The Best?

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2005)

This is a complex issue, but I still think this is the overall best movie I have ever seen. The characters, acting, storyline, cinematography, and general atmosphere and emotional depth combine to make a movie like no other.
Haunting, exciting, once in a while funny, gripping, rewarding, moving, significant, etc, etc. Wow!
It may paint a slightly rosy picture of Oskar Schindler, but, remember, it is a movie. I think this picture almost perfectly blends a documentary and cinematic feel. I is literary, artistic, and substantial.
I love Casablanca. Citizen Kane is a classic, maybe the best by many standards. But Schindler's List is movie of the modern generation which achieves classic status by both prior and current critical standards.
It is the last "great" film I have seen at a cinema. No doubt there are great films I have not seen. Any suggestions?