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Paste Magazine's 50 Best Movies of the 1940s

Here's Paste Magazine's list of fifty best movies of the 1940's.
How many of these classics have you seen?
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1
The Uninvited (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
2
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
5
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
Le Corbeau (1943)
Le Corbeau (1943)
8
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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9
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Drunken Angel (1948)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
16
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Adam's Rib (1949)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Stray Dog (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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21
All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
29
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
32
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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33
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
35
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
36
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
38
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
39
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
40
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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