FILMS 40s: TOP 100

1. 4,7995 - CITIZEN KANE (ORSON WELLES, 1941) - USA
2. 4,6816 - CASABLANCA (MICHAEL CURTIZ, 1942) - USA
3. 4,6040 - LADRI DI BICICLETTE (VITTORIO DE SICA, 1948) - ITA
4. 4,5841 - NOTORIOUS (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1946) - USA
5. 4,5488 - THE THIRD MAN (CAROL REED, 1949) - GBR
6. 4,5471 - IT'S A WONDERFULL LIFE (FRANK CAPRA, 1946) - USA
7. 4,5387 - HIS GIRL FRIDAY (HOWARD HAWKS, 1940) - USA
8. 4,5287 - THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (ERNST LUBITSCH, 1940) - USA
9. 4,5212 - DOUBLE INDEMNITY (BILLY WILDER, 1944) - USA
10. 4,5184 - THE GRAPES OF WRATH (JOHN FORD, 1940) - USA
11. 4,4787 - MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (JOHN FORD, 1946) - USA
12. 4,4732 - LAURA (OTTO PREMINGER, 1944) - USA
13. 4,4517 - TO BE OR NOT TO BE (ERNST LUBITSCH, 1942) - USA
14. 4,4436 - THE BIG SLEEP (HOWARD HAWKS, 1946) - USA
15. 4,4421 - WHITE HEAT (RAOUL WALSH, 1949) - USA
16. 4,4377 - LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (MARCEL CARNE, 1945) - FRA
17. 4,4202 - LATE SPRING (YASUJIRO OZU, 1949) - JPN
18. 4,4183 - DIES IRAE (CARL THEODOR DREYER, 1943) - DNK
19. 4,3894 - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (WILLIAM WYLER, 1946) - USA
20. 4,3886 - LA BELLE ET LA BETE (JEAN COCTEAU, 1946) - FRA
21. 4,3855 - THE MALTESE FALCON (JOHN HUSTON, 1941) - USA
22. 4,3827 - RED RIVER (HOWARD HAWKS, 1948) - USA
23. 4,3742 - THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (JOHN HUSTON, 1948) - USA
24. 4,3656 - OUT OF THE PAST (JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1947) - USA
25. 4,3497 - THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (WILLIAM WELLMAN, 1943) - USA
26. 4,3483 - REBECCA (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1940) - USA
27. 4,3480 - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (GEORGE CUKOR, 1940) - USA
28. 4,3433 - FANTASIA (WALT DISNEY, 1940) - USA
29. 4,3256 - LETTER FROM A UNKNOWN WOMAN (MAX OPHULS, 1948) - USA
30. 4,3218 - THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (ORSON WELLES, 1942) - USA
31. 4,3215 - THE RED SHOES (MICHAEL POWELL, 1948) - GBR
32. 4,3129 - BRIEF ENCOUNTER (DAVID LEAN, 1945) - GBR
33. 4,3055 - SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (PRESTON STURGES, 1941) - USA
34. 4,2870 - SCIUSCIA (VITTORIO DE SICA, 1946) - ITA
35. 4,2803 - THE GREAT DICTATOR (CHARLES CHAPLIN, 1940) - USA
36. 4,2737 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS (DAVID LEAN, 1946) - GBR
37. 4,2595 - IVAN GROZNY (SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN, 1944) - URS
38. 4,2528 - ROMA, CITTA APERTA (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI, 1945) - ITA
39. 4,2410 - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (MICHAEL POWELL, 1946) - GBR
40. 4,2359 - THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (FRITZ LANG, 1944) - USA
41. 4,2296 - SHADOW OF A DOUBT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1943) - USA
42. 4.2186 - LA TERRA TREMA (LUCHINO VISCONTI, 1948) - ITA
43. 4,2183 - THE LADY EVE (PRESTON STURGES, 1941) - USA
44. 4,2175 - KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (ROBERT HAMER, 1949) - GBR
45. 4,1850 - LE CORBEAU (HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT, 1943) - FRA
46. 4,1825 - GERMANIA, ANNO ZERO (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI, 1948) - ITA
47. 4,1811 - CAT PEOPLE (JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1942) - USA
48. 4,1808 - THE HEIRESS (WILLIAM WYLER, 1949) - USA
49. 4,1609 - PAISA (ROBERTO ROSSELLINI, 1946) - ITA
50. 4,1573 - PINOCCHIO (BEN SHARPSTEEN - HAMILTON LUSKE, 1940) - USA
