1940
10. The Thief of Bagdad [Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies] UK
09. The Shop Around the Corner [Ernst Lubitsch] USA
08. His Girl Friday [Howard Hawks] USA
07. Rebecca [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
06. The Letter [William Wyler] USA
05. The Philadelphia Story [George Cukor] USA
04. The Great Dictator [Charles Chaplin] USA
03. Fantasia [Norman Ferguson, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen] USA
02. The Grapes of Wrath [John Ford] USA
01. Pinocchio [Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen] USA
1941
10. Hideko the Bus Conductress [Mikio Naruse] Japan
09. Ornamental Hairpin [Hiroshi Shimizu] Japan
08. The Wolf Man [George Waggner] USA
07. Hellzapoppinâ [H.C. Potter] USA
06. Blind Venus [Abel Gance] France
05. Dumbo [Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte] USA
04. Introspection Tower [Hiroshi Shimizu] Japan
03. Sullivanâs Travels [Preston Sturges] USA
02. The 47 Ronin [Kenji Mizoguchi] Japan
01. Citizen Kane [Orson Welles] USA
10. The Fantastic Night [Marcel L’Herbier] France
09. There Was a Father [YasujirĂ´ Ozu] Japan
08. Cat People [Jacques Tourneur] USA
07. To Be or Not to Be [Ernst Lubitsch] USA
06. Aniki BĂłbĂł [Manoel de Oliveira] Portugal
05. Casablanca [Michael Curtiz] USA
04. People of the Mountains [IstvĂĄn SzĹts] Hungary
03. The Devil’s Envoys [Marcel CarnĂŠ] France
02. The Magnificent Ambersons [Orson Welles] USA
01. Bambi [James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright] USA
10. Sanshiro Sugata [Akira Kurosawa] Japan
09. Shadow of a Doubt [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
08. The Song of Bernadette [Henry King] USA
07. Obsession [Luchino Visconti] Italy
06. Angels of Sin [Robert Bresson] France
05. Meshes of the Afternoon [Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid] USA
04. The Life of Matsu the Untamed [Hiroshi Inagaki] Japan
03. Le Corbeau [Henri-Georges Clouzot] France
02. Day of Wrath [Carl Theodor Dreyer] Denmark
01. I Walked with a Zombie [Jacques Tourneur] USA
10. Gaslight [George Cukor] USA
09. Torment [Alf SjĂśberg] Sweden
08. Laura [Otto Preminger] USA
07. To Have and Have Not [Howard Hawks] USA
06. Murder, My Sweet [Edward Dmytryk] USA
05. Arsenic and Old Lace [Frank Capra] USA
04. The Children Are Watching Us [Vittorio De Sica] Italy
03. Lifeboat [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
02. Double Indemnity [Billy Wilder] USA
01. Ivan the Terrible, Part I [Sergei M. Eisenstein] Soviet Union
10. Spellbound [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
09. Dead Of Night [Alberto Cavalcanti] UK
08. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne [Robert Bresson] France
07. Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors [Mitsuyo Seo] Japan
06. Leave Her to Heaven [John M. Stahl] USA
05. Children of Paradise [Marcel CarnĂŠ] France
04. Brief Encounter [David Lean] UK
03. The Picture of Dorian Gray [Albert Lewin] USA
02. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn [Elia Kazan] USA
01. Rome, Open City [Roberto Rossellini] Italy
10. The Spiral Staircase [Robert Siodmak] USA
09. Crisis [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden
08. The Killers [Robert Siodmak] USA
07. Paisan [Roberto Rossellini] Italy
06. Itâs a Wonderful Life [Frank Capra] USA
05. Gilda [Charles Vidor] USA
04. Notorious [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
03. Beauty and the Beast [Jean Cocteau, RenĂŠ ClĂŠment] France
02. Shoeshine [Vittorio De Sica] Italy
01. No Regrets for Our Youth [Akira Kurosawa] Japan
10. The Ball at the Anjo House [KĂ´zaburĂ´ Yoshimura] Japan
09. Odd Man Out [Carol Reed] UK
08. Monsieur Verdoux [Charles Chaplin] USA
07. Record of a Tenement Gentleman [YasujirĂ´ Ozu] Japan
06. Black Narcissus [Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger] UK
05. Out of the Past [Jacques Tourneur] USA
04. Gentlemanâs Agreement [Elia Kazan] USA
03. La Perla [Emilio FernĂĄndez] Mexico / USA
02. The Lady from Shanghai [Orson Welles] USA
01. One Wonderful Sunday [Akira Kurosawa] Japan
11. A Hen in the Wind [YasujirĂ´ Ozu] Japan
10. The Snake Pit [Anatole Litvak] USA
09. The Red Shoes [Michael Powell] UK
08. Letter from an Unknown Woman [Max OphĂźls] USA
07. Rope [Alfred Hitchcock] USA
06. Women of the Night [Kenji Mizoguchi] Japan
05. Macbeth [Orson Welles] USA
04. Germany Year Zero [Roberto Rossellini] Italy
03. Bicycle Thieves [Vittorio De Sica] Italy
02. Children of the Beehive [Hiroshi Shimizu] Japan
01. La Terra Trema [Luchino Visconti] Italy
10. The Heiress [William Wyler] USA
09. Mr. Shosuke Ohara [Hiroshi Shimizu] Japan
08. A Hometown in Heart [Yong-Kyu Yoon] South Korea
07. Prison [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden
06. Pueblerina [Emilio FernĂĄndez] Mexico
05. The Silence of the Sea [Jean-Pierre Melville] France
04. Stray Dog [Akira Kurosawa] Japan
03. The Third Man [Carol Reed] UK / USA
02. Late Spring [YasujirĂ´ Ozu] Japan
01. Bitter Rice [Giuseppe De Santis] Italy
