By decade
The 1940s on disc
The films of the 1940s worth owning, ranked by standing.
The Southerner 1945
The Southerner
1945 · Jean Renoir
Green Dolphin Street 1947
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Victor Saville
Passage to Marseille 1944
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Roy William Neill
Ladies of the Chorus 1948
Ladies of the Chorus
1948 · Phil Karlson
The Set-Up 1949
The Set-Up
1949 · Robert Wise
Cinderella 1947
Cinderella
1947 · Nadezhda Kosheverova
Moscow Strikes Back 1942
Moscow Strikes Back
1942 · Leonid Varlamov
Day of Wrath 1943
Day of Wrath
1943 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Woman in Green 1944
The Woman in Green
1944 · Roy William Neill
Ministry of Fear 1944
Ministry of Fear
1944 · Fritz Lang
Portrait of Jennie 1948
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · William Dieterle
Arch of Triumph 1948
Arch of Triumph
1948 · Lewis Milestone
Road to Morocco 1942
Road to Morocco
1942 · David Butler
María Candelaria 1944
María Candelaria
1944 · Emilio Fernández
Call Northside 777 1948
Call Northside 777
1948 · Henry Hathaway
Blood on the Sun 1945
Blood on the Sun
1945 · Frank Lloyd
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Cecil B. DeMille
A Woman's Face 1941
A Woman's Face
1941 · George Cukor
The Last Stage 1948
The Last Stage
1948 · Wanda Jakubowska
Murder, My Sweet 1944
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Terror by Night 1946
Terror by Night
1946 · Roy William Neill
Penny Serenade 1941
Penny Serenade
1941 · George Stevens
Come to the Stable 1949
Come to the Stable
1949 · Henry Koster
The Dark Mirror 1946
The Dark Mirror
1946 · Robert Siodmak
I Married a Witch 1942
I Married a Witch
1942 · René Clair
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 · Gabriel Pascal
Hangmen Also Die! 1943
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Fritz Lang
Force of Evil 1948
Force of Evil
1948 · Abraham Polonsky
The Jolson Story 1946
The Jolson Story
1946 · Alfred Edward Green
Beyond the Forest 1949
Beyond the Forest
1949 · King Vidor
The Valley of Decision 1945
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Tay Garnett
They Drive by Night 1940
They Drive by Night
1940 · Raoul Walsh
Torment 1944
Torment
1944 · Alf Sjöberg
They Were Expendable 1945
They Were Expendable
1945 · John Ford
Dead Reckoning 1947
Dead Reckoning
1947 · John Cromwell
The Harvey Girls 1946
The Harvey Girls
1946 · George Sidney
Phantom Lady 1944
Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Spring in a Small Town 1948
Spring in a Small Town
1948 · Fei Mu
The Body Snatcher 1945
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Robert Wise
The North Star 1943
The North Star
1943 · Lewis Milestone
The Battle of the Rails 1946
The Battle of the Rails
1946 · René Clément
Brute Force 1947
Brute Force
1947 · Jules Dassin
It Rains on Our Love 1946
It Rains on Our Love
1946 · Ingmar Bergman
One Million B.C. 1940
One Million B.C.
1940 · D. W. Griffith
Forever Amber 1947
Forever Amber
1947 · Otto Preminger
The Loves of Carmen 1948
The Loves of Carmen
1948 · Charles Vidor
Princess O'Rourke 1943
Princess O'Rourke
1943 · Norman Krasna