Category:1942, Top Films

1942, Top Films

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1943 -- 1944 -- 1945 -- 1946

-- 50+. Eyes in the Night (Zinnermann)

Notable Mention

-- @3. (#4) The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) -- #7. The Palm Beach Story (Sturges) -- #8. Now, Voyager (Rapper) -- #15. Woman of the Year (Sturges) -- #22. Listen to Britain (Jennings) -- #24. The Pride of the Yankees (Wood) -- #25. The Man Who Came to Dinner (Keighley) -- #27. Went the Day Well? (Cavalcanti) -- #31. In Which We Serve (Lean) -- #36. Holiday Inn (Sandrich) -- #44. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Powell & Pressburger) -- 50+. Four Steps in the Clouds / Quattro passi tra le nuvole (Blasetti)

Additional Films

-- #47. The Black Swan (King) -- 50+. Rossini (Bonnard) -- 50+. Road to Morocco (Butler) -- 50+. The Kids Grow Up / Los chicos crecen (Christensen) -- 50+. Wake Island (Farrow) -- 50+. The Count of Monte Cristo / El Conde de Montecristo (Gavaldon) -- 50+. Whom the Gods Love / Wen die Götter lieben (Hartl) -- 50+. Ridin' Down the Canyon (Kane) -- 50+. War Dogs (Luby) -- 50+. The Male Animal (Negent) -- 50+. Gliders / Himmelhunde (Norman) -- 50+. Mokey (Root) -- 50+. Road to Happiness (Rosen) -- 50+. On the Sunny Side (Schuster) -- 50+. Joe Smith, American (Thorpe) -- 50+. A Night to Remember (Wallace)

Critical Reception (1942)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. Casablanca -- #2. Bambi -- #3. To Be or Not to Be -- #4. The Magnificent Ambersons -- #5. Cat People -- #6. Anini-Bobo -- #7. The Palm Beach Story -- #8. Now, Voyager -- #9. Saboteur -- #10. There Was a Father

-- #11. Der Fuehrer's Face -- #12. The Gold Rush -- #13. Yankee Doodle Dandy -- #14. I Married a Witch -- #15. Woman of the Year -- #16. <The Devil's Envoys> -- #17. This Gun for Hire -- #18. Mrs. Miniver -- #19. The Major and the Minor -- #20. <By Night with Torch and Spear> -- #21. <The Murderer Lives At Number 21> -- #22. Listen to Britain -- #23. The Talk of the Town -- #24. The Pride of the Yankees -- #25. The Man Who Came to Dinner -- #26. Saludos amigos -- #27. Went the Day Well? -- #28. Random Harvest -- #29. Gentleman Jim -- #30. <The Courtyard of the Ballads>

-- #31. In Which We Serve (Lean) -- #32. Blitz Wolf <short> -- #33. The Glass Key -- #34. Hen Hop <short> -- #35. How to Play Baseball <short> -- #36. Holiday Inn -- #37. For Me and My Gal -- #38. In This Our Life -- #39. Jungle Book -- #40. The Battle of Midway (Ford) -- #41. How to Swim <short> -- #42. The Fantastic Night -- #43. Horton Hatches the Eggs <short> -- #44. <One of Our Aircraft Is Missing> -- #45. How to Fish <short> -- #46. Men of the Mountain -- #47. The Black Swan -- #48. Tulips Shall Grow <short> -- #49. The Olympic Champ <short> -- #50. Moontide

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. Casablanca -- @2. To Be or Not to Be -- @3. The Magnificent Ambersons -- @4. Cat People -- @5. Now, Voyager -- @6. The Palm Beach Story -- @7. Saboteur -- @8. Mrs. Miniver -- @9. Yankee Doodle Dandy -- @10. The Pride of the Yankees

