Best Movies of the 1940s

The top 25 films from the 40s, ranked by real audience scores.

1
The Great Dictator
1940 - Comedy, War - 3,644 TMDB votes
92%
2
Bicycle Thieves
1948 - Drama - 2,620 TMDB votes
91%
3
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 - Comedy, Crime - 1,020 TMDB votes
91%
4
The Three Caballeros
1944 - Animation, Family - 761 TMDB votes
91%
5
Double Indemnity
1944 - Crime, Thriller - 1,992 TMDB votes
89%
6
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 - Comedy, Drama - 818 TMDB votes
89%
7
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 - Drama, Romance - 724 TMDB votes
89%
8
Cat People
1942 - Mystery, Horror - 660 TMDB votes
89%
9
Casablanca
1943 - Drama, Romance - 5,947 TMDB votes
88%
10
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 - Drama, Family - 4,817 TMDB votes
88%
11
Notorious
1946 - Thriller, Romance - 1,726 TMDB votes
88%
12
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 - Comedy, Crime - 593 TMDB votes
88%
13
Rebecca
1940 - Mystery, Romance - 1,943 TMDB votes
87%
14
Rome, Open City
1945 - Drama, War - 964 TMDB votes
87%
15
To Be or Not to Be
1942 - Comedy, War - 819 TMDB votes
87%
16
Dumbo
1941 - Animation, Family - 5,243 TMDB votes
86%
17
The Big Sleep
1946 - Mystery, Crime - 1,135 TMDB votes
86%
18
Brief Encounter
1945 - Drama, Romance - 693 TMDB votes
86%
19
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 - Fantasy, Animation - 675 TMDB votes
86%
20
Out of the Past
1947 - Crime, Thriller - 636 TMDB votes
86%
21
The Stranger
1946 - Thriller, Crime - 628 TMDB votes
86%
22
White Heat
1949 - Crime, Drama - 529 TMDB votes
86%
23
Spellbound
1945 - Thriller, Mystery - 957 TMDB votes
85%
24
His Girl Friday
1940 - Comedy, Romance - 914 TMDB votes
85%
25
Sullivan's Travels
1941 - Comedy, Romance - 503 TMDB votes
85%

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