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Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Fri, 1 May 2026 10:54:23 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/01/2026 14:54

Baffled as to why it took me so long, but I finally got around to watching The Grapes of Wrath— love the book, really no idea why I hadn't watched the film yet 😐 —

Would've been on my submission for sure, probably in the top 20 or 30— Ford did a phenomenal job—

The weirdest part of it all though is that I was getting this constant deja vu that I'd seen sections of it before— and it finally clicked that I think it was a film that was rolled out on a small TV screen by a teacher at somepoint in my elementary school life— wasn't paying attention in the slightest, may have even fallen asleep, but I think there's a chance that 11 or 12 year old me had seem blips of it between sleepy eyelids before 🤐

Good stuff—
Jane Darwell was great—

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:56:45 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/26/2026 23:56

CA Dreamin wrote:

Hayden wrote:

Repo wrote:

Hayden wrote:

But yeah, few more tweaks (I agree with maybe a dif image for SV), and I'd centre the text, but all good to go—

Just for planning purposes, when do you think the submission deadline will be, Hayden? Will try to catch on a few 2025 releases in the meantime. 😇

Last week in May. It'll be a two month window—

Poll should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and it'll be capped at 25—
(a first, maybe a last, but it'll be an experiment nonetheless)

Monday I began a 72-hr work week, I've had 0 time to fine-tune the banner (at work now, typing this from my phone). I could get to it on Sunday. Anyway, 25 entries. I'm curious to see if more participate, or if/how it shakes things up.

All good CA 😄 — I can use your current one as a placeholder or put it as tba or something — all good —
Important bit is to get the thread up... it's a smidge late 😵‍�'�

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

CA Dreamin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:22:16 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/26/2026 19:22

Hayden wrote:

Repo wrote:

Hayden wrote:

But yeah, few more tweaks (I agree with maybe a dif image for SV), and I'd centre the text, but all good to go—

Just for planning purposes, when do you think the submission deadline will be, Hayden? Will try to catch on a few 2025 releases in the meantime. 😇

Last week in May. It'll be a two month window—

Poll should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and it'll be capped at 25—
(a first, maybe a last, but it'll be an experiment nonetheless)

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:31:07 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/26/2026 13:31

Repo wrote:

Hayden wrote:

But yeah, few more tweaks (I agree with maybe a dif image for SV), and I'd centre the text, but all good to go—

Just for planning purposes, when do you think the submission deadline will be, Hayden? Will try to catch on a few 2025 releases in the meantime. 😇

Last week in May. It'll be a two month window—

Poll should be up either tomorrow or Saturday, and it'll be capped at 25—
(a first, maybe a last, but it'll be an experiment nonetheless)

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Repo — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:10:36 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/26/2026 13:10

Hayden wrote:

But yeah, few more tweaks (I agree with maybe a dif image for SV), and I'd centre the text, but all good to go—

Just for planning purposes, when do you think the submission deadline will be, Hayden? Will try to catch on a few 2025 releases in the meantime. 😇

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

cestuneblague — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:42:59 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 03/23/2026 01:42

Dang I'm late to this, but excellent job as usual Mr. Hayden. 40s were definitely the decade a lot more new discoveries. And again plenty interested doing the 30s/beggining of cinema decade polls in the future. For 2025.... maybe I can make it to a top 5 😜

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:48:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/22/2026 22:48

BozoTyrannus wrote:

Hayden wrote:

I'm hitting the same conundrum 😕
I'd like the list to be 50— more to explore— and typically it's the lower half that has the gems— but I'm don't think my personal list will be more than 35-40, and I'm not convinced a lot of submissions would be the full 50. There could even be more participation if a lower count was 'expected' and slightly less intimidating (I've always accepted lists of any count, but)—

Is it feasible for us to submit lists of 25 but the final list be 50?

All in all, that's what it is currently 😶

& thanks CA— I hadn't started to whip up a banner image yet—
My idea was to have the words on the orange ping pong ball, but bizarrely I couldn't find the frame—
(there's also a shot from OBAA I wanted to use but couldn't find an HQ version of just yet :roll:)

But yeah, few more tweaks (I agree with maybe a dif image for SV), and I'd centre the text, but all good to go—

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

BozoTyrannus — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:35:37 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 03/22/2026 14:35

Hayden wrote:

Is it feasible for us to submit lists of 25 but the final list be 50?

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

CA Dreamin — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:08:47 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/22/2026 07:08

Hayden wrote:

There could even be more participation if a lower count was 'expected' and slightly less intimidating...

