The Best Years of Our Lives

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Barbara R This movie is nearly 80 years old and has aged SOOO well! Each of the veterans has a great story-young love, impetuous love, mature love and even though I've seen it twice in six months, I'm still bawling like a baby. You will care about each and every one of them, promise! My other favorite of all time is "Its a Wonderful Life". So if you love that, this is a poignant touching movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/18/25 Full Review mark g As close to perfection as any movie ever and the definitive post-WWII film. Tremendous performances by an incredible cast. So many films before it were so wrapped up in the heroism of veterans, but none before this focussed on the difficult transition so many of these proud heroes faced. In this movie, three different veterans face three different and difficult post-war transitions. In the end there is optimism, but by no means are their outcomes glorious. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/25 Full Review Perry B The Best Years of Our Lives tells the story of three men returning from World War II, each struggling to adjust to life back home. Resuming normalcy isn’t as simple as they’d hoped, but the film handles their journeys with honesty and heart. One scene between Homer and Wilma later in the movie is especially touching—truly one of the sweetest moments ever put on film. A beautiful, emotional classic. It truly deserved to win the Oscar for Best Picture released in 1946. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/31/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 2 hours and 52 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic cast and crew members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! William Wyler is the director and starring Fredric March as Al Stephenson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/07/25 Full Review Emma F “The Best Years of Our Lives” is a 1946 film about three veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life after WWII. The film won seven Academy Awards. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Peter G One of the few older best picture Oscar winners that still holds up significantly today. It demonstrates much of the best work that I have yet seen that director Wyler accomplished as a filmmaker & the performances & dialogue have an immediacy that grabbed my attention straight away. The very first scene between March, Andrews, & Russell had a believability in the characters interaction that was rare in those days & for the most part this carried through the entire film. My primary criticism was the background music which, being fairly typical in films at the time, often detracted from the genuine atmosphere of the rest of the film. The issues presented were done with more realism & imagination than I have yet seen in films of its type for 1946. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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