How Green Was My Valley
1941 · 118 min
Directed by John Ford. Written by Philip Dunne. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp.
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
Critics 93% · audiences 80% · 10 Oscar nominations, 5 won