What's the best decade for movies?

[TheRuthlessOne]

The 80's definitely had the advantage that a lot of the big blockbusters were still mostly in the hands of creative directors, the studios didn't really have a formula to follow and had to go along with what they came up with. I think you saw that climate decline in the early 90's though, the CGI showpiece blockbuster became a formula they could recycle endlessly without anyone that talented in charge.

You also had the tail end of New Hollywood in the early 80's as well, actually some of the best films of that movement such as Raging Bull, Blade Runner, Once Upon A Time In America and Rumble Fish.

Rumble Fish

Thats a damn fine movie

 

[Otto!]

Hard to go against 80s, but 70s had some true gems too.

 

[HenryFlower]

it’s neck&neck between the 60s & 70s for me, but I’ll give the slight edge to the 70s on the strength of American cinema in that decade. also Barry Lyndon.

shoutout to the 80s too though

 

[Plissken]

I don't think there is one best decade since some decades specialize better than others and there's some crossover at the beginning and end of decades. Auteur films, occult horror, disaster films, films about the rural south and southwest desert- that's the 70's (late 60's as well). Peak action films, comedy, fantasy films, vigilante films, slashers and popcorn horror, that's the 80's. Big epics were at their peak in the late 50's early 60's period. Giant monsters and space aliens were huge in the 50's. Film noir and mystery in the 30's and 40's.

I have had more fun and entertainment with the period from the late 70's (as much as I'd like to say starting in '75 with Jaws, To Kill a Mockingbird and Picnic at Hanging Rock, '76 was the real change) until around 1993 (looking at the 1993 releases I had to have seen at least 20 movies at the theater that year). So I guess from '76-'93 is my favorite period of film.

 

[SoberAwakening]

80s for sure.

Imagination was captured in the 60s and 70s, but it was perfected in the 80s.

 

[Thai Domi]

 

[neverwas]

This is gonna be a walkover for the 80s.

 

[I'm Not A Nugget]

70s and 90s are the best decades for movies

I went with 90s for the poll but it was close.

70s

1. Godfather
2. Godfather 2
3. Jaws
4. Halloween
5. Taxi driver
6. Rocky
7. Deer Hunter

90s

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Goodfellas
3. Matrix
4. Dumb and dumber
5. T2
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Heat

 

[Shinigami]

80s followed closely by the 90s. The 70s had some great movies, but pale into comparison to the 80s and 90s. The 70s you have like say 20-30 great movies. 80s and 90s each have over a 100 great movies.

 

[Shinigami]

70s and 90s are the best decades for movies

I went with 90s for the poll but it was close.

70s

1. Godfather
2. Godfather 2
3. Jaws
4. Halloween
5. Taxi driver
6. Rocky
7. Deer Hunter

90s

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Goodfellas
3. Matrix
4. Dumb and dumber
5. T2
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Heat

80s
Nightmare on elm street
friday the 13th
The Thing
Scarface
The Terminator
The Fly
Predator
caddyshack
revenge of the nerds
the shinig
breakfast club
sixteen candles
platoon
raging bull
full metal jacket
videodrome
creepshow
stand by me
fast times at ridgemont high
the karate kid
ghost busters
the untouchables
dressed to kill
Re-animator
on and on all day

The 80s destroys every other decade. You could make a push for 90s but that is it.

just throw in these to your 70s list
a clockwork orange
texas chainsaw massacre
and
alien
and you have the best movies from the 70s. Some great movies no doubt, but not the quantity

 

[dawnignited]

80s and it's not even close.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Depends greatly on what kind of film your talking about and where its been made.

The 50's and 60's for example are a strong era for arty European/Japanese cinema, the 70's the same for US cinema, the 80's for a mix of that and entertainment blockbusters, etc.

If it was a situation were I could only watch cinema from one decade it would probably be the 80's I spose due to the variety on offer.

This. Europe and Japan led the way and the US really didn’t catch on until the 70s. Before that, good films were very spotty here

Probably the 50s for me. I really like Hitchcock, Kurosawa and Samurai movies

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

Depends on what you like. If you like garbage, it's this decade

 

[Deleted member 53199]

70s, 80s, 90s... all equally good, but somehow i lean towards the 80s.

 

[LHWBelt]

I didnt look that close but the 90s has braveheart, pulp fiction, and saving private ryan. Hard to imagine another decade having a better trio.

 

[Frode Falch]

Why not just ask: how old are you?

 

[Prutfis]

80s

80s is pretty much the goat decade for everything

Except fashion and hair style.

 

[Oeshon]

90s

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Seventies are excellent but they eighties were my teen years, and it was summer blockbusters galore. Greatest action movies.

 

[dc007]

70's was the best by far really.