The Best Years of Our Lives

Released Year: 1946

Certificate: Approved

Runtime: 170 minutes

Genre: Drama, Romance, War

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 93

Director: William Wyler

Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright

No of Votes: 57259

Gross: 23650000

Overview: Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

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