Best decade for movies?
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 Apr 23 2008, 02:59 PM, updated 18y ago
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Since we already have a thread bashing current music, why not have one for movies?
 But yea, I've always place the 70's and the 90's as the top 2 decades for movies, for very obvious reasons of course. It's really tough to decide which between these 2 is the best but for now, the 90's wins by a thin margin (personally). 40's? 50's? 60's? 70's? 80's? 90's? What say you? This post has been edited by Makakeke: Apr 23 2008, 03:00 PM |
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Apr 23 2008, 03:06 PM
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Let's use this list as a rudimentary yardstick,
QUOTE 1. The Godfather (1972) Some people say real movies for adults died with Star Wars, after which the majority of movies are tailored for the PG-13 crowd.2. Citizen Kane (1941) 3. Casablanca (1942) 4. Chinatown (1974) 5. Raging Bull (1980) 6. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (1960) (It.) 7. The Godfather, Part II (1974) 8. Gone With The Wind (1939) 9. Some Like It Hot (1959) 10. Singin' In The Rain (1952) 11. Psycho (1960) 12. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1954) (Jp.) 13. The Searchers (1956) 14. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying... (1964) 15. The Gold Rush (1925) 16. Star Wars (1977) 17. On The Waterfront (1954) 18. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 19. Vertigo (1958) 20. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 21. All About Eve (1950) 22. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948) (It.) 23. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937) 24. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 25. Intolerance (1916) 26. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 27. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 28. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 29. Pulp Fiction (1994) 30. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 31. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 32. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 33. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961) (Fr.) 34. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) 35. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 36. 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo) (1963) (It.) 37. Blue Velvet (1986) 38. Nashville (1975) 39. Swing Time (1936) 40. Schindler's List (1993) 41. Taxi Driver (1976) 42. Aliens (1986) 43. Duck Soup (1933) 44. North By Northwest (1959) 45. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957) (Swd.) 46. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) 47. King Kong (1933) 48. Bonnie And Clyde (1967) 49. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 50. Double Indemnity (1944) 51. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) (Fr.) 52. Jaws (1975) 53. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 54. Touch Of Evil (1958) 55. The Graduate (1967) 56. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 57. The Wild Bunch (1969) 58. The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939) (Fr.) 59. The Lady Eve (1941) 60. Annie Hall (1977) 61. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 62. Henry V (1944) (Br.) 63. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1960) (Fr.) 64. Mean Streets (1973) 65. The Third Man (1949) 66. Notorious (1946) 67. Airplane! (1980) 68. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 69. The Conformist (1970) (It./Fr./WGer.) 70. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 71. To Be or Not to Be (1942) 72. M (1931) (Ger.) 73. Great Expectations (1946) (Br.) 74. Funny Face (1957) 75. Tootsie (1982) 76. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 77. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) (USSR) 78. White Heat (1949) 79. It's a Gift (1934) 80. Nosferatu (1922) (Ger.) 81. Do the Right Thing (1989) 82. Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) (1955) (Fr.) 83. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 84. Blow-Up (1966) (Br.) 85. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 86. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 87. L'Age d'Or (1930) (Fr.) 88. The Producers (1968) 89. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988) (WGer./Fr.) 90. Pickup on South Street (1953) 91. Mildred Pierce (1945) 92. Sunrise (1927) 93. The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981) (Austr.) 94. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 95. Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari) (1953) (Jp.) 96. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 97. The Piano (1993) (Austr.) 98. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 99. Swept Away... (1975) (It.) 100. Celine & Julie Go Boating (1974) (Fr.) http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html --- Ending scene in Cinema Paradiso This post has been edited by Polaris: Apr 23 2008, 03:08 PM |
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Apr 23 2008, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE(Polaris @ Apr 23 2008, 03:06 PM) Ending scene in Cinema Paradiso Oh yes, that's a beautiful movie. Will always remain as one of my fav foreigns. |
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Apr 23 2008, 03:50 PM
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most of the great movies are made around 70s and 80s
era of the classic action movies!!  rambo, terminator, alien, starwars, robocop, lethal weapon, Conan and many more!! all of them make the current days action movie like child's play. who can forget the prime days of Arnie and Stallone? |
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Apr 23 2008, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(Polaris @ Apr 23 2008, 03:06 PM) Some people say real movies for adults died with Star Wars, after which the majority of movies are tailored for the PG-13 crowd.  |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:49 PM
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Hmm, very tough question. I doubt I can possibly choose but at the moment, I'd choose 1950-1960. We'd get the best from film makes like Hitchcock, Kazan and many more and we'd still get to see the best batch of actors in a long period of time? I mean surely Dean, Brando, Stewart, Peck, Fonda among many other actors would pwn any other generation of actors?
And of course, my current favorite actress:-Audrey Hepburn  And as for movies, I thought there were very few good movies at the first few years of the new millennium but the past 2 years have been absolutely fantastic, at least for me and 08-09 looks to be DA BOMB! So I ain't complaining in terms of movie  This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Apr 23 2008, 06:51 PM |
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Apr 23 2008, 07:12 PM
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the best movie of the century : cloverfield
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Apr 23 2008, 09:09 PM
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QUOTE(Flizzardo @ Apr 23 2008, 07:12 PM) the best movie of the century : cloverfield the best movie of the century for Flizzardo: cloverfield  well it depends on what kind of movie u like...personally i like those big budget action movies...so the recent decade is the best for me... |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE(Polaris @ Apr 23 2008, 03:06 PM) Let's use this list as a rudimentary yardstick, such a long list.....Some people say real movies for adults died with Star Wars, after which the majority of movies are tailored for the PG-13 crowd. --- Ending scene in Cinema Paradiso |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:25 PM
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i dunno which one is more puke inducing
watching cloverfield on big screen vs watching on tv screen that day I'm just browsing through Cloverfield on TV, those short few moment already enough to make me feel sick  |
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