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Letterboxd's 100 Most Popular Films of the 40s

Letterboxd's one hundred most popular movies of the forties as of 10/31/2025. Have you seen them all?
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
1
99%8.5
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
2
99%8.3
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
3
94%8.6
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
4
94%8.0
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
5
99%8.3
Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942)
6
91%7.3
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
7
97%8.1
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
8
100%7.4
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
9
95%7.7
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
10
97%8.3
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
11
99%8.1
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
12
98%7.2
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
13
100%8.1
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
14
92%8.4
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
15
100%8.0
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
16
91%8.0
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
17
99%7.8
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
18
96%8.0
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
19
100%7.8
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
20
100%7.9
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
21
100%7.9
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
22
100%8.2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
23
100%8.2
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
24
92%7.2
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
25
97%7.9
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
26
100%8.1
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
27
100%7.9
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
28
97%8.0
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
29
100%7.8
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
30
100%8.0
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
31
88%7.8
Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
32
85%7.5
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
33
100%7.6
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
34
96%8.2
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
35
95%7.9
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
36
100%8.1
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
37
98%8.1
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
38
90%7.6
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
39
84%7.5
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
40
90%7.3
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