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This Academy Award(R)-winning masterpiece recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Fredric March, Harold Russell and Dana Andrews are superb as the servicemen who Year: 1946 Director: William Wyler Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews
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@The35speedster 5 месяцев назад

My dad, a WW2 navy vet cried through this movie. He was not an emotional man normally

@guslakis Год назад

The reaction of his mother is of course heartbreaking, but his dad putting on a brave face to hide his mom’s pain from Homer hit me hard as well.

@TRockett55IRISH 3 года назад

This movie is a timeless masterpiece.

@davemartin9557 2 года назад

The actress playing Homer’s mother certainly made the most of what was a very brief part in this scene. The sound she makes in reaction to seeing those hooks for the first time is a gut punch.

@kh884488 2 года назад

She played it very well. Undoubtedly, she had likely heard about Homer's injury, but it probably didn't really sink in until she saw for herself.

@loge10 2 года назад

Minna Gombell had quite a range. She played an important, but very different kind of role in the first Thin Man movie.

@FloridaMel1 7 лет назад

I had the distinct honor of meeting Mr. Russell several times. He was a very nice, down to earth man.

@thunderbird1921 4 года назад

Get this: This was his FIRST EVER major acting role! And he still won an Academy Award for it!

@sheilyanadelman 8 лет назад

This movie I consider to be one of the best films produced in Hollywood. Everything about it, the actors, the music, the story, etc.surpass movies of today.

@randyacuna3248 5 лет назад

I agree, this film is beautiful and timeless.

@tiffsaver 4 года назад

AGREED, all on points. I can't even imagine this movie being made today. Who would play the role of Fredric March? Tom Cruise? Matt Damon?? Harrison Ford??? Sorry, boys, but no cigar. None of these talented actors could ever fill his shoes. This was truly Willie Wyler's masterpiece. And a word about the music. The soundtrack was so memorable and moving, each stanza bringing every scene to life. The most powerful example of the use of music to heighten the drama was the scene in which Dana Andrews climbed into the old bomber in the airplane graveyard and was suddenly back in the war again, with the camera movement and music creating a scene of singular power. And to hire the great Hoagy Carmichael to play the piano player was pure genius (he wrote the standards like, "Stardust," Heart and Soul," "Georgia On My Mind," "How Little We Know," AND "Skylark"). In my opinion, for all the reasons you mentioned, this film will stand as one of the greatest American movies of all time, and certainly the best one regarding US soldiers returning to civilian life. It was truly life affirming.

@loge10 2 года назад

@@tiffsaver Not to get off on a rant, but the names you mention are interesting. Of the three, only Ford has any range. Damon to me is a bland personality and a limited range of expression (same with DiCapprio) and Cruise is Cruise. None of them have any real depth as an actor. Ford is closer to the era of Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant, both of whom could play comedy, drama, yet had a dark side and and could have a convincing complexity in some of their roles.

@MrRick1944 9 лет назад

the look on his mothers face when she saw his hooks instead of his real hands.i saw this clip many times and I still get watery eyes

@Tkwwww 5 лет назад

yeah that part was sad.

@BRuane-pw6xq 4 года назад

Agreed a powerful scene. I had such an experience when my mother saw my brother for the first time without his right arm lost on a Battlefield in Vietnam. This scene hits home with me .

@loge10 2 года назад

Minna Gombell was great. She played an important, but very different role in the first Thin Man movie.

@jdmarr2259 11 месяцев назад

Mom saw this movie when it first came out in theaters. In 1976, it was playing in a local theater & Mom met my sister & I there to see it. When the DVD of this movie came out, I purchased a copy for my mother & another for me. Mom's gone now, but I still have my copy. In short, The Best Years of Our Lives has really stood the test of time for us & for so many others.

@cgeorge6786 Год назад

There are parts from this movie that represent the best of humanity , the best of America and the best of cinematography.

@strangebrew1231 Год назад

This America is gone. The revolutions of the 60s killed it

@postproductions2466 Год назад

@@strangebrew1231 At least we got rock and rollllll

@lisasingh6329 5 месяцев назад

Yes, Yes, and Yes!

