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The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple genres.
1939 1h 42m G. 8.1 (431K) Rate. 92 Metascore. Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
A user-created list of 52 movies released in 1939, ranked by popularity and quality. See the titles, ratings, genres and summaries of the films that made 1939 a legendary year in cinema.
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The film is set in Stockholm in 1939 where 18 year old Annika from Värmland comes to work as a waitress girl. In Stockholm, she meets a lively woman named Berit, and the two often go out dancing together.
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The moment Jefferson Smith steps out onto the Senate Floor to take his final stand against the opposition gives me, to this very day, some small amount of solace in a world of corrupt business and dirty politics.
- The Wizard of Oz. What is American cinema without Dorothy’s Red Shoes, Toto, Oz, and The Wicked Witch of The West? They are so much a part of the fabric of our cultural identity.
- Gone With The Wind. As the years pass, it’s easy to get more and more disillusioned with the issues this monumental Civil War epic exhumes given our ignominious past with slavery and racial prejudice toward African-Americans.
- R ules of The Game. Among many discerning voices, Jean Renoir is named one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and though vehemently maligned in its time — a society on the verge of war wasn’t ready for satire — the French master’s upstairs-downstairs comedy seamlessly showcases his immense talents.
A list of American films released in 1939 . Gone with the Wind won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Widely called the best year in cinematic history for classic movies, this list celebrates my personal choice for best movies of the year as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of this stellar year in film.