51. 4,1559 - BLACK NARCISSUS (MICHAEL POWELL, 1947) - GBR
52. 4,1400 - HOW GREEN WAS MY WALLEY (JOHN FORD, 1941) - USA
53. 4,1320 - PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (WILLIAM DIETERLE, 1948) - USA
54. 4.1226 - THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (ORSON WELLES, 1947) - USA
55. 4,1188 - MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (MAYA DEREN, 1943) - USA
56. 4.1143 - GUN CRAZY (JOSEPH H. LEWIS, 1949) - USA
57. 4,1095 - THE MORTAL STORM (FRANK BORZAGE, 1940) - USA
58. 4,1081 - MEET ME IN SAINT LOUIS (VINCENTE MINNELLI, 1944) - USA
59. 4,0851 - THE PALM BEACH STORY (PRESTON STURGES, 1942) - USA
60. 4,0744 - OLIVER TWIST (DAVID LEAN, 1948) - GBR
61. 4,0714 - TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (HOWARD HAWKS, 1944) - USA
62. 4,0684 - THE LITTLE FOXES (WILLIAM WYLER, 1941) - USA
63. 4,0668 - LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (MICHAEL POWELL, 1943) - GBR
64. 4,0551 - ODD MAN OUT (CAROL REED, 1947) - GBR
65. 4,0468 - THE LOST WEEKEND (BILLY WILDER, 1945) - USA
66. 4,0458 - THE RECKLESS MOMENT (MAX OPHULS, 1949) - USA
67. 4,0449 - LOUISIANA STORY (ROBERT FLAHERTY, 1948) - USA
68. 4,0396 - A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, 1949) - USA
69. 4,0368 - ON THE TOWN (STANLEY DONEN - GENE KELLY, 1949) - USA
70. 4,0366 - MONSIEUR VERDOUX (CHARLES CHAPLIN, 1947) - USA
71. 4,0135 - GILDA (CHARLES VIDOR, 1946) - USA
72. 4,0079 - SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (MU FEI, 1948) - CHI
73. 3,9928 - THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (PRESTON STURGES, 1944) - USA
74. 3,9915 - FOREING CORRESPONDENT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1940) - USA
75. 3,9790 - THE SET-UP (ROBERT WISE, 1949) - USA
76. 3,9722 - I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1943) - USA
77. 3,9689 - I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (MICHAEL POWELL, 1945) - GBR
78. 3,9670 - CANYON PASSAGE (JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1946) - USA
79. 3,9650 - BAMBI (DAVID HAND, 1942) - USA
80. 3,9536 - OSSESSIONE (LUCHINO VISCONTI, 1943) - ITA
81. 3,9467 - FORCE OF EVIL (ABRAHAM POLONSKY, 1948) - USA
82. 3,9388 - MILDRED PIERCE (MICHAEL CURTIZ, 1945) - USA
83. 3,9300 - THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY (ALBERT LEWIN, 1945) - USA
84. 3,9284 - LIFEBOAT (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1944) - USA
85. 3,9282 - ADAM'S RIB (GEORGE CUKOR, 1949) - USA
86. 3,9215 - AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (RENE CLAIR, 1945) - USA
87. 3,9215 - THE SEA HAWK (MICHAEL CURTIZ, 1940) - USA
88. 3,9200 - HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (PRESTON STURGES, 1944) - USA
89. 3,9161 - ROPE (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1948) - USA
90. 3,9112 - THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (TAY GARNETT, 1946) - USA
91. 3,9020 - A TREE GROWNS IN BROOKLYN (ELIA KAZAN, 1945) - USA
92. 3,8971 - UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (PRESTON STURGES, 1948) - USA
93. 3,8898 - FORT APACHE (JOHN FORD, 1948) - USA
94. 3,8841 - HENRY V (LAURENCE OLIVIER, 1944) - GBR
95. 3,8833 - THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (NICHOLAS RAY, 1948) - USA
96. 3,8823 - DETOUR (EDGAR G. ULMER, 1945) - USA
97. 3,8819 - SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (JOHN FORD, 1949) - USA
98. 3,8762 - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (ROBERT Z. LEONARD, 1940) - USA
99. 3,8762 - THERE WAS A FATHER (YASUJIRO OZU, 1942) - JPN
100. 3,8755 - MAN HUNT (FRITZ LANG, 1941) - USA

INDEX