Category:1940, Top Films

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1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944

Limbo

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

Critical Reception

-- #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)

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 (1940) -- #22. The Letter (1940) -- #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