Join Us File an FCC Complaint Movie Reviews Store About Us Home
 
 
 
Parents Television Council - Because Our Children Are Watching


Vote for the Best Films of the Decades

Thanks very much to all of you who participated in the "Films of the Decades" poll. The final results are listed below:

The top 20 films from the 1930s*:

  1. Wizard of Oz

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  5. Boys Town

  6. Heidi
    Little Women

  7. A Farewell to Arms

  8. Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  9. Stagecoach

  10. Wuthering Heights

  11. Captain's Courageous

  12. It Happened One Night

  13. Young Mr. Lincoln

  14. Bringing Up Baby

  15. Topper

  16. All Quiet on the Western Front

  17. Gunga Din

  18. The Thin Man

  19. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The top 20 films from the 1940s*:

  1. It's A Wonderful Life

  2. Miracle on 34th Street

  3. Casablanca

  4. Bambi

  5. Little Women

  6. Going My Way

  7. National Velvet

  8. Pinocchio

  9. The Bells of St. Mary

  10. The Grapes of Wrath

  11. Sergeant York

  12. Dumbo

  13. Yankee Doodle Dandy

  14. The Yearling

  15. Meet Me in St. Louis

  16. My Friend Flicka

  17. Fantasia

  18. How Green Was My Valley

  19. For Whom the Bell Tolls

  20. The Pride of the Yankees

The top 20 films from the 1950s*:

  1. The Ten Commandments

  2. Ben Hur

  3. King & I

  4. Singin' in the Rain

  5. Old Yeller

  6. Oklahoma

  7. Lady and the Tramp

  8. White Christmas

  9. The African Queen

  10. The Diary of Anne Frank

  11. Cinderella

  12. Rear Window

  13. The Robe

  14. An Affair to Remember

  15. Sleeping Beauty

  16. Harvey

  17. Father of the Bride

  18. Friendly Persuasion

  19. Roman Holiday

  20. Around the World in 80 Days

The top 20 films from the 1960s*:

  1. Sound of Music

  2. Mary Poppins

  3. Miracle Worker

  4. My Fair Lady

  5. To Kill a Mockingbird

  6. West Side Story

  7. Parent Trap

  8. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  9. Music Man

  10. Born Free

  11. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

  12. One Hundred and One Dalmatians

  13. Lawrence of Arabia

  14. Spartacus

  15. How the West Was Won

  16. Pollyanna

  17. The Jungle Book

  18. Doctor Doolittle

  19. Camelot

  20. Birdman of Alcatraz

The top 20 films from the 1970s*:

  1. Star Wars

  2. Fiddler on the Roof

  3. Charlotte's Web

  4. Rocky

  5. The Sting

  6. Superman

  7. Benji

  8. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

  9. The Black Stallion

  10. Jaws

  11. Grease

  12. Close Encounters of a Third Kind

  13. Norma Rae

  14. Tom Sawyer

  15. That's Entertainment

  16. Aristocats

  17. American Graffiti

  18. Sounder

  19. The Muppet Movie

  20. Star Trek-The Motion Picture

Your Favorite All Time Films

From 1930-1970

Based upon total votes received from all films here are your 50 most popular films from the 1930s to the 1970s:

  1. Wizard of Oz

  2. Gone With the Wind

  3. Sound of Music

  4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  5. Star Wars

  6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  7. Fiddler on the Roof

  8. It's a Wonderful Life

  9. Mary Poppins

  10. Boys Town

  11. Miracle Worker

  12. Miracle on 34th Street

  13. My Fair Lady

  14. Heidi

  15. Little Women (1933)

  16. Charlotte's Web

  17. To Kill a Mockingbird

  18. Rocky

  19. The Sting

  20. The Ten Commandments

  21. Ben Hur

  22. Casablanca

  23. Superman

  24. Bambi

  25. Benji

  26. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

  27. West Side Story

  28. The Black Stallion

  29. King & I

  30. Singin' in the Rain

  31. Jaws

  32. The Parent Trap

  33. A Farewell to Arms

  34. Grease

  35. Goodbye Mr. Chips

  36. Stagecoach

  37. Little Women (1943)

  38. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  39. Music Man

  40. Close Encounters of a Third kind

  41. Wuthering Heights

  42. Old Yeller

  43. Norma Rae

  44. Going My Way

  45. Born Free

  46. Captain's Courageous

  47. Oklahoma

  48. It Happened One Night

  49. Young Mr. Lincoln

  50. National Velvet

© 1998-2009 Parents Television Council. All rights Reserved.

Parents Television Council, www.parentstv.org, PTC, Clean Up TV Now, Because our children are watching, The nation's most influential advocacy organization, Protecting children against sex, violence and profanity in entertainment, Parents Television Council Seal of Approval, and Family Guide to Prime Time Television are trademarks of the Parents Television Council.