What Film(s) Would You Call A Masterpiece?

[rocketpig]

Frodaddyg said:

Profcrab said:
Apocalypse Now, Chinatown, Animal House, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, Pearl Harbor, and The Unforgiven.

I give this thread a 9.7.

Fight Club - Norton and Pitt nailed a book to film transition that I basically thought was impossible.

Shawshank - Cannot turn the channel if this movie is on, regardless of what point it's at. If it's just starting, I'm stuck there for 3 hours, helpless to resist it.

I dare say that in those two examples, the movies actually surpassed the books, which is nearly impossible. While I liked both the books, I thought the movies actually did a better job of getting into the characters and telling the story.