Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1940

1. The Great Dictator (1940) The Great Dictator (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X  
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a doppelganger, a poor but kind Jewish barber living in the slums, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. Dir: Charles Chaplin With: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie Comedy | Drama | War 125 mins.
2. Pinocchio (1940) Pinocchio (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Dir: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee With: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Music 88 mins.
3. Rebecca (1940) Rebecca (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders Drama | Mystery | Thriller 130 mins.
4. Fantasia (1940) Fantasia (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music. With: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music 125 mins.
5. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X  
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. Dir: John Ford With: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine Drama 129 mins.
6. The Philadelphia Story (1940) The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. Dir: George Cukor With: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart Comedy | Romance 112 mins.
7. Three Faces West (1940) Three Faces West (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler... Dir: Bernard Vorhaus With: John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn Adventure | Drama | Romance 79 mins.
8. Boom Town (1940) Boom Town (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. Dir: Jack Conway With: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western 119 mins.
9. His Girl Friday (1940) His Girl Friday (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Dir: Howard Hawks With: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy Comedy | Drama | Romance 92 mins.
10. Strange Cargo (1940) Strange Cargo (1940)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure. Dir: Frank Borzage With: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter Drama | Romance 113 mins.
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