Tough call this.

If I go off my DVD profiler Production Year stats, then I own more films that were made in the '00s than all the other decades put together; hardly the best decade for film-making and pretty embarassing for me, when I look at it really... 

I'd probably have to go for either the '60s or the '70s as I am a huge gialli fan, the films of which peaked (in both quality and quantity) throughout both decades. I also love '70s sci-fi, Italian and Spanish gothic horror and many of the thrillers from the '60s, '70s, and '80s.

Thinking about it my top three, in order would probably then be:

70's
60's
80's

every decade has it's cinema gems, but imo no other decade can beat the numerous pure magic masterpieces of the 1930's

The 1890s, which are left off the poll. Movies were wrecked when they started string together multiple scenes and dragging things out of hours. I just want to see a train coming into a station. It was better when we just imagined why it was there and who was on it instead of spending several reels finding out.

There's a lot of ways to approach this question, but I decided to consult my personal top 25 list to see which decade is most prominent.

It's the 90s with 8 movies or 32%.

My gut reaction was to go with the 80s, as there's lots and lots of movies from that decade I count as among my favourites, but I guess they're not good enough to crack the top 25. I suspect that if I made a top 100 list, the 80s would be the most prominent decade.

Quoting Astrakan:

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There's a lot of ways to approach this question, but I decided to consult my personal top 25 list to see which decade is most prominent.

I did the same thing, and found a tie between the 70's and 90's (seven each).  However, my favorite movie of all time is THE GODFATHER, so I used this as the tie-breaker and went with the 70's

I doubt the human ability to tell a story or act hasn't changed in thousands of years.
The only thing that has changed is the technology and the access to to that technology.

And with that technology there are more films being made every decade by more people in every part of the world and more people have access to those films.

I'm amazed by the technology, the stunts,etc. bit when comes story and character development and something I want to see over and over again it is the older films that I have bought on LD, DVD, and Blu-ray to watch over and over again.

Avatar is a shinning example of a film that is all technology and little else.

Using IMDB's advanced search
Most Popular English-Language Feature Films Released January 19x0 to December 19x9 With User Rating Between 8.0 And 10

1930s 145
1940s 134
1950s 84
1960s 103
1970s 143
1980s 194
1990s 270
2000s 998

But how many of these films will stand the test of time and become classics.
Over the years as more and more people have had a chance to see these films of the day,
but the rating and glamor and remembrance the film of the day fade.

Even on my 486 PC I had a program to scan the top, sides, bottom print of an object and create its three dimensional image of that object, rotate it, morph an object into an other, specific the number of frames, time interval, layer images in space, locate the light source to create shadows, add/change texture or color, etc.

Music programs to change the input from my synthesizer into any musical instrument or sound, layer it change tempo, etc.

Oh, BTW I've viewed some of the award winners of 2009 and they wouldn't be placed in my all time favorites.

Quoting Alien Redrum:

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For me, hands down the 70s. Some of the best horror films came out in the 70s, mainly in part due to the sheer anger of much of the decade.

In addition to horror, the 70s gave us 42nd Street cinema, fantastic action and revenge flicks, as well as some awesome blaxploitation. And the decade that introduced us to Pam Grier gets my vote any day of the week.

Won't somebody think of the children?

/shm



For me, it's the 80's quickly followed by the 70s.

Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:

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The 1890s, which are left off the poll. Movies were wrecked when they started string together multiple scenes and dragging things out of hours. I just want to see a train coming into a station. It was better when we just imagined why it was there and who was on it instead of spending several reels finding out.

I completely missed this the first time around.