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 -- #50+. <Blossoms in the Dust> (LeRoy)

Notable Mention

-- #4. <Sullivan's Travels> (Sturges) -- #5. <The Lady Eve> (Sturges) -- #7. <Suspicion> (Hitchcock) -- #11. <Meet John Doe> (Capra) -- #14. 49th Parallel (Powell) -- #15. The 47 Ronin

-- =3. (@11.#18) <Sergeant York> (Hawks) -- =8. One Foot in Heaven (Rapper)

Additional movies

-- #16. <Man Hunt> (Lang) -- #38. <Shadow of the Thin Man> (Van Dyke) -- #50. <Penny Serenade> -- #50+. <Blood and Sand> (Mamoulian)

-- 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

Flickchart, Best Films

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

-- @11. Sergeant York -- @12. The Devil and Daniel Webster -- @13. Dumbo -- @14. The Little Foxes -- @15. Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- @16. They Did with Their Boots on -- @17. 49th Parallel -- @18. Shadow of the Thin Man -- @19. Hold That Ghost -- @20. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

-- @21. Mr. & Mrs. Smith -- @22. <Man Hunt> -- @23. The Sea Wolf -- @24. The Devil and Miss Jones -- @25. Superman -- @26. I Wake Up Screaming -- @27. Hellzapoppin' -- @28. The Big Store -- @29. Buck Privates

-- @30. Wabbit Twouble -- @31. Love Crazy -- @32. The 47 Ronin -- @33. The Strawberry Blonde -- @34. Penny Serenade -- @35. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break -- @36. A Woman's Face (Cukor) -- @37. The Black Cat -- @38. That Hamilton Woman -- @39. The Mechanical Monsters <short> -- @40. Topper Returns

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