34. "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)

This highly regarded homefront drama is considered the gold standard for soldiers-returning-home movies. Acclaimed director William Wyler followed up 1942's "Mrs. Miniver" with 1946's "The Best Years of Our Lives" (now two World War II Movie Night selections), sweeping the Oscars with both. Witness the overlapping tribulations of WWII vets Fred, Al, and Homer, as they try to pick up where they left off... asides include pulling life's ejector seat.