Category:1941, Top Films

1937 -- 1938 -- 1939 -- 1940

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>> Film Studies (1940s) <<

1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #8. Ball of Fire -- #9. The Wolf Man -- #10. High Sierra -- #12. The Devil and Daniel Webster -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #25. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- #42. Hold Back the Dawn -- #50+. Babes on Broadway -- #50+. I promessi sposi -- #50+. The Sea Wolf -- #50+. The Blood of Jesus

Limbo

Sullivan's Travel -- Sergeant York -- Suspicion -- The Little Foxes -- The Lady Eve -- 49th Parallel -- Hold That Ghost -- Meet JohnDoe - Buck Privates

- I Wake Uo Screaming -- The 47 Ronin -- They Died with their Boots On 

-- #4. <Sullivan's Travels> (Sturges) -- #5. <The Lady Eve> (Sturges) -- #7. <Suspicion> (Hitchcock) -- #11. <Meet John Doe> (Capra) -- #14. 49th Parallel -- #15. The 47 Ronin -- #16. <Man Hunt> (Lang) -- #18. <Sergeant York> (Hawks) -- #38. <Shadow of the Thin Man> (Van Dyke) -- #50. <Penny Serenade> -- #50+. <Blossoms in the Dust> (LeRoy) -- #50+. <Blood and Sand> (Mamoulian)

Additional movies

-- 50+. The Celebrity (Beaudine) -- 50+. Our Gang: Ye Olde Minstrels (Cahn) -- 50+. Our Gang: Fightin' Fools (Cahn) -- 50+. Reg'lar Fellers (Dreifuss) -- 50+. Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (Kahn) -- 50+. Tom, Dick and Harry (Kanin) -- 50+. Melody for Three (Kenton) -- 50+. Chin Up, Johannes! (Kowa) -- 50+. Glamour Boy (Murphy) -- 50+. Major Barbara (Pascal) -- 50+. One Foot in Heaven (Schertzinger) -- 50+. Road to Zanzibar (Schertzinger) -- 50+. The Smiling Ghost (Seiler) -- 50+. Piccolo mondo antico (Soldati) -- 50+. Men of Boys Town (Taurog) -- 50+. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (Thorpe) -- 50+. The Reluctant Dragon (Werker)

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1941)

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #4. <Sullivan's Travels> -- #5. <The Lady Eve> -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #7. <Suspicion> -- #8. Ball of Fire -- #9. The Wolf Man -- #10. High Sierra

-- #11. <Meet John Doe> -- #12. The Devil and Daniel Webster -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #14. 49th Parallel -- #15. The 47 Ronin -- #16. <Man Hunt> -- #17. Ornamental Hairpin -- #18. Sergeant York -- #19. The Shanghai Gesture -- #20. Hellzapoppin' -- #21. Superman -- #22. Mr. & Mrs. Smith -- #23. Stormy Waters -- #24. The Strawberry Blonde -- #25. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- #26. That Hamilton Woman -- #27. Hollywood Steps Out <short> -- #28. The Brothers and Sisters od the Toda Family -- #29. The Mechanical Monsters <short> -- #30. That Uncertain Feeling

-- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- #32. Hideko the Bus Conductress -- #33. They Did with Their Boots on -- #34. Swamp Water -- #35. Tortoise Beats Hare <short> -- #36. The Tyrannical Father -- #37. The Devil and Miss Jones -- #38. <Shadow of the Thin Man> -- #39. A Woman's Face (Cukor) -- #40. I Wake Up Screaming -- #41. Moods of the Sea -- #42. Hold Back the Dawn -- #43. The Night Before Christmas <short> -- #44. Tobacco Road -- #45. The Big Store -- #46. Chef Donald <short> -- #47. Western Union -- #48. The Great Lie -- #49. The Art of Self Defense -- #50. Penny Serenade

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1941)

