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10 Great Movies Whose Stories Are Not So Good

This list attempts to demonstrate that greatness in cinema does not necessarily goes hand in hand with a brilliant story premise: it has more to do with the use of visuals, the creation of an atmosphere, the embodiment of characters or with dialogue (which is not the story per se; it is characterization). Here are ten excellent films that have weak plotlines and that could have been fiascoes if they had been made by a less accomplished creative team
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Ossessione (1943)
Ossessione (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
4
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
5
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
6
Talk to Her (2002)
Talk to Her (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
7
Gerry (2002)
Gerry (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
8
Frontier of the Dawn (2008)
Frontier of the Dawn (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
9
True Grit (2010)
True Grit (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
10
The Lobster (2015)
The Lobster (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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