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Greatest Films By Decades. There's many best movies lists but this one specifically targets films from the 40s. For the full article go to: http://www.filmsite.org/300films.html

 
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  1. 1
    The Bank Dick Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Bank Dick

    1940
    Edward F. Cline
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Slapstick, Crime fiction
    Una Merkel, Grady Sutton, Evelyn Del Rio, W. C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn, Cora Witherspoon, Jessie Ralph, Samuel Howard, Dick Purcell More
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  2. 2
    Fantasia Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Fantasia

    1940
    Ford Beebe, Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, James Algar, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Samuel Armstrong More
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Deems Taylor, Julietta Novis, Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski, Mickey Mouse More
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  3. 3
    The Grapes of Wrath Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940
    John Ford
    Drama, Black-and-white, Film adaptation
    Eddie Quillan, John Qualen, John Carradine, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Shirley Mills, Zeffie Tilbury, Doris Bowden More
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  4. 4
    The Great Dictator Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Great Dictator

    1940
    Charlie Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden
    Comedy, Black-and-white, War, Political cinema, Satire
    Reginald Gardiner, Carter DeHaven, Jack Oakie, Emma Dunn, Henry Daniell, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle, Maurice Moscovitch, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel More
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  5. 5
    His Girl Friday Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    His Girl Friday

    1940
    Howard Hawks
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Screwball comedy
    Helen Mack, Gene Lockhart, Cliff Edwards, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns, Rosalind Russell, Frank Orth, Frank Jenks, Ernest Truex, Ralph Bellamy, Clarence Kolb, Regis Toomey, Edwin Maxwell, John Qualen, Abner Biberman, Billy Gilbert, Porter Hall, Alma Kruger More
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  7. 6
    The Letter Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Letter

    1940
    William Wyler
    Drama, Black-and-white, Crime fiction, Film adaptation, Courtroom Drama, Film noir More
    Bette Davis, Victor Sen Yung, Herbert Marshall, Bruce Lester, David Newell, James Stephenson, Cecil Kellaway, Frieda Inescort, Doris Lloyd, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Inglis More
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  8. 7
    The Philadelphia Story Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940
    George Cukor
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy More
    Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Mary Nash, Ruth Hussey
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  9. 8
    Pinocchio Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Pinocchio

    1940
    Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee More
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Music
    Charles Judels, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Mel Blanc, Evelyn Venable, Cliff Edwards, Dick Jones, Frankie Darro, Don Brodie More
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  10. 9
    Rebecca Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Rebecca

    1940
    Alfred Hitchcock
    Drama, Black-and-white, Costume drama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, LGBT, Romance film, Romantic drama, Suspense, Film adaptation, Film noir More
    Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Reginald Denny, George Sanders, Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper More
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  11. 10
    Citizen Kane Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Citizen Kane

    1941
    Orson Welles
    Drama, Black-and-white, Period piece, Political drama, Epic
    Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Van Zandt, Ray Collins, Harry Shannon, Carl Ekberg, Buddy Swan, Fortunio Bonanova, Alan Ladd, William Alland, Georgia Backus, Dorothy Comingore, Sonny Bupp, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Arthur O'Connell, Everett Sloane, Gus Schilling, Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Walter Sande, Charles Bennett More
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  12. 11
    How Green Was My Valley Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941
    John Ford
    Drama, Black-and-white, Family, Epic, Western
    Arthur Shields, Patric Knowles, Maureen O'Hara, Morton Lowry, Sara Allgood, Walter Pidgeon, Anna Lee, John Loder, Barry Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall More
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  13. 12
    The Lady Eve Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Lady Eve

