The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama, War

Country: USA

Directed By: William Wyler

Written By: MacKinlay Kantor, Robert E. Sherwood

Starring: Gladys George, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Ray Collins, Hoagy Carmichael, Minna Gombell, Roman Bohnen, Harold Russell

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Date	User	Rating
Jun 11	vv238	83 _85%
There is something very sobering about The Best Years of Our Lives. Especially given the fact that the general idea that WWII is the last "great" war that was morally righteous. Without any violence, this is one of the best anti-war films ever made.
Jun 10	Slowjoe	48 _21%
Jun 08	Geslimmar	60 _61%
Jun 06	Nangijala	55 _41%
Jun 03	qu1r0s	90 _84%
May 28	kendell	9 _88%
May 26	Teproc	67 _66%
May 19	vitruvian	85 _59%
May 15	slowdive	83 _89%
May 11	MK10	70 _57%
May 04	microplast	70 _53%
May 01	Fuentissimo	64 _81%
Apr 27	nickyeyez	100 _98%
Apr 22	AHALE80	100 _%
Mar 26	Gerrotu	90 _87%
Mar 24	Frank XVI	90 _89%
Mar 21	rojatume	54 _12%
Mar 20	mathace	60 _%
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Mar 13	napolenbrady	92 _88%
92.00
Mar 12	lefterisd99	80 _77%
Mar 09	Lonewolf2003	80 _75%
Mar 04	shanebarlow3	65 _43%
Mar 02	numan	88 _90%
Feb 28	Brewster	80 _88%
Feb 22	sandman248	100 _91%
Feb 21	MortSahlFan	70 _52%
Feb 16	kjones77	90 _93%
Feb 04	damper	70 _73%
Feb 01	tjobidoo	80 _79%
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Jan 18	JFA89	9 _82%
Jan 10	clayj41	80 _76%
Jan 07	BruceP	85 _25%
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Jan 06	gossamer2019	76 _80%
Jan 04	mightyball	85 _82%
Jan 04	ElsaH	94 _97%
Jan 03	Amiroliyaie	73 _42%
Dec 27, 2018	FraGil	85 _93%
Dec 26, 2018	tsebben	79 _76%
Dec 25, 2018	knives	88 _95%
Dec 25, 2018	kosadetz	78 _56%
Dec 20, 2018	PepeCamello	80 _85%
Dec 08, 2018	Bartbaard	79 _81%
Well color me surprised! I expected to be bored sitting through this almost three hour film, but I was captivated by the characters. Three men. One young, one "old" and one somewhere in between. All of them are introduced wonderfully and their camaraderie really shines through. Homer's story is the one that is the most interesting and the one that has a fulfilling ending. I do believe the film could have addressed a bit more of the war-drama, but it was definitely worthwhile.
Dec 03, 2018	worrywirt	70 _53%
Nov 22, 2018	Grumblebutt	84 _78%
Nov 11, 2018	samurai	8 _75%
Nov 11, 2018	peyrin	55 _24%
The sterilized boomer bait dampens the relevance of the societal commentary here, but nevertheless it's a neat little time capsule sealed within the Best Picture vault.
Oct 16, 2018	barkingokan	90 _41%
Oct 05, 2018	Zalgoz	30 _%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	80 _%
Sep 01, 2018	CosmicMonkey	78 _56%
There are things I like: the (for the time) progressive and sympathtic portrayals of disability and trauma and the solid character development, but also things I don't like it's strong emphasis on traditional gender roles, it's slow place, and overly-long runtime. A film that was undoubtedly an influential and important bit of film history, whose relevence has waned in the modern day. Harold Russell was outstanding in his role, impossible to believe he had never acted before in his life.
Sep 01, 2018	emre_alex	50 _11%
Aug 14, 2018	kk3thess	75 _75%
Aug 12, 2018	Monisit	80 _65%
Aug 09, 2018	Fritz Fass	100 _99%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	70 _63%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	50 _19%
Jul 15, 2018	Phil4Tia	90 _65%
Jul 13, 2018	frederic_g54	6 _35%
I'd like to think this was supposed to be about the dark aftertaste of what war does to soldiers and how it affects them long after they've left the battlefield. Instead, we're saddled with some aimless antics of Stephenson getting wasted all the time, Homer learning a piano tune and a meandering romantic subplot that takes a hell of a long time to amount to anything even worthwhile. A respectable but mostly unremarkable effort from Wyler, of whom I was never a big fan to begin with.
