By decade
The 1940s on disc
The films of the 1940s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Casablanca
1942 · Michael Curtiz
eBay from $13
4K 
Citizen Kane
1941 · Orson Welles
eBay from $29
The Great Dictator
1940 · Charlie Chaplin
eBay from $83
Saludos Amigos
1942 · Hamilton Luske
eBay from $153
4K 
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Frank Capra
eBay from $35
The Three Caballeros 1944
The Three Caballeros
1944 · Clyde Geronimi
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
eBay from $50
Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · Hamilton Luske
eBay from $38
Rebecca
1940 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $43
The Third Man
1949 · Carol Reed
eBay from $18
Melody Time
1948 · Clyde Geronimi
eBay from $77
How Green Was My Valley
1941 · John Ford
eBay from $20
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · William Wyler
eBay from $40
4K 
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · John Huston
eBay from $30
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Billy Wilder
eBay from $27
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · William Wyler
eBay from $23
The Reluctant Dragon 1941
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Hamilton Luske
Going My Way
1944 · Leo McCarey
eBay from $40
Song of the South 1946
Song of the South
1946 · Harve Foster
4K 
Rope
1948 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $35
Double Indemnity
1944 · Billy Wilder
eBay from $40
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · John Ford
eBay from $32
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $27
Notorious
1946 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $38
Spellbound
1945 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $61
Hamlet
1948 · Laurence Olivier
eBay from $11
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · John Huston
eBay from $20
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · George Cukor
eBay from $23
Gaslight
1944 · George Cukor
eBay from $40
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 · Elia Kazan
eBay from $29
The Big Sleep
1946 · Howard Hawks
eBay from $26
Rome, Open City 1945
Rome, Open City
1945 · Roberto Rossellini
Suspicion
1941 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $37
Gilda
1946 · Charles Vidor
eBay from $35
4K 
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Michael Curtiz
eBay from $70
For Whom the Bell Tolls 1942
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1942 · Sam Wood
Children of Paradise
1945 · Marcel Carné
eBay from $33
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · George Seaton
eBay from $22
The Song of Bernadette
1943 · Henry King
eBay from $75
To Have and Have Not
1944 · Howard Hawks
eBay from $23
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Alfred Hitchcock
eBay from $54
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Charlie Chaplin
eBay from $69
The Red Shoes
1948 · Emeric Pressburger
eBay from $48
His Girl Friday
1940 · Howard Hawks
eBay from $39
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Michael Curtiz
eBay from $27
Brief Encounter
1945 · David Lean
eBay from $16
Laura
1944 · Otto Preminger
eBay from $49
Shoeshine
1946 · Vittorio De Sica
eBay from $31