Your favorite films of the 1940s

[Adolfo]

Red River, Fantasia, Dumbo, Most of the abbott and costellos,Sand of Iwo Jima. Citizen Kane. The Wolfman

 

[pixletwin]

It's A Wonderful Life is #1 from this decade for me. I also love Our Town.

 

[Adolfo]

It's A Wonderful Life is #1 from this decade for me. I also love Our Town.

Very good, I must be old to forget some of these. Bowery boys, Hope and Crosby

 

[Adolfo]

Mighty Joe Young

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Wolf Man
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Maltese Falcon
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Samson and Delilah

 

[Scurvy26]

Citizen Kane for me.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
To Have and Have Not
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Key Largo
The Third man
The Lady From Shanghai
Double Indemnity
Red River
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Mark of Zorro

 

[Adolfo]

The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
To Have and Have Not
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Key Largo
The Third man
The Lady From Shanghai
Double Indemnity
Red River
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Mark of Zorro

forgot about the Bogart films...true winners

 

[CelticPredator]

Citizen Kane is the only film. Great camera angles, and stunning visual style.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

forgot about the Bogart films...true winners

That scene in The Maltese Falcon when Bogey loses his temper in the meeting with Kasper Gutman then walks out and flashes a cool smile is one of my favorite moments in film. Bogey was the best.

 

[Adolfo]

That scene in The Maltese Falcon when Bogey loses his temper in the meeting with Kasper Gutman then walks out and flashes a cool smile is one of my favorite moments in film. Bogey was the best.

yup...all of a sudden I'm thinking of Spencer Tracy too

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

The original Brewsters Millions

 

[karamazov80]

The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Double Indemnity

These were some of the first ones to come to mind for me, as well. Love Bogart. And Double Indemnity is still so moody and edgy. One of my all-time favorites. I was going to add Another Thin Man, but turns out it's 1939! Then there is Citizen Kane of course, possibly the "greatest" film ever made. Lots of films from this decade (particularly some of the film noir films) have been on my "to watch" list forever, but I haven't gotten around to them.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

These were some of the first ones to come to mind for me, as well. Love Bogart. And Double Indemnity is still so moody and edgy. One of my all-time favorites. I was going to add Another Thin Man, but turns out it's 1939! Then there is Citizen Kane of course, possibly the "greatest" film ever made. Lots of films from this decade (particularly some of the film noir films) have been on my "to watch" list forever, but I haven't gotten around to them.

I don't think I listed the The Thin Man films in the 30's thread, but I love those.

 

[karamazov80]

The latter 3 Thin Man movies were made in the '40s.

 

[devilof76]

The Great Dictator

 

[cokebabies]

The Philadelphia Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Dumbo