Fargo
This is my favorite film of all time.
Fargo, I believe, is the greatest film ever made. And yet, I’m never really able to articulate my feelings about it in the same ways as I can other films. It is a perfectly balanced, perfectly calibrated movie. Other favorites of mine are the best at doing _________, while Fargo may be the best at doing everything. The performances, the score, the cinematography, the story, the comedy, the terror, the absurdity, all living in perfect unison.
To quote the late great Rodger Ebert:
Films like “Fargo” are why I love the movies.