With Witness for the Prosecution, 12 Angry Men, Paths of Glory, The Seventh Seal, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Wild Strawberries, A Face in the Crowd, and Sweet Smell of Success, is 1957 the best year for film ever? I believe it's up there.
shareA person could pick 1927, 1928 or any year between 1939 and 1943. That same person could just as easily go with 1950, 1968 or 1980. I feel good arguments could be made for any of these years.
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and you forgot about Fellini's Nights of Cabiria
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1939. No contest.
shareYeah, 1939 is what they always seem to say.
shareWhat's so great about 1939? I mean, other than Gone with the Wind. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagecoach, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Wuthering Heights, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, The Wizard of Oz, The Women, Gunga Din, Dark Victory, Daybreak, The Four Feathers, ....
There's something different about you today, Mr. Laurio.
also "Love Affair", "The Rules of the Game", "Destry Rides Again", "Drums Along the Mohawk", "Intermezzo: A Love Story", "Juarez", "Gunga Din", "The Little Princess", "Jesse James", "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex", "The Roaring Twenties", and "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man".
All in 1939.
1939 was better for cinema because the TV hadn't existed yet (or had been in early childhood).
shareYeah, 1939 by far. Probably 1967 next on the list, though.
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share1962 - I've always said this: 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'Birdman of Alcatraz', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'The Miracle Worker', 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane', 'Le Mepris'......I wasn't born until 1973, but '62 always seemed endless of great movies....But, yes, '39 would come a close 2nd.
sharealso for 1939 tower of London son of Frankenstein and hounds of the baskervilles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes all with basil Rathbone
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It was a great year, but not the best. 1946 was a great year for movies as well.
"Dry your eyes baby, it's out of character."
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With a few exceptions I find it hard to watch pre WW2 films, the silence between scenes with all that crackling. Also the acting of that era was kind of corny for my liking. 1967 was a good year with the likes of Cool hand Luke, the graduate, In cold blood , amongs many others. To each their own.
shareA terrific year. Let's add "Old Yeller" to the list.
"It's as red as The Daily Worker and just as sore."
What about 1974?
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Profumo di donna
Young Frankenstein
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Lacombe Lucien
The Deluge
Lenny
The Towering Inferno, among others.