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40 Must See Movies of the Forties

Forty movies released during the 1940s that I would consider to be 'must see' movies for all fans of film.
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Brighton Rock (1947)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
6
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
7
The Dark Mirror (1946)
The Dark Mirror (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
8
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
9
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
10
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
11
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
13
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
17
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
21
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Odd Man Out (1947)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
25
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
26
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
33
Stray Dog (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
34
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
36
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
37
To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
38
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
40
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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