 6 lety

      I JUST SPAT MY DRINK LMAO

    • @ambergris5705
      @ambergris5705 Před 6 lety +32

      Yes and no : the structure is needed to guide the viewer through a film, the plot to guide him through a story . Here, the film is about emotions, feels, beauty, not story. And it's beautiful enough, emotional enough to keep you fully immersed without resorting to have a heavy weight structure to carry it.
      In other words, it is like the difference between poesy and novels : one will have a plot, the other won't. It doesn't mean that it is not structured, it's just that the apparent structure used to guide you in an obvious way is ditched in favor of a hidden one, leaving the spotlight for the flesh : the beauty of the words/images, the emotions conveyed.

  • @TensyCL
    @TensyCL Před 7 lety +17

    Memento better be in there, Irreversible maybe, both have amazing structure. Ready to love the video, as usual.

    • @TensyCL
      @TensyCL Před 7 lety +20

      Nice, Memento got honorable mention, I'm cool with that. Loved the video.

  • @BadMouseProductions
    @BadMouseProductions Před 7 lety +273

    I'd love Cinefix to do a worst of movie list.
    Like the Worst Structured, or Worst editing etc.

    • @vonleevl
      @vonleevl Před 5 lety +8

      That'd be too painful to sit through. I don't think we should do that to these guys. Haha

    • @wayneshields2125
      @wayneshields2125 Před 5 lety +7

      Quantum of Solace. Worst edited James Bond film of all time. It’s utter rubbish. People like to bag Octopussy and A View To A Kill a lot but the editing in those movies is damn near perfect.

    • @yuxiangw526
      @yuxiangw526 Před 5 lety +1

      BadMouseProductions so many movies to choose

    • @arshiaarjomandi911
      @arshiaarjomandi911 Před 5 lety +10

      I dont know. I think what makes their lists so great is how positive they are, dont think id enjoy seeing them shit on movies (even really bad ones)

    • @binkymagnus
      @binkymagnus Před 5 lety +1

      i like this idea. it’s actually easier to learn from you mistakes than successes.

  • @socialcloseness8774
    @socialcloseness8774 Před 4 lety +2

    I've seen a few of your videos and I must say they are all thought provoking. My wife and I love film and have seen a fair bit of these you've mentioned, but now I have more to put on our watch list. "Yojimbo" was my favorite Kurosawa film. Now there is another one to seek out. Thank you.

  • @TheProfessorFunk
    @TheProfessorFunk Před 7 lety

    I loved this list. It's like a film studies course in 15 mins. Gave me some much to watch and think about. Thank you. This is a rare gem on YT.

  • @88Boylemaker
    @88Boylemaker Před 7 lety +13

    I really need to watch The Mirror, you guys have convinced me.

  • @gimmibox
    @gimmibox Před 7 lety +11

    I love how Cinefix actually includes films of all language and origin. It clearly shows that they love cinema.
    Also, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is one of my favorite movies and I'm curious which structure should it belong? Hyperlink Cinema?

    • @panchenima
      @panchenima Před rokem +1

      4, different views of the same events, i also love lock, stock

  • @kovacszsolt8052
    @kovacszsolt8052 Před 7 lety

    I am amused by the love and care you put into each video. I am a speaker, and I have picked bits about the intricate workings of how to tell a story that very much improved my work - but you tackling the relationship and ying-yang duality of the fabula-sujay taught me so much. Thank you.

  • @leisti
    @leisti Před 7 lety +1

    A great video. I've seen about half of your picks, and intend to see the rest. Your honorable mentions also include many of my favourites. Mesdames et messieurs, you have impeccable taste!

  • @bluebeanbaby
    @bluebeanbaby Před 7 lety +4

    I hope Do The Right Thing would be added because the idea is genius. It is a three act that uses a singular focus on the protagonist, but uses a freer form of streamed consciousness that is interrupted or further progressed through secondary and tertiary characters. The portraits and vignettes also work beautifully, building the unseen, fleshing out the corners and stoops that make up the block. Genius structure, one of the best. I mean the opening alone is fantastic, setting up the hip hop influenced narrative. It's young, furious, and humorous. It's great.

