Lists

The joy of lists! Over at IMDB (The International Movie Database) they have been doing threads on bests of each decade, here - for the record - are my choices .... They have not gone on to the '70s yet, so thats to follow ...

1930s

BRINGING UP BABY / THE SCARLET EMPRESS / ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS / NINOTCHKA / THE AWFUL TRUTH / MATA HARI / BLOND VENUS / THE SIGN OF THE CROSS / THE 39 STEPS / RICH & STRANGE / MIDNIGHT MARY / MAN'S CASTLE  /  LADIES IN LOVE / OF HUMAN BONDAGE / MARKED WOMAN / SWING TIME / THE GAY DIVORCE / THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD / THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH & ESSEX / JEZEBEL / MARIE ANTOINETTE / HOLIDAY / SYLVIA SCARLETT / DARK VICTORY / QUEEN CHRISTINA / SHANGHAI EXRESS / 42ND STREET / LOVE ME TONIGHT / THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN.

1940s

CASABLANCA / BLACK NARCISSUS / I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING / NOTORIOUS / BRIEF ENCOUNTER / THIS HAPPY BREED /  THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS / GREAT EXPECTATIONS / OLIVER TWIST / THE HEIRESS / WHISKEY GALORE / KIND HEARTS & CORONETS / IN WHICH WE SERVE / THE WAY TO THE STARS /
TO BE OR NOT TO BE / SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS / DOUBLE INDEMNITY / THE MORTAL STORM / ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE / CITIZEN KANE / THE FALLEN IDOL / ROADHOUSE / THE BLUE DAHLIA / THE PALM BEACH STORY / MEET ME IN ST LOUIS / THE PIRATE / EASTER PARADE / BICYCLE THIEVES / A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH / LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN / ODD MAN OUT / NOW VOYAGER / THE GREAT LIE / OLD ACQUAINTANCE / MILDRED PIERCE / GILDA / LAURA / LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN / MY FOOLISH HEART / DESERT FURY / LADY FROM SHANGHAI / LA OTRA / LES MAUDITS (THE DAMNED) / IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY.

1950s

ALL ABOUT EVE / SUNSET BOULEVARD / EAST OF EDEN / GIANT / THE BANDWAGON / TOKYO STORY / REAR WINDOW / A STAR IS BORN / SENSO / NORTH BY NORTHWEST / VERTIGO / ANATOMY OF A MURDER /
SOME LIKE IT HOT / LES GIRLS / GENEVIEVE / DESIGNING WOMAN / IN A LONELY PLACE / LA NOTTE BRAVA / I VITELLONI / UMBERTO D / IL GRIDO  / THE SEVENTH SEAL / JOHNNY GUITAR / SEVEN MEN FROM NOW / THE SEARCHERS / THE QUIET MAN /
FRIENDLY PERSUASION / RIFIFI / THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT / KISS ME DEADLY / ON THE WATERFRONT / PATHER PANCHALI / FUNNY FACE / HOUSEBOAT / THE SEA WALL (THIS ANGRY AGE) / KNAVE OF HEARTS / TOUCH OF EVIL / NIGHT OF THE HUNTER / THE VIKINGS / BEN HUR / LAND OF THE PHAROAHS / THE EGPYTIAN / ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS / IMITATION OF LIFE / THE BEST OF EVERYTHING / WOMAN'S WORLD / THE OPPOSITE SEX / QUENTIN DURWARD / THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE / SOLOMON AND SHEBA / THE TEMPEST / THE TEN COMMANDMENTS / THE GOLDEN COACH / PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN / BOY ON A DOLPHIN / SEPARATE TABLES / BONJOUR TRISTESSE / SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER / THE NUN'S STORY / SCREAMING MIMI / LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD / THE 400 BLOWS / JOURNEY TO ITALY / REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE / BLIND DATE / I'M ALRIGHT JACK.

1960s

PSYCHO / L'AVVENTURA / L'ECLISSE / BLOW-UP / PERSONA / 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY / THE BIRDS / PLEIN SOLEIL / THE SERVANT / THE LEOPARD / EL CID / AU HASARD BALTHAZAR / LE SAMOURAI / ACCIDENT / MODESTY BLAISE / MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE /  BILLY LIAR / A KIND OF LOVING / A TASTE OF HONEY / VICTIM / A HARD DAY'S NIGHT / HELP! / THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE / DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES /  THE MISFITS / THAT MAN FROM RIO / THE GROUP / TWO WOMEN / THE SYSTEM / OLIVER / LION IN WINTER
ALL FALL DOWN  / LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT / BAY OF ANGELS / LOLA / LE FEU FOLLET / I WAS HAPPY HERE / TWO FOR THE ROAD / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS / UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME / THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET / CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT / IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT / THE INNOCENTS / NIGHT OF THE IGUANA  / LAWRENCE OF ARABIA / LA DOLCE VITA / LILITH / WILD RIVER / DARLING / PETULIA
CHARADE / ARABESQUE / FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / SPARTACUS / CLEOPATRA / HUD / THE APARTMENT / PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE / THE RED DESERT / CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 / MOMENT TO MOMENT / THE PINK PANTHER / THE CHAPMAN REPORT / LOLITA / LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT / THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and Visconti's OF A THOUSAND DELIGHTS (SANDRA) and THE DAMNED ! and I forgot WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT!