10 Best Structured Movies of All Time

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]

These lists kick the shit out of watchmojo

[@DuncanUdaho67]

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

[@spookf4688]

No anime BS here too. Cinefix > Watchmojo.

[@TheShadowHatter]

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]

+Leo K why not anime?

[@lancedones208]

+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]

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

[@ironmanultron7056]

Captain America: The Winter Solider better be on that list

[@EzraWoodIsCool]

Yaaaaas please!

[@k-panga]

pacific rim, ftw

[@EzraWoodIsCool]

+Iron Man Ultron it probably wouldn't because it's the best of all time

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

Drive. The best,beats anything else

[@paperbullet1945]

#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

[@laurenjcoates]

I'm surprised groundhog day wasn't even mentioned

[@doicare1169]

Top 10 Worst Structured Movies: #1 Suicide Squad

[@dalebrush5366]

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]

#2 Batman v Superman

[@bionicg2040]

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

[@dalebrush5366]

***** 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]

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

[@DungeonBricks]

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

[@dalebrush5366]

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

[@MrBeastknows]

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]

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

[@joelhc9703]

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

[@MrBeastknows]

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*

[@jamesmiddleton6340]

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.

[@squamish4244]

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

[@nelsonhoffman5922]

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

[@collinmonette9795]

Thank you someone agrees with me on AHX

[@Ayvee1138]

American History X is amazing

[@fredbyoutubing]

Good thinking.

[@marcelomendoza1973]

????? 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]

@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.

[@user-yj9xn8ck2w]

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]

廖浩 thank you!

[@matbrady123456]

What's the movie at kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jOZ5hunLx3mM0 where the dominoes hit the car?? I'm struggling to find an answer to this.

[@bitofingeralastname6794]

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]

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

[@dariussonofjazzlin7433]

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]

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

[@akeithing1841]

Dumb&Dumber is also structured quite well

[@Indoor_Carrot]

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 :)

[@CineFix]

Best Franchise structure...?

[@HeroSpawn177]

+CineFix Wow did they actually reply?

[@Indoor_Carrot]

CineFix Another video idea perhaps? ;)

[@bishop615]

I'd say so.

[@GeahkBurchill]

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

[@CineFix]

Yep. A MOST honorable mention.

[@Gettinsketchypodcast]

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

[@ginsan8198]

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]

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]

Groundhogs Day!

[@alexwells7170]

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

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

It´s boring

[@RatatRatR]

Tarkovsvky was unbelievably good.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

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

[@RatatRatR]

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.

[@miriam8376]

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.

[@pppfan103]

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.

[@BadMouseProductions]

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

[@vonleevl]

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

[@wayneshields2125]

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]

BadMouseProductions so many movies to choose

[@arshiaarjomandi911]

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]

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

[@californiahummus]

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

[@p1ll]

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

[@don_brodka]

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.

[@TensyCL]

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

[@TensyCL]

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

[@UltimaPowers]

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

[@s1lverp3nguin]

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

[@krautgazer]

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

[@TheCaliforniaHP]

That's what I thought in a sense hahaha.

[@emmalee12343]

I JUST SPAT MY DRINK LMAO

[@ambergris5705]

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.

[@TheProfessorFunk]

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.

[@lukeclarke2880]

I get excited whenever you guys make a new video

[@CineFix]

Thanks!

[@inebriatedgamer5058]

Of all the channels i am subbed to...this is the best

[@88Boylemaker]

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

[@disloyalbot1400]

"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

[@gimmibox]

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]

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

[@rorylewis7247]

I thought Arrival was very interesting and played with structure.

[@CodyWilson11]

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

[@CinemaDemocratica]

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

[@kovacszsolt8052]

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.

[@bluebeanbaby]

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.

[@mikeyproctor5670]

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

[@mikeyproctor5670]

someone fucked up

[@souravzzz]

You sure did.

[@cameronbruce9650]

.

[@grandtheftex4852]

Does it have boobs?

[@mikeyproctor5670]

***** lol why? XD

[@OhmySKoD]

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

[@12ealDealOfficial]

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]

die hard is the best Christmas movie of all time

[@12ealDealOfficial]

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

[@OhmySKoD]

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

[@Wysch]

+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.

[@socialcloseness8774]

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.

[@murdockfiles9406]

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

[@jorgeponce7947]

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

[@MatthewOne1]

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.

[@CKimDancer]

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

[@Focaminante]

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.

[@LuisEspinoza]

No The Prestige mention?

[@NACHOXXX4]

thank you

[@samwallaceart288]

Prestige was trying too hard.

[@llo2911]

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

[@FreakieFan]

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

[@kilithecat2546]

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

[@HEMOPALEH]

"Before the Rain" is a Masterpiece

[@missmoanypants]

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

[@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.

[@juliussw9153]

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

[@bztrd80]

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

[@m.tantan8813]

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

[@hollyrr]

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.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

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

[@luisguillermojg]

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

[@valerieh.708]

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

[@viktorstravinsky3109]

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

[@leisti]

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!

[@AMadWomanMuses]

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.

[@JacquelineMoleski]

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]

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

[@LokiDWolf]

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!

[@PleksiMies]

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.

[@rhodapugh1173]

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

[@jamessweeney5459]

They explain that the nurse did at some point

[@nathanslay6342]

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

[@FrenchAccentsChannel]

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.

