FILMS 1940: TOP 15

• 01) - HIS GIRL FRIDAY (HOWARD HAWKS) 10/10
• 02) - THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (ERNST LUBITSCH) 10/10
• 03) - THE GRAPES OF WRATH (JOHN FORD) 10/10

• 04) - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (GEORGE CUKOR) 10/10
• 05) - REBECCA (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 10/10
• 06) - REMEMBER THE NIGHT (MITCHELL LEISEN) 10/10

• 07) - THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (FRITZ LANG) 10/10
• 08) - THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (RAOUL WALSH) 10/10
• 09) - FOREING CORRESPONDENT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 9/10

• 10) - CHRISTMAS IN JULY (PRESTON STURGES) 8/10
• 11) - THE GREAT DICTATOR (CHARLES CHAPLIN) 8/10
• 12) - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (ROBERT Z. LEONARD) 8/10

• 13) - THE BANK DICK (EDDIE CLINE) 7/10
• 14) - NORTHWEST PASSAGE (KING VIDOR) 7/10
• 15) - COMRADE X (KING VIDOR) 7/10

INDEX - PREVIOUS

FILMS 1949: TOP 10

1. THE THIRD MAN (CAROL REED) 10/10
2. WHITE HEAT (RAOUL WALSH) 10/10
3. COLORADO TERRITORY (RAOUL WALSH) 10/10
4. GUN CRAZY (JOSEPH H. LEWIS) 10/10
5. THE FOUNTAINHEAD (KING VIDOR) 10/10
6. ALL THE KING'S MEN (ROBERT ROSSEN) 10/10
7. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (HOWARD HAWKS) 10/10
8. WHISKY GALORE (ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK) 9/10
9. THE RECKLESS MOMENT (MAX OPHULS) 9/10
10. THE SET-UP (ROBERT WISE) 9/10

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FILMS 1948: TOP 10

1. LADRI DI BICICLETTE (VITTORIO DE SICA) 10/10
2. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOW WOMAN (MAX OPHULS) 10/10
3. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (WILLIAM DIETERLE) 10/10
4. FORCE OF EVIL (ABRAHAM POLONSKY) 10/10
5. GERMANIA, ANNO ZERO (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI) 10/10
6. YELLOW SKY (WILLIAM WELLMAN) 9/10
7. KEY LARGO (JOHN HUSTON) 9/10
8. OLIVER TWIST (DAVID LEAN) 9/10
9. THE RED SHOES (MICHAEL POWELL) 9/10
10. CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (HENRY HATHAWAY) 8/10

INDEX

FILMS 1947: TOP 10

1. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ) 10/10
2. NIGHTMARE ALLEY (EDMUND GOULDING) 10/10
3. OUT OF THE PAST (JACQUES TOURNEUR) 10/10
4. UNCONQUERED (CECIL B. DE MILLE) 10/10
5. THE PARADINE CASE (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 9/10
6. DARK PASSAGE (DELMER DAVES) 9/10
7. THE LATE GEORGE APLEY (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ) 9/10
8. BODY AND SOUL (ROBERT ROSSEN) 8/10
9. DEAD RECKONING (JOHN CROMWELL) 8/10
10. DESPERATE (ANTHONY MANN) 7/10

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FILMS 1946: TOP 10

1. IT'S A WONDERFULL LIFE (FRANK CAPRA) 10/10
2. NOTORIOUS (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 10/10
3. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (JOHN FORD) 10/10
4. TO EACH IS OWN (MITCHELL LEISEN) 10/10
5. GILDA (CHARLES VIDOR) 10/10
6. CLOAK AND DAGGER (FRITZ LANG) 10/10
7. SCIUSCIA (VITTORIO DE SICA) 10/10
8. THE BIG SLEEP (HOWARD HAWKS) 10/10
9. CANYON PASSAGE (JACQUES TOURNEUR) 9/10
10. GREAT EXPECTACTIONS (DAVID LEAN) 8/10

INDEX

FILMS 1945: TOP 10

1. SCARLET STREET (FRITZ LANG) 10/10
2. ROMA, CITTA APERTA (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI) 10/10
3. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (DAVID LEAN) 9/10
4. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (JOHN M. STAHL) 9/10
5. FALLEN ANGEL (OTTO PREMINGER) 8/10
6. MILDRED PIERCE (MICHAEL CURTIZ) 8/10
7. OBJECTIBVE BURMA (RAOUL WALSH) 7/10
8. DETOUR (EDGAR G. ULMER) 7/10
9. THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY (ROBERT SIODMAK) 7/10
10. I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (MICHAEL POWELL) 7/10

INDEX

FILMS 1944: TOP 10

1. LAURA (OTTO PREMINGER) 10/10
2. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (FRITZ LANG) 10/10
3. LIFEBOAT (ALFRED HITHCOCK) 9/10
4. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (FRANK CAPRA) 9/10
5. THE MINISTRY OF FEAR (FRITZ LANG) 9/10
6. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (BILLY WILDER) 9/10
7. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (HOWARD HAWKS) 8/10
8. PHANTOM LADY (ROBERT SIODMAK) 7/10
9. IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (RENE CLAIR) 6/10
10. THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (RICHARD THORPE) 6/10

INDEX

FILMS 1943: TOP 10

1. HANGMEN ALSO DIE (FRITZ LANG) 10/10
2. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 10/10
3. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (ERNST LUBITSCH) 10/10
4. THIS LAND IS MINE (JEAN RENOIR) 10/10
5. VREDENS DAG (CARL THEODOR DREYER) 10/10
6. NO TIME FOR LOVE (MITCHELL LEISEN) 10/10
7. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (WILLIAM WELLMAN) 10/10
8. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (BILLY WILDER) 8/10
9. THE MORE THE MERRIER (GEORGE STEVENS) 8/10
10. RED HOT RIDING HOOD (TEX AVERY) 8/10

INDEX

FILMS 1942: TOP 10

1. CASABLANCA (MICHAEL CURTIZ) 10/10
2. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (ERNST LUBITSCH) 10/10
3. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (ORSON WELLES) 10/10
4. THE PALM BEACH STORY (PRESTON STURGES) 9/10
5. SABOTEUR (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 9/10
6. CAT PEOPLE (JACQUES TOURNEUR) 9/10
7. REAP THE WILD WIND (CECIL B. DE MILLE) 8/10
8. THE BLACK SWAN (HENRY KING) 7/10
9. RANDOM HARVEST (MERVYN LEROY) 7/10
10. ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (LEO McCAREY) 7/10

INDEX

FILMS 1941: TOP 10

1. THE LADY EVE (PRESTON STURGES) 10/10
2. CITIZEN KANE (ORSON WELLES) 10/10
3. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (PRESTON STURGES) 10/10
4. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (JOHN FORD) 10/10
5. SUSPICION (ALFRED HITCHCOCK) 10/10
6. HIGH SIERRA (RAOUL WALSH) 10/10
7. THE MALTESE FALCON (JOHN HUSTON) 10/10
8. THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (RAOUL WALSH) 10/10
9. TOBACCO ROAD (JOHN FORD) 9/10
10. BALL OF FIRE (HOWARD HAWKS) 8/10

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