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Matthew Sheldon's Top 100 Favorite English Language Films From the 1940s

The 1940's was the greatest decade ever for American cinema. It was the rise of the greatest genre ever and of the greatest star ever: The Film-noir and Humphrey Bogart. It was the peak of the screwball comedy and actors like Cary Grant and James Stewart were starring in some of Alfred Hitchcock's early classic thrillers. Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Ingrid Bergman, Orson Welles, Barbara Stanwyck and Laurence Olivier. You can't get better than that.
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1
All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
2
Adam's Rib (1949)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
4
The Bank Dick (1940)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
The Big Clock (1948)
The Big Clock (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Body and Soul (1947)
Body and Soul (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
10
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
11
Brighton Rock (1947)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
14
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
15
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
16
Criss Cross (1949)
Criss Cross (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
17
Dark Passage (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
18
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
19
Detour (1945)
Detour (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
D.O.A. (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
21
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
Force of Evil (1948)
Force of Evil (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
26
Fort Apache (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
28
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
29
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
33
The Heiress (1949)
The Heiress (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
High Sierra (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
37
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
38
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
40
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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