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    • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

      1. Rebecca

      19402h 10mApproved86Metascore
      8.1 (159K)
      A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
    • Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in The Great Dictator (1940)

      2. The Great Dictator

      19402h 5mG
      8.4 (249K)
      Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
    • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

      3. The Grapes of Wrath

      19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
      8.1 (105K)
      An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    • Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)

      4. Pinocchio

      19401h 28mApproved99Metascore
      7.5 (167K)
      A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
    • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

      5. The Philadelphia Story

      19401h 52mApproved96Metascore
      7.8 (76K)
      After 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.
    • Fantasia (1940)

      6. Fantasia

      19402h 4mG96Metascore
      7.7 (108K)
      A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
    • Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)

      7. His Girl Friday

      19401h 32mApproved
      7.8 (66K)
      When a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.
    • Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Doris Davenport in The Westerner (1940)

      8. The Westerner

      19401h 40mApproved78Metascore
      7.3 (7.2K)
      Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
    • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

      9. The Shop Around the Corner

      19401h 39mApproved96Metascore
      8.0 (42K)
      Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
    • The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

      10. The Thief of Bagdad

      19401h 46mApproved
      7.4 (15K)
      After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
    • Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson in Pride and Prejudice (1940)

      11. Pride and Prejudice

      19401h 58mApproved84Metascore
      7.3 (9.6K)
      The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
    • Laraine Day and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

      12. Foreign Correspondent

      19402hApproved89Metascore
      7.4 (25K)
      On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
    • Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell in The Mark of Zorro (1940)

      13. The Mark of Zorro

      19401h 34mApproved
      7.5 (12K)
      A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
    • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Mortal Storm (1940)

      14. The Mortal Storm

      19401h 40mApproved
      7.7 (6.5K)
      The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small Alpine village until they are divided by the Nazi regime and a friend is caught up in the turmoil.
    • Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall in The Sea Hawk (1940)

      15. The Sea Hawk

      19402h 7mApproved
      7.6 (11K)
      Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.
    • Bette Davis in The Letter (1940)

      16. The Letter

      19401h 35mApproved84Metascore
      7.5 (15K)
      The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.
    • Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor in Waterloo Bridge (1940)

      17. Waterloo Bridge

      19401h 48mApproved73Metascore
      7.7 (11K)
      Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war's unspoken casualties.
    • Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick in My Favorite Wife (1940)

      18. My Favorite Wife

      19401h 28mApproved
      7.2 (12K)
      Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries.
    • Bette Davis and Charles Boyer in All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

      19. All This, and Heaven Too

      19402h 21mApproved
      7.4 (5.6K)
      A duchess's irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
    • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Raymond Massey in Santa Fe Trail (1940)

      20. Santa Fe Trail

      19401h 50mApproved
      6.2 (4.3K)
      In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
    • John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell in The Long Voyage Home (1940)

      21. The Long Voyage Home

      19401h 45mApproved
      6.9 (5.3K)
      A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
    • Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard in Gaslight (1940)

      22. Gaslight

      19401h 24mNot Rated
      7.3 (5.6K)
      Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who has moved in has a secret that he will do anything to keep hidden.
    • Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan in Kitty Foyle (1940)

      23. Kitty Foyle

      19401h 48mApproved55Metascore
      6.9 (4.3K)
      A hard-working white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.
    • Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

      24. The Ghost Breakers

      19401h 25mApproved
      7.0 (4.4K)
      A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
    • Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, George Raft, and Ann Sheridan in They Drive by Night (1940)

      25. They Drive by Night

      19401h 35mApproved73Metascore
      7.2 (9.7K)
      When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

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