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- DirectorHerbert KlineStarFredric MarchA documentary chronicling the outbreak of World War II in Europe.Favorite of the year
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA 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.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyWhen 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.Third favorite
- DirectorsJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia OrchestraA series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJoel McCreaLaraine DayHerbert MarshallOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn 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.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Second favorite
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBrian DonlevyMuriel AngelusAkim TamiroffDan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGinger RogersDennis MorganJames CraigA hard-working white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGeorge RaftHumphrey BogartAnn SheridanWhen one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
- DirectorsLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyAnn SheridanPat O'BrienPlagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodBilly 'Froggy' LaughlinA hypochondriac begrudgingly accepts his doctor's advice and invites the gang to tea.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandCarl 'Alfalfa' SwitzerThe little rascals decide to go fishing in the morning. However, when on the bus, things start to stall along the way before they get to their stop.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandThe "Our Gang" kids stage a talent show in their clubhouse.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsOur GangGeorge LesseyWilliam BaileyDeciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandTo impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandThere is a new girl in school and Alfalfa and Spanky will do anything to win her over, even if it involves getting dressed up as girls.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandMickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandHaving been evicted from a premiere at the Fox Carthay Circle Theater, the gang hold a Hollywood-style premiere for their own Tarzan-style movie.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRobert BlakeDarla HoodGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandAlfalfa meets rich-boy Cornelius who, surprisingly, looks like Alfalfa and so they decided to switch places.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsHenry FondaGene TierneyJackie CooperFrank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.