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150 Essential Films of the 1940s (1940-1949) - Page 2

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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Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Germany Year Zero (1948)
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
45
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
46
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
49
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
50
The Heiress (1949)
The Heiress (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
51
High Sierra (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
52
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
53
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
54
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
55
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
56
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
57
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
58
Jour De Fête (1949)
Jour De Fête (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
59
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
60
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
61
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
62
Kiss of Death (1947)
Kiss of Death (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
63
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
64
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
65
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
66
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
67
Le Corbeau (1943)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
68
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
69
The Letter (1940)
The Letter (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
70
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
71
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
72
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
73
Lifeboat (1944)
Lifeboat (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
74
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
75
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
76
MacBeth (1948)
MacBeth (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
77
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
78
The Major and the Minor (1942)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
79
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
80
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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