Only the best.

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2000)

To truly appreciate GWTW, you have to read the book. Selznick, Fleming, Cukor, and Sidney Howard did a tremendous job condensing a sweeping, over-1000-page novel into a film that moves quickly and coherently over 15 of the United States' most troubled years. What's more, practically every line of dialogue in the movie can be found in the book. It's a faithfulness that is seldom seen. Does it have flaws? Of course, what doesn't? But it was so unlike any other movie, and was so wildly successful and touched so many lives, that it richly deserves its place in movie history.