what was the decade of the best made movies?

Question

I like the 40's.

but I'd have to include '39 with it...

Answer 1

the 80s
I love the back to the future movies. And the ideas that are overdone now were original then.

Answer 2

The 1970's for sure! Just look at some of these classics!

The Godfather Movies
Star Wars
Jaws, Jaws II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Close Encounters
The Shining
Butch Cassidy
The Sting
All the President's Men
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
American Graffiti
M*A*S*H
Slap Shot (OK, that's a personal fav!)
Star Trek TMP
Patton
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico
Dirty Harry; The Enforcer
French Connection
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Woody Allen's stuff (I'm not crazy, but he's relevant)
Deliverance (I still have not seen!)
Carrie
Soylent Green
Rocky Horror
Planet of the Apes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Omen (Notice a pattern in those last 3?)
(Also remade: The Stepford Wives, Get Carter, North Dallas Forty, and on and on)
TONS of Clint Eastwood Movies!
The Towering Inferno
The Poseidon Adventure
The Exorcist
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alien!
Amittyville Horror
10
Last Tango in Paris
Silver Streak
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Superman
Taxi Driver

I can't believe I forgot about these two!!
* Caddyshack *
* Animal House *

Wow! I hope that's proof enough the 70's were THE BEST decade for movies!

Answer 3

definitely the 70's . especially '70-'76 Look at the list :

Airport.
Five Easy Pieces
Little Big Man
Love Story
M*A*S*H
Patton
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Women in Love
Woodstock
Bananas .
Carnal Knowledge
A Clockwork Orange
Dirty Harry
Duel
Fiddler on the Roof
The French Connection
Harold and Maude
The Hospital
Klute
The Last Picture Show
Macbeth
Play Misty For Me
Straw Dogs
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Cabaret
The Candidate
Deliverance
Frenzy
The Godfather
Lady Sings the Blues
The Ruling Class
Sounder
American Graffiti
Badlands
Don't Look Now
The Exorcist
The Last Detail
Last Tango in Paris
The Long Goodbye
Mean Streets
The Paper Chase
Paper Moon
Serpico
The Sting
The Way We Were

Answer 4

I agree with the 40s, and the "Golden Age" of American Cinema.
If you're talking about world cinema, then 50s and 60s probably count, with the French New Wave, peple like Kurosawa, Antonioni, Il Maestro, etc. But in the U.S., I'd have to say after the 40s (with some 30s) comes the 90s or 00s. The advent of wide-release indpendent movies and DVDs, and digital production (and studios willing to take risks) has spawned many, many great movies that would never otherwise have been made. And I think there are a higher percentage of quality movies.

Answer 5

The Nineteen Thirties Duck Soup Mr. Smith is going to Washington The Scarlet Empress A Farewell to hands you won't be able to Take It With You Little women human beings city light fixtures Grand phantasm Ninotchka The record can bypass on and on. As for why: contained in the Nineteen Thirties the tremendous exhibit screen performers had extra oomph than performers of the different decade. The actors and actresses breathed existence into their characters. contained in the Nineteen Thirties the finished melancholy had struck demanding and seeing how the films gave some solace to existence i imagine this become the most acceptable decade for video clips. this variety of tremendous number of properly widely used characters, video clips, performers, and directors got here out of this decade that inspired the a lengthy time period to go back.

Answer 6

My wife and I have discussed this in the past. She likes the 50's because of the musicals but I like the 60's and 70's more. The 60's for their action films, period pieces and for the growing cultural and social change depicted. The 70's for the power and excess the movies became, for good and bad. If I had to choose, I guess I'd take the 60's.

Answer 7

There were a lot of best movies...It depend on individual taste...here is the best of in all genres....look for your favorite among this....
Best Action/Adventure-Indiana Jones Trilogy
Best Adaptation- Spiderman Trilogy
Best Animation-Shrek 1&2
Best Biopic-The Ten Commandments (1956)
Best Classics-Gone With the Wind (1939)
Best Comedy-Dumb and Dumber(1994)
Best Crime/Gangster-The Godfather Trilogy
Best Documentary-The Fog of War (2003)
Best Drama-Schindler's List(1993)
Best Historical Epic-Ben-Hur (1959)
Best Kids/Family -E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Best Musical- The Sound of Music (1965)
Best Religion-The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Best Remake-King Kong (2005)
Best Romance-Titanic (1997)
Best Science Fiction-Starwars(all six!!)
Best Fantasy-Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Best Sequel -Back to the Future II(1989)
Best Sports-Rocky Anthology
Best Suspense/Horror- Ringu Of Terror (2005)
Best Teen-American Pie Trilogy
Best Thriller-Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Best War-Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Best Western-The good, the bad and the Ugly(1968)
Best Monster-Aliens qualilogy
Best disaster-The day after tomorrow(2004)

Those were unforgettable classic.....highly recommended

Answer 8

Before I saw the details of your question, I was thinking 1940's as well. But there was a period during the late 60's and early 70's that had a significant number of impactful films in different genres. Perhaps it's because I was born in 1960, but it seemed like a mini-Golden Age to me at the time.

Answer 9

There's no contest there. The 80's dominated when it comes to movies.

Raging Bull -1980
Blade Runner - 1982
The Empire Strikes Back -1980
Raiders Of The Lost Ark - 1981
The Terminator - 1984
Batman -1989

Just to name a few.

Answer 10

probably the 40's and 50's. they couldn't, wouldn't, and didn't rely on graphic sex scenes, blood and guts along with foul language to carry the show so they had to have good scripts. sure there were some real turkeys, but not many! even some of the early 60's were pretty good. and no i am not old........i just enjoy a movie that actually has a story to it.
there are modern day exceptions to this, ie: star wars, lord of the rings, potter movies.................

Answer 11

40's 50's 60's 70's 80's 9-'s... 2006