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Top 40's movies

by Trevisand • Created 8 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
Best pictures from 1940 to 1949 I've watched
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  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    1. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (631K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • James Stewart in Rope (1948)

    2. Rope

    19481h 20mApproved73Metascore
    7.9 (160K)
    Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley Granger
  • Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in The Great Dictator (1940)

    3. 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.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack Oakie
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

    4. 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.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge Sanders
  • Fantasia (1940)

    5. 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.
    DirectorsJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    6. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (481K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Una familia de tantas (1949)

    7. Una familia de tantas

    19492h 10m
    7.8 (459)
    A strict patriarch exercises almost absolute control over his family and uses it to impose his vision of order and conservative family values. However, the budding sexuality of some of his children causes the union to unravel.
    DirectorAlejandro GalindoStarsFernando SolerDavid SilvaMartha Roth
  • You're Missing the Point (1940)

    8. You're Missing the Point

    19401h 52mNot Rated
    7.9 (1.6K)
    The boyfriend (Cantinflas) of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
    DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsCantinflasJoaquín PardavéSara García
  • Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)

    9. Dumbo

    19411h 4mG96Metascore
    7.2 (147K)
    Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
    DirectorsSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyJames Baskett
  • Laura (1944)

    10. Laura

    19441h 28mApproved
    7.9 (54K)
    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
    DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton Webb
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    11. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (528K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • James Cagney in White Heat (1949)

    12. White Heat

    19491h 54mApproved89Metascore
    8.1 (37K)
    A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'Brien
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)

    13. Notorious

    19461h 42mApproved100Metascore
    7.9 (111K)
    The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude Rains
  • Toshirô Mifune and Takashi Shimura in Drunken Angel (1948)

    14. Drunken Angel

    19481h 42mNot Rated
    7.6 (14K)
    A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraToshirô MifuneReizaburô Yamamoto
  • La oveja negra (1949)

    15. La oveja negra

    19491h 44mNot Rated
    7.9 (423)
    The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
    DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsFernando SolerPedro InfanteAndrés Soler
  • Campeón sin corona (1946)

    16. Campeón sin corona

    19461h 51m
    7.5 (166)
    The quick rise and fall of a boxer filled with talent and psychological complexes.
    DirectorAlejandro GalindoStarsDavid SilvaAmanda del LlanoCarlos López Moctezuma
  • Lifeboat (1944)

    17. Lifeboat

    19441h 37mApproved78Metascore
    7.6 (33K)
    Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter Slezak
  • Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal in The Fountainhead (1949)

    18. The Fountainhead

    19491h 54mApproved
    7.0 (11K)
    An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsGary CooperPatricia NealRaymond Massey
  • The Third Man (1949)

    19. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (190K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • La barraca (1945)

    20. La barraca

    19451h 50m
    7.1 (210)
    In rural Spain, a new family arrives in town to work a parcel (barraca), the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of "another" working the land that once belonged to one of them.
    DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsDomingo SolerAnita BlanchAmparo Morillo
  • Enamorada (1946)

    21. Enamorada

    19461h 39mPG
    7.6 (1K)
    During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
    DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMaría FélixPedro ArmendárizFernando Fernández
  • La otra (1946)

    22. La otra

    19461h 38m
    7.4 (654)
    Dolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.
    DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsDolores Del RíoAgustín IrustaVíctor Junco
  • María Félix in Doña Bárbara (1943)

    23. Doña Bárbara

    19432h 5m
    7.3 (391)
    A young lawyer and owner of a great property in the interior of Venezuela tries to recover its control in the name of the law, fighting against his neighbour, a powerful, seductive and misterious lady named Doña Bárbara, learning in the process that the only chance to win is by playing on Doña's rules.
    DirectorsFernando de FuentesMiguel M. DelgadoStarsMaría FélixJulián SolerMaría Elena Marqués
  • Los tres huastecos (1948)

    24. Los tres huastecos

    19482h
    8.1 (900)
    This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
    DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteBlanca Estela PavónMaría Eugenia Llamas
  • Joaquín Pardavé and Emilio Tuero in El baisano Jalil (1942)

    25. El baisano Jalil

    19421h 35mTV-PG
    7.5 (127)
    Aristocráticos en ruina, los Veradada piden al comerciante libanés Jalil un préstamo, aunque en realidad desprecian a su familia. Para complicar las cosas, el hijo de Jalil, Selim, está enamorado de Marta, la despilfarradora hija de los Veradada.
    DirectorsJoaquín PardavéRoberto GavaldónStarsJoaquín PardavéSara GarcíaEmilio Tuero

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