@coffeeboss1 7 лет назад

This movie is astonishingly good. I finally just saw it a few years ago and was surprised at how contemporary (and unfortunately timeless) it was.

@tomhartman6116 6 лет назад

This is the scene that had everyone in the theater crying their eyes out back in 1946. And who could blame them?

@theakwardactor9788 3 года назад

did you see the movie in 1946, or had you heard that story in an article or something?

@dougn2350 3 года назад

In 2021 too

@k.h.307 2 года назад

@@dougn2350 I just read about this scene so I saw it out and now I'm crying. 2022.

@everythingisawesome2903 2 года назад

Crying in 2022

@Daiseehead 2 года назад

I can’t watch this scene without crying either 😭

@michaellewis2484 4 месяца назад

One of the greatest movies ever made. Love this scene

@BRuane-pw6xq 4 года назад

One of greatest if not The greatest film, a sentiment shared by many including Bette Davis.

@sshannon1948 8 лет назад

Great scene..great movie...they waited until they saw that everything was ok..then they left....they made sure that he was well received...that he was home....

@WA3FLR 5 лет назад

The most important part of that scene... Ya gotta hand it do the Navy how they taught him to use those hands... March says. "Yeah but they couldn't teach him how to hug his girl."This film is a chick flick for men! I cry like a baby too, WA5.

@nstix2009xitsn 8 месяцев назад

@@WA3FLR "This film is a chick flick for men!" Thanks for the great line. Willie Wyler was world-famous for his "woman's pictures" starring (his sometime lover) Bette Davis, but he also directed brilliant Westerns and epics (The Westerner, The Big Country, and Ben-Hur).

@tiffsaver 9 лет назад

I've been watching and admiring this great film for over fifty-years, and I STILL never tire of it. It still makes me cry like a baby every time I watch it. That's got to be a new world record :)

@ginseattle 8 лет назад

me too every single time

@Mjt1262 4 года назад

Absolutely.

@tiffsaver 4 года назад

@@Mjt1262 Which reminds me... I have to watch it again! I like to see it every year or so, and will continue to until the day I die. To me, what makes a movie truly "great" is if you can watch it again and again, and it still moves you... and it still does.

@Mjt1262 4 года назад

tiffsaver Every time I watch it I notice something new. The first time I saw it was with my dad 40 years ago. I remember him explaining Harold Russell was an actual WW II veteran who really did lose his hands in the war. His scenes fascinated me. It’s terrific he won two academy awards for his portrayal of Homer. It’s odd however he is not shown or mentioned in the movies trailer

@tiffsaver 4 года назад

@@Mjt1262 The reason they didn't put him in the trailer is probably because he was a total unknown. When they only have a few seconds to advertise a film, they only have time to feature the stars that the people come to see. I think Harold worked in one more film before retiring.

@custardflan 3 года назад

I like how they cut the hedge lower between the two houses in that one spot. Remnds me of the neighborhood I gre w up in.

@ftsjr 9 лет назад

An awesome film. Probably the best depiction of the problems that servicemen face when returning home from war.

@LouisL1963 7 лет назад

Classic movie - one of my top 5 of all time. Note to Hollywood - please do not attempt to remake this , you'll fail miserably.....

@babygretz5 7 лет назад

LouisL1963 .....today's Hollywood like today's America is but a faint echo of what once was something very special in the world ... those values, courage & sacrifice that made a people & a country great have been lost ... squandered NEVER to return ..

@kiwiikiwiii3750 6 лет назад

LouisL1963 is this worth watching?

@nick6158 6 лет назад

kiwii kiwiii Yep.I did cry near the end ,althought it is not my number one film.This is number 2 along with Its a wonderful life.Just make sure your okay with black and white movies.

@diego-search 6 лет назад

For TV network movie, they did do a remake, (with a different title) about 30-40 years ago. Low budget, and without the level of direction, acting, etc. you see here, and you're right, it was failure, quickly forgotten. Never saw it rerun. It did add as a minor part, a 4th returning serviceman, (African-American) who objects (and the Fred Derry character backs him up) to the inferior treatment he is reintroduced to.

@LouisL1963 2 года назад

@@kiwiikiwiii3750 It most definitely is... Excellent storyline, acting, cinematography and direction. One of my top 5 movies of all time, and the fact it won 7 Academy Awards speaks volumes for this classic.