  • @jorgeponce7947
    @jorgeponce7947 Před 7 lety +9

    I started watching "The Mirror" and in 10 minutes was experiencing its oneiric effects.

  • @Focaminante
    @Focaminante Před 7 lety

    This is incredibly well done. This video will be a permanent source of reference. These kinds of videos make all other film top/essay channels look like amateurs.

  • @m.tantan8813
    @m.tantan8813 Před 7 lety +1

    Again, beautiful work! Really appreciate your guys' thoughtful perspective. It's obvious you guys put a lot of effort into this. 😊

  • @rorylewis7247
    @rorylewis7247 Před 7 lety +118

    I thought Arrival was very interesting and played with structure.

    • @CodyWilson11
      @CodyWilson11 Před 6 lety +9

      You're right but this came out before Arrival released (Nov. 2016).

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica Před 4 lety

      "But General, I don't *have* your private number."
      .
      "Now you do."

  • @MatthewOne1
    @MatthewOne1 Před 7 lety +6

    I personally love the amazing and almost flawless rollercoaster that is Aliens.
    The Thin Red Line is also amazingly well structured film as well as Tree of Life.

  • @PleksiMies
    @PleksiMies Před 7 lety +2

    Great list and analysis once again! I would have liked to hear your take on the spiral structure of Vertigo and the effects of the repetitions in the second half or the "inner circle" of the structure. Even though it has been discussed over and over again, new ideas and interpretations seem to pop up each time that film is studied.

  • @LokiDWolf
    @LokiDWolf Před 6 lety

    Most of the times I watch your vids to learn about movies I've probably never seen and/or would have never heard of. Your summaries are so on point and well thought out. I appreciate this channel so much! And as an actor I actually learn a thing or two as well. This one is one of my favorites! I agree with your number 1 pick (though I've never seen it but will)!
    Thanks!

  • @bztrd80
    @bztrd80 Před 7 lety +4

    Your editing is amazing. Flawless and fun. Your editor have the same type of voice as the narrator.

  • @juliussw9153
    @juliussw9153 Před 3 lety +4

    the mirror should honestly just be number 1 on every cinema top 10 list ever

  • @CKimDancer
    @CKimDancer Před 2 lety

    i keep learning and searching new things, and youtube keep sending me back here. This is the best channel on yt

  • @missmoanypants
    @missmoanypants Před 7 lety

    I love that they talk about cinema across the board and not just Hollywood.

  • @HEMOPALEH
    @HEMOPALEH Před 7 lety +8

    "Before the Rain" is a Masterpiece

  • @OhmySKoD
    @OhmySKoD Před 7 lety +107

    ohh man, I want to watch Die Hard now but must resist for another few months until xmas season.

    • @12ealDealOfficial
      @12ealDealOfficial Před 7 lety +3

      Die Hard is one of those feel good movies a guy should be entitled to watch any time of the year. It's a Wonderful Life is my 'save it for Christmas' film.

    • @pjb4465
      @pjb4465 Před 7 lety +8

      die hard is the best Christmas movie of all time

    • @12ealDealOfficial
      @12ealDealOfficial Před 7 lety +6

      PJ B
      This is what I want to know though: we all consider Die Hard a Christmas movie, but why not Lethal Weapon?

    • @OhmySKoD
      @OhmySKoD Před 7 lety +4

      Good question, I think it's the sound track.

    • @Wysch
      @Wysch Před 7 lety +3

      +12ealDeal
      Because it was written by Shane Black :) technically for example Iron Man Three is a Christmas movie as well, yet it is not considered one. It's all about writing.

  • @christophermulholland1108

    2 of my personal favorite structured films. The Setup for a real time structure. Hal Hartley's Surviving Desire for repetition, the film tells a story but within it the same story is told in a drunken conversation on the street, dance, a serenade, etc... I adore these films. I like this channel. Thanks.

