20 Greatest Movies of Each Year 1940s

  #. Movie Title - (Directors Name)

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1. The Third Man
(Carol Reed)

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2. Kind Hearts and Coronets
(Robert Hamer)

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3. White Heat
(Raoul Walsh)

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4. Late Spring
(Yasujirô Ozu)

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5. On the Town
(Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)

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6. Adam's Rib
(George Cukor)

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7. The Heiress
(William Wyler)

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8. Stray Dog
(Akira Kurosawa)

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9. Samson and Delilah
(Cecil B. DeMille)

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10. Twelve O'Clock High
(Henry King)

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11. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(John Ford)

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12. All the King's Men
(Robert Rossen)

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13. The Set-Up
(Robert Wise)

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14. A Letter to Three Wives
(Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

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15. Jour de fête
(Jacques Tati)

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16. D.O.A.
(Rudolph Maté)

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17. Battleground
(William A. Wellman)

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18. Whisky Galore!
(Alexander Mackendrick)

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19. Sands of Iwo Jima
(Allan Dwan)

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20. Criss Cross
(Robert Siodmak)

1. Bicycle Thieves
(Vittorio De Sica)

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2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(John Huston)

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3. The Red Shoes
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

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4. Red River
(Howard Hawks)

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5. Rope
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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6. Letter from an Unknown Woman
(Max Ophüls)

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7. Hamlet
(Laurence Olivier)

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8. Fort Apache
(John Ford)

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9. Germany Year Zero
(Roberto Rossellini)

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10. Oliver Twist
(David Lean)

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11. They Live by Night
(Nicholas Ray)

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12. Johnny Belinda
(Jean Negulesco)

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13. Key Largo
(John Huston)

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14. La terra trema
(Luchino Visconti)

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15. Drunken Angel
(Akira Kurosawa)

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16. Spring in a Small Town
(Fei Mu)

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17. The Fallen Idol
(Carol Reed)

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18. The Naked City
(Jules Dassin)

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19. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
(Charles Barton)

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20. Force of Evil
(Abraham Polonsky)

1. Out of the Past
(Jacques Tourneur)

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2. Black Narcissus
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

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3. Miracle on 34th Street
(George Seaton)

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4. The Lady from Shanghai
(Orson Welles)

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5. Monsieur Verdoux
(Charles Chaplin)

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6. Odd Man Out
(Carol Reed)

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7. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

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8. Crossfire
(Edward Dmytryk)

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9. Gentleman's Agreement
(Elia Kazan)

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10. Quai des Orfèvres
(Henri-Georges Clouzot)

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11. Body and Soul
(Robert Rossen)

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12. Nightmare Alley
(Edmund Goulding)

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13. Dark Passage
(Delmer Daves)

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14. Kiss of Death
(Henry Hathaway)

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15. The Bishop's Wife
(Henry Koster)

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16. Brute Force
(Jules Dassin)

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17. It Always Rains on Sunday
(Robert Hamer)

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18. The Spring River Flows East
(Cai Chusheng & Zheng Junli)

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19. Boomerang!
(Elia Kazan)

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20. The Cat Concerto
(William Hanna & Joseph Barbera)

1. It's a Wonderful Life
(Frank Capra)

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2. The Best Years of Our Lives
(William Wyler)

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3. Notorious
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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4. Beauty and the Beast
(Jean Cocteau)

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5. My Darling Clementine
(John Ford)

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6. A Matter of Life and Death
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

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7. The Big Sleep
(Howard Hawks)

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8. Paisan
(Roberto Rossellini)

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9. Ivan the Terrible, Part ll
(Sergei M. Eisenstein)

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10. Gilda
(Charles Vidor)

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11. Great Expectations
(David Lean)

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12. Shoeshine
(Vittorio De Sica)

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13. The Killers
(Robert Siodmak)

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14. Partie de campagne
(Jean Renoir)

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15. The Postman Always Rings Twice
(Tay Garnett)

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16. Duel in the Sun
(King Vidor)

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17. The Spiral Staircase
(Robert Siodmak)

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18. The Stranger
(Orson Welles)

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19. Cluny Brown
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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20. The Yearling
(Clarence Brown)

1. Rome, Open City
(Roberto Rossellini)

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2. Children of Paradise
(Marcel Carné)

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3. Brief Encounter
(David Lean)

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4. The Lost Weekend
(Billy Wilder)

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5. Mildred Pierce
(Michael Curtiz)

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6. Detour
(Edgar G. Ulmer)

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7. Dead of Night
(Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer & Charles Crichton)

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8. Spellbound
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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9. Leave Her to Heaven
(John M. Stahl)

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10. Scarlet Street
(Fritz Lang)

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11. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(Elia Kazan)

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12. I Know Where I'm Going!
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

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13. They Were Expendable
(John Ford)

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14. The Bells of St. Mary's
(Leo McCarey)

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15. Anchors Aweigh
(George Sidney)

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16. The Story of G.I. Joe
(William A. Wellman)

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17. The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Albert Lewin)

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18. And Then There Were None
(René Clair)

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19. The Clock
(Vincente Minnelli)

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20. Objective, Burma!
(Raoul Walsh)

