What was the best decade for movies 1960's thru present?

[Jam Jars]

The 90's were great for action movies.

[NEETzsche]

the '60s for european movies, the '70s for american movies. indisputable fact.

[Danny Gunz]

The 1990's is easily the greatest decade for movies.

Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Brave Heart
Silence of the Lambs
The Matrix
American Beauty
The Shawshank Redemption
Boyz N The Hood
The Usual Suspects
Casino
Goodfellas
Saving Private Ryan
Good Will Hunting
Jurassic Park
The Big Libowski
Reservoir Dogs
Fargo

That's just off the top of my head

Co-sign... great era for movies

[-Swizzy-]

the most impactful movies for me were in the late 80's early 90's but thats just cuz I was a kid at that time. If I had to pick movies just based on how good they were in overall quality (directing, acting, cinematography, special effects, story) then I would have to go with the 2000's.

The Lord of the Rings(Trilogy)
Memento
The Departed
Requiem for a Dream
Gladiator
City of God
There Will Be Blood
Pan's Labyrinth
Inglourious Basterds
The Dark Knight
Sin City
No Country for Old Men
Kill Bill
V for Vendetta
Elite Squad
The Bourne (Trilogy)
The Prestige
Oldboy
In Bruges
Into the Wild
A Beautiful Mind
Million Dollar Baby
Slumdog Millionaire
Gran Torino
The Ring
District 9
Star Trek
Pirates of the Caribbean
Avatar
WALL-E
Up
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
Shrek
Harry Potter
Amelie
Let the Right One In
Big Fish
Snatch
Grindhouse
Zombieland
Saw (series)
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Serenity
Iron Man
Battle Royale
The Wrestler
Cinderella Man
Match Point
Miracle
The Pianist
Downfall
Hotel Rwanda
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

[Unknown Champ]

The 70's

Death Wish............I think we have a winner

[talip bin osman]

I'm very partial to the 70s, myself. The 80s were pretty ****in' awesome, as well, but it's hard to argue with the decade that pretty much reinvented cinema. All that **** you like from the 80s? Yeah, the groundwork was laid in the 70s.

agreed... it was during this decade direcors like brian de palma, martin scorsese, david lean and francis coppola were at their "creative peaks" so to speak...

the 80s were too mainstream for me... 90s was awesome too... most significant of which (for me) was the emergence of pixar for their premium on good storytelling and quentin tarantino...

[ellobo]

the most impactful movies for me were in the late 80's early 90's but thats just cuz I was a kid at that time. If I had to pick movies just based on how good they were in overall quality (directing, acting, cinematography, special effects, story) then I would have to go with the 2000's.

The Lord of the Rings(Trilogy)
Memento
The Departed
Requiem for a Dream
Gladiator
City of God
There Will Be Blood
Pan's Labyrinth
Inglourious Basterds
The Dark Knight
Sin City
No Country for Old Men
Kill Bill
V for Vendetta
Elite Squad
The Bourne (Trilogy)
The Prestige
Oldboy
In Bruges
Into the Wild
A Beautiful Mind
Million Dollar Baby
Slumdog Millionaire
Gran Torino
The Ring
District 9
Star Trek
Pirates of the Caribbean
Avatar
WALL-E
Up
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
Shrek
Harry Potter
Amelie
Let the Right One In
Big Fish
Snatch
Grindhouse
Zombieland
Saw (series)
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Serenity
Iron Man
Battle Royale
The Wrestler
Cinderella Man
Match Point
Miracle
The Pianist
Downfall
Hotel Rwanda
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

This is the best list of the lists... I assume they all have been 'off the top of the head' sorts of things.

[-Swizzy-]

This is the best list of the lists... I assume they all have been 'off the top of the head' sorts of things.

about half of that list was off the top of my head. the rest I did some searching and kept coming back to add some movies.

I'm sure there are still some that I am forgetting.

[MRBOOMER]

This movie here!

[lazy]

The 2000's and 2010's.

of course 60% were just remakes though.