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. 8 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 29 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 35 new

    The Shanghai Gesture

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 71 new

    This Gun for Hire

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 89 new

    Hangmen Also Die!

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 101 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 105 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 109 new

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 111 new

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 115 new

    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 118 new

    Phantom Lady

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 130 new

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 134 new

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 135 new

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 140 new

    Spellbound

    1945, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 147 new

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 152 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 160 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 162 new

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 167 new

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 173 new

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 176 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 180 new

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 185 new

    Nightmare Alley

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 186 new

    Body and Soul

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 189 new

    The Woman on the Beach

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 197 new

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 200 new

    Boomerang!

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 207 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 209 new

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 216 new

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 219 new

    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 226 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 231 new

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 232 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 235 new

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 239 new

    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 247 new

    Whirlpool

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  39. 250 new

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
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