Hmm, hadn't considered that. Maybe?

Anyway, I came up with a rough draft for a 2025 in film image:

Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.

There was something about 2025 movies with characters holding phones...that have a cord (I remember those!). There wasn't a fourth image from what I could find, but Sentimental Value was close enough, completing the corners. The phone-holding characters are supposed to appear as if they are facing, or their eyes are looking, towards the center, "BEA's Favourite"...in the same font used for One Battle After Another. However, I didn't put too much thought into the other four, just nods to four other popular movies. I think it's a start but could use fine-tuning. And we don't have to use this once the thread gets going, I did this for shits and giggles.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:30:06 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/22/2026 00:30

EyeKanFly wrote:

I like seeing longer lists, but there's no way my 2025 list will be more than 25 entries. I doubt I even hit that many. I forget how long I've participated in the annual film tournys, but from 2020 to 2024 my letterboxd lists were 15, 28, 45, 34, and 15 films long. Currently I have only 10 films logged but intend to watch 5-15 more.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

EyeKanFly — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:49:26 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 03/21/2026 22:49

I like seeing longer lists, but there's no way my 2025 list will be more than 25 entries. I doubt I even hit that many. I forget how long I've participated in the annual film tournys, but from 2020 to 2024 my letterboxd lists were 15, 28, 45, 34, and 15 films long. Currently I have only 10 films logged but intend to watch 5-15 more.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:22:48 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 03/21/2026 20:22

My 2025 list of movies is currently holding at 29, but I will certainly not cry any tears if I drop Wake Up Dead Man from it along with three others.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

CA Dreamin — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:49:04 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/21/2026 19:49

My list will not be 50. 25 and I'm done, and ready to move to the 1930s 😜

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Hayden — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:20:34 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/21/2026 02:20

Thank you for the input everyone 😁

Will mull it over 🤔 —

25 or 30 would certainly make tallying easier 🤐 ...

If there's 2-3 more objections, we'll keep it at 50, but otherwise this might be the first year the list gets trimmed a little—

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Olli — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:27:44 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 03/20/2026 14:27

Please only 25 �'� 😎

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

CA Dreamin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:10:12 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/20/2026 06:10

Hayden wrote:

This is the first time since 2020 that I've considered perhaps trimming our typical annual 50-count list down to a smaller number like 30 or 40 (meaning, submission entries would be trimmed to that number as well)— I'll most likely talk myself out of it, I'm a sucker for uniformity— but I'm wondering if there's any likemindedness on this possibility?—

Perhaps I'm being blind, but I feel like the expectation for individuals to whip up a solid 50-entry personal list is unlikely when looking at the playing field. If BEA disagrees, of course we'll go ahead with a top 50, as usual, but if there's any interest in cutting the list down to a tighter 30 or 40, please let me know.

The Movies Forum regulars know I've been in favor for trimming it for a long time. Trim it to 25, I say.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Repo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:16:54 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/20/2026 02:16

Currently watching Sinners on HBO. The twins remind me of the Salamanca Brothers in Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. God I loved them!

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Applerill — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:35:49 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 03/19/2026 20:35

Repo wrote:

Applerill wrote:

I actually found 2025 to be an amazing year for cinema, especially at the multiplex. Maybe part of this is seeing more movies theatrically, but my top 50 was absolutely packed to the point where I couldn’t watch any more releases in fear of kicking stuff off lol.

https://boxd.it/Ga6fq

Do u have one of those Movie Theater subscriptions? In which u can see as many movies as u like for a set monthly fee? Those u look like fun for avid movie theater goers. I prefer my couch most of the time, but me & my kids still hit the theater once or twice of month for the full-on theater experience.

I’ve used AMC A-List pretty obsessively (albeit intermittently depending on finances) since it was first introduced in 2018 or 2019, and before that I was already seeing triple features every week in college. And now that I’m an Actual Practicing Filmmaker, going to screenings around the Chicago film scene is a big part of how I network. I also love watching things on my projector at home, but normally if I’m gonna spend money, I’m gonna try to have a communal experience to get my money’s worth, especially since socializing is so much harder since the pandemic started.

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Repo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:26:54 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/19/2026 20:26

Applerill wrote:

Re: Best Films of The 40s (V2) [List]

Applerill — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:55:13 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 03/19/2026 18:55

I actually found 2025 to be an amazing year for cinema, especially at the multiplex. Maybe part of this is seeing more movies theatrically, but my top 50 was absolutely packed to the point where I couldn’t watch any more releases in fear of kicking stuff off lol.

https://boxd.it/Ga6fq