[liberalist]

Whats your favourite decade for American films? Mine is the 1970s with films like A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Godfather I & II, One Flew of the Cockoos Nest, Deliverance, Annie Hall and Apocalypse Now. Has any other decade seen the US match the 1970's in terms of film? For me, i say the 70's was the best for US film.

[Ixa]

Whats your favourite decade for American films? Mine is the 1970s with films like A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Godfather I & II, One Flew of the Cockoos Nest, Deliverance, Annie Hall and Apocalypse Now. Has any other decade seen the US match the 1970's in terms of film? For me, i say the 70's was the best for US film.

1920s, 1930s.

[Al-'Alim]

It's gotta be the 90's for me. I can't stand old films...unless your talking about bond...infact...I feel a sig comming on.

[Al Khabir]

thirties and forties had the film noirs, which were great. Although I agree that teh 70's was a good decade for film. Modern films, while good, are often just special effects and gory entertainment or moralising rubbish. A lot don't have the same substance in the plot.

[Al-'Alim]

yeah but if you love gore love the 90's

[Al Khabir]

True. you can't beat a bit of Ahnuld!

[Al-'Alim]

make that 28% corrupt for me...you must be pleased you reached the big 2000+ post mark

[tuco]

Whats your favourite decade for American films? Mine is the 1970s with films like A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Godfather I & II, One Flew of the Cockoos Nest, Deliverance, Annie Hall and Apocalypse Now. Has any other decade seen the US match the 1970's in terms of film? For me, i say the 70's was the best for US film.

You forgot the Deer Hunter. =D

Anyways, I'm torn between the 70's and 60's for the latter had its fair share of Spaghetti Westerns...then again, those weren't American films =\

[Political Interest]

20s,30s,40s,70s

[Lohr]

I'll go with tuco and Liberalist.....60's and 70's definitely owned film

You guys forgot Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces....oh yeah...and soilent green and omega man ...and Jeus of Nazareth

[Xopolis]

Whats your favourite decade for American films? Mine is the 1970s with films like A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Godfather I & II, One Flew of the Cockoos Nest, Deliverance, Annie Hall and Apocalypse Now. Has any other decade seen the US match the 1970's in terms of film? For me, i say the 70's was the best for US film.

That's exactly what I would have said. Also, Willy Wonka, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Deer Hunter.

[tuco]

I'll go with tuco and Liberalist.....60's and 70's definitely owned film

You guys forgot Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces....oh yeah...and soilent green and omega man ...and Jeus of Nazareth

Omega Man?! I thought I was the only one!
Screw what the critics say, that film was class

Shame I haven't had the chance to see Soylent Green though =( ...(However, I did read the novella's great and it was damn good)

[McPherson]

Nobody has said the 50´s? Golden years of Hollywood!

[Lohr]

Shame I haven't had the chance to see Soylent Green though =( ...(However, I did read the novella's great and it was damn good)

not as classic as omega man.....but still awesome and worth watching

[Boondock Saint]

80's

- Predator.

- Aliens.

- Conan the Barbarian.

- The Princess Bride.

- Full Metal Jacket.

- Red Dawn.

- Porky's.

- Goodfellas (1990 is so close ...)

- Scarface.

- The Untouchables.

- Terminator.

- Robocop.

Now, the 90's had some seriously quality flix ...

- Reservoir Dogs.

- Pulp Fiction.

- Braveheart.

- Casino.

- Grosse Point Blank.

- The Mummy (come on people, sleeper hit if I ever saw one.)

- The Usual Suspects.

- The Crow.

Now, I could go on but as we all know certain forumulas became far too frequent in every movie that came out of Hollywood ...

There were some seriously great potential movies that just took a total dump because of cheese factor ...

- Independence Day.

- Terminator 2.

I don't want to go on with this ... but you get the point right?

Hollywood starting adding some deep moral message to every movie in the 90's also ... a movie couldnt just be a movie anymore ... it had to tell some story ... and make some psuedo intellectual message ...

Plus the good guy ALWAYS wins ... and imo good and bad are just too distinct in movies these days ... the line is just too clear. It would be nice if they made some movies that reflected real life as opposed to some 'Hero saves the world and gets the girl while showing that smoking is bad for you and you should be polite to people' kind of message ...

[Steven_K]

70s, can't forget Star Wars was also in there. And everything was just cooler in the Seventies.