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Post by urbanpatrician on Dec 24, 2019 13:19:22 GMT
Way more basic picks this time, except maybe '45 and '47.
'40: Rebecca
'41: Suspicion
'42: Casablanca
'43: Shadow of a Doubt
'44: Lifeboat
'45: The Body Snatcher
'46: It's a Wonderful Life
'47: The Woman on the Beach
'48: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
'49: Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 24, 2019 13:40:44 GMT
1940: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks)
1941: The Little Foxes (William Wyler)
1942: I Married a Witch (René Clair)
1943: So Proudly We Hail (Mark Sandrich)
1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
1945: Brief Encounter (David Lean)
1946: It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)
1947: Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Presburger)
1948: Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa)
1949: Le Silence de la Mer (Jean-Pierre Melville)
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Post by jimmalone on Dec 24, 2019 13:49:39 GMT
1940: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks)
1941: The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)
1942: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
1943: only seen 11 movies that year, from those: Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock)
1944: only seen 17 movies, from those: Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
1945: only seen 16 movies, from those: Brief Encounter (David Lean)
1946: The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)
1947: Quai des Orfevres (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
1948: Johnny Belinda (Jean Negulesco)
1949: Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa)
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 24, 2019 13:56:42 GMT
1940: Rebecca (RU The Great Dictator)
1941: The Maltese Falcon (RU Citizen Kane)
1942: Casablanca
1943: Shadow of a Doubt
1944: Lifeboat
1945: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1946: It's a Wonderful Life (RU Notorious)
1947: Monsieur Verdoux
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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Post by JangoB on Dec 24, 2019 14:35:19 GMT
1940: The Grapes of Wrath
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: Casablanca
1943: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Brief Encounter
1946: It's a Wonderful Life
1947: Black Narcissus
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949: Late Spring
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Post by themoviesinner on Dec 24, 2019 16:26:24 GMT
1940: Rebecca
1941: Sullivan's Travel's
1942: I Married a Witch
1943: The Ox-Bow Incident
1944: Arsenic and Old Lace
1945: Children Of Paradise
1946: The Big Sleep
1947: The Ghost And Mrs. Muir
1948: Letter From An Unknown Woman
1949: Late Spring
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 24, 2019 18:39:02 GMT
40 - Rebecca
41 - Citizen Kane
42 - Casablanca
43 - Ossessione
44 - Double Indemnity
45 - Scarlet Street
46 - Notorious / Best Years of Our Lives
47 - The Lady from Shanghai / Dark Passage
48 - Bicycle Thieves
49 - The Third Man
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Post by countjohn on Dec 24, 2019 22:07:38 GMT
40- Waterloo Bridge
41- Citizen Kane
42- Casablanca
43- The Ox Bow Incident
44- Ivan the Terrible
45- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
46- It's a Wonderful Life
47- Monsieur Verdoux
48- Hamlet
49- Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2019 23:07:15 GMT
1940 - The Great Dictator
1941 - Citizen Kane
1942 - Casablanca
1943 - I Walked with a Zombie
1944 - A Canterbury Tale
1945 - Children of Paradise
1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 - Monsieur Verdoux
1948 - Rope
1949 - Late Spring
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Post by urbanpatrician on Dec 25, 2019 2:51:53 GMT
Why did Arsenic and Old Lace have to be released in 1944?
Blackest comedy WAY ahead of its time. You don't see satirical tales of the attic (buried witches and all) like that in a sentimental and cheesy era. Maybe blacker than anything Coens have done. Unfortunately it's released in a year with one of Hitchcock's blackest comedies, and one of his best and most underrated.
Arsenic would easily win in all but 2 years of the 30s. And probably win in all but 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1946. And maybe '48.
