Category:1940, Top Films

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1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944

Notable Mention

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-- #3. His Girl Friday (Cukor) -- #7. The Philadelphia Story (Hawks) -- #11. The Bank Dick (Cline) -- #13. The Long Voyage Home (Ford) -- #14. Christmas in July (Sturges)

-- =5. Kitty Foyle (Wood) -- =6. All This, And Heaven Too (Litvak) -- =8. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Cromwell) -- =9. Boom Town -- =10. Our Town .

Additional Films

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Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1940)

-- #1. The Great Dictator (Chaplin) -- #2. Rebecca (Hitchcock) -- #3. <His Girl Friday> (Hawks) -- #4. Pinocchio (Disney) -- #5. The Grapes of Wrath (Ford) -- #6. Fantasia (Disney) -- #7. <The Philadelphia Story> (Cukor) -- #8. The Shop around the Corner (Lubitsch) -- #9. The Thief of Bagdad -- #10. Foreign Correspondent (Hitchcock)

-- #11. <The Bank Dick> (Cline) -- #12. The Letter (Wyler) -- #13. <The Long Voyage Home> (Ford) -- #14. Christmas in July (Sturges) -- #15. They Drive by Night -- #16. Night Train to Munich -- #17. The Mortal Storm -- #18. Swinging the Lambeth Walk <short> -- #19. Remember the Night (Leisen) -- #20. Dots <short> -- #21. The Great McGinty (Sturges) -- #22. The Sea Hawk (Curtiz) -- #23. My Favorite Wife (Kanin) -- #24. <Waterloo Bridge> (LeRoy) -- #25. Gaslight -- #26. Dance, Girl, Dance -- #27. You Ought To Be in Pictures -- #28. Pride and Prejudice (Leonard) -- #29. Mr Ducks Steps Out <short> -- #30. A Chump at Oxford

-- #31. The Experiments in the Revival of Organisms -- #32. The Westerner (Wyler) -- #33. You're Missing the Point -- #34. A Wild Hare <short> -- #35. The Mark of Zorro (Mamoulian) -- #36. Stranger on the Third Floor -- #37. Donald's Vacation <short> -- #38. Go West (Buzzell) -- #39. You Nazty Spy (White) -- #40. <Kitty Foyle> (Wood) -- #41. The Return of Frank James (Lang) -- #42. <All This, and Heaven Too> -- #43. London Can Take It! -- #44. Tarantella <short> -- #45. Contraband (Powell) -- #46. There's No Tomorrow (Ophuls) -- #47. My Little Chickadee (Cline) -- #48. Traveling Actors (Naruse) -- #49. I Love You Again (Van Dyke) -- #50. Strange Cargo (Borzage)

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. <The Philadelphia Story> (Cukor) -- @2. <His Girl Friday> (Hawks) -- @3. The Great Dictator (Chaplin) -- @4. Rebecca (Hitchcock) -- @5. The Shop around the Corner (Lubitsch) -- @6. The Grapes of Wrath (Ford) -- @7. Foreign Correspondent (Hitchcock) -- @8. Fantasia (Disney) -- @9. Pinocchio (Disney) -- @10. The Thief of Bagdad

-- @11. The Sea Hawk (Curtiz) -- @12. The Letter (Wyler) -- @13. The Mark of Zorro (Mamoulian) -- @14. <The Bank Dick> (Cline) -- @15. My Favorite Wife (Kanin) -- @16. Remember the Night (Leisen) -- @17. Gaslight -- @18. They Drive by Night -- @19. Christmas in July (Sturges) -- @20. The Mortal Storm

-- @21. Night Train to Munich -- @22. Pride and Prejudice (Leonard) -- @23. The Westerner (Wyler) -- @24. Go West (Buzzell) -- @25. The Great McGinty (Sturges) -- @26. <The Long Voyage Home> (Ford) -- @27. I Love You Again (Van Dyke) -- @28. The Invisible Man Returns (Van Dyke) -- @29. <Waterloo Bridge> (LeRoy) -- @30. A Wild Hare <short> -- @31. <All This, and Heaven Too> -- @32. Road to Singapore -- @33. The Ghost Breakers -- @34. Stranger on the Third Floor -- @35. <Kitty Foyle> (Wood) -- @36. Broadway Melody of 1940 -- @37. Abe Lincoln in Illinois -- @38. Knute Rockne - All American -- @39. <The Mummy's Hand> -- @40. My Little Chickadee (Cline)

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1940)

-- =1. Rebecca -- =2. The Grapes of Wrath -- =3. <The Philadelphia Story> -- =4. Foreign Correspondent -- =5. Kitty Foyle -- =6. All This, And Heaven Too -- =7. The Great Dictator -- =8. Abe Lincoln in Illinois -- =9. Boom Town -- =10. Our Town

-- =11. Northwest Passage -- =12. The Mortal Storm -- =13. Pinocchio -- =14. Fantasia -- =15. The Long Voyage Home -- =16. Edison, The Man -- =17. Knute Rockne - All American -- =18. Pride & Prejudice -- =19. The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet -- =20. The Great McGinty -- =21. Waterloo Bridge -- =22. The Letter -- =23. The Shop Around the Corner -- =24. Young Tom Edison -- =25. Escape -- =26. My Favorite Wife -- =27. The Howards of Virginia -- =28. His Girl Friday -- =29. My Son, My Son -- =30. North West Mounted Police

