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Top-Rated Films of the 1940s (IMDb)

Films made in the 1940s with the highest ratings on the Internet Movie Database that have at least 1,000 votes (includes short films). Stops halfway around the 6.5 ratings mark.
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avg. score: 146 of 863 (17%)
required scores: 1, 18, 66, 121, 252 
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
2
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
4
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
5
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
7
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
13
The Cat Concerto (1947)
The Cat Concerto (1947)
14
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
The Heiress (1949)
The Heiress (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Solid Serenade (1946)
Solid Serenade (1946)
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Long-Haired Hare (1949)
Long-Haired Hare (1949)
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Heavenly Puss (1949)
Heavenly Puss (1949)
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
26
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
34
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
35
Shoeshine (1946)
Shoeshine (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
36
Ahí Está El Detalle (1940)
Ahí Está El Detalle (1940)
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Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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