Movie #51: The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
Date Watched: 11/8/24
Format: Streaming on TV via Prime Video
Directing (⭐⭐):
Writing (⭐⭐⭐):
Acting (⭐⭐⭐):
Wildcard (⭐⭐):
Tried and failed. The intent was good and I will give it the extra star for representation. It just tried too hard.
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda:
Can't say I know who to pick this year. It's a Wonderful Life stands out but I still don't know if it should have won.
Ranking:
1) Schindler's List (Movie #36) 20⭐
2) Forrest Gump (Movie #5) 20⭐
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Movie #37) 18⭐
4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Movie #44) 18⭐
5) Platoon (Movie #17) 17⭐
6) Gladiator (Movie #11) 17⭐
7) Gone with the Wind (Movie #1) 17⭐
8) Parasite (Movie #45) 17⭐
9) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Movie #50) 16⭐
10) Spotlight (Movie #24) 16⭐
11) On the Waterfront (Movie #3) 16⭐
12) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie #21) 16⭐
13) Rocky (Movie #14) 15⭐
14) The Sound of Music (Movie #48) 15⭐
15) In the Heat of the Night (Movie #39) 15⭐
16) Slumdog Millionaire (Movie #47) 15⭐
17) The Sting (Movie #22) 14⭐
18) Dances with Wolves (Movie #29) 14⭐
19) Ben-Hur (Movie #43) 14⭐
20) Annie Hall (Movie #20) 14⭐
21) The French Connection (Movie #15) 14⭐
22) West Side Story (Movie #18) 14⭐
23) Moonlight (Movie #9) 14⭐
24) Million Dollar Baby (Movie #34) 13⭐
25) A Beautiful Mind (Movie #31) 13⭐
26) Argo (Movie #23) 13⭐
27) Rebecca (Movie #27) 13⭐
28) Amadeus (Movie #4) 13⭐
29) Oliver! (Movie #35) 13⭐
30) Shakespeare in Love (Movie #2) 13⭐
31) Gandhi (Movie #38) 13⭐
32) It Happened One Night (Movie #19) 12⭐
33) Rain Man (Movie #7) 12⭐
34) The Bridge on the River Kwai (Movie #12) 12⭐
35) From Here to Eternity (Movie #25) 11⭐
36) Mrs. Miniver (Movie #41) 11⭐
37) The Apartment (Movie #10) 11⭐
38) The Last Emperor (Movie #13) 11⭐
39) Unforgiven (Movie #30) 10⭐
40) The Best Years of Our Lives (Movie #51) 10⭐
41) All the King's Men (Movie #32) 10⭐
42) Wings (Movie #6) 10⭐
43) Nomadland (Movie #49) 10⭐
44) Mutiny on the Bounty (Movie #28) 9⭐
45) Going My Way (Movie #40) 9⭐
46) The Artist (Movie #33) 9⭐
47) Midnight Cowboy (Movie #8) 9⭐
48) Marty (Movie #46) 9⭐
49) Gigi (Movie #42) 8⭐
50) Hamlet (Movie #16) 8⭐
51) Chariots of Fire (Movie #26) 8⭐
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