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 25, 2019 3:00:58 GMT
Why did Arsenic and Old Lace have to be released in 1944? Blackest comedy WAY ahead of its time. You don't see satirical tales of the attic (buried witches and all) like that in a sentimental and cheesy era. Maybe blacker than anything Coens have done. Unfortunately it's released in a year with one of Hitchcock's blackest comedies, and one of his best and most underrated. Arsenic would easily win in all but 2 years of the 30s. And probably win in all but 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1946. And maybe '48. A Lifeboat fan!  But nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can top the sheer comedic brilliance of Arsenic. The single funniest movie I've seen, in terms of pure laughter. Best films of the decade. And yeah, the Coens wish that they could make something this black. "The old ladies are just as good as you!"  Thoughts on The Trouble with Harry? In my opinion it's Hitch's best, and it is also a pretty black tale (although soft compared to Arsenic). It has some of the funniest dialogue I've heard ("You're not supposed to go burying bodies whenever you find them. It makes people suspicious.") and has marvelous performances from each of the four leads (Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, John Forsythe, Shirley Maclaine). Also stars Jerry Mathers before Leave It to Beaver, in what I consider the funniest child performance ever. |
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Post by urbanpatrician on Dec 25, 2019 3:28:13 GMT
Why did Arsenic and Old Lace have to be released in 1944? Blackest comedy WAY ahead of its time. You don't see satirical tales of the attic (buried witches and all) like that in a sentimental and cheesy era. Maybe blacker than anything Coens have done. Unfortunately it's released in a year with one of Hitchcock's blackest comedies, and one of his best and most underrated. Arsenic would easily win in all but 2 years of the 30s. And probably win in all but 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1946. And maybe '48. A Lifeboat fan! But nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can top the sheer comedic brilliance of Arsenic. The single funniest movie I've seen, in terms of pure laughter. Best films of the decade. And yeah, the Coens wish that they could make something this black. "The old ladies are just as good as you!" Thoughts on The Trouble with Harry? In my opinion it's Hitch's best, and it is also a pretty black tale (although soft compared to Arsenic). It has some of the funniest dialogue I've heard ("You're not supposed to go burying bodies whenever you find them. It makes people suspicious.") and has marvelous performances from each of the four leads (Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, John Forsythe, Shirley Maclaine). Also stars Jerry Mathers before Leave It to Beaver, in what I consider the funniest child performance ever. I think Hitchcock owned the decade in terms of spinning the genre, but Arsenic is a close 2nd in its ability to also make use of the genre, and go beyond the limitations of Hollywood at the time. Capra really took the dark comedy genre and made it totally twisted. Thing is, Capra has always been known for being corny, but he's also underrated as a satirist. While I don't consider It's a Wonderful Life to be satire, I do think it's one of his more daring films in terms of having thematically dark subject matter, and this kind of doom feeling that pervades throughout it. I'm betting the studio forced him into the happy ending, but that aside I do think the film has a harsh reality aspect that made it a very strongly felt film even before the happy ending. I do agree with the black comedy aspect of The Trouble With Harry. I also think it's in the upper 3rd of Hitchcock's best films. But I think the sluggishness and the slow pace does drag it down a bit. And I guess it's hard to compete with genre immersive stuff like Rear Window, but it does standalone as a very good film. I think I'd actually relate The Trouble With Harry to The Birds. Both have the element of an indirect setting. Like, you wouldn't expect stories like this would occur in that type of setting which seems mundane in a way and initially expecting a different kind of trajectory. Whereas movies like Psycho, North by Northwest, Rear Window, and maybe Lifeboat are pretty much set-up for you to know what's pretty much the drift from the beginning. I think that aspect makes The Trouble With Harry stand out. It bears the strongest resemblance to the Coens. They also do the unorthodox setting thing really well - and you know you can thank Hitchcock for setting the precedent. |
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Post by oneflyr on Dec 25, 2019 8:37:49 GMT
40 - His Girl Friday
41 - How Green Was my Valley
42 - Cat People
43 - Day of Wrath/I Walked with a Zombie
44 - Laura
45 - Scarlet Street
46 - My Darling Clementine
47 - Kiss of Death
48 - The Red Shoes/Letter from an Unknown Woman
49 - Rendezvous in July
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Post by Joaquim on Dec 25, 2019 9:39:51 GMT
Apparently I’ve only seen 25 movies from the 40s.
