Best Movies of the Year

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The span of cinematic brilliance captured within these titles offers a fascinating window into how different eras define their "best years." While "The Best Years of Our Lives [DVD]" and the similarly titled "The Best Years of Our Lives" evoke a sense of curated nostalgia, focusing perhaps on foundational or enduring classics, the products bearing the bold declarations "Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen" and "The Best Two Years" lean into specific, energetic periods marked by high output and critical acclaim. Comparing these curated collections – from the seminal WWII drama reissued on DVD to the celebratory boxed sets showcasing the dynamic films of '99 – allows us to explore the shifting qualities prized in different cinematic decades, prompting the core question: were the foundational masterpieces of past "Best Years" truly superior, or did 1999 deliver a bigger, brighter batch of hits?