  • @murdockfiles9406
    @murdockfiles9406 Před 7 lety +2

    The Sweet Hereafter is a magnificent little gem. I'm glad to see it here

  • @mikeyproctor5670
    @mikeyproctor5670 Před 7 lety +114

    I'm calling it City of God is on this list and if it isn't someone fucked up.

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 Před 4 lety +6

    Rose Bud was something that everyone overlooked it's there in the beginning when he was young!

  • @rmehta54
    @rmehta54 Před 7 lety

    Excellent work!! Every video you produce gives me a new way to enjoy a film.

  • @picvajzpikcers
    @picvajzpikcers Před 7 lety

    I got goosebumps out of the sheer knowledge you have. Thank you, keep doing the awesome work.

  • @kissmyasthma3155
    @kissmyasthma3155 Před 7 lety +42

    Is it safe to say that "The Mirror" is objectively speaking the greatest movie ever made considering that it regularly makes these Cinefix lists?

    • @user-mi4rm7ih6s
      @user-mi4rm7ih6s Před 7 lety +28

      If there was such a thing as "objectively speaking" in regards to art, maybe.

    • @JJJameson.
      @JJJameson. Před 7 lety +6

      It may be. The universe molds itself to the logic of if it's Tarkovsky it's at least great

    • @vb2388
      @vb2388 Před 7 lety +5

      For me, In terms of Cinematography, Mirror is the Greatest of all time..
      Stalker is my favourite from Tarkovsky..

    • @ZOB4
      @ZOB4 Před 7 lety +7

      That, or Seven Samurai, or Citizen Kane.

    • @vontosmagicmurderbag2611
      @vontosmagicmurderbag2611 Před 7 lety +2

      They ranked it like #47 or #48. Whoever makes the lists probably has it a lot higher on their personal list, I'd imagine.

  • @mayd.7873
    @mayd.7873 Před 5 lety +19

    me: i bet number one is gonna be the mirror
    y'all: and number one is the mirror!
    me: i watch too much of this channel

  • @Luboman411
    @Luboman411 Před 7 lety +1

    I love how you guys inspire me to see movies I've never even thought of seeing--"The Sweet Hereafter" looks really interesting, along with "High Noon". Already writing down a list of movies I want to see in the near future.

  • @titusdiodoros1876
    @titusdiodoros1876 Před 6 lety

    I love this! Few you tube videos talk about structure and it's so important

  • @LuisEspinoza
    @LuisEspinoza Před 7 lety +102

    No The Prestige mention?

    • @NACHOXXX4
      @NACHOXXX4 Před 7 lety +5

      thank you

    • @samwallaceart288
      @samwallaceart288 Před 7 lety +4

      Prestige was trying too hard.

    • @llo2911
      @llo2911 Před 7 lety +1

      Nah I think cinefix don't go too much for mainstream movies... Rip Nolan

    • @FreakieFan
      @FreakieFan Před 7 lety +19

      +llo2911 Die Hard is really mainstream... even more than Prestige

    • @kilithecat2546
      @kilithecat2546 Před 7 lety

      That movie is overrated. The Illusionist did the same thing but better and is often overlooked.

  • @rhodapugh1173
    @rhodapugh1173 Před 3 lety +9

    Can we just talk about the fact that he died alone. No one heard him say “Rosebud”

  • @hollyrr
    @hollyrr Před 5 lety +1

    The writing of the narrative for Cinefix is a precise and elegant pleasure. There is always some explanation that I admire for its language as well as its content.

