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1930s1950s

The 1940s

Shadows and rain — noir's decade, wartime cinema, and some of the most enduring stories ever put on film.

Ten years, ten doors

1949194819471946194519441943194219411940

The films that defined the decade

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

4.1

The Great Dictator

1940

It's a Wonderful Life

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

4.1

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

4.1

Bicycle Thieves

1948

Casablanca

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

4.1

Casablanca

1943

Double Indemnity

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

4.0

Double Indemnity

1944

Citizen Kane

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

4.0

Citizen Kane

1941

Rope

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

4.0

Rope

1948

The Third Man

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

3.9

The Third Man

1949

Rebecca

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

4.0

Rebecca

1940

Notorious

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

3.9

Notorious

1946

The Maltese Falcon

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

3.8

The Maltese Falcon

1941

Fantasia

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.

3.7

Fantasia

1940

Pinocchio

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

3.6

Pinocchio

1940

Bambi

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

3.5

Bambi

1942

Dumbo

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

3.5

Dumbo

1941

What everyone watched

Miracle on 34th Street

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

3.7

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

Great Expectations

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

3.6

Great Expectations

1946

The Philadelphia Story

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

3.8

The Philadelphia Story

1940

Brief Encounter

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

3.8

Brief Encounter

1945

Cat People

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

3.5

Cat People

1942

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

4.0

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

On the page

Le petit prince

adventure · fantasy

Le petit prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1943

Animal Farm

British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author) · political satire

Animal Farm

George Orwell

1945

Nineteen Eighty-Four

futurology · censorship

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

1949

L’étranger

Philosophical Novels · Murder

L’étranger

Albert Camus

1942

American Battle Monuments Commission · Auditing

Financial audit

United States. General Accounting Office

1943

Het Achterhuis

autobiographies · ethnic relations

Het Achterhuis

Anne Frank

1944

La Peste

Fiction · Plague

La Peste

Albert Camus

1942

Between the Acts

Fiction · Pageants

Between the Acts

Virginia Woolf

1941

Schachnovelle

Chess · Chrestomathies and readers

Schachnovelle

Stefan Zweig

1943

Dead Souls

Fiction, historical, general · Russia (federation), fiction

Dead Souls

Николай Васильевич Гоголь

1942

The Catcher in the Rye

fictional works · Runaway teenagers

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

1945

The Bayonet

The Bayonet

United States Army

1942

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Spain in fiction · Fiction

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

1940

Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography · Yogis

Autobiography of a Yogi

Yogananda Paramahansa

1946

The Bell Jar

women college students · summer

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

1948

Official report of debates (Hansard)

Official report of debates (Hansard)

Ontario. Legislative Assembly.

1944

Black Beauty

Children's fiction · Horses, fiction

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

1945

Goodnight Moon

Children's fiction · Picture books

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

1947

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