@johns.7501 2 месяца назад

What a time in America. Respect for family, authority and country.

@telephilia 2 года назад

A movie you can see again and again. And, rare for Hollywood, a noble film.

@deborahmetzger1535 Год назад

Can't stand remakes nothing like the real thing

@wotan10950 7 лет назад

One of the many great scenes from a towering movie.

@rammanobalan1 7 лет назад

Тhis moviе is nоw аvаilablе tо wаtch herеeее => twitter.com/cb0ea07cb20be2b0e/status/822787182423224321 Тhе Bеst Yеars Оf Our Livеs Hоmесoming Аvаilablе Nоovеmber 5

@jsrlasher4711 9 лет назад

Unforgettable scene made all the better by Hugo Friedhofer's brilliant music score.

@randyacuna3248 5 лет назад

J S R Lasher hugo's brilliant score adds the perfect touch and sensitivity to each and every scene in this classic film.

@johnhardman3 5 лет назад

Just 4 notes, basically.

@randyacuna3248 5 лет назад

@@johnhardman3 beautifully done.

@Shinobi33 Год назад

The cinematography is so clean and crisp.

@jimkornacki8499 9 лет назад

What a great movie! It helps applaud the greatest generation!

@joeussery8482 2 года назад

I have watched this fine film every year since 1954. My father was a Pearl Harbor survivor, serving in NEVADA and then transferred into the fleet air arm and flying fighters and fighter-bombers for the duration of the war. He stayed in the Navy until he retired in 1963 and although he had some difficulty with the memories he was always a steady influence on me and my sister and brother. In 1968, when I was evacuated back home from Viet Nam, he was always there to calm me down when my memories would boil over, listening and never judging, only supporting me and loving me. I suspect he was a great deal like these other survivors and myself, coming home after the war and finding the courage to get on with our lives. Our veterans don’t need medals and ceremonies, just a genuine ‘Welcome Home’.

@eli10az 7 лет назад

I cannot watch that scene without getting tears in my eyes,

@MrHulltech2 2 года назад

My self being a USN Veteran watch this movie every Veterans Day.

@bretstanley9449 6 лет назад

One of the many touching scenes from this fantastic film! I didn't discover this film until I was in my 40's. I'm glad I did. One of my favorites.

@Bloomfield246 8 лет назад

Best movie ever made!

@barbarafischbach8480 3 года назад

Just about the best movie ever made. The camera angles were so well thought out.

@MareShoop 3 года назад

Yes, be sure to notice the blocking in the wedding scene. Everyone is perfectly placed.

@jethro1963 Год назад

Gregg Toland was probably the greatest cinematographer of all time. His pioneering use of deep focus photography is highlighted in this movie.

@mcd3379 Год назад

Arguably the greatest war movie ever. Why? The likes of "Apocalypse Now" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" might vividly depict the horrors of war, but it was "The Best Years of Our Lives" which was one of the first and greatest movies to depict the challenges of life once the war is over and what happens next.

@MrCadet08 7 месяцев назад

I first saw this movie as part of a film class I took when I was a cadet at a military college in 2006. I had no clue how accurately this movie got veterans returning home until 3 years after I graduated

@kimearles 3 года назад

The man who played Homer was actually a Navy veteran of WWII and lost his hands in the war, ha also won an Oscar for his role

@Violamanben 3 года назад

He actually won two Oscars. He’s the only person in Academy history to do so for one roll.

@spudskie3907 2 года назад

He was not a Navy veteran. He was in the Army as a demolition instructor in North Carolina. There on June 6, 1944 he was handling TNT where a defective fuse detonated the explosives he was handling.

@kh884488 8 дней назад

The awkward pause and silence around 1:20 is so powerful. One reason why this is such a great film.

@margeshilling7983 4 года назад

This movie is one of the best of all time. I dare anyone to watch it without crying.

@manuling977 Год назад

I cried the whole time

@deborahmetzger1535 Год назад

The movies of today can't compare with this timeless classic this film had itall

@RG-tt1ru Год назад

Back when your would-be wife was literally the girl next door.

