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150 Essential Films of the 1940s (1940-1949)

Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Frank Capra's masterpiece It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical printing techniques. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives. By the 1940s, Hollywood's effects specialists had over a decade of studio experience. Technicolor had been especially challenging but faster film introduced in 1939 began to make Technicolor a viable option for studio production. Hollywood films in the 1940s included morale films for the those serving in World War II and their families. War films made extensive use of models and miniature photography.
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49th Parallel (1941)
49th Parallel (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Adam's Rib (1949)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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And Then There Were None (1945)
And Then There Were None (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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Ball of Fire (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Battleground (1949)
Battleground (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
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Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Big Clock (1948)
The Big Clock (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
18
Brighton Rock (1947)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Criss Cross (1949)
Criss Cross (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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Dark Passage (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Detour (1945)
Detour (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Drunken Angel (1948)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Duel in the Sun (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
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Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Fallen Angel (1945)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Force of Evil (1948)
Force of Evil (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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A Foreign Affair (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Fort Apache (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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