The Best Years Of Our Lives | PTSD Nightmare | Warner Bros. Entertainment

This Academy Award(R)-winning masterpiece recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Fredric March, Harold Russell and Dana Andrews are superb as the servicemen who Year: 1946 Director: William Wyler Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews

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[JackFlemingFan]

Without a doubt one of the very best movies to ever come out of Hollywood.

[paulaharrisbaca]

One of the finest movies ever made about WWII. Hell, even of all movies.

[thebride]

This movie was so way ahead of it's time. It took on subject matter that no one talked about in those days. PTSD, unemployment for the returning veterans, and the adjusting to civilian life. What I loved was how her character just knew what to do. Just like that. This film is so important and remains so to this very day.

[Hawaiian]

first time I saw this movie I was already in my 30's with two combat tours under my physical and phycological injuries as a result of wars was so accurately portrayed in this movie, there were moments here I'd catch myself teary eyed

[ericburns]

Dana Andrews should have been nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars

[maryannfiebelkorn]

This scene to me will always remind me of my mom and dad as daddy came back from world war 2 with PTSD--Bad nightmares..I remember him screaming during the night..like a death scream...and momma comforting him and telling him he was safe. Momma would apologize to me the next morning for daddy waking me up and she always told me..remember this is not your daddy's fault...daddy never talked about what happened to him during the war.

[bretstanley]

This scene brings tears to my eyes every time. Not just because of the pain of PTSD that Fred is enduring but also because of how gentle and loving Peggy's actions are here. Just fantastic!

[mcd]

Arguably, the greatest war movie ever made. "Apocalypse Now" may have shown the madness of war, but "The Best Years of Our Lives" was equally powerful in demonstrating the scars of its aftermath. Probably never equalled, or will it ever be. A tour de force of young men in their prime who fought for their country, and came back never the same again.

[saisha]

Dana & Teresa were so perfect in their characters. RIP both.

[georgebarello]

Peggy showed such tenderness and compassion without really knowing Fred .The way she wiped his face was so moving .What a great scene. One of my favorites of all time

[leifjohnson]

This is the scene in which the Teresa Wright character falls in love with the Dana Andrews character. She sees him as a vulnerable person, shaken by the horror of war. Very well done. Excellent musical score.

[lisa-eldb]

A remarkable scene. Peggy is so calming for him. How she came in, realizing his traumatic experiences, so very different from his wife, "Fred, you were talking in your sleep again. Who is Gadorski?"
All of the women, so loved these 3 men. I love when Fred gets that job, at the end, thinking the junkman would rip the planes into pieces, but when the guy tells him they are reusing the parts to build housing, always thought Fred did not feel useless anymore, that he, like the planes, could serve another purpose.

[maryannfiebelkorn]

It's my mom and dad. Daddy was in combat in world war 11. he came home with the nightmares from p t s d . Momma always helped him through the nightmares of war .

[lilithrogers]

Excellent depiction of PTSD before it was even named that.  Helps explain the trauma that so many thousands of families here and around the world face in the aftermath of war.  Then and now.  Peace NOW!

[carolelinda]

No movie ever affected me the way this one has. Every time I watch it I cry. The end finds me weeping. I was born at the end of the war but this movie captures postwar America like no other movie ever has. The casting and acting were superb.

[brianwarmuth]

Great movie
Part of my father never left the South Pacific

[lloydclement]

This movie encompassed everything. A dynamic plot portraying war and it's casualties; adjusting to civilian life with unforeseen adversity, and lastly the romance associated with the times. Too bad we no longer have entertainment reflecting reality.

[fuyu]

One of the greatest films produced. It had the elements of effects of war, before and after. It addressed the negative effects of PTSD before it was fully recognized and understood, imagine that. Unreal film. Kudos to the entire cast, crew, etc for presenting such a memorable film to last through the ages!

[tmrezzek]

It's just perfect synchronicity that William Wyler was slated to direct this film. Wyler flew dozens of bomber missions over Europe in order to film 'Memphis Belle' (1945) and 'Thunderbolt' (1947) and he knew firsthand all the stresses that affected airmen. He himself went deaf in his right ear after shooting footage for 'Thunderbolt', so a return to so-called normalcy in America was difficult for him as well.

[tonyjones]

I don’t think I’ve ever had a combat related bad dream. It’s the stuff that comes to me in my waking hours, I can do without.