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Ranking

My Picks

Limbo

-- #3. His Girl Friday -- #7. The Philadelphia Story -- #13. The Long Voyage Home

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

• 50 Top Films of 1940

-- #1. The Great Dictator -- #2. Rebecca -- #4. Pinocchio -- #5. The Grapes of Wrath -- #6. Fantasia -- #8. The Shop around the Corner -- #9. The Thief of Bagdad -- #10. Foreign Correspondent -- #15. They Drive by Night -- #17. The Mortal Storm -- #22. The Sea Hawk -- #23. My Favorite Wife -- #25. Gaslight -- #28. Pride and Prejudice -- #35. The Mark of Zorro

-- #3. His Girl Friday -- #7. The Philadelphia Story -- #11. The Bank Dick -- #12. The Letter -- #13. The Long Voyage Home -- #14. Christmas in July -- #16. Night Train to Munich -- #18. Swinging the Lambeth Walk -- #19. Remember the Night -- #20. Dots

-- #24. Waterloo Bridge -- #30. A Chump at Oxford -- #34. A Wild Hare -- #38. Go West -- #40. Kitty Foyle -- #42. All This, and Heaven Too -- #43. London Can Take It! -- #45. Contraband

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 -- 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