FILMS 1947: TOP 25

1. 4,4564 - OUT OF THE PAST (JACQUES TOURNEUR)
2. 4,1538 - MONSIEUR VERDOUX (CHARLES CHAPLIN)
3. 4,1513 - BLACK NARCISSUS (MICHAEL POWELL)
4. 4,0696 - ODD MAN OUT (CAROL REED)
5. 4,0520 - THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ)
6. 4,0342 - THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (ORSON WELLES)
7. 3,9215 - NIGHTMARE ALLEY (EDMUND GOULDING)
8. 3,8681 - DAISY KENYON (OTTO PREMINGER)
9. 3,8583 - BODY AND SOUL (ROBERT ROSSEN)
10. 3,8174 - QUAI DES ORFEVRES (HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT)
11. 3,7446 - MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (GEORGE SEATON)
12. 3,7132 - FIREWORKS (KENNETH ANGER)
13. 3,6543 - DARK PASSAGE (DELMER DAVES)
14. 3,6444 - LE DIABLE AU CORPS (CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA)
15. 3,6088 - PURSUED (RAOUL WALSH)
16. 3,5904 - THE BISHOP'S WIFE (HENRY KOSTER)
17. 3,5699 - CROSSFIRE (EDWARD DMYTRYK)
18. 3,5500 - THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI (ALBERT LEWIN)
19. 3,4532 - UNCONQUERED (CECIL B. DE MILLE)
20. 3,4347 - ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (JACQUES BECKER)
21. 3,4283 - THE RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (YASUJIRO OZU)
22. 3,4244 - KISS OF DEATH (HENRY HATHAWAY)
23. 3,3899 - THE LATE GEORGE APLEY (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ)
24. 3,3894 - BRUTE FORCE (JULES DASSIN)
25. 3,3717 - KING SIZE CANARY (TEX AVERY)

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FILMS 1946: TOP 25

1. 4,6204 - NOTORIOUS (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
2. 4,6149 - IT'S A WONDERFULL LIFE (FRANK CAPRA)
3. 4,5120 - LA BELLE ET LA BETE (JEAN COCTEAU)
4. 4,4924 - MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (JOHN FORD)
5. 4,4788 - THE BIG SLEEP (HOWARD HAWKS)
6. 4,4159 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS (DAVID LEAN)
7. 4,3661 - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (WILLIAM WYLER)
8. 4,3442 - SCIUSCIA (VITTORIO DE SICA)
9. 4,2112 - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (MICHAEL POWELL)
10. 4,1821 - PAISA (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI)
11. 3,9829 - GILDA (CHARLES VIDOR)
12. 3,9397 - IVAN GROZNI II (SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN)
13. 3,9067 - CANYON PASSAGE (JACQUES TOURNEUR)
14. 3,9040 - THE KILLERS (ROBERT SIODMAK)
15. 3,8816 - THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (TAY GARNETT)
16. 3,7853 - GREEN FOR DANGER (SIDNEY GILLIAT)
17. 3,7200 - LA BATAILLE DU RAIL (RENE CLEMENT)
18. 3,6783 - THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (LEWIS MILESTONE)
19. 3,6450 - DIE MORDER SIND UNTER UNS (WOLFGANG STAUDTE)
20. 3,6283 - CLUNY BROWN (ERNST LUBITSCH)
21. 3,6232 - HUMORESQUE (JEAN NEGULESCO)
22. 3,6182 - TO EACH IS OWN (MITCHELL LEISEN)
23. 3,5799 - DUEL IN THE SUN (KING VIDOR)
24. 3,5536 - THE STRANGER (ORSON WELLES)
25. 3,4991 - RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME (MAYA DEREN)

