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Post by mslo79 on Jul 5, 2020 4:42:09 GMT
2000's hands down overall. 1)2000's (three 10/10, five 9/10, nine solid 8/10, seven 7.5-8/10, twenty-three 7/10. total of 47 movies.) 2)1990's (one 10/10, two 9/10, seven solid 8/10, eight 7.5-8/10, sixteen 7/10. total of 34 movies.) 3)2010's (zero 10/10, two 9/10, four solid 8/10, seventeen 7.5-8/10, twenty-five 7/10. total of 48 movies.) 4)1980's (zero 10/10, zero 9/10, two solid 8/10, four 7.5-8/10, six 7/10. total of 12 movies.) 5)1960's (two 10/10, one 9/10, one solid 8/10, one 7.5-8/10, four 7/10. total of 9 movies.) 6)1970's (zero 10/10, zero 9/10, zero solid 8/10, three 7.5-8/10, three 7/10. total of 6 movies.) after those six decades things drop off a cliff overall since those six decades account for 156 out of the 157 total movies among my favorite movies (The Song of Bernadette (1943) is the only movie pre-1960's among my favorite movies). movie just shy of my favorite movies are an additional 34 movies (so counting these it would raise that 157 to 191). NOTE: the 1990's to date make up 82.2% of my favorite movies in general. so as you can see I heavily favor the 1990's to date over all decades prior to that point combined. NOTE: 1990's and 2010's are very close either way as while the 1990's has the small edge in the SOLID 8/10 and higher score brackets, the 2010's clearly has the edge in the 7.5-8/10 and 7/10's score brackets and overall has a 14 movie advantage. so it's just a question of whether the advantage in the 7/10 through 7.5-8/10 score bracket is enough to overtake the small volume of movie advantage the solid 8/10 and higher bracket. but as of now ill give the slight edge to the 1990's based on my last thorough examination a year ago in July 2019.
p.s. just to list the movies (in no order) that makes the 2000's #1... Gran Torino/Felon/Lord of War/Angel-A/Open Range/Road to Perdition/25th Hour/Blow/Up in the Air/Mr Brooks/Running Scared/Find Me Guilty/Casino Royale/The Matador/A Man Apart/S1m0ne/Gladiator/Taken/The Departed/Mission Impossible III/Deja Vu/The Butterfly Efffect/The Whole Nine Yards/O Brother, Where Art Thou?/Moon/The Road/Appaloosa/Valkyrie/Street Kings/Eastern Promises/He Was a Quiet Man/American Gangster/Priceless/Crank/The World's Fastest Indian/Anthony Zimmer/The Passion of the Christ/The Aviator/Before Sunset/Sideways/Kill Bill vol 2/Terminator 3/The Cooler/Phone Booth/Training Day/The Fast and the Furious/Malena.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 5, 2020 4:42:56 GMT
what was the best decade for movies and which movies from that decade do you use to show that this was the best decade? 1970s 1970Deep End Desperate Characters Trash 1971Klute Sunday, Bloody Sunday Claire's Knee A Clockwork Orange X, Y and Zee The Last Picture Show The Abominable Dr. Phibes Murmur of the Heart Straw Dogs 1972The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Cries and Whispers The Posession of Joel Delaney Cabaret The Godfather Private Parts Last House on the Left Heat 1973The Pyx The Killing Kind Scarecrow Turkish Delight Sisters American Graffiti Mean Streets Don't Look Now Serpico 1974Badlands Amarcord Going Places The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Day for Night Texas Chainsaw Massacre Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Female Trouble Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Nashville Dog Day Afternoon Jaws Barry Lyndon Fox and His Friends 1976Carrie Network Small Change Seven Beauties The Tenant The Omen 19773 Women Annie Hall Saturday Night Fever Suspiria Short Eyes 1978In a Year with Thirteen Moons The Deer Hunter Halloween Up in Smoke The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Midnight Express Invasion of Body Snatchers The only great movie from 1979, imo, is Alien
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Post by millar70 on Jul 5, 2020 4:55:49 GMT
1970s for me, though as a previous poster mentioned, most of the best stuff occurred in the first half of the decade.