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Great Dictator -- <The Philadelphia Story> -- <The Long Voyage Home> -- The Grapes of Wrath -- Rebecca [W] -- Foreign Correspondent -- <All This, and Heaven Too> -- Our Town -- <Kitty Foyle> -- The Letter

Top Grossing Films

-- <Boom Town> -- The Great Dictator -- Rebecca -- <The Philadelphia Story> -- Strike Up the Band -- Northwest Passage -- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante -- The Fighting 69th -- Santa Fe Trail -- Kitty Foyle

Schneider, Best Films

-- The Grapes of Wrath -- Pinocchio -- Rebecca -- The Mortal Storm -- Fantasia

-- <His Girl Friday> -- Dance, Girl, Dance -- <The Bank Dick> -- <The Philadelphia Story>

National Board of Review

-- The Grapes of Wrath [W] -- The Great Dictator -- Our Town -- Fantasia -- Foreign Correspondent -- Gone with the Wind (1939) -- Rebecca

-- Of Mice and Men (1939) -- <The Long Voyage Home> -- <The Biscuit Eater>

National Film Registry

-- Rebecca -- Fantasia -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Great Dictator -- The Mark of Zorro -- Pinocchio -- The Shop Around the Corner -- <Melody Ranch> -- <The Philadelphia Story> -- <His Girl Friday> -- <Knute Rockne, All American> -- <The Bank Dick -- Dance, Girl, Dance -- Down Argentine Way -- Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina (May 1940) <doc> -- Men and Dust <doc> -- Siege <doc> -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse <doc> -- Tarantella <short>

American Film Institute

-- Fantasia -- The Grapes of Wrath -- <The Philadelphia Story>

Maltin, Best Films

-- The Great Dictator -- Sea Hawk -- Gaslight -- Pinocchio -- Fantasia -- The Grapes of Wrath -- Rebecca -- Foreign Correspondent -- Pride and Prejudice -- The Shop around the Corner -- The Mark of Zorro -- They Drive by Night -- Our Town -- The Letter -- <His Girl Friday> -- <The Bank Dick> -- <Abe Lincoln in Illinois> -- <The Philadelphia Story> -- <The Long Voyage Home> -- <Kitty Foyle> -- <The Stars Look Down>

NYT, Best Films

-- The Shop around the Corner -- The Grapes of Wrath -- Pinocchio -- Rebecca -- Our Town -- Pride and Prejudice -- The Thief of Bagdad -- The Great Dictator -- Fantasia -- The Letter -- His Girl Friday -- The Stars Look Down -- The Bank Dick -- The Philadelphia Story -- The Long Voyage Home -- The Well-Digger's Daughter -- The Mortal Storm -- The Great McGinty

TSPTD, Best Films

-- The Great Dictator -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Shop Around the Corner -- Fantasia -- Pinocchio -- Rebecca -- The Thief of Bagdad -- <His Girl Friday> -- <The Philadelphia Story>

Top10ner, Best Films

-- The Shop around the Corner -- Pinocchio -- The Grapes of Wrath -- Rebecca -- The Great Dictator -- Fantasia -- <His Girl Friday> -- <The Philadelphia Story>

Film101, Best Films

-- The Grapes of Wrath -- Pinocchio -- Rebecca -- Fantasia -- The Great Dictator -- The Thief of Bagdad -- The Shop around the Corner -- The Letter -- Foreign Correspondent -- Pride and Prejudice -- The Sea Hawk -- <His Girl Friday> -- <The Philadelphia Story> -- <The Bank Dick> -- The Great McGinty -- The Mortal Storm

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #4. Pinocchio -- #5. The Grapes of Wrath -- #7. <The Philadelphia Story> -- #9. The Thief of Bagdad -- #11. <The Bank Dick> -- #21. The Great McGinty

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Pinocchio (USA) -- Son of the Navy (USA) -- The Thief of Bagdad (UK) -- Tom Brown's School Days (USA)

-- The Biscuit Eater -- The Blue Bird -- Piccolo alpino (Italy)

-- Bubbling Troubles -- Buzzy Rides the Range [Western Terror] -- Five Little Peppers In Trouble -- Little Men -- Little Orvie -- Man Hunt -- Nobody's Children -- Der Sündenbock [The Scapegoat] (Germany) -- Timur i yego komanda [Timur and His Squad] (URSS) -- Vagabonden (Denmark)

Tubi

-- Melody Ranch -- Tom Brown's School Days

Film Limbo

-- Knute Rockne, All American (?) -- Piccolo Alpino -- Boom Town -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois -- The Biscuit Eater (?) -- The Blue Bird -- Waterloo Bridge -- All This, and Heaven Too (?) -- Swiss Family Robinson (?) -- Melody Ranch (?) -- Tom Brown's School Days (?) -- Kitty Foyle -- Dance, Girl, Dance -- Down Argentine Way -- Northwest Passage -- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante -- The Fighting 69th -- Santa Fe Trail