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The Best Years of Our Lives

Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!

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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.1M
Box office
$23.7M
Language
English
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
  • war veteran
  • world war ii
  • bodily disabled person
  • rehabilitation
  • black and white
  • veteran
  • dramatic
  • romantic
  • return from war

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNR(New York City, New York)21 Nov 1946
    • Theatrical (limited)(New York City, New York)22 Nov 1946
    • Theatrical (limited)(Chicago)18 Dec 1946
    • Theatrical (limited)NR(Los Angeles, California) & (Boston)25 Dec 1946
    • TheatricalNR(re-release)3 Feb 1954
    • TheatricalNR(New York City, New York) (re-release)6 Jun 2014
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU15 Jan 1947
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical1317 Jun 1947
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical29 Oct 1948
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 1231 Dec 1946
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical24 Nov 1947
    • Theatrical(re-release)19 Feb 1951
    • Theatrical(re-release)29 May 1961
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalS24 Dec 1948
    • TheatricalS17 Jan 1964
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical3 Oct 1947
    • Theatrical(re-release)20 Nov 2002
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1 Jun 1948
    • Premiere12(TV premiere)15 Jun 1974
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical18 Dec 1947
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical28 Mar 1948
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical15 Jun 1948

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The Best Years of Our Lives was released on 22 November 1946.

Audience reviews

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  • A

    Andres Gomez

    4/16/2015

    8/10

    Another great Willy Wyler movie. The story, with time, is quite expectable but the characters are well defined and developed by the cast. Also, it is a good (and probably, too positive) review of the after WWII war lives of the US veterans. A must to be seen.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/7/2022

    7/10

    This is really quite a touching story, recounting the experiences of three American veterans of WWII who return home and have to adapt to their new, not always welcoming, circumstances. Frederic March is "Al" who returns to a senior position in a bank - responsible for helping other returning soldiers with loans to start to get their lives back together; "Fred" (Dana Andrews) returns to a far less optimistic outlook,…

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