Throughout history, there have been many films famous for having well-written, complex character arcs.
What start out as five teen movie cliches reach the credits as full-fledged, beautifully layered characters.
It’s precisely because their character development is realistic that these three films are so beloved.
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Tolkien’s iconic Legendarium into theLord of the Ringstrilogy, one of the greatest trilogies of all time.
Many of these payoffs arepresent in the form of character arcs that come to a perfect pinnacle and conclusion.
Perhapsthe best-ever film based on a novella,The Shawshank Redemptionlives or dies by its characters.
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Brooks (James Whitmore), the old inmate who gets released to emotionally devastating effect.
Whether it is or isn’t a superior film is, of course, up for debate.
What’s hard to argue against is thatThe Godfather Part IIhas the greatest character development ever seen in film.
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