@SheenaRea 8 лет назад

Tremendous and powerful movie!

@kennethmacdonald8561 13 дней назад

I can watch this 200 times. Still tear up

@landolucas 8 лет назад

very beautiful film

@uwha_4050 7 лет назад

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@1INSOLENTDOBERMAN 4 месяца назад

I served in the U.S. Army (Infantry) and just watched this movie 🎥 for the very first time. Great 👍🏼 movie 🎥!!! And was fascinated when I looked up the cast members on Google and read their backgrounds. I wish I could’ve lived back then, a lot better than nowadays that’s for sure.

@MrWildcat2009 4 месяца назад

This scene alone explains why this film won and deserved the Best Picture Oscar. Many people came back from WWII in the same condition as Homer and his character inspired them all on how to adjust in a post war America. This was clearly the perfect film for the perfect time.

@DavidConnor 9 лет назад

Five out of four star movie. Relation to PTSD? Only our returning young men and women can say.

@DavidConnor 9 лет назад

Merci Marie xx Havee a good HUMP day. Kisses for you.

@usnfinley 5 лет назад

So damn good..seen it a dozen times.

@michaelmancini5041 7 лет назад

great movie....

@ricardocantoral7672 8 месяцев назад

I like how this scene foreshadows some of the drama later. The reaction of the mother foreshadowing the family's difficulty dealing with Homer's injuries. Homer not returning his girlfriend's hug which suggests the emotional turmoil going on in his mind. This movie has held up wonderfully.

@thatspiritualhumane 2 года назад

What a powerful scene, heartbreaking

@babygretz5 7 лет назад

the face of america & the definitive story on the human cost in the aftermath of the 2nd world war ....

@Carliesmom Год назад

This movie hits me right in the heart all the time I watch it!

@thomascrane2665 Год назад

This is a movie every returning vet should see. I find myself re-watching the film every 2-3 years. It captures our experience very well.

@joe-vl3nd 2 года назад

One of the great Movies Brilliant Never gets old

@Transterra55 2 года назад

Every summer, I taught a World War Two film class at the local college, and I was shocked at how the Millennials and Gen Z students identified with this film along with Mrs. Miniver. I thought two old black and white films would bore them. but most were quite moved, especially by The Best Years of Our Lives. Lots of class discussion and questions about the war years on the home front.

@kh884488 2 года назад

I've been into all manner of films for decades and heard about this in passing a few times, but only saw it recently. It is definitely not as well recognized as "It's a Wonderful Life" from the same year, or "Citizen Kane" which also featured Toland's excellent cinematography. The fact that the returning soldiers are ordinary everyday people who just want to try to figure out how to get along with civilian life makes the film feel much more modern and relatable as well as the awkward silences and knowing, sideling glances between characters.

@kh884488 2 года назад

Have you played Das Boot for your class?

@nstix2009xitsn 8 месяцев назад

@@kh884488 "It is definitely not as well recognized as 'It's a Wonderful Life' from the same year, or 'Citizen Kane' which also featured Toland's excellent cinematography." Life won no Oscars, and bombed at the box office, while Years won seven competitive Oscars, one honorary Oscar, and was the box office king of the year. (Kane won one Oscar.) You were saying?

@leatherlike100 2 месяца назад

I agree with you. I think a big part of is people have always been used to seeing certain types of war injuries, but seeing a man with hooks instead of hands is shocking, even today. Imagine how people would have reacted in 1946? I do call it my favorite WW 2 movie even today. Certainly over John Wayne combat movies etc. They were ok in their own right but to me this was more realistic. Lastly, thanks for teaching about this war that is mostly forgotten by young er people.

@billedwards6985 2 года назад

Every man should have a family like homer

@toddpick8007 3 года назад

One of the best war movies and there isnt a single battle scene. He won 2 academy awards for this and later sold them to pay for his wifes medical treatment.

@barbarafischbach8480 4 года назад

Hard to see thru tears

@dondressel452 4 года назад

Oh I have a time machine Who wants to go back to the most wonderful years

@Tkwwww 5 лет назад

this part is so happy

@kingsurya3215 5 месяцев назад

❤ oh william wayler

@cesarpena4348 6 лет назад

Quiero ese film..... yaaa!!

