1946 Directed by Frank Capra
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson Todd Karns Samuel S. Hinds Mary Treen Virginia Patton Charles Williams Sarah Edwards William Edmunds Lillian Randolph Argentina Brunetti Robert J. Anderson Ronnie Ralph Jean Gale Jeanine Ann Roose Danny Mummert Georgie Nokes Sheldon Leonard Frank Hagney Ray Walker Show All…
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, Эта прекрасная жизнь, Tai nuostabus gyvenimas, Це прекрасне життя, Pamatyk kine: Nuostabus gyvenimas, Mens, Durf te Leven, 멋진 인생, A Felicidade Não se Compra
This film is a testament to the hypnotic powers all great classics possess. Every time I watch this I want to call my mum to tell her I love her, call my mate I haven't seen for far too long to grab a beer and it makes me want to go outside to hand out smiles to everyone I meet.
It turns me into the biggest optimistic sap you'll ever see and I love it for that!
Part of Buddy the Elf, What's Your Favorite Color?
“Is this the ear you can’t hear out of? George Bailey, I’m going to love you till the day I die.”
George Bailey (James Stewart) was loved, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his affection was signed by the policeman, the taxi driver, the barkeep, and all the other citizens of Bedford Falls. Even the bank examiner signed it; and the bank examiner’s name was good for anything he chose to put his hand to. George Bailey was as loved as...well, as an angel.
It is a hoary old cliché to say that Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is a sentimental ripoff of…
Oh right this is the most iconic Christmas movie because it actually IS the best Christmas movie
Things I noticed this time:
The big one I can't believe I never put together before:
The first defining moment of George Bailey's life is diving in the icy water to save his brother; and Clearance has him do it again to save himself.
How good is Samuel Hinds in his two brief scenes as Pa Bailey?
All the portraits that Potter has of himself hanging in his office and his home.
Love the scene where Potter offers George a job. It's been done plenty of times before and since, I suppose, but having the movie's villain be the single person who is able to articulate and sympathize with George's lifelong frustrations like that is such a brilliant stroke.
When…
'Twas the week before Christmas, when all though the house
Not a creature was stirring; just me and my mouse
The decorating done; all the lights hung with care
I fancied a Yule film, so rose from my chair
The choices were varied; all classics the lot
The pick must be perfect to start the onslaught
The Trouble With Angels; my sweetheart Miss Hayley?
Oh wait just a minute, it must be George Bailey!
I flew down the stairs; DVD disk in tow
And slotted the plate; turned the lights way down low
The screen it did light with the Liberty marquee
My heart all aflutter with pure Christmas glee
We start in the stars where we hear there is…
I don't have the hierarchy completely worked out, but if we're talking romantic gestures in cinema, a young Mary whispering, "George Bailey, I'll love you 'til the day I die," into his deaf ear, is definitely in the top five.
beautiful film about the true core of morality, the importance of community care, and being so in love that you dance into a swimming pool! hmmm what is there to say about this classic that hasn’t been said before ... well, here’s something: i wish the title didn’t transport me directly into a mid-2000s trailer for an animated movie. been wriggling around the apartment singing “it’s a wonderful life you gotta take it from me it’s a wonderful life come on and break it on down” and my roommates have to spray me with a water bottle
How can a movie I've watched for 30 years, every year, multiple times some years, how can a movie like that still cause me to tear up at the end? I know what happens, I've seen it before. That, my friends, is quality film making.
Umut dolu bir film. Ne kadar güzel bir hikaye. Uzun zamandır ağlamıyordum film izlerken hele hele mutluluktan neredeyse hiç ağlamazdım ama bu diln 2 saatte ağlatmayı başardı. Tavsiye edilir herkes işini gücünü bırakıp izlesin
As a kid I didn't think much of this film, but with each time I've watched it in my teenage/adult years, I've only come to love it more and more. I prefer to watch it in black and white, as the colored version throws me off for some reason. That being said, no matter which version you watch this is a masterpiece film that remains one of my all-time favorites. I have absolutely no nitpicks or issues with anything, as each scene, almost every bit of dialogue is important and only makes the movie that much better. This is one of the only movies that I will watch every year, maybe even multiple times without any issue. I dunno what else to say, it's just a perfect film in my eyes.
It’s a Wonderful Life is as saccharine as a Christmas fruitcake and with all the bitter undertones. It appears on the list because of its enduring premise: it’s one of the most recognizable stories of the 20th century. Who hasn’t, in a moment of existential reckoning, thought about what the world would be like if they had never been born?
It’s a wonderful premise, but I’m not sure it’s that wonderful of a movie, certainly not the 33rd best movie of all time. To be fair, it has a lot going for it. The various plot threads of George Bailey’s life are set up very well, so that the alternate timeline is maximally effective. It’s these structural elements that I…
I have kinda seen this movie so many times but didn’t really pay attention because I was younger. I got to to sit down and watch the whole thing finally and definitely one of the best Christmas movies if not the best, and just one of the best Christmas movies regardless of category.
i'm not a person that easy to cry and this is the first time i cry watching a movie
this movie is really something wonderful to me.
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