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FILMS 1945: TOP 25

1. 4,4387 - LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (MARCEL CARNE)
2. 4,3355 - ROMA, CITTA APERTA (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI)
3. 4,2960 - BRIEF ENCOUNTER (DAVID LEAN)
4. 4,0382 - THE LOST WEEKEND (BILLY WILDER)
5. 3,9919 - DEAD OF NIGHT (VARIOUS)
6. 3,9722 - SCARLET STREET (FRITZ LANG)
7. 3,8971 - MILDRED PIERCE (MICHAEL CURTIZ)
8. 3,8830 - I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (MICHAEL POWELL)
9. 3,8828 - DETOUR (EDGAR G. ULMER)
10. 3,8700 - LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (JOHN M. STAHL)
11. 3,8249 - THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY (ALBERT LEWIN)
12. 3,7728 - AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (RENE CLAIR)
13. 3,7588 - A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (ELIA KAZAN)
14. 3,6903 - OBJECTIVE BURMA (RAOUL WALSH)
15. 3,6695 - LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOLOGNE (ROBERT BRESSON)
16. 3,6667 - THE WAY TO THE STARS (ANTHONY ASQUITH)
17. 3,6581 - THE BODY SNATCHER (ROBERT WISE)
18. 3,6566 - THE SOUTHERNER (JEAN RENOIR)
19. 3,5900 - UNTER DEN BRUCKEN (HELMUT KAUTNER)
20. 3,5750 - THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (ROBERT SIODMAK)
21. 3,5118 - SPELLBOUND (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
22. 3,4250 - FALBALAS (JACQUES BECKER)
23. 3,4167 - A DIARY FOR TIMOTHY (HUMPHREY JENNINGS)
24. 3,4071 - THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (JOHN HUSTON)
25. 3,3729 - L'ESPOIR (ANDRE MALRAUX)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 09-11-2008

FILMS 1944: TOP 25

1. 4,5301 - DOUBLE INDEMNITY (BILLY WILDER)
2. 4,4832 - LAURA (OTTO PREMINGER)
3. 4,2794 - IVAN GROZNI (SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN)
4. 4,1876 - MEET ME IN SAINT LOUIS (VINCENTE MINNELLI)
5. 4,1566 - THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (FRITZ LANG)
6. 4,0788 - TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (HOWARD HAWKS)
7. 3,9988 - THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (PRESTON STURGES)
8. 3,9575 - HENRY V (LAURENCE OLIVIER)
9. 3,8723 - ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (FRANK CAPRA)
10. 3,8614 - LIFEBOAT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
11. 3,8092 - HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (PRESTON STURGES)
12. 3,7735 - AT LAND (MAYA DEREN)
13. 3,7177 - THE MINISTRY OF FEAR (FRITZ LANG)
14. 3,7080 - MURDER MY SWEET (EDWARD DMYTRYK)
15. 3,6680 - GASLIGHT (GEORGE CUKOR)
16. 3,5643 - DIE FEUERZANGENBOWLE (HELMUT WEISS)
17. 3,4540 - JAMMIN THE BLUES (GJON MILI)
18. 3,4264 - THE CURSE OF THE CAR PEOPLE (ROBERT WISE)
19. 3,4255 - GOING MY WAY (LEO McCAREY)
20. 3,4131 - SCREWBALL SQUIRREL (TEX AVERY)
21. 3,3795 - A CANTERBURY TALE (MICHAEL POWELL)
22. 3,3688 - NONE SHALL ESCAPE (ANDRE DE TOTH)
23. 3,3616 - THE UNINVITED (LEWIS ALLEN)
24. 3,3417 - HETS (ALF SJOBERG)
25. 3,2787 - NATIONAL VELVET (CLARENCE BROWN)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 01-11-2008

FILMS 1943: TOP 25

1. 4,4015 - VREDENS DAG (CARL THEODOR DREYER)
2. 4,3897 - THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (WILLIAM WELLMAN)
3. 4,2698 - MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (MAYA DEREN)
4. 4,2220 - SHADOW OF A DOUBT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
5. 4,1607 - LE CORBEAU (HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT)
6. 4,0753 - I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (JACQUES TOURNEUR)
7. 3,9628 - LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (MICHAEL POWELL)
8. 3,8694 - HEAVEN CAN WAIT (ERNST LUBITSCH)
9. 3,8632 - OSSESSIONE (LUCHINO VISCONTI)
10. 3,7379 - HANGMEN ALSO DIE (FRITZ LANG)
11. 3,7310 - THIS LAND IS MINE (JEAN RENOIR)
12. 3,7043 - THE SEVENTH VICTIM (MARK ROBSON)
13. 3,6644 - RED HOT RIDING HOOD (TEX AVERY)
14. 3,5425 - THE LEOPARD MAN (JACQUES TOURNEUR)
15. 3,4500 - L'ETERNEL RETOUR (JEAN DELANNOY)
16. 3,4389 - NO TIME FOR LOVE (MITCHELL LEISEN)
17. 3,4230 - FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (BILLY WILDER)
18. 3,3526 - THE MORE THE MERRIER (GEORGE STEVENS)
19. 3,3500 - MUNCHHAUSEN (JOSEF VON BAKY)
20. 3,2913 - FIRES WERE STARTED (HUMPHREY JENNINGS)
21. 3,2750 - GENTE DEL PO (MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI)
22. 3,2563 - JOURNEY INTO FEAR (NORMAN FOSTER)
23. 3,2562 - MADAME CURIE (MERVYN LEROY)
24. 3,2286 - DOUCE (CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA)
25. 3,2278 - THE HUMAN COMEDY (CLARENCE BROWN)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 25-10-2008

FILMS 1942: TOP 25

1. 4,6939 - CASABLANCA (MICHAEL CURTIZ)
2. 4,5248 - TO BE OR NOT TO BE (ERNST LUBITSCH)
3. 4,3734 - THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (ORSON WELLES)
4. 4,1919 - CAT PEOPLE (JACQUES TOURNEUR)
5. 4,0680 - THE PALM BEACH STORY (PRESTON STURGES)
6. 3,8766 - BAMBI (DAVID HAND)
7. 3,8041 - MRS. MINIVER (WILLIAM WYLER)
8. 3,7735 - THERE WAS A FATHER (YASUJIRO OZU)
9. 3,7400 - GENTLEMAN JIM (RAOUL WALSH)
10. 3,7173 - NOW, VOYAGER (IRVING RAPPER)
11. 3,6931 - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (MICHAEL CURTIZ)
12. 3,6888 - THE TALK OF THE TOWN (GEORGE STEVENS)
13. 3,6650 - WOMAN OF THE YEAR (GEORGE STEVENS)
14. 3,6125 - BLITZ WOLF (TEX AVERY)
15. 3,5813 - LISTEN TO BRITAIN (HUMPHREY JENNINGS)
16. 3,5296 - THE BLACK SWAN (HENRY KING)
17. 3,5074 - SABOTEUR (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
18. 3,4781 - KINGS ROW (SAM WOOD)
19. 3,4731 - IN WHICH WE SERVE (DAVID LEAN)
20. 3,4532 - RANDOM HARVEST (MERVYN LEROY)
21. 3,4444 - LES VISITEURS DU SOIR (MARCEL CARNE)
22. 3,4363 - THIS GUN FOR HIRE (FRANK TUTTLE)
23. 3,4161 - ROAD TO MOROCCO (DAVID BUTLER)
24. 3,4100 - THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (WILLIAM KEIGHLEY)
25. 3,3683 - THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (BILLY WILDER)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 18-10-2008

FILMS 1941: TOP 25

1. 4,8901 - CITIZEN KANE (ORSON WELLES)
2. 4,3754 - THE MALTESE FALCON (JOHN HUSTON)
3. 4,3400 - SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (PRESTON STURGES)
4. 4,2713 - THE LADY EVE (PRESTON STURGES)
5. 4,1632 - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (JOHN FORD)
6. 3,9125 - THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (RAOUL WALSH)
7. 3,8827 - THE LITTLE FOXES (WILLIAM WYLER)
8. 3,8176 - HOLD BACK THE DAWN (MITCHELL LEISEN)
9. 3,8154 - HIGH SIERRA (RAOUL WALSH)
10. 3,7837 - SUSPICION (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
11. 3,7747 - DUMBO (BEN SHARPSTEEN)
12. 3,7542 - BALL OF FIRE (HOWARD HAWKS)
13. 3,6927 - 49TH PARALLEL (MICHAEL POWELL)
14. 3,6757 - THE WOLF MAN (GEORGE WAGGNER)
15. 3,6485 - HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (ALEXANDER HALL)
16. 3,6448 - THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (WILLIAM DIETERLE)
17. 3,6348 - NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (EDDIE CLINE)
18. 3,5767 - MEET JOHN DOE (FRANK CAPRA)
19. 3,5667 - THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES (SAM WOOD)
20. 3,5595 - H.M. PULHAM, ESQ. (KING VIDOR)
21. 3,5434 - TOBACCO ROAD (JOHN FORD)
22. 3,5067 - THE SEA WOLF (MICHAEL CURTIZ)
23. 3,4795 - SERGEANT YORK (HOWARD HAWKS)
24. 3,4545 - MAN HUNT (FRITZ LANG)
25. 3,4441 - 47 RONIN (KENJI MIZOGUCHI)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 11-10-2008

FILMS 1940: TOP 25

1. 4,5460 - THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (ERNST LUBITSCH)
2. 4,5411 - HIS GIRL FRIDAY (HOWARD HAKWS)
3. 4,5250 - REBECCA (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
4. 4,5179 - THE GRAPES OF WRATH (JOHN FORD)
5. 4,3865 - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (GEORGE CUKOR)
6. 4,2893 - FANTASIA (WALT DISNEY)
7. 4,2040 - THE GREAT DICTATOR (CHARLES CHAPLIN)
8. 4,0830 - PINOCCHIO (BEN SHARPSTEEN - HAMILTON LUSKE)
9. 4,0108 - THE MORTAL STORM (FRANK BORZAGE)
10. 3,9809 - FOREING CORRESPONDENT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK)
11. 3,9601 - THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (VARIOUS)
12. 3,9220 - THE SEA HAWK (MICHAEL CURTIZ)
13. 3,8861 - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (ROBERT Z. LEONARD)
14. 3,8252 - THE MARK OF ZORRO (ROUBEN MAMOULIAN)
15. 3,8181 - REMEMBER THE NIGHT (MITCHELL LEISEN)
16. 3,7997 - THE BANK DICK (EDDIE CLINE)
17. 3,7981 - THE LETTER (WILLIAM WYLER)
18. 3,7491 - THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (JOHN FORD)
19. 3,7266 - THE WESTERNER (WILLIAM WYLER)
20. 3,7137 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY (PRESTON STURGES)
21. 3,6463 - THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (RAOUL WALSH)
22. 3,6086 - THE GREAT McGINTY (PRESTON STURGES)
23. 3,5750 - THE STARS LOOK DOWN (CAROL REED)
24. 3,4949 - NORTHWEST PASSAGE (KING VIDOR)
25. 3,4616 - GASLIGHT (THOROLD DICKINSON)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 01-10-2008

FILMS 1939: TOP 25

1. 4,5364 - LA REGLE DU JEU (JEAN RENOIR)
2. 4,3303 - STAGECOACH (JOHN FORD)
3. 4,2978 - MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (FRANK CAPRA)
4. 4,2672 - THE WIZARD OF OZ (VICTOR FLEMING)
5. 4,2564 - GONE WITH THE WIND (VICTOR FLEMING)
6. 4,2386 - ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (HOWARD HAWKS)
7. 4,2245 - MIDNIGHT (MITCHELL LEISEN)
8. 4,1237 - STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUS (KENJI MIZOGUCHI)
9. 4,0947 - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (WILLIAM DIETERLE)
10. 4,0774 - THE ROARING TWENTIES (RAOUL WALSH)
11. 4,0597 - NINOTCHKA (ERNST LUBITSCH)
12. 4,0015 - LE JOUR SE LEVE (MARCEL CARNE)
13. 3,9902 - YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (JOHN FORD)
14. 3,9799 - WUTHERING HEIGHTS (WILLIAM WYLER)
15. 3,9145 - THE WOMEN (GEORGE CUKOR)
16. 3,8998 - GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (SAM WOOD)
17. 3,8296 - GUNGA DIN (GEORGE STEVENS)
18. 3,8050 - OF MICE AND MEN (LEWIS MILESTONE)
19. 3,7315 - BEAU GESTE (WILLIAM WELLMAN)
20. 3,7297 - DARK VICTORY (EDMUND GOULDING)
21. 3,7139 - DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (GEORGE MARSHALL)
22. 3,7125 - DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (JOHN FORD)
23. 3,6591 - LOVE AFFAIR (LEO McCAREY)
24. 3,6319 - THE FOUR FEATHERS (ZOLTAN KORDA)
25. 3,5763 - SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (ROWLAND V. LEE)

PREVIOUS - INDEX - UPDATE 04-04-2010