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spurgeonryan, patron saint of forum posters, suggested I make a thread about this.
I mentioned in a post in his top 50 movies thread that 1939 was the best year in the 118-year history of movies.
My justification is that several outstanding and influential movies debuted in 1939, in America and beyond. They are: Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, The Rules of the Game, Stagecoach, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
There are other famous movies from 1939 -- like Dark Victory, Ninotchka, and Goodbye, Mr Chips -- but I haven't had the opportunity to watch them yet. Even without them, though, the 1939 line-up is amazing. There are six movies I would include in my top 100 list, and one -- The Rules of the Game -- that could easily be considered the greatest movie ever made.
What do YOU think?
