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150 Essential Films of the 1940s (1940-1949) - Page 4

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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The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
122
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
123
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
124
Shoeshine (1946)
Shoeshine (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
125
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
126
The Snake Pit (1948)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
127
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
128
Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
129
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
130
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
131
The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
132
Stray Dog (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
133
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
134
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
135
They Drive by Night (1940)
They Drive by Night (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
136
They Live by Night (1948)
They Live by Night (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
137
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
138
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
139
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
140
This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
141
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
142
To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
143
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
144
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
145
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
146
The Uninvited (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
147
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
148
The Westerner (1940)
The Westerner (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
149
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
150
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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