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1942 - Top of the Pops

by dziwnytenswiat • Created 13 years ago • Modified 2 weeks ago
All movies from 1942 I have seen. The Top of the Pops Rules for the Ranking: my personal rating + the imdb rating x votes.
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  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    1. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (636K)
    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
    6931 points
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942)

    2. 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
    396 points
  • Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)

    3. Saboteur

    19421h 49mPG64Metascore
    7.1 (29K)
    A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsPriscilla LaneRobert CummingsOtto Kruger
    282 points
  • Anne Baxter, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Dolores Costello, and Tim Holt in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

    4. The Magnificent Ambersons

    19421h 28mApproved93Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
    DirectorsOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores Costello
    279 points
  • Simone Simon in Cat People (1942)

    5. Cat People

    19421h 13mApproved85Metascore
    7.2 (28K)
    An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent Smith
    244 points
  • Bette Davis and Claude Rains in Now, Voyager (1942)

    6. Now, Voyager

    19421h 57mApproved70Metascore
    7.8 (20K)
    A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
    DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude Rains
    204 points
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)

    7. Mrs. Miniver

    19422h 14mApproved77Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa Wright
    194 points
  • James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    8. Yankee Doodle Dandy

    19422h 6mApproved89Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter Huston
    169 points
  • Mary Astor, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, and Rudy Vallee in The Palm Beach Story (1942)

    9. The Palm Beach Story

    19421h 28mApproved
    7.4 (13K)
    A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.
    DirectorPreston SturgesStarsClaudette ColbertJoel McCreaMary Astor
    147 points
  • Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

    10. The Pride of the Yankees

    19422h 8mApproved
    7.6 (13K)
    The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightBabe Ruth
    137 points
  • Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)

    11. Holiday Inn

    19421h 40mApproved70Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
    DirectorsMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie Reynolds
    132 points
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Woman of the Year (1942)

    12. Woman of the Year

    19421h 54mApproved74Metascore
    7.1 (11K)
    Sportswriter Sam Craig and columnist Tess Harding, with the same New York newspaper, overcome their initial antagonism, fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when he comes to resent her hectic lifestyle.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnFay Bainter
    111 points
  • Veronica Lake and Fredric March in I Married a Witch (1942)

    13. I Married a Witch

    19421h 17mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
    DirectorRené ClairStarsFredric MarchVeronica LakeRobert Benchley
    94 points
  • Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman in The Talk of the Town (1942)

    14. The Talk of the Town

    19421h 58mApproved
    7.5 (9.6K)
    An escaped prisoner must prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with help from a spirited schoolteacher.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJean ArthurRonald Colman
    93 points
  • Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire (1942)

    15. This Gun for Hire

    19421h 21mApproved
    7.4 (11K)
    When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
    DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeRobert Preston
    92 points
  • Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

    16. The Man Who Came to Dinner

    19411h 52mApproved71Metascore
    7.5 (9.4K)
    An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsBette DavisAnn SheridanMonty Woolley
    90 points
  • Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in Random Harvest (1942)

    17. Random Harvest

    19422h 6mApproved62Metascore
    7.9 (8.9K)
    An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music-hall star, then suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRonald ColmanGreer GarsonPhilip Dorn
    83 points
  • Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor (1942)

    18. The Major and the Minor

    19421h 40mApproved73Metascore
    7.3 (8.2K)
    A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsGinger RogersRay MillandRita Johnson
    74 points
  • Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, and Brian Donlevy in The Glass Key (1942)

    19. The Glass Key

    19421h 25mApproved
    7.0 (7.7K)
    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
    DirectorStuart HeislerStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeBrian Donlevy
    63 points
  • Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, and Dennis Morgan in In This Our Life (1942)

    20. In This Our Life

    19421h 37mApproved
    7.3 (5.5K)
    The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.
    DirectorsJohn HustonRaoul WalshStarsBette DavisOlivia de HavillandGeorge Brent
    57 points
  • Noël Coward in In Which We Serve (1942)

    21. In Which We Serve

    19421h 55mNot Rated
    7.2 (6.8K)
    This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
    DirectorsNoël CowardDavid LeanStarsNoël CowardJohn MillsBernard Miles
    53 points
  • Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Roland Got in Across the Pacific (1942)

    22. Across the Pacific

    19421h 37mApproved
    6.8 (5.6K)
    In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
    DirectorsJohn HustonVincent ShermanStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorSydney Greenstreet
    50 points
  • Claude Rains, Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, Betty Field, and Ann Sheridan in Kings Row (1942)

    23. Kings Row

    19422h 7mApproved
    7.5 (5.3K)
    The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsAnn SheridanRobert CummingsRonald Reagan
    47 points
  • Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Frank McHugh, Conrad Veidt, and Karen Verne in All Through the Night (1942)

    24. All Through the Night

    19421h 47mApproved
    7.1 (5.3K)
    Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsHumphrey BogartConrad VeidtKaren Verne
    45 points
  • Maureen O'Hara and Tyrone Power in The Black Swan (1942)

    25. The Black Swan

    19421h 27mApproved
    6.7 (5.4K)
    An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraLaird Cregar
    43 points

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