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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