Best film ever made?

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Objectively speaking, I don't know if any one movie can be given this label. I do think it's as great a movie that can be made. In my opinion it is in an elite class along with The Godfather, Mystic River, Chinatown, Zodiac, and several others. Too many to list here, but still a very small number relative to the overall amount of movies that have been made.

A PhD of history for Mayans was on a podcast that talks about historical accuracy of Apocalypto. He agreed with 99,5%; he said Mel was right on except for two tiny things. He LOVED the film too.

Here is what other film makers and stars thought via Wikipedia..


Director Quentin Tarantino said, "I think it's a masterpiece. It was perhaps the best film of that year. I think it was the best artistic film of that year."

Robert Duvall called it "maybe the best movie I've seen in 25 years."

Edward James Olmos said, "I was totally caught off guard. It's arguably the best movie I've seen in years. I was blown away."

In 2013, director Spike Lee put the film on his list of all-time essential films."


It's truly mesmerizing and pulls you into a whole other world and language.
The acting, cinematography, soundtrack = perfect.

The Exorcist edges it for me.

It's a decent film. It's a bit too brutal for my taste, but the scope and scale of the movie was very impressive.

I give it a 9/10 mainly because I thought the spiritual/prophetic stuff was overplayed but aside from that it's flawless, beautifully constructed set pieces were the highlight and the fact that there's not much CGI used means the film will age gracefully. I'm not concerned with historical accuracy because the purpose of a a film is to entertain, if it is historically accurate then that's a bonus but by no means a necessity.

I say it's probably the best I've ever seen. Can't believe I only got to see it 10 years after it was released.