    1941
    Preston Sturges
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy More
    Janet Beecher, Martha O'Driscoll, Jack Richardson, Eugene Pallette, Evelyn Beresford, Jimmy Conlin, Luis Alberni, Charles Coburn, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Warwick, Julius Tannen, Eric Blore, Frances Raymond, William Demarest, Melville Cooper, Walter Walker, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Al Bridge, Reginald Sheffield, Bess Flowers More
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  14. 13
    The Maltese Falcon Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941
    John Huston
    Drama, Black-and-white, Mystery, Thriller, LGBT, Crime, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Detective fiction, Film adaptation, Film noir, Detective More
    Barton MacLane, Elisha Cook Jr., John Hamilton, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Gladys George, James Burke, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Lee Patrick, Humphrey Bogart, Jerome Cowan, Murray Alper More
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  15. 14
    Sullivan's Travels Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941
    Preston Sturges
    Drama, Comedy, Black-and-white, Adventure, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy, Satire More
    Willard Robertson, Porter Hall, Margaret Hayes, Eric Blore, Monte Blue, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, Franklin Pangborn, Byron Foulger, Robert Greig, William Demarest, Torben Meyer, Paul Jones, Julius Tannen, Arthur Hoyt, Billy Bletcher, J. Farrell MacDonald, Preston Sturges, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Hearn, Dewey Robinson, Esther Howard, Al Bridge, Jimmy Conlin, Roscoe Ates, Chester Conklin, Jimmie Dundee, Georges Renavent, Harry Tyler, Paul Newlan, Harry Hayden, Emory Parnell, Edgar Dearing, Jan Buckingham More
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  16. 15

    Bambi

    1942
    Walt Disney, David Hand
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Coming of age
    John Sutherland, Peter Behn, Donnie Dunagan, Sterling Holloway, Mary Lansing, Sam Edwards, Margaret Lee, Cammie King, Bobby Stewart, Hardie Albright, Ann Gillis, Stan Alexander, Paula Winslowe, Fred Shields, Tim Davis, Ann Gillis, Will Wright More
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  18. 16
    Casablanca Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Casablanca

    1942
    Michael Curtiz
    Drama, Black-and-white, Romance film, War, Romantic drama, Drama film, Airplanes and airports More
    John Qualen, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Dooley Wilson, Helmut Dantine, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Lou Marcelle, Madeleine LeBeau, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, Joy Page, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Panzer More
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  19. 17
    Cat People Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Cat People

    1942
    Jacques Tourneur
    Black-and-white, Thriller, Horror, Romance film, Film noir
    Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Tom Conway
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  20. 18
    Kings Row Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Kings Row

    1942
    Sam Wood
    Drama, Black-and-white, Romance film, Romantic drama
    Nancy Coleman, Ilka Grünig, Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, Ernest Cossart, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Charles Coburn, Judith Anderson, Maria Ouspenskaya, Minor Watson, Kaaren Verne, Harry Davenport More
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  21. 19
    The Magnificent Ambersons Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942
    Orson Welles
    Drama, Black-and-white, Family Drama
    Tim Holt, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford More
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  22. 20
    Now, Voyager Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Now, Voyager

    1942
    Irving Rapper
    Drama, Black-and-white, Romance film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation
    Bette Davis, John Loder, Franklin Pangborn, Janis Wilson, Paul Henreid, Mary Wickes, Gladys Cooper, Ilka Chase, Katharine Alexander, Lee Patrick, Claude Rains, Bonita Granville, James Rennie More
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  23. 21
    The Palm Beach Story Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942
    Preston Sturges
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy More
    William Demarest, Claudette Colbert, Robert Dudley, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallée, Mary Astor, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Warwick, Sig Arno More
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  24. 22
    To Be or Not to Be Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942
    Ernst Lubitsch
    Drama, Comedy, Black-and-white, War, Parody
    Charles Halton, Maude Eburne, George Lynn, Carole Lombard, Felix Bressart, Jack Benny, Sig Ruman, Robert Stack, Stanley Ridges, Lionel Atwill, Miles Mander, Henry Victor, Tom Dugan, Halliwell Hobbes More
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  25. 23
    Yankee Doodle Dandy Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942
    Michael Curtiz
    Drama, Black-and-white, Biography, Musical, Biographical film
    James Cagney, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Walter Catlett, Irene Manning, S.Z. Sakall, Minor Watson, Walter Huston, Frances Langford, Richard Whorf, Eddie Foy, Jr., George M. Cohan, George Barbier, Douglas Croft More
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  26. 24
    Cabin in the Sky Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    Cabin in the Sky

    1943
    Busby Berkeley, Vincente Minnelli
    Black-and-white
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  27. 25
    The Ox-Bow Incident Filmsite's Greatest Hollywood Films of the 40's Film picture

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943
    William A. Wellman
    Drama, Black-and-white, Action, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Western More
    William Eythe, Anthony Quinn, Margaret Hamilton, Henry Fonda, Frank Conroy, Mary Beth Hughes, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan More
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