  • @GioiaFede
    @GioiaFede Před 5 lety +1

    I really love this channel, I'm so glad I found it a while ago. It was and is really helpful with my screenwriting studies and with my love of movies, I appreciate your way of doing videos and lists, it entertains me and goes in depth of things explaining them, showing them and it inspired me to watch or watch again some movies with more knowledge and a new perspective as well as doing better in my own scripts. So, it is with great love and respect that I'm telling you this. I am from Italy, hence english is not my first language. For me personally you go and speak a little too fast and sometimes I struggle following and deeply understanding every passage. Of course I can use subtitles or go back and watch that portion again, but I'd highly appreciate it if you could make a couple of minutes longer videos and talk a little slower. This specific video made me laugh and cringe a little bit and it was harder to keep up with the serious things you said because of how you pronounced a couple of words. I'm not trying to mock you or criticize for that, I know I mispronounce my number of words in english too so I can't blame you, I am just saying this. So italian language comes from latin, which we don't speak and sadly barely study nowadays, but many italian words are very similar to latin ones. "Fabula" (in italian favola) is latin for fairy tale. We still commonly use the saying in latin: "lupus in fabula" (wolf in the fairy tale) when the person we're talking about shows up. All I wanted to say it is pronounced Fàbula, not Fabùla (it's not salagadula magicabula) and you repeated it so many times at the end I could only focus on this, lol. I am from northern Italy, which is very different from the image most people around the globe and in the US in particular have of Italy, which is connected to southern Italy (most italian immigrants in your country cmae from that area). Northern and southern Italy are pretty different in terms of weather, landscape, traditions, culture ect. Also, each and every one of the 20 italian regions has its own history and culture, to the point where each region, and each city, has its own dialect and in most cases if you're from a place you barely understand or don't understand at all a dialect from somewhere else. I happen to be from a tiny, historic cultural heritage city in the north: Ferrara. It's the city of director Michelangelo Antonioni, the set of novel and movie The Garden of Finzi-Contini and it is in the same region, Emilia Romagna, of Federico Fellini's (he lived by the seaside, in Rimini), so our dialects are pretty similar. I personally live in a tiny village near the city: Vigarano Mainarda, where Carlo Rambaldi was born, the creator of King Kong and ET puppets and special effects. This is a swampland. In winter it's often so foggy that some mornings I can't see my neighbour's house from my window and I some nights I need to stop the car because I can't recognize my way back home. People here are not loud, they get annoyed if you are too loud, not very outgoing, we don't have a Super Mario accent, the sea is aweful nearby, we don't eat spaghetti all'arrabbiata but cappelletti in brodo. "Amarcord" means "mi ricordo", "I remember", in our regional dialect. It is pronounced with the correct accent in the video, but with an r, let's say like the Irish r, and with a very boldly pronounced o, so hearing a very local word pronounced with an american accent many times made me cringe and laugh at once. Again, not a critique, you did a good job and that's not important here and not judging you, just thought I'd say, maybe it could be interesting for someone.

  • @Pivot-Shorts
    @Pivot-Shorts Před 7 lety +23

    Enemy would be a good choice for number 3 as a "circling" movie, depending on your interpretation.
    *Spoilers*
    Gyllenhals character succumbing to his sexual desires and lack of ability to commit to a serious relationship amd family life, after finally having erased that part of himself. It truly displayed the inevitability in that regardless of your efforts, the nature of yourself will come back to you. That his efforts only took Gyllenhal back to where he started, like a circle.
    Or atleast that is what I got out of it, the movie is pretty fucked up you know ;)

    • @NACHOXXX4
      @NACHOXXX4 Před 7 lety +1

      I thought the same thing. I love that movie

    • @Kindiah
      @Kindiah Před 7 lety

      Glad I never saw it! I'd be angry because I know we ALL have potential to change and should, that's why we're here; the idea that we can't change or nature is a lie and only true if you believe that lie.

    • @Kindiah
      @Kindiah Před 7 lety

      Kindiah I meant "our" not "or" oops.

    • @Pivot-Shorts
      @Pivot-Shorts Před 7 lety

      +Kindiah You should see it, fantastic movie.

    • @NACHOXXX4
      @NACHOXXX4 Před 7 lety

      +Kindiah its about that particular story of that character, not about human nature in general

  • @luisguillermojg
    @luisguillermojg Před 7 lety +9

    Mulholland Dr. would have been a terrific choice for a dream film structure too.

