By decade
The 1940s on disc
The films of the 1940s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Pursuit to Algiers 1945
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · Roy William Neill
They Died with Their Boots On 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · B. Reeves Eason
Body and Soul 1947
Body and Soul
1947 · Robert Rossen
Knock on Any Door 1949
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Nicholas Ray
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1942 · William Keighley
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 1942
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Wake Island 1942
Wake Island
1942 · John Farrow
Possessed 1947
Possessed
1947 · Curtis Bernhardt
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · H. C. Potter
A Guy Named Joe 1943
A Guy Named Joe
1943 · Victor Fleming
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 · F. Hugh Herbert
The Red Meadows 1945
The Red Meadows
1945 · Lau Laritzen Jr.
The Curse of the Cat People 1944
The Curse of the Cat People
1944 · Robert Wise
The Great Gatsby 1949
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Elliott Nugent
The Turning Point 1945
The Turning Point
1945 · Fridrikh Ermler
Encounter at the Elbe 1949
Encounter at the Elbe
1949 · Grigori Aleksandrov
Men Without Wings 1946
Men Without Wings
1946 · František Čáp
Springtime 1947
Springtime
1947 · Grigori Aleksandrov
Act of Violence 1948
Act of Violence
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
Northwest Passage 1940
Northwest Passage
1940 · King Vidor
Angel and the Badman 1947
Angel and the Badman
1947 · James Edward Grant
The Return of Frank James 1940
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Fritz Lang
Madame Bovary 1949
Madame Bovary
1949 · Vincente Minnelli
Edge of Darkness 1943
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Lewis Milestone
A Ship Bound for India 1947
A Ship Bound for India
1947 · Ingmar Bergman
Music in Darkness 1947
Music in Darkness
1947 · Ingmar Bergman
The Pirate 1948
The Pirate
1948 · Vincente Minnelli
Port of Call 1948
Port of Call
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Captain from Castile 1947
Captain from Castile
1947 · Henry King
The Invisible Man Returns 1940
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Joe May
State of the Union 1948
State of the Union
1948 · Frank Capra
The Glass Key 1942
The Glass Key
1942 · Stuart Heisler
The Scarlet Claw 1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Roy William Neill
You Were Never Lovelier 1942
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · William A. Seiter
A Day in the Country 1946
A Day in the Country
1946 · Jean Renoir
The Egg and I 1947
The Egg and I
1947 · Chester Erskine
In This Our Life 1942
In This Our Life
1942 · John Huston
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · Sam Wood
Humoresque 1946
Humoresque
1946 · Jean Negulesco
Dangerous Years 1947
Dangerous Years
1947 · Arthur Pierson
Knute Rockne, All American 1940
Knute Rockne, All American
1940 · Lloyd Bacon
Dragonwyck 1946
Dragonwyck
1946 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Admiral Nachimow 1947
Admiral Nachimow
1947 · Vsevolod Pudovkin
Neecha Nagar 1946
Neecha Nagar
1946 · Chetan Anand
Stage Door Canteen 1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Frank Borzage
State Fair 1945
State Fair
1945 · Walter Lang
Tokyo Joe 1949
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Stuart Heisler
Journey into Fear 1943
Journey into Fear
1943 · Orson Welles