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The Definitive Movies of the 40s

These aren't necessarily the best movies, but the defining movies of the decade. Some of the most important classics of all time here!
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
1
99%8.5
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2
94%8.6
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
3
99%8.3
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
4
100%7.4
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
5
95%7.7
Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942)
6
91%7.3
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
7
99%8.1
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
8
98%7.2
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
9
100%8.0
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
10
100%8.1
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
11
92%8.4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
12
100%8.2
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
13
99%8.3
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
14
94%8.0
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
15
100%7.9
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
16
96%8.0
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
17
97%8.1
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
18
99%7.8
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
19
100%8.1
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
20
98%8.1
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
21
97%7.9
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
22
96%7.9
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
23
100%7.8
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
24
92%7.2
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
25
100%7.9
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
26
90%7.3
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
27
85%7.9
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
28
100%7.6
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
29
97%7.9
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
30
100%7.8
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
31
96%8.2
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
32
88%7.8
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
33
93%8.0
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
34
86%8.0
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
35
100%7.9
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
36
100%7.8
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
37
97%8.1
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
38
100%7.8
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
39
100%8.1
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
40
97%8.0
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