Category:1939, Top Films

1935 -- 1936 -- 1937 -- 1938 --

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>> Film Studies (1930s) <<

1940 -- 1941 -- 1942 -- 1943

-- #3. Gone with the Wind <Best Picture & Director>

Notable Mention

-- #6. Ninotchka -- #7. Only Angels Have Wings -- #8. Young Mr. Lincoln -- #9. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

-- @5. Ninotchka -- @6. Only Angels Have Wings -- @8. Destry Rides Again -- @9. Young Mr. Lincoln -- @10. The Roaring Twenties

-- =5. Dark Victory -- =6. Ninotchka -- =7. The Women -- =9. Juarez -- =10. Stanley and Livingstone

Additional Films

-- #6. Ninotchka -- #7. Only Angels Have Wings -- #8. Young Mr. Lincoln -- #9. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

Critical Reception (1939)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. The Wizard of Oz -- #2. The Rules of the Game -- #3. Gone with the Wind -- #4. Stagecoach -- #5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- #6. Ninotchka -- #7. Only Angels Have Wings -- #8. Young Mr. Lincoln -- #9. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

-- #10. Le Jour se lève -- #11. The Roaring Twenties -- #12. Wuthering Heights -- #13. The Women -- #14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- #15. Destry Rides Again -- #16. Midnight -- #17. Dark Victory -- #18. Ugly Duckling -- #19. Love Affair -- #20. Of Mice and Men -- #21. Gunga Din -- #22. Son of Frankenstein -- #23. Drums along the Mohawk -- #24. Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- #25. The Hound of the Baskervilles -- #26. The Four Feathers -- #27. Spook Sport -- #28. Jamaica Inn -- #29. At the Circus

-- #30. The Little Princess -- #31. Jesse James -- #32. Beau Geste -- #33. Another Thin Man -- #34. Dodge City -- #35. The Spy in Black -- #36. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- #37. Four Seasons of Children -- #38. Bachelor Mother -- #39. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex -- #40. Peace on Earth -- #41. Donald's Lucky Day -- #42. Gulliver's Travels -- #43. Union Pacific -- #44. The Old Maid -- #45. The Flying Deuces -- #46. Each Dawn I Die -- #47. Spare Time -- #48. Vassilisa the beautiful -- #49. They Made Me a Criminal -- #50. Babes in Arms

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. The Rules of the Game -- @2. The Wizard of Oz -- @3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- @4. Stagecoach -- @5. Ninotchka -- @6. Only Angels Have Wings -- @7. Gone with the Wind -- @8. Destry Rides Again -- @9. Young Mr. Lincoln -- @10. The Roaring Twenties

-- @11. The Women -- @12. Wuthering Heights -- @13. Son of Frankenstein -- @14. Gunga Din -- @15. Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- @16. Dark Victory -- @17. The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- @18. The Hound of the Baskervilles -- @19. Another Thin Man -- @20. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- =2. Gone With the Wind -- =3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- =4. Wuthering Heights -- =5. Dark Victory -- =6. Ninotchka -- =7. The Women -- =8. The Wizard of Oz -- =9. Juarez -- =10. Stanley and Livingstone

-- =11. The Old Maid -- =12. Of Mice and Men (1940) -- =13. Stagecoach -- =14. Young Mr. Lincoln -- =15. Babes in Arms -- =16. Love Affair -- =17. Union Pacific -- =18. On Borrowed Time -- =19. Bachelor Mother -- =20. Nurse Edith Cavell

-- =21. Gunga Din -- =22. The Rains Came -- =23. Jesse James -- =24. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle -- =25. Destry Rides Again -- =26. We Are Not Alone -- =27. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) -- =28. Idiot's Delight -- =29. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell -- =30. Four Feathers (1939)

Oscar, Best Films

-- Gone with the Wind [W] -- Dark Victory -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Love Affair -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Ninotchka -- Of Mice and Men -- Stagecoach -- The Wizard of Oz -- Wuthering Heights

Top Grossing Films

-- Gone with the Wind -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Jesse James -- Babes in Arms -- The Wizard of Oz -- Gunga Din -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Dodge City -- The Rains Came -- The Women

Schneider, Best Films

-- Stagecoach -- Wuthering Heights -- Le Jour Se Leve -- The Rules of the Game -- The Wizard of Oz -- Babes in Arms -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Gone with the Wind

-- Gunga Din -- Only Angels Have Wings -- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum -- Ninotchka -- Destry Rides Again

National Board of Review, Best Films

-- Confessions of a Nazi Spy [W] -- Wuthering Heights -- Stagecoach -- Ninotchka -- Young Mr. Lincoln -- Crisis -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- The Roaring Twenties -- U-Boat 29

-- Port of Shadows [W] -- Alexander Nevsky -- The End of the Day -- Harvest -- Robert Koch

National Film Registry

-- The City <doc> -- Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther <doc> -- Destry Rides Again -- Early Abstractions <shorts> (1939–56) -- Gone with the Wind -- Gunga Din -- Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert <doc> -- The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair <doc> -- Midnight -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Ninotchka -- Only Angels Have Wings -- Stagecoach -- Tevya -- Verbena Tragica -- The Wizard of Oz -- The Women -- Wuthering Heights -- Young Mr. Lincoln

American Film Institute

-- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Gone with the Wind -- The Wizard of Oz -- Stagecoach -- Wuthering Heights

NYT, Best Films

-- Stagecoach -- Wuthering Heights -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- The Rules of the Game -- The Wizard of Oz -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Gone with the Wind

-- Gunga Din -- Love Affair -- Midnight -- Dark Victory -- Only Angels Have Wings -- Young Mr. Lincoln -- The Women -- Ninotchka -- Destry Rides Again -- Of Mice and Man

TSPDT, Best Films

-- The Rules of the Game -- The Wizard of Oz -- Gone with the Wind -- Stagecoach -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Le Jour se lève

-- Only Angels Have Wings -- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums -- Ninotchka -- Young Mr. Lincoln

Top10ner, Best Films

-- The Rules of the Game -- The Wizard of Oz -- Gone with the Wind -- Stagecoach -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Only Angels Have Wings -- Ninotchka

Film101, Best Films

-- The Rules of the Game -- Gone with the Wind -- The Wizard of Oz -- Stagecoach -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Le Jour se lève -- Wuthering Heights -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips

-- Ninotchka -- The Women -- Destry Rides Again -- Gunga Din -- Young Mr. Lincoln -- Love Affair -- Only Angels Have Wings -- Dark Victory -- Midnight -- Of Mice and Men -- The Stars Look Down

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #4. Stagecoach -- #7. Only Angels Have Wings -- #8. Young Mr. Lincoln

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (UK) -- Tarzan Finds a Son -- Wuthering Heights -- The Wizard of Oz

-- Boy Slaves -- Boy Trouble -- Our Gang: Dad for a Day -- Death of a Champion -- Our Gang: Dog Daze -- Escape to Paradise -- Fisherman's Wharf -- The Great Man Votes -- Hurra! Ich bin Papa! (Germany) -- Mickey the Kid -- Night Work -- Off the Record [Unfit to Print] -- On Borrowed Time -- Streets of New York -- They Shall Have Music -- V lyudyakh [My Apprenticeship] (URSS) -- Way Down South -- We Are Not Alone (UK/USA)

-- The Little Princess -- Piccoli naufraghi -- Zenobia