Let The Right One In

This movie is by far the best vampire film.
It was well made and truly sublime. Romance and gore never looked this innocent, particularly in the scene where she goes into his window in the middle of the night... the conversation so pure, the situation before so bloody, and still very poetic.
The story was set in the 80's but you can't know that because the script could be set in any time in history and it would still work.

A creepy coming of age story masquerades as a vampire horror show, as a young Swedish boy negotiates his adolescence with the help of an empathetic bloodsucker. A small Scandinavian town in the wee hours of the night provides the setting with flood light bouncing off the Winter-stripped trees and snow-laden landscape. Simplifying and skimping in areas, so it can splurge in others like visual and make-up effects, there are surprises around every corner (some absolutely shocking) in this economically told story. The swimming pool scene (especially the final sequence) is nothing short of brilliant. And, while the protagonist slowly, subtly grows up, we know exactly when the beast in his life is ready for another feeding. Every production dollar has been carefully spent, as we get a mixture of what could be mistaken for the very best of Hollywood matched with the sensibilities of a European director. As with most cinematic vampire stories, the script eventually falls prey to romanticizing its subject matter. It manages to steer away from the traditional clichés of sexing up the characters, yet succumbs to a careless moral ambiguity anyhow. There’s also great use of artistic license as the film’s conveniently unanswered questions begin to pile up. Still, blemishes aside, this is perhaps the most satisfying vampire tale captured on celluloid and without a doubt the best supernatural thriller since “The Others.”