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Total Film's 40 Best Movies of the 40s

The early years of the 40s decade were not promising for the American film industry, especially following the late 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, and the resultant loss of foreign markets. However, Hollywood film production rebounded and reached its profitable peak of efficiency during the years 1943 to 1946 - a full decade and more after the rise of sound film production, now that the technical challenges of the early 30s sound era were far behind. Advances in film technology (sound recording, lighting, special effects, cinematography and use of color) meant that films were more watchable and 'modern'. Following the end of the war, Hollywood's most profitable year in the decade was 1946, with all-time highs recorded for theatre attendance.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
5
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
6
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
7
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
16
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
17
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
23
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
24
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
26
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
27
Lifeboat (1944)
Lifeboat (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
29
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Suspicion (1941)
Suspicion (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
32
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
34
Saboteur (1942)
Saboteur (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
35
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
38
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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