1. Double Indemnity
(Billy Wilder)

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2. Meet Me in St. Louis
(Vincente Minnelli)

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3. Laura
(Otto Preminger)

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4. Ivan the Terrible, Part l
(Sergei M. Eisenstein)

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5. To Have and Have Not
(Howard Hawks)

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6. Arsenic and Old Lace
(Frank Capra)

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7. Henry V
(Laurence Olivier)

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8. Gaslight
(George Cukor)

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9. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
(Preston Sturges)

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10. The Woman in the Window
(Fritz Lang)

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11. Going My Way
(Leo McCarey)

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12. National Velvet
(Clarence Brown)

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13. Murder, My Sweet
(Edward Dmytryk)

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14. The Uninvited
(Lewis Allen)

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15. A Canterbury Tale
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

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16. Hail the Conquering Hero
(Preston Sturges)

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17. Lifeboat
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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18. Since You Went Away
(John Cromwell)

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19. Torment
(Alf Sjöberg)

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20. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
(Mervyn LeRoy)

1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

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2. Shadow of a Doubt
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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3. Meshes of the Afternoon
(Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid)

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4. Day of Wrath
(Carl Theodor Dreyer)

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5. Ossessione
(Luchino Visconti)

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6. Heaven Can Wait
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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7. I Walked with a Zombie
(Jacques Tourneur)

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8. Le corbeau
(Henri-Georges Clouzot)

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9. For Whom the Bell Tolls
(Sam Wood)

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10. The Song of Bernadette
(Henry King)

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11. Lassie Come Home
(Fred M. Wilcox)

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12. Cabin in the Sky
(Vincente Minnelli)

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13. The Seventh Victim
(Mark Robson)

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14. The More the Merrier
(George Stevens)

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15. Sahara
(Zoltan Korda)

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16. Stormy Weather
(Andrew L. Stone)

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17. Destination Tokyo
(Delmer Daves)

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18. Red Hot Riding Hood
(Tex Avery)

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19. The Outlaw
(Howard Hughes)

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20. Five Graves to Cairo
(Billy Wilder)

1. Casablanca
(Michael Curtiz)

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2. To Be or Not to Be
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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3. Bambi
(David Hand et al.)

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4. The Ox-Bow Incident
(William A. Wellman)

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5. Cat People
(Jacques Tourneur)

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6. The Magnificent Ambersons
(Orson Welles)

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7. Now, Voyager
(Irving Rapper)

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8. Mrs. Miniver
(William Wyler)

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9. Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Michael Curtiz)

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10. The Palm Beach Story
(Preston Sturges)

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11. Random Harvest
(Mervyn LeRoy)

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12. The Pride of the Yankees
(Sam Wood)

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13. Woman of the Year
(George Stevens)

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14. This Gun for Hire
(Frank Tuttle)

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15. Holiday Inn
(Mark Sandrich)

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16. Gentleman Jim
(Raoul Walsh)

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17. The Talk of the Town
(George Stevens)

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18. In Which We Serve
(Noël Coward & David Lean)

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19. Road to Morocco
(David Butler)

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20. Kings Row
(Sam Wood)

1. Citizen Kane
(Orson Welles)

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2. The Maltese Falcon
(John Huston)

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3. The Lady Eve
(Preston Sturges)

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4. How Green Was My Valley
(John Ford)

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5. Sullivan's Travels
(Preston Sturges)

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6. Dumbo
(Ben Sharpsteen et al.)

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7. Sergeant York
(Howard Hawks)

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8. The Wolf Man
(George Waggner)

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9. The Little Foxes
(William Wyler)

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10. Meet John Doe
(Frank Capra)

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11. Ball of Fire
(Howard Hawks)

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12. High Sierra
(Raoul Walsh)

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13. Hellzapoppin'
(H.C. Potter)

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14. Suspicion
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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15. Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(Alexander Hall)

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16. 49th Parallel
(Michael Powell)

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17. They Died with Their Boots On
(Raoul Walsh)

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18. The Devil and Daniel Webster
(William Dieterle)

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19. Man Hunt
(Fritz Lang)

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20. Buck Privates
(Arthur Lubin)

1. The Great Dictator
(Charles Chaplin)

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2. Fantasia
(Ben Sharpsteen et al.)

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3. The Grapes of Wrath
(John Ford)

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4. Pinocchio
(Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen et al.)

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5. Rebecca
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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6. His Girl Friday
(Howard Hawks)

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7. The Philadelphia Story
(George Cukor)

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8. The Thief of Bagdad
(Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger & Tim Whelan)

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9. The Shop Around the Corner
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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10. The Bank Dick
(Edward F. Cline)

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11. Foreign Correspondent
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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12. The Letter
(William Wyler)

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13. The Mortal Storm
(Frank Borzage)

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14. The Mark of Zorro
(Rouben Mamoulian)

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15. The Sea Hawk
(Michael Curtiz)

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16. Pride and Prejudice
(Robert Z. Leonard)

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17. Waterloo Bridge
(Mervyn LeRoy)

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18. The Westerner
(William Wyler)

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19. Dance, Girl, Dance
(Dorothy Arzner)

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20. The Great McGinty
(Preston Sturges)