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See also: [[Early Films]], Films of the [[Films of the 1920s|1920s]], [[Films of the 1930s|1930s]], [[Films of the 1950s|1950s]], [[Films of the 1960s|1960s]], [[Films of the 1970s|1970s]], [[Films of the 1980s|1980s]], [[Films of the 1990s|1990s]], [[Films of the 2000s|2000s]], [[Films of the 2010s|2010s]].


== 1940-1948 ==
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] moved to Hollywood and directs classic thrillers such as
** ''[[Notorious]]''
** ''[[Rebecca]]''
** ''[[Rope]]''
** ''[[Shadow of a Doubt]]''
** ''[[Spellbound]]''

== Notable Film Franchises, 1940-1949 ==
* The first five [[Lassie]] films.
** ''Lassie Come Home'' (1943)
** ''Son of Lassie'' (1945)
** ''Courage of Lassie'' (1946)
** ''Hills of Home'' (1948)
** ''The Sun Comes Up'' (1949)
* ''[[Andy Hardy]]''
** ''Andy Hardy Meets Debutante'' (1940)
** ''Andy Hardy's Private Secretary'' (1941)
** ''Life Begins for Andy Hardy'' (1941)
** ''The Courtship of Andy Hardy'' (1942)
** ''Andy Hardy's Double Life'' (1942)
** ''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble'' (1944)
** ''Love Laughs at Andy Hardy'' (1946)
* ''[[Ellery Queen]]''
** ''Ellery Queen, Master Detective'' (1940)
** ''Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery'' (1941)
** ''Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring'' (1941)
** ''Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime'' (1941)
** ''Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen'' (1942)
** ''A Close Call for Ellery Queen'' (1942)
** ''A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen'' (1942)
* The last of the ''[[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]]'' [[Film Serial|film serials]]
** ''Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe'' (1940)
* The first five ''[[Road To]] ...'' films.
** ''Road to Singapore'' (1940)
** ''Road to Zanzibar'' (1941)
** ''Road to Morocco'' (1942)
** ''Road to Utopia'' (1946)
** ''Road to Rio'' (1947)
* ''[[Jungle Jim]]''
** ''Jungle Jim'' (1948)
** ''The Lost Tribe'' (1949)

* [[Universal Horror]]
** Crossovers
*** ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' (1943)
*** ''[[House of Frankenstein (film)|House of Frankenstein]]'' (1944)
*** ''[[House of Dracula]]'' (1945)
*** ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' (1948)
** The ''Dracula'' Series
*** ''[[Son of Dracula]]'' (1943)
** The ''Frankenstein'' Series
*** ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942)
** The ''Mummy'' series
*** ''[[The Mummy's Hand|The Mummys Hand]]'' (1940)
*** ''The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942)
*** ''The Mummy's Ghost'' (1944)
*** ''The Mummy's Curse'' (1944)
** The ''Wolf Man'' Series
*** ''[[The Wolf Man]]'' (1941)

== 1940 ==
* ''[[The Blue Bird]]''
* ''[[Fantasia]]''
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' - ''The'' film of the effects of the Depression
* ''[[The Great Dictator]]''
* ''[[Hired]]'' - A short training film for Chevrolet sales managers. Was shown in two parts on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' with movies ''[[Bride of the Monster]]'' and ''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate]]''.
* ''[[His Girl Friday]]''
* ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]''
* ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]''
* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' - starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, co-adapted by Aldous Huxley.
* ''[[Rebecca]]''
* ''[[The Sea Hawk]]''
* ''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]''
* ''[[The Thief of Bagdad]]''
* ''[[You Nazty Spy]]''
* ''[[Night Train to Munich]]''

== 1941 ==
* ''[[Ball of Fire]]''
* ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
* ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster]]''
* ''[[Dumbo]]''
* ''[[High Sierra]]''
* ''[[How Green Was My Valley]]''
* ''[[Ill Wait for You]]''
* ''[[The Lady Eve]] ''
* ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]''
* ''[[Meet John Doe]]''
* ''[[Mr. Bug Goes to Town]]''
* ''[[Pimpernel Smith]]''
* ''[[The Reluctant Dragon]]''
* ''[[That Hamilton Woman]]''

== 1942 ==
* ''[[Bambi]]''
* ''[[Casablanca]]'' -- [[World War II|Wartime romance]], often considered one of the best romantic movies ever made.
* ''[[Cat People (film)|Cat People]]''
* ''[[Holiday Inn]]''
* ''[[Jungle Book (film)|Jungle Book]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' -- Based on the Kaufman/Hart play of the same name
* ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' -- An Oscar-winning [[World War II]] propaganda film.
* ''[[Now Voyager]]''
* ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]''
* ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]''
* ''[[To Be or Not to Be]]'' -- A comedy set in Poland during the early days of [[World War II]]
* ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''

== 1943 ==

* ''[[The Batman (film)|The Batman]]'' -- [[Batman]]'s film debut.
* ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]''
* ''[[Heaven Can Wait]]'' -- Not to be confused with the unrelated 1978 movie of the same name.
* ''[[Jane Eyre (film)|Jane Eyre]]'' - starring Joan Fontaine, co-adapted by Aldous Huxley.
* ''[[The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp]]''
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' -- The [[Claude Rains]] version
* ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''
* ''[[Shadow of a Doubt]]'' -- [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s favorite [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film
* ''[[Who Killed Who]]''

