1940s

001 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
A poor Midwest family during the Great Depression.
Duration: 128 Minutes
Director: John Ford
Personal Grade: 10/10
IMDB » (8.2/10)
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002 The Great Dictator (1940)
Chaplin’s satire on Nazi Germany.
Duration: 125 Minutes
Director: Charles Chaplin
Personal Grade: 10/10
IMDB » (8.5/10)
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003 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
A rich woman’s ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage.
Duration: 112 Minutes
Director: George Cukor
Personal Grade: 10/10
IMDB » (8.1/10)
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004 Rope (1948)
Two men strangle their classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner.
Duration: 93 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Personal Grade: 10/10
IMDB » (8.1/10)
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005 Rebecca (1940)
A naive woman marries a rich widower but soon finds the memory of the first wife haunting her.
Duration: 130 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Personal Grade: 9.5/10
IMDB » (8.3/10)
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006 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Bisycle Thieves
A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
Duration: 93 Minutes
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Personal Grade: 9.5/10
IMDB » (8.4/10)
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007 Fantasia (1940)
Animated interpretations of Western classical music.
Duration: 124 Minutes
Director: James Algar
Personal Grade: 9.5/10
IMDB » (7.8/10)
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008 Lifeboat (1944)
Several survivors find themselves in the same boat with their enemy.
Duration: 97 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Personal Grade: 9.5/10
IMDB » (7.9/10)
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009 Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Ole and Chick are making a movie, but the director is not satisfied. So he brings them to a young writer, who outlines them an absurd story.
Duration: 84 Minutes
Director: H.C. Potter
Personal Grade: 9/10
IMDB » (7.6/10)
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010 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman.
Duration: 130 Minutes
Director: Frank Capra
Personal Grade: 9/10
IMDB » (8.7/10)
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011 The Snake Pit (1948)
Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum.
Duration: 108 Minutes
Director: Anatole Litvak
Personal Grade: 9/10
IMDB » (7.7/10)
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012 Pinocchio (1940)
A living puppet must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Duration: 88 Minutes
Director: Norman Ferguson
Personal Grade: 8.5/10
IMDB » (7.6/10)
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013 Notorious (1946)
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America.
Duration: 101 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Personal Grade: 8.5/10
IMDB » (8.2/10)
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014 Ivan Groznyy (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal.
Duration: 103 Minutes
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Personal Grade: 8.5/10
IMDB » (7.5/10)
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015 I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
A young nurse comes to the west Indies to take care of a woman who acts very unusual.
Duration: 69 Minutes
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Personal Grade: 8.5/10
IMDB » (7.3/10)
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016 Citizen Kane (1941)
Following the death of a tycoon, news reporters struggle to discover the meaning of his final word.
Duration: 119 Minutes
Director: Orson Welles
Personal Grade: 8.5/10
IMDB » (8.5/10)
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017 Gilda (1946)
The boss of a South American casino finds that his right-hand man and his wife already know each other.
Duration: 110 Minutes
Director: Charles Vidor
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.8/10)
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018 Sciuscià (1946)
Shoeshine
Two boys in post-war Rome earn their living by shining shoes on American soldiers.
Duration: 93 Minutes
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.9/10)
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019 Casablanca (1942)
In unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover.
Duration: 102 Minutes
Director: Michael Curtiz
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.6/10)
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020 To Have and Have Not (1944)
Since the second world war business is bad and a man takes a job for the transporting of a fugitive.
Duration: 100 Minutes
Director: Howard Hawks
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.0/10)
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021 Dumbo (1941)
A young circus elephant who gets ridiculed because of his large ears.
Duration: 64 Minutes
Director: Samuel Armstrong
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.4/10)
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022 Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
Duration: 118 Minutes
Director: Elia Kazan
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.4/10)
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023 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
An acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier’s efforts to track down a German spy.
Duration: 99 Minutes
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.3/10)
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024 The Red Shoes (1948)
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
Duration: 133 Minutes
Director: Michael Powell
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.3/10)
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025 Bambi (1942)
A young deer has to survive in the wild after his mom got shot by hunters.
Duration: 70 Minutes
Director: Samuel Armstrong
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.4/10)
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026 Gaslight (1944)
A young woman moves back into the house where he aunt was murdered.
Duration: 114 Minutes
Director: George Cukor
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (7.9/10)
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027 Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce can’t win the approval of her spoiled daughter.
Duration: 111 Minutes
Director: Michael Curtiz
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.0/10)
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028 The Third Man (1949)
Out of work pulp fiction novelist arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies.
Duration: 104 Minutes
Director: Carol Reed
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (8.4/10)
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029 The Outlaw (1943)
Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and vixen Rio McDonald.
Duration: 116 Minutes
Director: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks
Personal Grade: 8/10
IMDB » (5.6/10)
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TOTAL: 76

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