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50 Best 1940s Movies You've Almost Certainly Seen

Fifty best movies from the 1940s, selected based on actual rating data from users, that you're almost certainly seen.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
5
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
6
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
14
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
21
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
23
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
26
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
31
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
36
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
38
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
39
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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