# 1st Thing You Think Of w/ These Decades For Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 19, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656 "2021-06-19T23:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/1 "2021-06-19T23:26:00Z")
With these decades for movies? Could be one word, a sentence, etc… 1930s - populism 1940s - heroism 1950s - rebellion 1960s - independence 1970s - gritty, natural, and a combination of previous decades ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/2 "2021-06-19T23:46:37Z")
I’ll try, though those are not the decades I am most familiar with: 1930’s - Rise of the proper feature film 1940’s - Feature films become an improved art-form 1950’s - Bland 1960’s - Color movies normalize their lighting and color film and look similar to today 1970’s - Rise of the summer blockbusters ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/3 "2021-06-19T23:55:54Z")
Out of curiosity, were you talking about world cinema or American films? I should have clarified, but I was thinking of American movies, but it’s hard to come up with world cinema, although I’ve seen a lot of it, but not as much as American movies. The 1940’s had a neo-realism movement from Italy, with the masters like Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rosselini, Luchino Visconti. Many countries seemed to have their own New Wave in the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/4 "2021-06-20T01:49:14Z")
American cinema only: 1930s – Pre-Code promise/Code-mandated emasculation (in effect into the '60s) 1940s – WWII propaganda/Postwar malaise 1950s – Conformity with hints of unease 1960s – Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll 1970s – Personal freedom/Blockbuster Era ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/5 "2021-06-20T14:50:13Z")
Damn good answers! I might try to think of a movie that represented the characteristic from each decade… “The Grapes of Wrath” JUST missed the 30s, and I’m finishing up some NBA Playoffs from last night, and will try and come back in a bit. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656/6 "2021-06-20T21:28:25Z")
1930s - populism - “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town” 1940s - heroism - “Twelve O’Clock High” 1950s - rebellion - “A Face In The Crowd” 1960s - independence - “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” 1970s - gritty, natural, and a combination of previous decades - “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”