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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
· Movie
· 170 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #51
- IMDb #260
- Google retired #47
- Rotten Tomatoes #102
- Metacritic #101
- Letterboxd #169
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #193
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #276
- Metacritic Critics #114
- Metacritic Audience #288
- Kinopoisk #657
- AlloCiné #167
- Trakt #920
Every rating
77–98
out of 100
Three World War II veterans return to their American hometown, each grappling with the difficult transition back to civilian life. One is a decorated sergeant adjusting to a family that grew up without him, another is a Navy man who lost his hands, and the third is an Air Force captain who finds his pre-war job obsolete. They struggle with trauma, changed relationships, and a society that doesn't fully understand their experiences.
Details
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writer
- Robert E. Sherwood
- Studio
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Released
- 22 November 1946
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 170 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2.1M
- Box office
- $23.6M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →11 major awards won · 22 wins from 25 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Motion Picture | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Director | William Wyler | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Actor | Fredric March | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Supporting Actor | Harold Russell | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Screenplay | Robert E. Sherwood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Film Editing | Daniel Mandell | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Hugo Friedhofer | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1946 | Academy Honorary Award | Harold Russell | Winner |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 9 won
| Academy Honorary Award | Harold Russell | Winner |
| Best Actor | Fredric March | Winner |
| Best Director | William Wyler | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Daniel Mandell | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Winner |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Hugo Friedhofer | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Robert E. Sherwood | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Harold Russell | Winner |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Samuel Goldwyn | Winner |
| Best Sound Recording | Gordon E. Sawyer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Special Achievement Award | Harold Russell | Winner |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | William Wyler | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Robert E. Sherwood | Winner |
| Crystal Globe | William Wyler | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | William Wyler | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Fredric March | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | William Wyler | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film from any Source | Winner |
Brussels World Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Myrna Loy | Winner |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | William Wyler | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |