Best Movies/TV shows of 1940

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1940.

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1 The Great Dictator(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Esperanto
2 The Grapes of Wrath(1940)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
3 Fantasia(1940)
Movie | Animation, Family | USA | English
4 Rebecca(1940)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, French
5 Pinocchio(1940)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
6 The Philadelphia Story(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English, French
7 His Girl Friday(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, French
8 The Shop Around the Corner(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
9 Foreign Correspondent(1940)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English, Dutch
10 The Letter(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
11 The Thief of Bagdad(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English
12 Waterloo Bridge(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, French
13 The Sea Hawk(1940)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
14 Ahi esta el detalleaka You're Missing the Point(1940)
Movie | Comedy | Mexico | Spanish
15 The Mark of Zorro(1940)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Spanish
16 Pride and Prejudice(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
17 My Favorite Wife(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
18 The Mortal Storm(1940)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
19 The Westerner(1940)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English
20 They Drive by Night(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
21 The Bank Dick(1940)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English
22 Gaslight(1940)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | UK | English
23 Podkidyshaka The Foundling(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
24 All This, and Heaven Too(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, French
25 Night Train to Munich(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK, USA | English, German
26 Die Rothschilds(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Germany | German
27 La fille du puisatieraka The Well-Digger's Daughter(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
28 The Great McGinty(1940)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English, Russian
29 I Love You Again(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
30 Christmas in July(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
31 The Long Voyage Home(1940)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, Spanish
32 A Chump at Oxford(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
33 Go West(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
34 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)aka Northwest Passage(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
35 The Ghost Breakers(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Horror | USA | English, Spanish
36 Sant Dnyaneshwar(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Hindi
37 Vasilisa prekrasnayaaka Vasilisa the Beautiful(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Family | Russia | Russian
38 Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
39 Boom Town(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
40 Puss Gets the Boot(1940)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
41 Kitty Foyle(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
42 Road to Singapore(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English, Esperanto
43 Broadway Melody of 1940(1940)
Movie | Musical | USA | English
44 Qaidi(1940)
Movie | India | Hindi
45 The Invisible Man Returns(1940)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
46 Juninattenaka June Night(1940)
Movie | Drama | Sweden | Swedish
47 Saps at Sea(1940)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English
48 City for Conquest(1940)
Movie | Drama, Sport | USA | English
49 A Wild Hare(1940)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
50 Brother Orchid(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
51 Dark Command(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
52 My Little Chickadee(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Western | USA | English
53 Dance, Girl, Dance(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
54 The Return of Frank James(1940)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English
55 Virginia City(1940)
Movie | Western | USA | English
56 Strange Cargo(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
57 Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
58 The Mummy's Hand(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | USA | English
59 You Ought to Be in Pictures(1940)
Movie | Animation, Family | USA | English
60 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
61 Santa Fe Trail(1940)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
62 Black Friday(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
63 Our Town(1940)
Movie | Drama, Family | USA | English
64 Tante Pose(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Family | Norway | Norwegian
65 A Plumbing We Will Go(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Short | USA | English
66 Maddalena... zero in condottaaka Maddalena, Zero for Conduct(1940)
Movie | Comedy | Italy | Italian
67 Dr. Cyclops(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
68 Battement de coeur(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
69 Edison, the Man(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
70 Knute Rockne All American(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
71 L'espoiraka Days of Hope(1940)
Movie | Drama, War | Spain, France | Spanish
72 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum(1940)
Movie | Mystery | USA | English
73 Beyond Tomorrow(1940)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English, Russian
74 Strike Up the Band(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
75 You Nazty Spy!(1940)
Movie | Short, Comedy | USA | English
76 De Mayerling a Sarajevoaka From Mayerling to Sarajevo(1940)
Movie | Drama | France | French
77 Primrose Path(1940)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | Spanish, English
78 Charlie Chan in Panama(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Mystery | USA | English
79 The House of the Seven Gables(1940)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | USA | English
80 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise(1940)
Movie | Crime, Mystery | USA | English
81 Mr. Duck Steps Out(1940)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
82 The Fighting 69th(1940)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Hebrew
83 Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip(1940)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
84 Contrabandaka Blackout(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English, Danish
85 Swing it magistern!aka "Swing it" magistern(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Music | Sweden | Swedish
86 Comrade X(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
87 Johnny Apollo(1940)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
88 Bismarck(1940)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Germany | German
89 Seven Sinners(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
90 Barrister Parvatishan(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Telugu
91 Kleider machen Leute(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany | German
92 Arizona(1940)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Spanish
93 Baron Prasilaka Baron Munchhausen(1940)
Movie | Comedy | Czech | Czech
94 Divka v modremaka D vka v modr m(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Fantasy | Czech | Czech
95 The Blue Bird(1940)
Movie | Adventure, Family | USA | English
96 Aurat(1940)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
97 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe(1940)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
98 Der Postmeister(1940)
Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | German
99 Too Many Husbands(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
100 North West Mounted Police(1940)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English

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