The three perfect Diane Keaton movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes

Movie fans around the world were shocked and shocked when they learned about it on Saturday, October 11 Legendary American actress Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79.

If you’re a fan of Keaton’s incredibly diverse and fascinating work, you can honor her with a movie marathon of some of her most famous and beloved films — including her most famous Woody Allen collaboration in “Manhattan” and “Annie Hall,” the latter of which won an Oscar for playing the titular role (which was actually based on her). Other must-have watches include “Father of the Bride” and its sequel“The First Wives Club,” “The Godfather,” “The Godfather Part II,” and “Something’s Gotta Give,” to name a few. Incredibly, Keaton has appeared in three films that received perfect scores on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. What’s even more surprising is that I didn’t mention any of those three above. until more Incredibly, one of them was Keaton Debut film.

To be clear, I think almost every film is an extended Keaton film works She was made better by her mere presence, and I’m as saddened by the loss of this charming, charismatic, unique actress just as much as anyone else. However, three perfectly reviewed films is another impressive achievement for Keaton, so let’s take a look at three of her best (and oldest!) films.

Diane Keaton’s first film role in the 1970s’ Lovers and Other Strangers is an award-winning film. Perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Cy Howard and written by Joseph Bologna, David Zelaj Goodman, and Renee Taylor (based on the play of the same name by Bologna and Taylor), “Lovers and Other Strangers” centers on a troubled couple. Soon-to-be married Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson (Michael Brandon and Bonnie Bedelia), who have already been together for over a year, encounter problems on their way to the altar, and Mike’s brother Richie Vecchio (Joseph Hendy) and his wife Joan – played by Keaton – are considering divorce despite their parents’ objections.

“Lovers and Other Strangers” features an absolutely amazing supporting cast, including Bea Arthur, Cloris Leachman and Anne Meara, as well as appearances by Meara’s famous husband Jerry Stiller and future Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone (the latter two didn’t even get credits in the film). Keaton is part of a very large ensemble here, but she still manages to shine, making Joan relatable, chaotic, and fully realized.

Co-written with his collaborator Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s 1973 sci-fi comedy “Sleeper” is a really funny movie and a bit prophetic (in an annoying way) — and I’m sure you’ll be shocked to hear that Diane Keaton is great in it. After Miles Munroe (Allen), a health food store owner in 1970s New York, goes to the hospital for a routine procedure that goes wrong, he is cryogenically frozen, only to be revived by two scientists in the year 2173. The scientists who choose to bring him back are part of a resistance effort against the mysterious, nameless figure known only as “The Leader,” who is running a dystopian police state in the wake of a nuclear explosion.

So, where is Keaton located? She plays Luna Schlosser, a socialite and artist in a post-apocalyptic society, who ends up receiving a “robot” (a disguised Miles) to help her around the house. After she discovers that Miles is not a robot but an unwitting time traveler, she is willing to turn him in so he can kidnap her and try to get her help in researching the leader’s mysterious plan called “Project Aries.” As their story continues, Luna and Miles fall in love, but there… a lot Of the great banter that precedes their happy union.

“Sleeper” is a pretty great early entry in Allen’s canon, but honestly, he couldn’t have done it without Keaton. The actress’s third and final film to receive a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes was also a collaboration with Allen, and surprisingly came only two years after Sleeper.

I have… problems With Woody Allen, as any reasonable person would, but I can’t pretend that his satire of the 1975 Russian drama Love and Death isn’t one of the funniest films I’ve ever seen. After “Sleeper,” this is where Diane Keaton can show off her screwball skills. Her character in the previous film was more of a straight man to Miles’s Joker, but in “Love and Death,” Keaton’s Sonya is a volatile, emotional, rebellious eccentric who runs away with every scene.

As Allen’s cousin to Boris Grushchenko – who is hopelessly in love with her from the jump – Sonya unfortunately loves one of Boris’s hotter but dumber brothers and frankly never bothers to fall in love with him, marrying a bunch of old men before finally agreeing to marry Boris (largely because she believes he’ll be killed in a duel before she has to deal with him). Keaton has a lot of great lines in this movie, but I couldn’t resist including this mini-monologue she gives to Boris:

“Love means suffering. To avoid suffering, one must not love, but then suffer from not loving. Therefore, love is suffering, not love is suffering, suffering is suffering. To be happy is to love, and to be happy is to suffer but suffering makes one miserable; therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or experience a lot of happiness. I hope you can get rid of this.”

Sonya and Boris eventually team up and try to work together to overthrow Napoleon, and when they fail, she escapes, but Boris is sentenced to death. Keaton is, and I can’t stress this enough, Incredibly funny In “Love and Death,” and if you haven’t seen it, go check it out Immediately. Keaton has a lot of great films to choose from, but if you really want to work your way through her entire oeuvre, start with these three, you won’t regret it.