TSPDT Top 25 Films per Year: 1940s

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From They Shoot Pictures Don't They, 2015 edition. Top 25 films from each year 1940-49. Note that the years don't always correlate exactly with IMDB's years.

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  1. 26 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 51 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 151 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  4. 226 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 201 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 101 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 29 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 206 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 3 new

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 8 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 204 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 1 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 2 new

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 157 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 152 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 160 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 126 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 5 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 128 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 53 new

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 6 new

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 159 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 105 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 127 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 28 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 176 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 79 new

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 212 new

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 232 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 7 new

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 153 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 57 new

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 228 new

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 205 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 155 new

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 27 new

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 102 new

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 134 new

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 154 new

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 52 new

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 227 new

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 56 new

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 141 new

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 4 new

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 86 new

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 76 new

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 31 new

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 202 new

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 207 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 167 new

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
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