40: Rebecca
41: The Wolf Man
43: The Ox-Bow Incident
44: Lifeboat
45: Mildred Pierce
46: It’s a Wonderful Life
47: Lured
48: The Big Clock
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Post by avnermoriarti on Dec 28, 2019 5:27:41 GMT
1940. Pinocchio 1941. Citizen Kane, duh 1942. To Be or Not to Be 1943. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1944. Laura 1945. Mildred Pierce 1946. My Darling Clementine 1947. Monsieur Verdoux 1948. Letter from an Unknown Woman 1949. Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Post by pendragon on Dec 28, 2019 8:31:10 GMT
40: Rebecca
41: Citizen Kane
42: To Be or Not to Be
43: Shadow of a Doubt
44: Double Indemnity
45: Brief Encounter
46: It's a Wonderful Life
47: Out of the Past
48: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
49: The Third Man
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Post by thelistenercanon on Dec 28, 2019 10:06:18 GMT
*= Best of decade
1940: Rebecca
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: Casablanca*
1943: Shadow of a Doubt
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Children of Paradise
1946: It's a Wonderful Life
1947: Out of the Past
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1949: Late Spring
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Post by eyebrowmorroco on Dec 29, 2019 10:52:39 GMT
'40: The Shop Around the Corner
'41: Ball of Fire
'42: The Major and the Minor
'43: Le Corbeau
'44: Hail the Conquering Hero
'45: Two O'Clock Courage
'46: The Dark Corner
'47: Monsieur Verdoux
'48: Letter from an Unknown Woman
'49: Criss Cross
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Post by Pavan on Dec 29, 2019 13:37:38 GMT
1940: Rebecca
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: Casablanca
1943: Shadow of a Doubt
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Brief Encounter
1946: It's a Wonderful Life
1947: --
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1949: White Heat
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 29, 2019 23:21:17 GMT
1940: The Great Dictator
1941: The Maltese Falcon
1942: Casablanca
1943: The Ox-Bow Incident
1944: Meet Me in St. Louis
1945: Mildred Pierce
1946: It's A Wonderful Life
1947: Black Narcissus
1948: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre
1949: The Third Man
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Post by Longtallsally on Dec 30, 2019 16:49:11 GMT
1940: The Grapes of Wrath
1941: The Maltese Falcon
1942: To Be or Not to Be
1943: Le Corbeau
1944: Mr Skeffington
1945: The Lost Weekend
1946: The Best Years of of Lives
1947: The Lady from Shanghai
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1949: All the King's Men
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Post by isabelaolive on Jul 15, 2021 22:01:51 GMT
1940 - The Grapes of Wrath
1941 - Citizen Kane
1942 - Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 - The Ox-Bow Incident
1944 - Double Indemnity
1945 - Rome, Open City
1946 - The Killers
1947 - Black Narcissus
1948 - The treasure of Sierra Madre
1949 - On the twon
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Post by Nikan on Jul 16, 2021 14:55:11 GMT
 Childhood favorite and the definite adaptation.  So funny and clever. I Almost couldn't believe it...  Hard to beat.  Don't-miss-a-heartbeat cinema.  So. damn. nasty.  Ann's eyes.  By an angel's hair over Wyler.  It may be underrated; specially compared to other classics Burt Lancaster played in the future.  Very strong competition. Best year of the decade.  Such a joy to watch that ending with others for their first time  |
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Post by brancaleone on Jul 17, 2021 20:32:04 GMT
1940 - Night Train To Munich (Carol Reed)
1941 - The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)
1942 - The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot)& The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles)
1943 - Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
1944 - A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell& Emeric Pressburger)& Portrait of Maria (Emilio Fernandez)
1945 - Dead of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti& Co)
1946 - Cluny Brown (Ernst Lubitsch)
1947 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
1948 - Portrait of Jennie ( William Dieterle)
1949 - The Queen of Spades (Thorold Dickinson)
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Post by stabcaesar on Aug 14, 2022 17:32:04 GMT
Subject to changes as I see more.
1940 - Rebecca
1941 - Sullivan's Travels
1942 - Casablanca
1943 - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1944 - Double Indemnity
1945 - Brief Encounter
1946 - The Best Years of Our lives
1947 - Black Narcissus
1948 - Letter from an Unknown Woman
1949 - A Letter to Three Wives
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