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  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    1. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (485K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • The Third Man (1949)

    2. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (191K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    3. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (637K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)

    4. His Girl Friday

    19401h 32mApproved
    7.8 (66K)
    When a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph Bellamy
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    5. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (187K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

    6. Double Indemnity

    19441h 47mApproved95Metascore
    8.3 (176K)
    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
  • Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur in Children of Paradise (1945)

    7. Children of Paradise

    19453h 9mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.3 (22K)
    The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre Brasseur
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    8. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (532K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    9. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (106K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes (1948)

    10. The Red Shoes

    19482h 15mNot Rated
    8.1 (42K)
    A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnton WalbrookMarius GoringMoira Shearer
  • Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    11. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    19482h 6mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (138K)
    Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim Holt
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Late Spring (1949)

    12. Late Spring

    19491h 50mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.2 (21K)
    Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji Tsukioka
  • James Stewart, Joan Chandler, and John Dall in Rope (1948)

    13. Rope

    19481h 20mApproved73Metascore
    7.9 (161K)
    Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley Granger
  • Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

    14. Letter from an Unknown Woman

    19481h 27mApproved
    7.8 (14K)
    A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
    DirectorMax OphülsStarsJoan FontaineLouis JourdanMady Christians
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942)

    15. To Be or Not to Be

    19421h 39mApproved86Metascore
    8.1 (48K)
    During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCarole LombardJack BennyRobert Stack
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    16. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (172K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
  • Laura (1944)

    17. Laura

    19441h 28mApproved
    7.9 (54K)
    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
    DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton Webb
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)

    18. The Big Sleep

    19461h 54mApproved86Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn Ridgely
  • Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)

    19. Out of the Past

    19471h 37mApproved85Metascore
    8.0 (43K)
    A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk Douglas
  • Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

    20. Kind Hearts and Coronets

    19491h 46mApproved
    8.0 (41K)
    A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
    DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie Hobson
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)

    21. Notorious

    19461h 42mApproved100Metascore
    7.9 (112K)
    The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude Rains
  • David Niven and Kim Hunter in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

    22. A Matter of Life and Death

    19461h 44mPG
    8.0 (27K)
    A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert Coote
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

    23. Rebecca

    19402h 10mApproved86Metascore
    8.1 (160K)
    A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge Sanders
  • Brief Encounter (1945)

    24. Brief Encounter

    19451h 26mApproved92Metascore
    8.0 (47K)
    Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsCelia JohnsonTrevor HowardStanley Holloway
  • Beauty and the Beast (1946)

    25. Beauty and the Beast

    19461h 33mNot Rated92Metascore
    7.9 (29K)
    A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
    DirectorsJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila Parély

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