== 1944 ==
* ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
* ''[[Cobra Woman]]''
* ''[[Double Indemnity]]''
* ''[[Gaslight]]''
* ''[[I Accuse My Parents]]''
* ''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''
* ''[[Laura]]''
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' (last classic film)
* ''[[Meet Me in St Louis]]''
* ''[[Ministry Of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Miracle of Morgan's Creek|The Miracle of Morgans Creek]]'' - the most controversial film by [[Preston Sturges]].
* ''[[Mr. Skeffington]]''
* ''[[Murder My Sweet]]''
* ''[[National Velvet]]''
* ''[[Since You Went Away]]''
* ''[[The Woman in the Window]]''

== 1945 ==
* ''[[Anchors Aweigh]]''
* ''[[Dead of Night]]''
* ''[[The Lost Weekend]]''
* ''[[Mildred Pierce]]''
* ''[[State Fair]]''
* ''[[The Three Caballeros]]''

== 1946 ==
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and The Beast]]''
* ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
* ''[[The Big Sleep (film)|The Big Sleep]]'' -- A classic [[Film Noir]].
* ''[[The Blue Dahlia]]''
* ''[[The Brute Man]]''
* ''[[Gilda]]''
* ''[[Great Expectations]]'' ([[David Lean]] version)
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life|Its a Wonderful Life]]'' -- Source of [[Wonderful Life]].
* ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'' -- Called ''Stairway to Heaven'' in the US
* ''[[Make Mine Music]]''
* ''[[Notorious]]''
* ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946]]''
* ''[[She Wolf of London (film)|She Wolf of London]]''
* ''[[Song of the South]]'' -- [[Walt Disney]]'s own personal [[Canon Discontinuity]]
* ''[[Swing Parade of 1946]]''

== 1947 ==
* ''[[Dead Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]''
* ''[[Gentleman's Agreement|Gentlemans Agreement]]''
* ''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]''
* ''[[Miracle on 34th Street|Miracle On Thirty Fourth Street]]''
* ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]''
* ''[[Nightmare Alley]]''
* ''[[Sinbad the Sailor (film)|Sinbad the Sailor]]''
* ''[[The Lady From Shanghai]]''

== 1948 ==
* ''[[Bicycle Thieves]]''
* ''[[Fort Apache]]'' -- The first part of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy"
* ''[[Germany, Year Zero]]''
* ''[[Hamlet]]'' ([[Laurence Olivier]] version)
* ''[[Jungle Goddess]]''
* ''[[Key Largo]]''
* ''[[Last of the Wild Horses]]''
* ''[[Melody Time]]''
* ''[[Portrait of Jennie]]''
* ''[[Red River]]''
* ''[[Rope]]''
* ''[[That Lady in Ermine]]''
* ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'' -- ''The'' quintessential [[Gold Fever]] story.
* ''[[Unfaithfully Yours]]''
* ''[[Unknown Island]]''
* ''[[The Red Shoes (film)|The Red Shoes]]''

== 1949 ==
* ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]''
* ''[[All the King's Men|All the Kings Men]]''
* ''[[Batman and Robin (Serial)|Batman and Robin]]'' -- The sequel to the original [[Batman]] film debut.
* ''[[The Fountainhead]]''
* ''[[Washington Square|The Heiress]]''
* ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''
* ''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]''
* ''[[Mighty Joe Young]]'' -- The original film.
* ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]''
* ''[[On the Town]]''
* ''[[The Secret Garden]]'' -- Starring Margaret O' Brien.
* ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' -- The second part of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy"
* ''[[Stray Dog (film)|Stray Dog]]''
* ''[[The Passionate Friends]]''
* ''[[The Third Man]]''
* ''[[Under Capricorn]]''
* ''[[White Heat]]''

== Notable 1940s [[The Golden Age of Animation|Cartoons]] and Live Action shorts ==
* ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]''
** "[[Theres Good Boos Tonight|There's Good Boos Tonight]]" (1947)
* ''[[Charlie Chan]]''
* ''[[Classic Disney Shorts]]''
** "[[Der Fuehrer's Face|Der Fuehrers Face]]" (1943)
** "[[Education for Death]]" (1943)
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]''
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''
** "[[The Great Piggy Bank Robbery]]" (1946)
** "[[You Ought to Be In Pictures]]" (1940)
* ''[[Merrie Melodies]]''
** "[[A Corny Concerto]]" (1943)
** "[[Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs]]" (1943)
** "[[The Dover Boys|The Dover Boys At Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall]]" (1942)
** "[[A Wild Hare]]" (1940)
* ''[[Popeye]]'' and other classic shorts from [[Max and Dave Fleischer]]
* ''[[Tarzan]]''
* ''[[The Three Stooges]]''
* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', ''Happy Harmonies'', and other classic shorts from [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]
** "[[Bad Luck Blackie]]" (1949)
** "[[The Cat Concerto]]" (1947)
** "[[Northwest Hounded Police]]" (1946)
** "[[Puss Gets the Boot]]" (1940)
** "[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]" (1943)
* [[Woody Woodpecker]] and other classic shorts from Universal
** "[[The Barber of Seville (animation)|The Barber of Seville]]" (1944)

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