-- #1. How Green Was My Valley -- #2. Sergent York -- #3. Citizen Kane -- #4. Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- #5. The Little Foxes -- #6. Meet John Doe -- #7. Suspicion -- #8. One Foot in Heaven -- #9. Blossoms in the Dust -- #10. Hold Back the Dawn

-- #11. Cheers for Miss Bishop -- #12. Man Hunt -- #13. H. M. Pulham, Esq. -- #14. Dumbo -- #15. That Hamilton Woman -- #16. All That Money Can Buy -- #17. The Maltese Falcon -- #18. Major Barbara -- #19. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) -- #20. Honky Tonk -- #21. A Woman's Face -- #22. The Great Lie -- #23. The Devil and Miss Jones -- #24. Penny Serenade -- #25. Ball of Fire -- #26. The Lady Eve -- #27. Blood and Sand -- #28. The Stars Look Down -- #29. Virginia -- #30. Louisiana Purchase

Oscar, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #6. How Green Was My Valley [W] -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- #42. Hold Back the Dawn

-- #7. Suspicion -- #18. Sergeant York -- #50+. One Foot in Heaven -- #50+. Blossoms in the Dust

Top Grossing Films

-- Sergeant York -- Honky Tonk -- Louisiana Purchase -- How Green Was My Valley -- Caught in the Draft -- A Yank in the R.A.F. -- Men of Boys Town -- Ziegfeld Girl -- They Died with Their Boots On -- Ball of Fire

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #9. The Wolf Man -- #10. High Sierra

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #5. The Lady Eve -- #18. Sergeant York

National Board of Review

-- #1. Citizen Kane [W] -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #3. Dumbo -- #10. High Sierra -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan

-- The Stars Look Down (1940) -- Tom, Dick and Harry -- Road to Zanzibar -- The Lady Eve

National Film Registry

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #8. Ball of Fire -- #50+. The Blood of Jesus

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #5. The Lady Eve -- #18. Sergeant York -- #50+. Kannapolis, N.C. <doc>

American Film Institute

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon

NYT, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #8. Ball of Fire -- #10. High Sierra -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #5. The Lady Eve -- #7. Suspicion -- #16. Man Hunt -- #18. Sergent York -- #50+. One Foot in Heaven -- #50+. Major Barbara

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #3. Dumbo -- #6. How Green Was My Valley

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #5. The Lady Eve -- #20. Hellzapoppin'

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #5. The Lady Eve

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #2. The Maltese Falcon -- #6. How Green Was My Valley -- #3. Dumbo -- #10. High Sierra -- #13. The Little Foxes -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan

-- #5. The Lady Eve -- #4. Sullivan's Travels -- #18. Sergeant York -- #50+. Major Barbara

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #8. Ball of Fire -- #31. Here Comes Mr. Jordan

-- #4. Sullivan's Travels

ChildActors, Best Films

-- #1. Citizen Kane -- #6. How Green Was My Valley

-- Tarzan's Secret Treasure

-- Blood and Sand -- Blossoms in the Dust -- Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto -- Danny Boy (UK) -- Fightin' Fools -- La fuggitiva -- Glamour Boy -- Göranssons pojke (Sweden) -- Jakko (Germany) -- Melody for Three -- Men of Boys Town -- Mr. Celebrity -- Nous les gosses [Portrait of Innocence] (France) -- Piccolo mondo antico -- Reg'lar Fellers -- Ye Olde Minstrels

Best International Films

{France} -- Remorques

{Japan} -- Ornamental Hairpin

Tubi

-- Sundown -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- Penny Serenade -- The 47 Ronin (Pt.1) -- The 47 Ronin (Pt.2) -- The Blood of Jesus

Film Limbo

-- Blossoms in the Dust -- Road to Zanzibar -- The Smiling Ghost (?) -- Piccolo mondo antico -- The Reluctant Dragon (?) -- Honky Tonk -- Louisiana Purchase -- Caught in the Draft -- A Yank in the R.A.F. -- Men of Boys Town -- Ziegfeld Girl -- They Died with Their Boots On