# Movie of the Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 23, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780 "2016-11-23T01:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/21 "2016-12-03T12:04:26Z")
1936: Things to Come H.G. Wells’ vision of the future and all its perils. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/22 "2016-12-03T13:02:52Z")
1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The first Disney full-length cartoon film. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/23 "2016-12-03T19:42:59Z")
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/24 "2016-12-03T21:10:13Z")
Wow, I get 1939? Any good movies come out that year? Oh yeah, just thought of one: WC Fields in [You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032152/). (seriously, my favorite Fields movie) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/25 "2016-12-03T21:42:49Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Wow, I get 1939? Any good movies come out that year? > > Oh yeah, just thought of one: WC Fields in [You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032152/). > > (seriously, my favorite Fields movie) > mmm Definitely one of the best years for movies ever. 1940: The Grapes of Wrath, of course. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/26 "2016-12-03T21:51:25Z")
1941: How Green Was My Valley …just kidding. Citizen Kane. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/27 "2016-12-03T22:44:03Z")
1942: Casablanca Of course. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/28 "2016-12-04T03:37:28Z")
1943: Shadow of a Doubt Hitchcock’s “Merry Widow” killer, who is suspected by his niece. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/29 "2016-12-04T04:20:57Z")
1944: The Fighting Seabees, with John Wayne! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/30 "2016-12-04T04:39:22Z")
1945: Children of Paradise A classic film which I finally watched for the first time last month. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/31 "2016-12-04T05:00:23Z")
Oh, good, I got 1946? **The Best Years of Our Lives**. Awesome film. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/32 "2016-12-04T05:08:31Z")
1947: Miracle on 34th Street Yes, it’s that time of year again. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/33 "2016-12-04T05:08:44Z")
[del]1947: Miracle on 34th Street[/del] (GMTA) 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/34 "2016-12-04T11:04:52Z")
1949: The Fountainhead Gary Cooper rapes Patricia Neal, “by engraved invitation” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/35 "2016-12-04T12:55:43Z")
1950: Harvey "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, “In this world, Elwood, you must be” - she always called me Elwood - “In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. " ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/36 "2016-12-04T13:58:56Z")
1951: The Day the Earth Stood Still “Klaatu barada nikto” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/37 "2016-12-04T17:18:36Z")
1952: High Noon ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/38 "2016-12-04T19:42:02Z")
1953 - **From Here to Eternity** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/39 "2016-12-04T20:42:33Z")
1954: **20,000 Leagues Under The Sea**. It was one of the first movies that I remember seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/40 "2016-12-04T23:44:15Z")
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