1950s were great. 1940s even better.
1990s were pretty great as well.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jul 5, 2020 7:00:20 GMT
I would say it depends on the genre.
For horror, it'd be the 70s and 80s.
For animation, I'd go with the 90s.
For action - the 80s.
No single decade stands out for me. However, I tend to favour movies made after 1960 (or even 1970) over older content.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 5, 2020 7:08:52 GMT
1970s
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Post by hobowar on Jul 5, 2020 9:19:18 GMT
They all sucked!
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Post by Xcalatë on Jul 5, 2020 9:47:58 GMT
1980s
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 5, 2020 11:10:09 GMT
darkreviewer2013I think that really goes without saying as I would assume a high percentage of people prefer movies post-1960 than pre-1960 (I think you could even shift the start point to 1970 to and results would be pretty much the same) as a whole and I don't even think it's close for most, if not the vast majority of people. if there ain't a EASY 7 out of 10 people who like post-1960 movies over pre-1960's movies I would be quite surprised but I think it's probably more in the 80-90%+ range in favor of post-1960. I can't prove this but it's my best guesstimates. I think the percentages would still be pretty high in favor of post even if you used your other start point of 1970. but if you shifted to 1980 as the start point I suspect things might start to get a bit more competitive. but I would guess the majority would side with post-1980 over pre-1980. but beyond this (like if I used 1990 as the split point) I would start to lose confidence in making a claim in favor of the new over the old even though, like I mentioned in my initial post, that 82.2% of my favorite movies are from the 1990's to date. so on a personal level I would take movies post-1990 over pre-1990 with no hesitation even though I would lose some strong movies but when a bit over 8 out of 10 of my favorite movies are in the 1990's to date it becomes a pretty easy choice. Toasted CheeseI would disagree and I would guess most people would to. because if you count ANY decade movies were made in, beyond a certain point, they become quite dated and are probably more difficult for the typical person to get into. like the silent era etc. plus, in my personal guesstimate I suspect a decent portion of the general public probably ain't too much different from myself in that they tend to avoid movies beyond a certain point (lets use the pre-1960's as a guideline) because their overall style etc is too different from more modern standards. but just on a personal level... assuming I use 'excellent' as a movie that's enjoyable enough to be among my favorite movies then the only decades that would qualify for me are... 1960's to date and 1940's (but 1940's only makes the cut due to one movie). but I guess at the very least... on a personal level I can disagree with your quote there as short of one movie in the 1940's I have not found another one I score a 7/10 or higher (which ill use as a minimum to qualify for 'excellent') that's pre-1960's. ill admit I have not seen a lot prior to the 1960's but I can't see my opinion changing much even if I had as if there are some others pre-1960 I would score a 7 or higher, they got to be on the rarer side as I know my general taste in movies pretty well etc.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jul 5, 2020 11:50:56 GMT
The 40s saw the birth and rise of film noir as a film making style, with most of the true greats in the decade. Noir also carried on into the 50s, which was the decade where Westerns really came into their own. Since they are my two favourite styles of film I'm trapped between both decades...
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Post by someguy on Jul 5, 2020 13:26:26 GMT
90s.
Boogie Nights The Usual Suspects Clerks Fight Club The Big Lebowski Office Space Pulp Fiction The Sandlot Goodfellas The Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the Lambs Devil's Advocate Dumb and Dumber Billy Madison Dazed and Confused Forrest Gump American Beauty Being John Malkovich Austin Powers Wayne's World Fargo Trainspotting Barton Fink
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Post by angel on Jul 5, 2020 13:56:30 GMT
darkreviewer2013 I think that really goes without saying as I would assume a high percentage of people prefer movies post-1960 than pre-1960 (I think you could even shift the start point to 1970 to and results would be pretty much the same) as a whole and I don't even think it's close for most, if not the vast majority of people. Who cares? I would disagree and I would guess most people would to
So what?
