Favorite/Best by Decade: 1940s


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Favorite:

1940- Fantasia

1941- Dumbo (yes, even with the crows)

1942- Casablanca

1943- Der Fuehrer's Face

1944- Henry V (by default; Branagh's version is much better)

1945- Nothing.

1946- Nothing.

1947- Nothing.

1948- Bicycle Thieves

1949- The Rabbit of Seville

Best:

1940- Fantasia

1941- Citizen Kane

1942- Casablanca

1943- Der Fuehrer's Face

1944- Henry V

1945- Nothing.

1946- Nothing.

1947- Nothing.

1948- Bicycle Thieves

1949- The Rabbit of Seville

Honorable Mentions: The Great Dictator (1940), The Jungle Book (1942)

I thought I had seen--or at least liked--more movies from the 1940s than this. One film from 1946 that I'm not a fan of is It's A Wonderful Life.

Though my favorite of the decade is easily Fantasia, Casablanca and Citizen Kane are close contenders for what I believe to be the best.

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1940 - The Great Dictator

1941 - The Maltese Falcon

1942 - Casablanca

1943 - Shadow of a Doubt

1944 - Double Indemnity

1945 - Scarlet Street

1946 - The Big Sleep

1947 - Out of the Past

1948 - The Fallen Idol

1949 - The Third Man

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Favorite:

1940-The Great Dictator

1941-The Wolf Man

1942-Casablanca

1943-Edge of Darkness

1944-Ministry of Fear

1945-They Were Expendable

1946-The Killers

1947-Dark Passage

1948-The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1949-Mighty Joe Young

Best:

1940-Grapes of Wrath

1941-The Maltese Falcon

1942-Casablanca

1943-I Walked With a Zombie

1944-Lifeboat

1945-Mildred Pierce

1946-The Big Sleep

1947-Dark Passage

1948-Macbeth

1949-White Heat

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