Last Film "Materpiece"?

What's the last film you saw that you would honestly call a masterpiece.
 
To be honest I can't think of any brilliant recent films even in the last 10 years.
 
I really hope video games don't go the way of todays cinema. :(

I thought The Wrestler was pretty sweet.

Unless i'm overlooking something, probably The Matrix.

the dark knight was brilliant but i would have to say the Lord of the Rings trilogy

The Dark Knight.

Iron Man > Dark Knight
 
So, Iron Man.

The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Lives of Others (Watch it.)

Check out "Synecdoche, New York". It's depressing as hell and is very much a mindfuck.
I've seen it about three times and I like it more and more.
And for what it was, I thought Funny People was a masterpiece in its own right. It had it's funny, but was also a darker take on the life of a stand up comedian.
Sure it had it's flaws, and it got a bit slow towards the end, but I appreciate Judd Apatow's first attempt at a drama, and it was pretty great for that.

" Iron Man > Dark Knight  So, Iron Man. "

Well I watched Trainspotting two days ago, does that count?

Oh yeah, also Children of Men and There Will Be Blood.
An honorable mention goes to Wall-E.

 I saw WALL-E last weekend. I was very impressed. As far as animated movies go, WALL-E was a masterpiece.

The problem is that you don't know a film's legacy the year after it comes out.  In 20 years, who knows what will be considered the masterpieces of the current era?

Some of these movies probably aren't pretentious enough to be widely considered as masterpieces, but I'll take Gladiator, Sin City, Hero and LOTR (1 and 2 anyways).

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

Kill Bill Volume 1 was pretty excellent.  
I also watched Lucky Number Slevin, which blew my mind, wouldn't say it was a masterpiece though. 

Iron Man > Dark Knight

@EvilTwin said:

"The problem is that you don't know a film's legacy the year after it comes out.  In 20 years, who knows what will be considered the masterpieces of the current era? "

I agree, this is why I'm hesitant to say The Dark Knight (though I know 98% of you hated it), so I'd say The Big Lebowski. Yeah, it sounds blasphemous, but I love that fuckin' movie.

@EvilTwin said:

"The problem is that you don't know a film's legacy the year after it comes out.  In 20 years, who knows what will be considered the masterpieces of the current era? "

I agree, this is why I'm hesitant to say The Dark Knight (though I know 98% of you hated it), so I'd say The Big Lebowski. Yeah, it sounds blasphemous, but I love that fuckin' movie.

Yeh I dont know about recent Masterpieces. Give it a couple of decades and I'll let you know.

"Oh yeah, also Children of Men and There Will Be Blood. An honorable mention goes to Wall-E. "

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The Lord of the Rings movies.  There have been "great" movies since then, but none that I would consider a "masterpiece".

Crash...  
 
"Driving at the speed of life, we're bound to crash into one another."  
 
That movie is a masterpiece :) 

Most recently, I would have to say Up, or at least the beginning. That was one of the greatest openings of any movie I have ever seen.
 
A through and through masterpiece would probably be There Will Be Blood in my eyes. That was very ambitious and it was the kind of epic that just floored you for its entire duration. An impressive feat with the remarkable Daniel Day-Lewis.

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

" @Atomic_Tangerine said:

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

 I almost flagged your post just now.  Almost. "

" The Dark Knight. "

Up, Pixar has never let me down (except with Cars)

" @Delta_Ass said:

" The Dark Knight. "

Wrong. "

Up, The Soloist, The Dark Knight were almost masterpieces.
 
But LOTR is the only series that I honestly thought was perfect or near-perfect.

" @Delta_Ass said:

" @Atomic_Tangerine said:

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

 I almost flagged your post just now.  Almost. "

Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "

I think people are misunderstanding the thread.
 
It isn't asking "What's a movie that you've seen recently that you liked"
It's "What movie do you think is a masterpiece"

Big Momma's House 2

" @HandsomeDead said:

" @Delta_Ass said:

" @Atomic_Tangerine said:

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

 I almost flagged your post just now.  Almost. "

Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "

dude, if you are comparing dark knight to tokyo drift you do deserve to be flagged. Its just losers who get upset when anything is extremely popular so they want to be cool and different and be like NO ITS NOT GOOD IT SUCKS GARR! "

Potemkin.

Jesus's Son was a movie i felt that qualifies as a masterpiece.

And personally, I liked Twilight... "

There have been some great films in the past ten years, but off the top of my head, I say Kill Bill (Vol. I and II). It's violence. It's art. It's viort.  It's all good.

" @TwoOneFive said:

" @HandsomeDead said:

" @Delta_Ass said:

" @Atomic_Tangerine said:

" I watched Tokyo Drift recently, and for lack of a better word, I think "masterpiece" will suffice.  "

 I almost flagged your post just now.  Almost. "

Coming from the guy who said The Dark Knight as a legitimate answer, that's hilarious. "

dude, if you are comparing dark knight to tokyo drift you do deserve to be flagged. Its just losers who get upset when anything is extremely popular so they want to be cool and different and be like NO ITS NOT GOOD IT SUCKS GARR! "

If you're missing obvious sarcasm, then you're the one who deserves to be flagged. Also, TDK is good, great even, but not a masterpiece. "

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