[@picvajzpikcers]

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

[@CinemaDemocratica]

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

[@mayd.7873]

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

[@jamesmillington4711]

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

[@SykoFox]

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

[@SUBSYNDICATE]

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

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+P090p0k3 definitely not underrated

[@SykoFox]

Kosta Jovanovic Not known by enough people, then?

[@SUBSYNDICATE]

that's what I meant..

[@whereverover]

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

[@ellielindsey7454]

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...

[@markmeason1244]

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]

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]

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

[@__Stitchy]

+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]

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]

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

[@decenthumans]

Great list!!! Every screenwriter should watch

[@rmehta54]

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

[@ck31wong]

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

[@Pivot-Shorts]

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]

I thought the same thing. I love that movie

[@Kindiah]

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 I meant "our" not "or" oops.

[@Pivot-Shorts]

+Kindiah You should see it, fantastic movie.

[@NACHOXXX4]

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

[@44616E6E79]

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

[@Luboman411]

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.

[@TushArtYoutube]

Loved this stuff. pretty helpful !!

[@dairesdepths]

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

[@raycocker639]

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

[@GioiaFede]

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.

[@AngusCookProductions]

this channel is very refreshing, thanks

[@Genji_Glove]

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]

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

[@Studio44B]

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

[@jsibbs08]

Right there with you on Hot Fuzz bro!

[@ddave7026]

Michael Edwards LMBO

[@augiekrueger5279]

Hot fuzz roolz

[@kissmyasthma3155]

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]

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

[@JJJameson.]

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

[@vb2388]

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

[@ZOB4]

That, or Seven Samurai, or Citizen Kane.

[@vontosmagicmurderbag2611]

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

[@waynechapman9823]

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.

[@sclogse1]

Nice pick.

[@MsNonblonde]

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.

[@j.t.cremeans9384]

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

[@stitch2k1]

Literally am over here, hahaha

[@Shallabais100]

I love that cinefix always recommend me new movies

[@titusdiodoros1876]

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

[@DelightfulTravellers]

Cool channel. Well done! We really enjoyed it.

[@phish1391]

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

[@sadmancho]

Can you do the best animated movies of all time.

[@DarthEd77]

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

[@samwallaceart288]

Well whatever they do they better mention Mononoke Hime.

[@Str0b0]

And Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka)

[@Soupgirlpeasant]

angels egg better make that list

[@ptery]

Nausicca In The Valley Of The Wind

[@elliotstannard5621]

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.

[@TheReluctantCoder]

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

[@raqqq7243]

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]

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

[@raqqq7243]

CineFix I'm just obsessed with Mr. Nobody

[@greenanubis]

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...

[@raaaaaaaaaawwwwrrrrr]

Where the hell is memento

[@urielchannel2898]

It's mentioned as an honorable pick.

[@raaaaaaaaaawwwwrrrrr]

BUT WHY ISNT IT ON THE LIST

[@sharebear421]

+William Alvarado cause it's mediocre

[@urielchannel2898]

+sharebear421 Well, it's better than mediocre.

[@jacksonkliewer5199]

+Uriel Gavito What is your thumbnail from?

[@user-zd7zs4vp5h]

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

[@DodderingOldMan]

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.

[@TrilobiteTerror]

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

[@StudioCastleman]

It's downright insulting you didn't pick Groundhog Day for number 4

[@rasa2745]

I've got you babe... yep totally expected to see Groundhog Day. Here the movie name is synonymous with every trip to the dementia ward to visit my mother. Sams people, same place, same conversations.

[@briant7265]

Totally should have been mentioned. The structure was actually the story, and after seeing these lists was done masterfully.

[@ALC0LITE]

My favourite structure in movies are narrative introductions and bodies that use past events to fill in the blanks and then have a big reveal or present time ending. The Usual Suspects, Forest Gump etc.

[@jamminwitjovaughn519]

Ive always said the same thing.. Joe Dirt is in there too for me I feel the same way about books.. My personal favorite is a book called Aztec by Gary Jennings perfect example of the structure you’re talking about

[@iamsobob7745]

Kubricks Lolita is my favorite example of a movie starting with the ending. But it's also brilliant because it's presented to us first quietly, mysteriously. We don't know the characters or motivations . But by the end, having seen everything, it's presented with passion and emotion. And the music swells up and climaxes exactly to the point where the main character calls out quiltys name, and even though we saw exactly this scene, it's means so much more. Chills.

[@juangomez7586]

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

[@RoboBoddicker]

It's FA-bula, not fa-BOO-la. But you guys have great lists, so I'll let it slide ;)

[@riss0is]

In portuguese, "fábula" (also pronounced FAH-bula) is a story where animals come to life, like La Fontaine's tales.

[@flyingdics1]

Came here to say the same.

[@flyingdics1]

@@riss0is They all come from the same Latin "fabula" for "story"

[@paulk6399]

Copydot: I'll let it slide Also copydot: I'll type it out in a comment and send so I lied about letting it slide

[@RoboBoddicker]

Paul K gotta be honest, Paul - i tried to let it slide. i really did. but it was too much. these past 3 years have been an endless nightmare. at home, at work, in the arms of my lover, im haunted by a ghostly voice whispering “faBOOlaaaa....faBOOOOla.” at one time, your taunts and insults may have shaken me. but no more. it’s too late for me now. im a broken man. so ill let it slide.

[@Hypnotist1]

This is fantastic. Well done.

[@roopjm]

Fantastic list! Time to start watching

[@o.t.d_ody_the_dreamer]

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