A Three-Way Battle: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1955
Even with decades and decades of hindsight, it’s not always clear which film holds up as the “best” in a given year. In 1954, for...
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Aaron Keck
Jul 5, 20218 min read
Rear Window or Seven Samurai? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1954
We’ve reached the mid-1950s, and everything is changing. In Hollywood, the domination of the Hays Code is cracking as the film industry...
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Aaron Keck
Jun 20, 20217 min read
Finally, Japan Breaks Through: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1953
The American film industry rose to prominence and dominance in the 1930s and 40s, aided in part by the collapse of the industry in...
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Aaron Keck
Jun 3, 20216 min read
What A Glorious Feeling: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1952
In 1951, the nation fell in love with An American in Paris, a lighthearted romantic musical comedy featuring Gene Kelly and his buddies...
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Aaron Keck
May 17, 20217 min read
Streetcars or Strangers? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1951
With 1951, we enter a period of transition in cinema history. In America, Marlon Brando bursts onto the scene in A Streetcar Named...
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Aaron Keck
May 8, 20217 min read
Sunset Blvd, All About Eve, or Rashomon? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1950
The year 1950 is known for one of the most talked-about, long-debated Oscar races in history: not just the battle for Best Actress, where...
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Aaron Keck
Apr 8, 20216 min read
Cottening On: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1949
We’ve reached the end of our second decade, and what an eventful one it’s been. Despite a brief dip in quality in the midst of World War...
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Aaron Keck
Mar 21, 20216 min read
Ladri di Moonlight: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1948
When last we met, we were talking about 1947 - arguably the worst year ever for motion pictures. Luckily for us, though, 1947 was just a...
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Aaron Keck
Mar 8, 20216 min read
Worst Moonlights Ever? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1947
When it comes to movie history, some years are better - and worse - than others. 1939 had The Wizard of Oz, The Rules of the Game, and...
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Aaron Keck
Feb 21, 20218 min read
Wonderful? Best? Or Just Notorious? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1946
The year 1946 was the first full year of the post-war era, and Hollywood must have been ready for it, because they cranked out several of...
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Aaron Keck
Feb 7, 20216 min read
Two Minor Miracles: How We Chose the Best Picture of 1945
Okay, so where were we? It’s been a few months since we last posted (thanks, 2020!), but we’re finally back! And still in the mid-1940s,...
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Aaron Keck
Oct 12, 20205 min read
Getting Wilder: Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1944
In world history, 1944 is all about World War II, but in cinema history, it’s all about noir. We’ve already encountered several great...
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Aaron Keck
Sep 28, 20207 min read
No Doubt: Here's How We Chose The Best Picture of 1943
Blame it on the war if you like, but in terms of “films that have stood the test of time,” 1943 was one of the worst years in cinema...
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Aaron Keck
Sep 14, 20205 min read
We'll Always Have A Moonlight: Here's How We Picked the Best Picture of 1942
When it comes to the Oscars, the year 1942 is unique in cinema history: Mrs. Miniver won Best Picture for that year, but 1943’s Best...
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Aaron Keck
Sep 4, 20205 min read
Here's How We Picked the Best Movie of 1941
We won’t leave you in any suspense this time around: it’s almost universally recognized that the best picture of 1941 is Citizen Kane,...
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Aaron Keck
Aug 14, 20206 min read
Here's How We Picked the Best Movie of 1940
So far in our journey through movie history, we’ve only agreed with the Oscars once: in 1934, when It Happened One Night won both the...
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Aaron Keck
Jul 14, 202010 min read
The Lost Cause Loses, But Who Wins? How We Chose the Best Picture of 1939
I was chatting recently with a friend about this project and we got to talking about specific years. “Oh, 1939,” he said, “that’ll be an...
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Aaron Keck
Jul 8, 20204 min read
The Lady Vanishes...or Raises a Leopard? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1938
The Oscars loved Frank Capra in the 1930s: just four years after honoring It Happened One Night as the year’s best picture, they honored...
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Aaron Keck
Jun 14, 20205 min read
Snow White or Grand Illusion? Here's How We Chose The Best Picture of 1937
The year 1937 was a pivotal one in cinema history, with film’s first-ever animated feature and the first color film to be Oscar-nominated...
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Aaron Keck
Jun 7, 20204 min read
Charlie's Landslide: Here's How We Chose The Best Picture of 1936
There are a few years in movie history where one particular film stands out among all the rest: Citizen Kane in 1941, Bicycle Thieves in...
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