-- @11. Bambi -- @12. The Man Who Came to Dinner -- @13. <Woman of the Year> -- @14. This Gun for Hire -- @15. The Talk of the Town -- @16. I Married a Witch -- @17. Holiday Inn -- @18. The Glass Key -- @19. The Major and the Minor -- @20. Road to Morocco

-- @21. Random Harvest -- @22. The Ghost of Frankenstein -- @24. Saludos amigos -- @26. Went the Day Well? -- @28. Gentleman Jim -- @29. There Was a Father -- @30. For Me and My Gal -- @31. In Which We Serve -- @32. In This Our Life -- @33. Kings Row -- @34. The Black Swan -- @35. <Flying Tigers>

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1942)

-- =1. Mrs. Miniver -- =2. Random Harvest -- =3. Yankee Doodle Dandy -- =4. Kings Row -- =5. Wake Island -- =6. The Pride of the Yankees -- =7. The Man Who Came To Dinner -- =8. Woman of the Year -- =9. The Pied Piper -- =10. Reap the Wild Wind

-- =11. Tales of Manhattan -- =12. My Sister Eileen (1942) -- =13. Tortilla Flat -- =14. Holiday Inn -- =15. This Above All -- =16. The Talk of the Town -- =17. The Major and the Minor -- =18. Now, Voyager -- =19. Bambi -- =20. The Magnificent Ambersons -- =21. Journey for Margaret -- =22. Take a Letter, Darling -- =23. Joe Smith, American -- =24. In This Our Life -- =25. The Male Animal -- =26. For Me and My Gal -- =27. The Moon and Sixpence -- =28. Road to Morocco -- =29. George Washington Slept Here -- =30. The Gold Rush (reissue)

Oscar, Best Films

-- Mrs. Miniver -- 49th Parallel -- Kings Row -- The Magnificent Ambersons -- The Pied Piper -- The Pride of the Yankees -- Random Harvest -- The Talk of the Town -- Wake Island -- Yankee Doodle Dandy

Top Grossing Films

-- Mrs. Miniver -- Random Harvest -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Reap the Wild Wind -- Road to Morocco -- Holiday Inn -- Wake Island -- The Pride of the Yankees -- For Me and My Gal -- Somewhere I'll Find You

Schneider, Best Films

-- To Be or Not to Be -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Mrs. Miniver -- Casablanca -- Cat People

-- <The Magnificent Ambersons> -- <The Palm Beach Story> -- <Now, Voyager>

National Board of Review

-- Mrs. Miniver -- Journey for Margaret -- The Major and the Minor -- The Pied Piper -- <In Which We Serve> -- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing -- Wake Island -- The Male Animal -- Sullivan's Travels (1941) -- The Moon and Sixpence

National Film Registry

-- Bambi -- Casablanca -- Cat People -- Mrs. Miniver -- To Be or Not to Be -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- The Magnificent Ambersons -- <Now, Voyager> -- Road to Morocco -- Woman of the Year -- Jam Session <short> -- Tulips Shall Grow <short>

American Film Institute

-- Casablanca -- Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tubi

-- Battle of Midway <doc> -- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

NYT, Best Films

-- <The Man Who Came to Dinner> -- <Woman of the Year> -- To Be or Not to Be -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Mrs. Miniver -- <The Pride of the Yankees> -- Bambi -- <The Palm Beach Story> -- The Major and the Minor -- <Now, Voyager> -- Casablanca

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Casablanca -- <The Magnificent Ambersons> -- To Be or Not to Be -- Listen to Britain -- <The Palm Beach Story> -- Cat People -- Bambi

Top10ner, Best Films

-- To Be or Not to Be -- <The Magnificent Ambersons> -- <Now, Voyager> -- Casablanca -- The Ox-Bow Incident

Film101, Best Films

-- Casablanca -- To Be or Not to Be -- Bambi -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Cat People -- <The Magnificent Ambersons -- <Now, Voyager> -- <The Palm Beach Story> -- <Woman of the Year> -- Kings Row -- <The Man Who Came to Dinner>