    • @valerieh.708
      @valerieh.708 Před 5 lety

      Understanding opinion, but you would have to have seen Before the Rain before making that statement. I love MD, but BtR was more important.

  • @TheReluctantCoder
    @TheReluctantCoder Před 7 lety

    Thank you for your videos!! Some of them are very helpful to newbie art/film students! Bless you :)

  • @whereverover
    @whereverover Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you so much for giving the Mirror #1. I just adore this film. Somebody said it's pure cinematic poetry, this film

  • @AMadWomanMuses
    @AMadWomanMuses Před 7 lety +3

    In order to truly appreciate cinema today, we must know how it all started. You've done that in each of your videos by paying tribute to all the classic groundbreaking movies that have come before them. Keep up the wonderful work.
    Not many understand the artistry of the classic movies and how they told the stories without all the flash and special effects of today. Sometimes the best movies don't have any explosions. It's just a story told well.

  • @jamesmillington4711
    @jamesmillington4711 Před 7 lety +68

    Wonder why they didn't choose City of god for number 7?

    • @SykoFox
      @SykoFox Před 7 lety +5

      I was wondering the same thing! No honorable mention or anything!

    • @SUBSYNDICATE
      @SUBSYNDICATE Před 7 lety +17

      that movie is so underrated. it should get mentioned way more

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 Před 7 lety +6

      +P090p0k3 definitely not underrated

    • @SykoFox
      @SykoFox Před 7 lety +2

      Kosta Jovanovic Not known by enough people, then?

    • @SUBSYNDICATE
      @SUBSYNDICATE Před 7 lety

      that's what I meant..

  • @ellielindsey7454
    @ellielindsey7454 Před 5 lety

    I haven't gotten through all your lists, but this is the first time I've heard you mention Cloud Atlas and it made me so happy...

  • @ck31wong
    @ck31wong Před 7 lety

    This clip is well researched, narrated, edited. Good job team!!!

  • @decenthumans
    @decenthumans Před 7 lety +6

    Great list!!! Every screenwriter should watch

  • @44616E6E79
    @44616E6E79 Před 7 lety +17

    Fabula (фабула) should be pronounced FA-bula, not fa-BOO-la. And 'sujet' (сюжет) should be sju-ZHET.

  • @CinemaDemocratica
    @CinemaDemocratica Před 4 lety +2

    So lovely to see The Sweet Hereafter getting some CineFix love.

  • @viktorstravinsky3109
    @viktorstravinsky3109 Před 5 lety

    This channel (and more specifically the movie lists) is like a treasure trove for cinephiles.

  • @JacquelineMoleski
    @JacquelineMoleski Před 5 lety +7

    I'm really surprised that for movies that start at the end and then fill in how you got there you didn't mention two brilliant films by Billy Wilder: Sunset Blvd and Double Indemnity. Both start with the protagonist being dead, and both circle back to explain how he got that way. And in both films, the audience gets so wrapped up in the story they somehow "forget" the guy telling the story is dead. I love both "Sunset Blvd" and "Double Indemnity" though - and I highly recommend them to anyone who hasn't seen them. I also like Wilder's The Apartment, The Lost Weekend (except the tacked on ending), and even Sabrina is darker than most romances.

    • @bravehome4276
      @bravehome4276 Před rokem

      Agree. Wilder doesn't get enough love on this channel!

  • @markmeason1244
    @markmeason1244 Před 7 lety +76

    This is not a list of the 10 Best Structured Movies of All Time. Instead this is a list of 10 examples of well structured films in different categories. Although that is true of every CineFix top 10 videos.

    • @Primogen16
      @Primogen16 Před 7 lety +22

      I think it is more accurate to say that this is a list of the best structured film in each of 10 structure categories. However, that's quite a mouthful so I'm satisfied with the video title as is.

    • @markmeason1244
      @markmeason1244 Před 7 lety +2

      David Mullich haha yes. But the title is a little misleading.

