Your "Film of the Decade": 1920s-1960s

[MechaGodzilla]

Starting this as a complementary thread to Popcorn_Bliss' 1970s-2010s thread as I thought it'd be interesting to see everyone list their favorites from these decades, and I noticed several posters were already doing so in the other thread.

I excluded the 1910s as I have a feeling not many of us have seen much of anything from that decade (I regrettably haven't, but do intend to remedy that), but if you want to include the '10s in your list you're welcome to do so. You're also obviously free to exclude the '20s if the silent era as a whole is a big blind spot for you.

My picks:

1920s - The Phantom Carriage
1930s - The Bride of Frankenstein
1940s - Out of the Past
1950s - Vertigo
1960s - Lawrence of Arabia

[Coenskubrick]

20s- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
30s- The Wizard of Oz
40s- Shadow of a Doubt
50s- Harvey
60s- 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Mrdamron]

1920s - The General
1930s - Dracula
1940s - Casablanca
1950s - On the Waterfront
1960s - Goldfinger

[dallywhitty]

20s - Metropolis
30s - Gone with the Wind
40s - The Lost Weekend
50s - A Streetcar Named Desire
60s - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I've only seen a few films from the 1910s, but The Birth of a Nation is brilliant.

[FilmKoala]

1920's - The Man Who Laughs
1930's - Freaks
1940's - Double Indemnity
1950's - North by Northwest
1960's - Harakiri

[zorbonaut]

1920's- The Gold Rush
1930's- The Wizard of Oz
1940's- It's a Wonderful Life
1950's- 12 Angry Men
1960's- Psycho

[FrodoBagginz]

1930s Wizard Of Oz

[AaronJ]

1910s -- The Birth of a Nation
1920s -- The Passion of Joan of Arc
1930s -- Gone With The Wind
1940s -- Citizen Kane
1950s -- Hiroshima mon amour
1960s -- Contempt

I know that these aren't the most avant garde choices, but there's absolutely no other choices I could have made. These are easily six of the greatest films ever made, IMO.

[Jaymole]

1920s - Metropolis
1930s - The Bride of Frankenstein
1940s - The Maltese Falcon
1950s - Vertigo
1960s - 2001: A Space Odyssey

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Jaymole

1920s - Metropolis
1930s - The Bride of Frankenstein
1940s - The Maltese Falcon
1950s - Vertigo
1960s - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Yeah, I was really torn between Vertigo and Hiroshima mon amour when it came to the 50s. I'm not even sure now.

I probably chose Hiroshima because it's the one of the two that I've most recently seen.

[Buscemi]

1920's: Metropolis
1930's: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940's: Citizen Kane
1950's: Rear Window
1960's: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Invisiblegt]

1920s: Nosferatu/Sunrise (The Kid Brother)
1930s: On Borrowed Time
1940s: Rope
1950s: Harvey
1960s: The Time Machine

[BluNatureFilms]

20's - Metropolis
30's - The Wizard of Oz
40's - Citizen Kane
50's - Vertigo
60's - 2001: A Space Odyssey

[The Great Owl]

1920s - Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror
1930s - King Kong
1940s - Out of the Past
1950s - Rear Window
1960s - Dr. No

[MifuneFan]

Incredibly hard task, but right now I'd go with:

20's - Metropolis
30's - King Kong
40's - Citizen Kane
50's - Seven Samurai
60's - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[Ray Jackson]

20s - The Passion of Joan of Arc
30s - Gone With The Wind (one of the few films from this decade that I've seen or even remotely like)
40s - Double Indemnity
50s - Sunset Boulevard
60s - 2001: A Space Odyssey

[asb854]

20s-Metropolis
30s-City Lights
40s-It's A Wonderful Life
50s-12 Angry Men
60s-2001: A Space Odyssey

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

20s - The Passion of Joan of Arc
30s - Gone With The Wind (one of the few films from this decade that I've seen or even remotely like)
40s - Double Indemnity
50s - Sunset Boulevard
60s - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Nice to see someone else with some love for Dreyer's masterpiece.

[lesco]

1920s - The General (Keaton)
1930s - King Kong
1940s - Fantasia
1950s - The Wages of Fear
1960s - 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Nice to see someone else with some love for Dreyer's masterpiece.

It's the only silent film that's ever really affected me emotionally.

A big part of which is probably the music.

...the music is incredible.