By decade
The 1940s on disc
The films of the 1940s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Manpower 1941
Manpower
1941 · Raoul Walsh
The Pied Piper 1942
The Pied Piper
1942 · Percy Stow
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944 · Arthur Lubin
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Roy William Neill
The Leopard Man 1943
The Leopard Man
1943 · Jacques Tourneur
Brigham Young 1940
Brigham Young
1940 · Henry Hathaway
Bathing Beauty 1944
Bathing Beauty
1944 · George Sidney
The Ghost Breakers 1940
The Ghost Breakers
1940 · George Marshall
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Dorothy Arzner
The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · Jean Renoir
Antoine and Antoinette 1947
Antoine and Antoinette
1947 · Jacques Becker
Road to Zanzibar 1941
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Victor Schertzinger
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · H. Bruce Humberstone
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Preston Sturges
The Eternal Return 1943
The Eternal Return
1943 · Jean Delannoy
The Children Are Watching Us 1944
The Children Are Watching Us
1944 · Vittorio De Sica
Angels of Sin 1943
Angels of Sin
1943 · Robert Bresson
Ich klage an 1941
Ich klage an
1941 · Wolfgang Liebeneiner
The Village Teacher 1947
The Village Teacher
1947 · Mark Donskoy
The White Fang 1946
The White Fang
1946 · Aleksandr Zguridi
The 47 Ronin 1941
The 47 Ronin
1941 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Die Feuerzangenbowle 1944
Die Feuerzangenbowle
1944 · Helmut Weiss
Valery Chkalov 1941
Valery Chkalov
1941 · Mikhail Kalatozov
Tale of a True Man 1948
Tale of a True Man
1948 · Aleksandr Stolper
Private Aleksandr Matrosov 1947
Private Aleksandr Matrosov
1947 · Leonid Lukov
Suvorov 1941
Suvorov
1941 · Vsevolod Pudovkin
DuBarry Was a Lady 1943
DuBarry Was a Lady
1943 · Roy Del Ruth
Rio Rita 1942
Rio Rita
1942 · S. Sylvan Simon
When My Baby Smiles at Me 1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948 · Walter Lang
The Flame of New Orleans 1941
The Flame of New Orleans
1941 · René Clair
My Favorite Brunette 1947
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Elliott Nugent
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · John Cromwell
The Charterhouse of Parma 1948
The Charterhouse of Parma
1948 · Christian-Jaque
Dark Command 1940
Dark Command
1940 · Raoul Walsh
Above Suspicion 1943
Above Suspicion
1943 · Richard Thorpe
Arabian Nights 1942
Arabian Nights
1942 · John Rawlins
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Clarence Brown
T-Men 1947
T-Men
1947 · Anthony Mann
Action in the North Atlantic 1943
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Lloyd Bacon
The Great Flamarion 1945
The Great Flamarion
1945 · Anthony Mann
Mission to Moscow 1943
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Michael Curtiz
I Walk Alone 1948
I Walk Alone
1948 · Byron Haskin
Cabin in the Sky 1943
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Vincente Minnelli
Born to Kill 1947
Born to Kill
1947 · Robert Wise
Experiment Perilous 1944
Experiment Perilous
1944 · Jacques Tourneur
Frenchman's Creek 1944
Frenchman's Creek
1944 · Mitchell Leisen
The Spider Woman 1943
The Spider Woman
1943 · Roy William Neill
The Corn Is Green 1945
The Corn Is Green
1945 · Irving Rapper