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The results thus far as voted by the members: (I now included the runner up in each and every poll, and the amount of votes both the winner and the runner up received).

Best of 2000's: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 45 votes
Runner Up: No Country for Old Men – 39 votes

Worst of 2000's: Crash - 69 votes!!!
Runner Up: Chicago - 39 votes (Shakespeare in Love had 40 votes, but I decided to just include this movie in the 90’s poll since it won in 1998).

Best of 1990's: The Silence of the Lambs – 21 votes
Runner Up: Unforgiven – 19 votes

Worst of 1990's: Shakespeare in Love – 37 votes
Runner Up: A tie between Forrest Gump & The English Patient with 17 votes each

Best of 1980's: Platoon – 24 votes
Runner Up: Amadeus – 23 votes

Worst of 1980's: Driving Miss Daisy – 14 votes
Runner Up: Chariots of Fire – 8 votes

Best of 1970's: The Godfather – 32 votes
Runner Up: The Godfather, Part II – 28 votes

Worst of 1970's: Kramer vs. Kramer – 35 votes
Runner Up: Annie Hall – 17 votes

Best of 1960's: Lawrence of Arabia – 41 votes
Runner Up: The Apartment – 17 votes

Worst of 1960's: Oliver! – 20 votes
Runner Up: The Sound of Music – 15 votes

Best of 1950's: The Bridge on the River Kwai – 20 votes
Runner Up: Ben-Hur – 13 votes

Worst of 1950’s: The Greatest Show on Earth – 14 votes
Runner Up: Around the World in Eighty Days – 7 votes


Now vote for what you consider to be the best "best" picture winner of the 1940's.

Hokeyboy

Casablanca's gonna run away with this, but the correct answer is "Rebecca".

Charlie Goose

Too-rah-loo-rah-loo-rah.....

Jaymole

The Best Years of Our Lives

wendersfan

albert_m

Rebecca does get overlooked.

B5Erik

Wow. I'm a huge classic movie fan, but I've only seen ONE of the winners from the 40's! (Casablanca)

I did just buy All the King's Men on DVD last week (but I haven't watched it yet)...

slop101

As is the case for most other decades, the '40s had many great films (I'd say some of the best of all time), but you sure wouldn't know it from the list of AA winners.

MoviePage

Rebecca, How Green Was My Valley, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Hamlet are all very good films, and I have a special fondness for Mrs. Miniver despite its schmaltzy nature. However, I still have to go with Casablanca -- there's just no comparison.

albert_m

Yes Casablanca is iconic. I would add that as much as I like Rebecca and believe it to be a well deserved best picture - Notorious is even better as far as 40's Hitch films goes.

Ginwen

It does, and I'd like to vote for it, but I gotta go with Casablanca.

Shannon Nutt

Yes, Rebecca does get overlooked, but not so overlooked that it deserves to trump Casablanca - arguably the best movie EVER.

Damfino

There are strong arguments for Rebecca and Casablanca, but I think The Best Years of Our Lives has the most relevance for todays audiences.

Hokeyboy

The best film of the 40s was Out of the Past. Don't believe me? I'LL BREAK YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!!!



Sorry. *takes meds and lies down*

Numanoid

Citizen Kane, of course. Oh wait...

chris_sc77

Ive only seen a few on these but I gotta go with Rebecca. I'm not a big fan of Casablanca. It's ok but does not deserve the legendary title it has received.

Geofferson

Voted Rebecca

NoirFan

"Play it, Sam." I do love The Lost Weekend though.

PopcornTreeCt

Casablanca

davidh777

Casablanca, even as much as I like Rebecca

inri222

Rebecca

cranberries fan

Rebecca ,How Green Was My Valley,Casablanca if I was to pick one?

It's three way tie to me (( I can't vote one over the other sorry )).

mh4268

I agree with this completely. My brother doesn't like Casablanca at all, I'm surprised since we agree on almost every other movie.

CardiffGiant

Casablanca...one of my all time favorites...

Jazzbutcher