Cinephiles love a fun, well-made, commercial blockbuster every once in a while, but the face that made them fall in love with it as an art form is arthouse cinema. These are films, often independent, made for purposes of being artistic than commercial. Throughout the world and over film history, a myriad of arthouse masterpieces have come out to great praise. From David Lynch to Federico Fellini, some of history's greatest auteurs hail from the arthouse scene.
Contemplative, poetic, and full of artistic merit, these movies have unique things to add to their genres and valuable insights about society and the world at large. From Eraserhead to 81/2, there are a select few arthouse gems that come as close as a movie can possibly come to true perfection. There is no film that truly has no flaws, but there are some with flaws so small and few and merits so numerous and huge that they can be called perfect throughout.
Taken from Collider's list
