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Best Movies of the 40S

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

1
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 - Drama, Family - 4,817 votes
83%
2
The Great Dictator
1940 - Comedy, War - 3,644 votes
83%
3
Bicycle Thieves
1948 - Drama - 2,620 votes
82%
4
Casablanca
1943 - Drama, Romance - 5,947 votes
81%
5
Double Indemnity
1944 - Crime, Thriller - 1,992 votes
81%
6
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 - Comedy, Drama - 818 votes
81%
7
Citizen Kane
1941 - Mystery, Drama - 5,966 votes
80%
8
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 - Adventure, Drama - 1,316 votes
80%
9
Rome, Open City
1945 - Drama, War - 964 votes
80%
10
The Red Shoes
1948 - Drama, Romance - 734 votes
80%
11
Late Spring
1949 - Drama - 465 votes
80%
12
Rope
1948 - Thriller, Crime - 2,960 votes
79%
13
The Third Man
1949 - Thriller, Mystery - 2,061 votes
79%
14
Rebecca
1940 - Mystery, Romance - 1,943 votes
79%
15
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 - Drama - 1,084 votes
78%
16
To Be or Not to Be
1942 - Comedy, War - 819 votes
78%
17
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 - Drama, Romance - 724 votes
78%
18
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 - Romance, Fantasy - 459 votes
78%
19
The Maltese Falcon
1941 - Mystery, Crime - 1,847 votes
77%
20
Notorious
1946 - Thriller, Romance - 1,726 votes
77%
21
Brief Encounter
1945 - Drama, Romance - 693 votes
77%
22
Out of the Past
1947 - Crime, Thriller - 636 votes
77%
23
White Heat
1949 - Crime, Drama - 529 votes
77%
24
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 - Comedy, Crime - 464 votes
77%
25
The Big Sleep
1946 - Mystery, Crime - 1,135 votes
76%

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