Poll

What are your top five?

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
20 (15%)
The Wizard of Oz
23 (17.3%)
Gone with the Wind
12 (9%)
The Rules of the Game
13 (9.8%)
Beau Geste
1 (0.8%)
Midnight
1 (0.8%)
The Women
1 (0.8%)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1 (0.8%)
Ninotchka
6 (4.5%)
Le jour se lève
2 (1.5%)
Wuthering Heights
2 (1.5%)
Stagecoach
13 (9.8%)
The Four Feathers
1 (0.8%)
On Borrowed Time
0 (0%)
Destry Rides Again
3 (2.3%)
The Roaring Twenties
3 (2.3%)
The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums
2 (1.5%)
La fin du jour
0 (0%)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1 (0.8%)
Of Mice and Men
1 (0.8%)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
8 (6%)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
0 (0%)
The Old Maid
0 (0%)
Young Mr. Lincoln
10 (7.5%)
Only Angels Have Wings
5 (3.8%)
The Cat and the Canary
0 (0%)
Bachelor Mother
0 (0%)
Gunga Din
1 (0.8%)
Dark Victory
0 (0%)
Love Affair
0 (0%)
Another Thin Man
0 (0%)
Each Dawn I Die
1 (0.8%)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1 (0.8%)
Union Pacific
0 (0%)
Drums Along the Mohawk
0 (0%)
The Man in the Iron Mask
0 (0%)
Essex and Elizabeth
0 (0%)
Five Came Back
0 (0%)
Dodge City
0 (0%)
Son of Frankenstein
0 (0%)
Jesse James
0 (0%)
The Little Princess
0 (0%)
They Made Me a Criminal
0 (0%)
In Name Only
0 (0%)
It's a Wonderful World
0 (0%)
The Spy in Black
0 (0%)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
0 (0%)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
0 (0%)
Four Seasons of Children
1 (0.8%)

Total Members Voted: 34

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Best Films of 1939
« on: July 19, 2010, 09:02:25 PM »
Let me know of any missing titles that you want to vote for.

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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2010, 09:20:34 PM »
A great year!!


1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Young Mr. Lincoln
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. The Rules of the Game
5. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
6. Gone with the Wind
7. Stagecoach
8. Ninotchka
9. The Little Princess
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 09:41:58 PM »
1. The Rules Of The Game
2. Stagecoach
3. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
4. Young Mr. Lincoln
5. Gone With The Wind
6. Only Angels Have Wings
7. The Wizard Of Oz
8. Ninotchka
9. Gunga Din
10. Love Affair
11. The Story Of The Late Chrysanthemums
12. Destry Rides Again
13. Midnight
14. Babes In Arms
15. Le jour se lève
16. Drums Along The Mohawk
17. The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame
18. Beau Geste
19. Goodbye Mr. Chips
20. The Roaring Twenties
21. The Four Feathers
22. The Old Maid
23. The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex
24. Wuthering Heights
25. Dark Victory
26. The Women
27. Jamaica Inn
28. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
29. Man In The Iron Mask
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2010, 09:47:31 PM »
So many films for me to see from this year!

My top 3:

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
The Wizard of Oz
Of Mice and Men


I just have never cared for Gone With the Wind.

EDIT:
Let's put them in order

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
3. Only Angels Have Wings
4. Of Mice and Men
5. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
« Last Edit: March 15, 2012, 12:00:12 AM by oldkid »
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2010, 09:58:54 PM »
Four of these made my top 100 last year.

1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington     
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips    
4. Young Mr. Lincoln
5. The Rules of the Game
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2010, 11:36:14 PM »
1. Only Angels Have Wings
2. Young Mr. Lincoln
3. Ninotchka
4. Stagecoach
5. Le jour se lève

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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 12:55:23 AM »
1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. Stagecoach
3. Ninotchka
4. Gone with the Wind
5. The Wizard of Oz
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2010, 01:06:20 AM »
Wonder if Another Thin Man got as much blowback as 2 Fast 2 Furious?

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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2010, 01:24:27 AM »
No, you're thinking of The Thin Man: Tokyo Drift.
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Re: Best Films of 1939
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2010, 01:26:23 AM »
No, you're thinking of The Thin Man: Tokyo Drift.

How hard do I want to see that.

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