    • @__Stitchy
      @__Stitchy Před 7 lety +4

      +Mark Meason the title pretends to be useless and impossible. if that gives some people the wrong idea, then thats partly their own fault. 'I'll give you 2 billion trillion dollars' isn't really misleading you, is it? top10 lists should be detailed like this. at least it's better than 'GoNe WrOnG 18+'

    • @Primogen16
      @Primogen16 Před 7 lety +13

      I don't think it is misleading. I think that coming up with the best film in ten categories is a legitimate way of determining the ten best, especially since there is no objective, indisputable metric for rating a "best" film.

    • @felicg3128
      @felicg3128 Před 7 lety +1

      I think it is the top 10 structured films, but just not ordered in terms of structure. Or they have ordered it, just instead of focusing on why its better/worse then any other movies it analyses the structure and why it made the list at all

  • @user-zd7zs4vp5h
    @user-zd7zs4vp5h Před 7 lety

    Thank you for the hard work you put into this video, it was very insightful :) !

  • @PatTheRiot
    @PatTheRiot Před 7 lety

    Very nice work guys, love it. Very intellectual and in depth, satisfying. I don't know much about cinema (when I see you guys go) but I found very interesting that the fabula and syuzhet resembles french Fabule and Sujet. Fabule being making up a story and sujet the subject.

  • @raycocker639
    @raycocker639 Před 7 lety +5

    You've gotta watch a lot of movies to come up with a list like this..
    and I mean a lot.

  • @nathanslay6342
    @nathanslay6342 Před 3 lety +9

    I think Memento and Pulp Fiction are both structured very nicely. They’re both incredible

    • @FrenchAccentsChannel
      @FrenchAccentsChannel Před 7 měsíci

      Pulp Piction is great but I feel a lot of the way it's told, like many Tarantino movies, is justified by style alone rather than obeying to stronger logic. Like ''I will hide this detail from you because it will be a big punch later'' rather than a reveal making sense because of new input, new discoveries... I might be wrong, it's been a while since I've seen it. But some of his scenes feel a bit that way, and while he's an unequalled master at style, it's still a little blemishing to the value of a scene when its justification feels somewhat artificial.

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan Před 7 lety

    I love this channel. Apart from anything else, it's basically a constant stream of 'Films I Really Have to Watch Sometime' :P
    I was glad to see Babel and Memento at least mentioned, as they're two of my favourite films of all time. And talking about Babel, Innaritu has really mastered the art of opening with a scene that doesn't entirely make sense until late in the film. IMO Biutiful is the best example of this; when you first watch the opening scene you have no idea what's going on. But when you understand it... it's one of the most emotionally devastating and, yes, beautiful scenes in cinema.

  • @AngusCookProductions
    @AngusCookProductions Před 7 lety

    this channel is very refreshing, thanks

  • @Shallabais100
    @Shallabais100 Před 7 lety +3

    I love that cinefix always recommend me new movies

  • @dairesdepths
    @dairesdepths Před 7 lety +3

    Me: Hey McCree, whats No. 9 on this list?
    McCree: Its High Noon

  • @TushArtYoutube
    @TushArtYoutube Před 7 lety

    Loved this stuff. pretty helpful !!

  • @elliotstannard5621
    @elliotstannard5621 Před 4 lety +1

    I think that "Rosebud" means lost childhood, or lost innocence or the lost childhood of compassion that he would have wanted. Rosebud was his childhood sled so would be the only thing left to tether him back to that dream if a perfect, or at least normal, childhood of kindness and compassion. He realises that he is impaired by his lack of these things to be able to feel true human interaction or compassion and so longs for his childhood back to relive his life and fix these problems.

  • @j.t.cremeans9384
    @j.t.cremeans9384 Před 7 lety +30

    Anybody else feel like they're in a cinema class?

    • @stitch2k1
      @stitch2k1 Před 5 lety

      Literally am over here, hahaha

  • @Genji_Glove
    @Genji_Glove Před 7 lety +55

    I'm disappointed with the lack of Tremors and Hot Fuzz! Those two films have some of the tightest screenplays I've ever seen.

