The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) USA / Not Rated / 172 min
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Genre: Drama / Romance / War /  more »
Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 1 nomination  more »
User Ratings: 8.2 (25,824 votes)  more »
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Also rated #176 in the Top 250
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Summary: Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.  more »
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Filmmakers: William Wyler - Director, Robert E. Sherwood - Writer (screen play), Mackinlay Kantor¹ - Writer (from a novel by), Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, Gregg Toland - Cinematographer, Hugo Friedhofer - Composer, Daniel Mandell - Editor  more »
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Myrna Loy ... Milly Stephenson 5,515 

Frederic March¹ ... Al Stephenson 12,252 

Dana Andrews ... Fred Derry 8,892 

Teresa Wright ... Peggy Stephenson 9,316 

Virginia Mayo ... Marie Derry 6,190