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Every 1940s film in the catalog
109 films from the 1940s, from the famous to the buried. Every title links to its feels-like page: what to watch next if it hit the spot.
1949
- Adam's Ribwitty, playful, romantic
- Criss Crossgritty, tense, atmospheric
- Kind Hearts and Coronetswitty, playful, gritty
- Late Springcontemplative
- On the Townwitty, playful, romantic
- She Wore a Yellow Ribboncontemplative, gritty
- Stray Doggritty, contemplative, tense
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toaddread, unsettling, dreamlike
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollowdread, unsettling, witty
- The Set-Upcontemplative, gritty, atmospheric
- The Third Mantense, twisty, atmospheric
- White Heatgritty, contemplative, tense
1948
- Bicycle Thievescontemplative
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankensteindread, unsettling, witty
- Drunken Angelcontemplative
- Fort Apachegritty
- Germany, Year Zerocontemplative
- Hamletcontemplative
- Key Largogritty, tense, atmospheric
- Letter from an Unknown Womancontemplative, romantic, tender
- Melody Timewhimsical, stylish, warm
- Red Rivergritty, relentless
- Ropetense, gritty, contemplative
- The Big Clockgritty, tense, atmospheric
- The Naked Citygritty, twisty, tense
- The Red Shoescontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madreepic, contemplative, gritty
1947
- Black Narcissuscontemplative, romantic
- Dark Passagetense, twisty, atmospheric
- Fun and Fancy Freewhimsical, warm, cozy
- Miracle on 34th Streetwitty, playful, contemplative
- Monsieur Verdouxwitty, playful, gritty
- Odd Man Outgritty, contemplative, tense
- Out of the Pastgritty, tense, atmospheric
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muirromantic, tender, dreamlike
- The Lady from Shanghaitwisty, gritty, tense
1946
- A Matter of Life and Deathromantic, tender, dreamlike
- Beauty and the Beastcontemplative, dreamlike, romantic
- Gildaromantic, tender, contemplative
- Great Expectationscontemplative, romantic, tender
- It's a Wonderful Lifecontemplative, warm, cozy
- Make Mine Musicwhimsical, stylish, warm
- My Darling Clementinegritty, melancholy, relentless
- Notoriousromantic, tender, twisty
- Paisancontemplative, bleak
- Song of the Southwarm, cozy, whimsical
- The Best Years of Our Livescontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Big Sleeptwisty, gritty, tense
- The Killersgritty, twisty, tense
- The Postman Always Rings Twicecontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Strangertense, gritty, atmospheric
1945
- And Then There Were Nonegritty, contemplative, twisty
- Brief Encountercontemplative, romantic, tender
- Children of Paradisecontemplative, romantic, tender
- Dead of Nightdread, unsettling, tense
- Detourcontemplative, tense, atmospheric
- I Know Where I'm Going!romantic, tender, contemplative
- Mildred Piercegritty, contemplative, atmospheric
- Rome, Open Citycontemplative, bleak
- Scarlet Streetcontemplative, gritty, atmospheric
- Spellboundtense, twisty, romantic
- The Lost Weekendcontemplative, paranoid, atmospheric
- The Picture of Dorian Graycontemplative, dread, unsettling
- To Have and Have Notepic, romantic, tender
1944
- Arsenic and Old Lacewitty, playful, gritty
- Double Indemnitygritty, tense, atmospheric
- Gaslighttense, contemplative, twisty
- Lauracontemplative, twisty, obsessive
- Lifeboatbleak, contemplative
- Meet Me in St. Louiswitty, playful, contemplative
- The Three Caballeroswhimsical, warm, cozy
- The Uninvitedtwisty, dread, unsettling
- The Woman in the Windowgritty, contemplative, tense
1943
- Casablancacontemplative, romantic, tender
- Day of Wrathcontemplative, epic, romantic
- I Walked with a Zombietwisty, dread, unsettling
- Le Corbeautwisty, contemplative, tense
- Meshes of the Afternoontwisty, dreamlike
- Shadow of a Doubttense, twisty, gritty
- The Ox-Bow Incidentgritty
1942
- Bambicontemplative, warm, cozy
- Cat Peopletwisty, dread, unsettling
- Mrs. Minivercontemplative, romantic, tender
- Saboteurtense, twisty
- Saludos Amigoswhimsical, epic, stylish
- The Magnificent Ambersonscontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Palm Beach Storywitty, playful, romantic
- To Be or Not to Bewitty, playful, bleak
1941
- Citizen Kanetwisty, contemplative, dreamlike
- Dumbowhimsical, warm, cozy
- High Sierragritty, contemplative, kinetic
- How Green Was My Valleycontemplative
- Meet John Doecontemplative, witty, playful
- Sullivan's Travelswitty, playful, romantic
- Suspiciontwisty, romantic, tender
- The Lady Evewitty, playful, romantic
- The Maltese Falcontwisty, gritty, tense
- The Wolf Mandread, unsettling, contemplative
1940
- Fantasiawhimsical, warm, cozy
- Foreign Correspondenttense, twisty, kinetic
- His Girl Fridaywitty, playful, romantic
- Pinocchiowhimsical, warm, cozy
- Rebeccatwisty, romantic, tender
- The Bank Dickwitty, playful
- The Grapes of Wrathcontemplative
- The Great Dictatorwitty, playful, bleak
- The Philadelphia Storywitty, playful, romantic
- The Shop Around the Cornerwitty, playful, contemplative
- The Thief of Bagdadepic, dreamlike, romantic