    • @MrSkinnyWhale
      @MrSkinnyWhale Před 7 lety +7

      I felt the same about some of the honourable mentions. Can't put every good movie in a top 10 I guess.

    • @Studio44B
      @Studio44B Před 7 lety +4

      Anytime the filmakers set out to make the shortest car chase in cinematic history? That's brilliant in my book. lol

    • @jsibbs08
      @jsibbs08 Před 7 lety +3

      Right there with you on Hot Fuzz bro!

    • @ddave7026
      @ddave7026 Před 7 lety

      Michael Edwards LMBO

    • @augiekrueger5279
      @augiekrueger5279 Před 5 lety

      Hot fuzz roolz

  • @MsNonblonde
    @MsNonblonde Před 7 lety

    Every time I watch one of these, I have Netflix opened in another tab, so I can add a bazillion more movies to my queue.
    You really are the best, Cinefix.

  • @bbyprbw
    @bbyprbw Před 7 lety

    thank you for helping me find out what i want to watch next

  • @phish1391
    @phish1391 Před 7 lety +17

    Hey CINEFIX can you include the titles of the movies that you include on your clips pls?

  • @TrilobiteTerror
    @TrilobiteTerror Před 5 lety +3

    10:01 That's quite a mouth full. "The Mobius Strip syuzhet constructed around an ouroboros fabula."

  • @carolevonaarberg472
    @carolevonaarberg472 Před 7 lety

    Brilliant! Thank you for this very informative vid.

  • @roopjm
    @roopjm Před 7 lety

    Fantastic list! Time to start watching

  • @sadmancho
    @sadmancho Před 7 lety +104

    Can you do the best animated movies of all time.

    • @DarthEd77
      @DarthEd77 Před 7 lety +3

      They did a top 10 most beautiful animated films.... Not quite the same, I guess, but probably close enough.

    • @samwallaceart288
      @samwallaceart288 Před 7 lety +6

      Well whatever they do they better mention Mononoke Hime.

    • @Str0b0
      @Str0b0 Před 7 lety +3

      And Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka)

    • @Soupgirlpeasant
      @Soupgirlpeasant Před 7 lety +1

      angels egg better make that list

    • @ptery
      @ptery Před 7 lety +1

      Nausicca In The Valley Of The Wind

  • @raqqq7243
    @raqqq7243 Před 7 lety +5

    I said out loud they better reference Mr. Nobody or I'll be pissed and then I saw teen Nemo, this is why I love you guys. 8:30

    • @CineFix
      @CineFix  Před 7 lety +2

      Good to know we're a hit in the psychic community!

    • @raqqq7243
      @raqqq7243 Před 7 lety +1

      CineFix I'm just obsessed with Mr. Nobody

    • @greenanubis
      @greenanubis Před 7 lety +1

      I really liked it too. First time i watched it i watched it again immediately. All freaking 2 and a half hours of it. And i cant really adequately explain to myself why...

  • @DelightfulTravellers
    @DelightfulTravellers Před 7 lety

    Cool channel. Well done! We really enjoyed it.

  • @giovi1122
    @giovi1122 Před 6 lety

    I love this, you have earned my subscription

  • @raaaaaaaaaawwwwrrrrr
    @raaaaaaaaaawwwwrrrrr Před 7 lety +21

    Where the hell is memento

  • @juangomez7586
    @juangomez7586 Před 7 lety +8

    please..... 10 best Spanish lenguage movies of all time ( Latinoamerica and Spain )
    You made the best top 10 and review about films .

  • @waynechapman9823
    @waynechapman9823 Před 5 lety +1

    Gotta give a shout-out to Stanley Donen's "Two for the Road." "The Simpsons" even paid homage to its unique multiple timeline structure in one of its episodes.

  • @Hypnotist1
    @Hypnotist1 Před 5 lety

    This is fantastic. Well done.

  • @o.t.d_ody_the_dreamer
    @o.t.d_ody_the_dreamer Před 7 lety +6

    Ironic that the best structured film is the one without a definitive structure.