@Kabul81 7 лет назад

"Your home sailor"! Jman👀

@johnbeekman1396 4 месяца назад

The little girl couldn't care less about Homer's hooks, she's just thrilled to see her big brother again. 😢 The great Harold Russell: the first non-professional actor to win an Academy Award. And the only actor to ever receive TWO Oscars for the same performance.

@leatherlike100 2 месяца назад

Its a great scene to be sure, but she was not his little sister just a kid who lived next door. Still a fine scene.

@johnbeekman1396 2 месяца назад

@@leatherlike100 Sorry, you're wrong. The little girl is Luella Parrish, Homer's kid sister.

@leatherlike100 2 месяца назад

@@johnbeekman1396 I just looked it up in the credits your right. Maybe because in the one scene she came from the neighbors house, that I got that idea. I stand corrected. Thnks John

@billhuber2964 5 лет назад

Some always cutting ONIONS.

@thunderbird1921 4 года назад

Get this: the man playing Homer, Harold Russell, wasn't even a professional actor! This was his FIRST EVER major film role! He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

@zachcouch8654 6 месяцев назад

It was so settle how you see what happened to his hands at the exact same time his mother does too.

@graceonline320 2 года назад

Does anyone know if this was filmed in a real street somewhere or was it a studio lot. If it was a real street which city was it in please?

@jlrva3864 Год назад

Most of the filming was in the Los Angeles area. Street scenes were done in back lots but built to scale to mimic neighborhoods in Cincinnati. Some of the aerial scenes at the beginning of the movie were filmed over Cincinnati itself.

@nstix2009xitsn 8 месяцев назад

@@jlrva3864 Cincinnatti? Why Cincinnati?

@bizzlebasil1 2 года назад

An outstanding film, well worth the honours piled on it. Wilder always used a very small set so everything is quite compact if a bit stagey. Excellent acting all round with Harold Russell outstanding as Homer Parrish. Myrna Loy slowed things down a wee bit, she had as much animation as a graveyard madonna.

@rogercotman1314 7 месяцев назад

I wonder what happened to the little girl, in this scene. Did she go on to have a happy and full life??? 526 like ............

@CVilla-ny1er 5 месяцев назад

The only thing I could find out about her on the internet is her name, her name is or was Marlene Aames

@rogercotman1314 5 месяцев назад

She helped, in her way, to make this scene so full of richness ................@@CVilla-ny1er

@tom11zz884 Месяц назад

Looks like she was in a few movies after this one, but in very small roles. Her last know role was in a movie called "The Juggler" in 1953. After that nothing else is known. I'm guessing she got out of Hollywood and settled down to live a normal life.

@rogercotman1314 Месяц назад

@@tom11zz884 Thanks for the info ..............

@rogercotman1314 Месяц назад

@@tom11zz884 Thanks

@sardu55 8 лет назад

My personal favorite movie, because it was one of the first to deal with some real problems vets had coming home. It's a bit corny compared to more sophisticated films that came later, but it presents something more than mere pro flag waving dribble. The entire nation was at war, it was only common sense that many men would return with issues. This film kind of jumped the guy and was made before the war ended. It was a big date movie back when it came out as many vets who just got home took their girlfriends out for the first time in years for some.

@nstix2009xitsn 6 лет назад

"It's a bit corny compared to more sophisticated films that came later..." "Corny"? Hardly. "... more sophisticated films that came later..." Name one.

@ricardocantoral7672 8 месяцев назад

@@nstix2009xitsn I am also wondering what was corny. There isn't a single minute in this film that is false.

@user-qi8wq9ht7d 10 лет назад

توت

@TedSeay 5 лет назад

Wars have consequences - who knew?

@vampylass3848 2 года назад

This is basically the saving Private Ryan of the 40s.

@loge10 Год назад

Don't get me started- Spielberg is a tenth rate director compared to Wyler. Spielberg is a manipulator of emotions who doesn't trust the intelligence of his audience-the total opposite of William Wyler. And Wyler had lived the experiences of some of the characters in this film, most notably Dana Andrews' character, as Wyler actually flew in combat missions over Germany.