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 5, 2020 14:05:10 GMT
1960s for global film. It was the weakest time for Hollywood but the best time for everyone else. The best time for genre variety--from giant monsters to giallos to sci-fi to vampires to westerns to spy films. No other decade can touch it for global film. Bava, Corman, Hammer, Harryhausen, James Bond, Leone, Santo, Toho...
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 6, 2020 0:59:14 GMT
Toasted CheeseIf a person is going to use a measuring stick for this stuff, I tend to default to what the majority of people think as they carry more weight than critics etc at the end of the day since they generally determine what movies have staying power vs what does not as the decades pass. so if your going to turn this into a film buff/film historian vs most people... ill take most people every single time. film buffs/film historians can be good for certain aspects of movies but they can't determine whether a movie is interesting/entertaining or not which is all that ultimately matters since that's at the core of why people watch movies in general. If you think my taste in movies is bad you clearly must think negatively of a lot of others taste in movies as mine are not much different from many others out there if your looking at what movies I consider favorites as I think it's safe to say there are some around these forums with tastes in movies more disconnected with the common person than mine are if you want to go down the 'people with crap taste in movies' route. sure, I get I give a Thumbs Down to many movies that many others would like, but I am just not as easily pleased as some are as, like I have said before, once a person has seen plenty of movies they can really start to notice the true gems from just-another-movie sort of thing. the vast majority of movies are nothing special and my opinions tend to reflect this as only about 7-8% of everything I have seen stands out from the pack. I get taste in movies vary but I am sure there are plenty of people who are in the ball park of my mindset that once movies go beyond a certain age, they become too different in overall style etc from more modern standards and not in a good way either. there might be exceptions here and there but you get the gist of it. like I have said before... I can say with a high level of confidence that the EASY majority, if not vast majority of people, prefer movies post-1960 than pre-1960 as I tend to see the 1960's as the early days of modern movie standards to ball park it. but it was probably more in the 1970's or so before things were more clear and by the 1980's it became more obvious. like to further get a ball park of blockbuster standards in this regard... I would imagine Jaws (1975) is probably the early days of modern blockbuster standards etc. p.s. what's "dismiss many older films pre-millennial" mean? ; if your talking pre-2000's I don't dis movies pre-2000's as, like I have said before, as a general guideline I mostly avoid seeing movies pre-1960's (but I do see a little here and there). but in my case about 82% of my favorite movies are from the 1990's to date. so I heavily favor the 1990's and newer even though the 60's/70's/80's have some gems, just not nearly as many. That's the problem. with that mindset... you got to look at it in a different way to artificially inflate a movies worth than just watching the movie straight up and having it be interesting/entertaining for the viewer on some level which generally comes back to some sort of emotional response it gives the viewer. so while I don't mind critics/film historians etc giving credit to random movies here, that aspect cannot make a movie great as the true gems tend to be timeless and connect to the common-ish person as the decades pass without them needing to know a bunch of historical stuff for it to be good etc.
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 6, 2020 1:02:45 GMT
Impossible to day, really - there are good and bad from all eras. I went with the 1940s, but it’s fairly arbitrary. There is a certain excitement I feel when sitting down to watch an older film that I seldom feel watching modern movies - and of course it helps that the older movies which are remembered and regularly watched tend to be the great ones, whereas with more modern stuff it’s harder to wade through the dreck.
The 1980s would be bottom of the barrel for me. So much junk was churned out then. I guess there is just as much today, but I’m older and wiser so am usually able to dodge it.
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Post by drystyx on Jul 7, 2020 0:42:30 GMT
This poll is upside down. Fifties has to be the best, and seventies the worst. Although the lower budget movies from the seventies are very good. Still, one has to admit the big budget and big name movies of the seventies are stinkers.
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Post by mslo79 on Jul 7, 2020 9:35:12 GMT
I can't believe that currently the 2000's has less votes than nearly all decades listed by the OP as it wipes the floor with some of those decades.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jul 7, 2020 11:55:07 GMT
1970s, followed by 1990s.
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Post by sjg on Jul 7, 2020 12:14:06 GMT
If i go by my rating statistics on IMDB then the 2010's has been the best decade in film for me. I do have a soft spot for the 80's, 90,s and the 00's though.
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