The first time I was in the "perfect movie except for the psychiatrist scene" camp, but on a second viewing I think even that worked...
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Sans Soleil 1983
It took me a few tries to get through this, but only because I was compelled to re-watch even before it was over, and continually restarting and rewinding. Dense and hypnotic in a way that's hard to compare to anything else I've seen.
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Portrait of Jennie 1948
Jennie has the same origin story as Robin (broken wire killed acrobat parents) and the novel Portrait of Jennie is from 1940, the same year Robin first appeared in a Batman comic...
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Dredd 2012
I wrote that A History of Violence was "one of the few comic book movies that really understands comic books," and this is another one.
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The Hot Rock 1972
A bit too loose for a real heist film and not loose enough for a comic caper, but very likeable and surprisingly well shot