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Movies from the 40s

by antodimichele • Created 2 years ago • Modified 5 months ago
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  • John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers, Alan Curtis, Leon Errol, Jon Hall, and Gale Sondergaard in The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

    1. The Invisible Man's Revenge

    19441h 18mApproved46Metascore
    5.7 (3K)
    An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.
    DirectorFord BeebeStarsJon HallEvelyn AnkersAlan Curtis
  • Peter Lorre, Jon Hall, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ilona Massey in Invisible Agent (1942)

    2. Invisible Agent

    19421h 21mApproved
    5.9 (2.9K)
    The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
    DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsIlona MasseyJon HallPeter Lorre
  • Boris Karloff, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Glenn Strange, and Elena Verdugo in House of Frankenstein (1944)

    3. House of Frankenstein

    19441h 11mApproved
    6.2 (8.3K)
    A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.
    DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBoris KarloffLon Chaney Jr.J. Carrol Naish
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Turhan Bey, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, and Elyse Knox in The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

    4. The Mummy's Tomb

    19421h 1mApproved
    5.5 (4.1K)
    The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
    DirectorHarold YoungStarsLon Chaney Jr.Dick ForanJohn Hubbard
  • Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey, and Maria Ouspenskaya in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

    5. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    19431h 14mApproved51Metascore
    6.4 (11K)
    The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsLon Chaney Jr.Ilona MasseyPatric Knowles
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949)

    6. Mighty Joe Young

    19491h 34mApproved61Metascore
    7.0 (6.1K)
    A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
    DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsTerry MooreBen JohnsonRobert Armstrong
  • Dr. Cyclops (1940)

    7. Dr. Cyclops

    19401h 17mApproved
    6.4 (3.1K)
    A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
    DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsAlbert DekkerThomas ColeyJanice Logan
  • Night Monster (1942)

    8. Night Monster

    19421h 13mApproved
    6.1 (2K)
    Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
    DirectorFord BeebeStarsBela LugosiLionel AtwillLeif Erickson
  • Boris Karloff, Stanley Brown, Roger Pryor, and Jo Ann Sayers in The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

    9. The Man with Nine Lives

    19401h 14mApproved
    6.5 (1.2K)
    A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarsBoris KarloffRoger PryorJo Ann Sayers
  • Acquanetta and Ray Corrigan in Captive Wild Woman (1943)

    10. Captive Wild Woman

    19431h 1mApproved
    5.4 (1.1K)
    An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsJohn CarradineEvelyn AnkersMilburn Stone
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Albertson, Lionel Atwill, and Anne Nagel in Man Made Monster (1941)

    11. Man Made Monster

    194159mApproved
    6.1 (2K)
    A mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
    DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsLionel AtwillLon Chaney Jr.Anne Nagel
  • Ingrid Bergman, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

    12. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    19411h 53mApproved
    6.8 (10K)
    Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyIngrid BergmanLana Turner
  • Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher (1945)

    13. The Body Snatcher

    19451h 18mApproved74Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiHenry Daniell
  • Ellen Drew and Charles Gemora in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

    14. The Monster and the Girl

    19411h 5mApproved
    6.0 (837)
    After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
    DirectorStuart HeislerStarsEllen DrewRobert PaigePaul Lukas
  • Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, and David Bruce in The Mad Ghoul (1943)

    15. The Mad Ghoul

    19431h 5mApproved
    5.8 (999)
    A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
    DirectorJames P. HoganStarsDavid BruceEvelyn AnkersGeorge Zucco
  • Virginia Grey, Rondo Hatton, Robert Lowery, and Joan Shawlee in House of Horrors (1946)

    16. House of Horrors

    19461h 5mApproved
    6.1 (1.4K)
    An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
    DirectorJean YarbroughStarsRobert LoweryVirginia GreyBill Goodwin
  • Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, and Gale Sondergaard in The Black Cat (1941)

    17. The Black Cat

    19411h 10mApproved
    6.1 (2.3K)
    Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
    DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsBasil RathboneHugh HerbertBroderick Crawford
  • Leo Carrillo, Dick Foran, Fuzzy Knight, and Peggy Moran in Horror Island (1941)

    18. Horror Island

    19411hApproved
    5.9 (1.1K)
    A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
    DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsDick ForanLeo CarrilloPeggy Moran
  • Bela Lugosi and Nina Foch in The Return of the Vampire (1943)

    19. The Return of the Vampire

    19431h 9mApproved
    6.2 (3K)
    When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
    DirectorLew LandersStarsBela LugosiFrieda InescortNina Foch
  • Boris Karloff, Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, and Cedric Hardwicke in Lured (1947)

    20. Lured

    19471h 42mApproved
    7.0 (5.5K)
    British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsGeorge SandersLucille BallCharles Coburn
  • Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in And Then There Were None (1945)

    21. And Then There Were None

    19451h 37mApproved
    7.4 (18K)
    Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.
    DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis Hayward
  • Peter Lorre, Robert Alda, and Andrea King in The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

    22. The Beast with Five Fingers

    19461h 28mApproved
    6.5 (3.2K)
    In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a wheelchair-bound one-handed pianist with a strong belief in the occult is murdered.
    DirectorRobert FloreyStarsRobert AldaAndrea KingPeter Lorre
  • Portrait of a Killer (1949)

    23. Portrait of a Killer

    19491h 40m
    6.5 (175)
    A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
    DirectorBernard-RolandStarsMaria MontezErich von StroheimArletty
  • Rope of Sand (1949)

    24. Rope of Sand

    19491h 44mApproved
    6.6 (2K)
    A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsBurt LancasterPaul HenreidClaude Rains
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Late Spring (1949)

    25. 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

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