Jul 09, 2018	Eski-or-die	90 _86%
Jun 20, 2018	FreddieQuell	99 _99%
Jun 17, 2018	aviator	70 _40%
Jun 13, 2018	Huisas1337	60 _25%
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Apr 02, 2018	onarabaci	90 _55%
Mar 24, 2018	NathanBates	80 _74%
Slightly dated story about three men returning from World War II and trying to pick up their lives again. There's a little too much coincidence in their crossing paths over and over again, but it doesn't drag the film too much. (A modern remake might focus on the mental anguish a bit more, for better or worse.) All in all, a good movie, but one I wish ran about 20 minutes shorter.
Mar 24, 2018	ianoder88	0 _0%
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Mar 19, 2018	RottenT	96 _91%
Mar 16, 2018	darius	95 _66%
Mar 06, 2018	rollsroyce	35 _16%
Mar 05, 2018	Ceekay19	60 _38%
Fred Derry: "You gotta hand it to the Navy; they sure trained that kid how to use those hooks."
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Dec 20, 2017	bennick218	90 _90%
Dec 18, 2017	TheDiceman	75 _89%
Classic.
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Aug 23, 2017	Guernica	67 _76%
Aug 20, 2017	SEE-MIDD	78 _78%
Aug 17, 2017	chmul_cr0n	84 _95%
It's hard to put into words how good William Wyler is.
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Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	80 _41%
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Apr 13, 2017	CharlieSmith	85 _92%
Apr 10, 2017	CalumRhys	92 _76%
William Wyler's engrossing masterpiece hits hard at every turn and crafts a story rife with exceptional drama, heartfelt emotion and underlying humour. A scene in particular, featuring Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) as he unveils the full extent of his disability to his wife-to-be, is like no scene I have ever seen, it was completely moving, and then his everlasting smile as he sheds a single tear, powerfully complex in emotional value and extremely well-executed.
Apr 09, 2017	ICMforum	100 _89%
Apr 08, 2017	gackt	80 _86%
Apr 01, 2017	jonesymonroe	0 _32%
Mar 29, 2017	roland	60 _35%
Mar 25, 2017	Cinephilia	100 _66%
William Wyler's engrossing masterpiece hits hard at every turn and crafts a story rife with exceptional drama and heartfelt emotion. A scene in particular, featuring Homer Parrish as he unveils the full extent of his disability to his fiancee, is like no scene I have ever seen, it was completely moving, I haven't felt so emotionally-affected by a film in quite some time, and then his everlasting smile as he sheds a single tear, powerfully complex in emotional value and extremely well-executed.
Mar 20, 2017	thrillington	90 _58%
Mar 11, 2017	RYM-byrates	78 _97%
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Feb 14, 2017	donmezsefa	80 _87%
Feb 10, 2017	jsa86_86	60 _24%
Feb 05, 2017	SlrSoapbox	90 _92%
A masterpiece of a film. The entire cast delivers wonderful performances, but what I appreciated most was the realism of the script.
Jan 31, 2017	vladeckk	60 _44%
Jan 29, 2017	zmt311	85 _94%
Jan 27, 2017	umurtas	90 _92%
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Nov 10, 2016	doe	65 _74%
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May 19, 2016	tjreno	95 _95%
William Wyler wanted to make a movie depicting the challenges servicemen face when they return home: finding work, picking up life with spouses and families, trying to forget the horrors of war and learning to live with a disability. The three servicemen played by Hollywood greats Dana Andrews, Frederick March and newcomer, Harold Russell (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor here) do a great job of showing us the battle that also awaits when a veteran comes home from WWII.
May 19, 2016	Samkglim	90 _89%
May 14, 2016	mzgan	80 _83%
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