The Best Films of the 1940s

1. Citizen KaneOrson Welles1941
2. Bicycle ThievesVittorio de Sica1948
3. The Third ManCarol Reed1949
4. The Magnificent AmbersonsOrson Welles1942
5. Black NarcissusMichael Powell1947
6. CasablancaMichael Curtiz1942
7. The Red ShoesMichael Powell1948
8. Rome, Open CityRoberto Rossellini1945
9. NotoriousAlfred Hitchcock1946
10. Children of ParadiseMarcel Carne1945
11. Double IndemnityBilly Wilder1944
12. A Matter of Life and DeathMichael Powell1946
13. Germany Year ZeroRoberto Rossellini1948
14. Late SpringYasujirō Ozu1949
15. The Best Years of Our LivesWilliam Wyler1946
16. La Terra TremaLuchino Visconti1948
17. It’s a Wonderful LifeFrank Capra1946
18. LauraOtto Preminger1944
19. The Treasure of the Sierra MadreJohn Huston1948
20. The Grapes of WrathJohn Ford1940
21. My Darling ClementineJohn Ford1946
22. White HeatRaoul Walsh1949
23. Red RiverHoward Hawks1948
24. The Big SleepHoward Hawks1946
25. OssessioneLuchino Visconti1943
26. Out of the PastJacques Tourneur1947
27. The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpMichael Powell1943
28. PinocchioBen Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske1940
29. How Green Was My ValleyJohn Ford1941
30. Ivan the TerribleSergei Eisenstein1944-46
31. The KillersRobert Siodmak1946
32. The Maltese FalconJohn Huston1941
33. Letter From an Unknown WomanMax Ophüls1948
34. His Girl FridayHoward Hawks1940
35. A Hen in the WindYasujirō Ozu1948
36. Scarlet StreetFritz Lang1945
37. RopeAlfred Hitchcock1948
38. Stray DogAkira Kurosawa1949
39. Shadow of a DoubtAlfred Hitchcock1943
40. Beauty and the BeastJean Cocteau1946
41. RebeccaAlfred Hitchcock1940
42. Day of WrathCarl Theodor Dreyer1943
43. PaisanRoberto Rossellini1946
44. The Lady EvePreston Sturges1941
45. She Wore a Yellow RibbonJohn Ford1949
46. Fallen AngelOtto Preminger1945
47. There Was a FatherYasujirō Ozu1942
48. Brief EncounterDavid Lean1945
49. Meet Me in St. LouisVincente Minnelli1944
50. Sullivan’s TravelsPreston Sturges1941
51. The Lady From ShanghaiOrson Welles1947
52. The Palm Beach StoryPreston Sturges1942
53. Unfaithfully YoursPreston Sturges1948
54. To Have and Have NotHoward Hawks1944
55. The Shop Around the CornerErnst Lubitsch1940
56. The Philadelphia StoryGeorge Cukor1940
57. To Be or Not To BeErnst Lubitsch1942
58. Yankee Doodle DandyMichael Curtiz1942
59. The Lost WeekendBilly Wilder1945
60. The Fallen IdolCarol Reed1948
61. The Woman in the WindowFritz Lang1944
62. 49th ParallelMichael Powell1941
63. BambiDavid Hand1942
64. The Ox-Bow IncidentWilliam A. Wellman1943
65. Leave Her to HeavenJohn M. Stahl1945
66. HamletLaurence Olivier1948
67. Gentleman JimRaoul Walsh1942
68. Cat PeopleJacques Tourneur1942
69. Record of a Tenement GentlemanYasujirō Ozu1947
70. FantasiaSamuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson1940
71. They Live By NightNicholas Ray1948
72. The More the MerrierGeorge Stevens1943
73. The Ghost and Mrs. MuirJoseph L. Mankiewicz1947
74. The Miracle of Morgan CreekPreston Sturges1943
75. A Letter to Three WivesJoseph L. Mankiewicz1949
76. The Thief of BaghdadMichael Powell1940
77. Arsenic and Old LaceFrank Capra1944
78. The Postman Always Rings TwiceTay Garnett1946
79. They Drive By NightRaoul Walsh1940
80. Miracle on 34th StreetGeorge Seaton1947
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948)

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