25 Greatest Films of 1940

These feature films are ranked according to their direction, story/script, cinematography, acting, music, editing, creativity, and originality, along with its general success and impact/influence in the film industry. While prolonged success is important, this list emphasizes the success during the noted period more strongly.

C* : Critics votes, V* : Viewers votes. The release dates for each movie may depend upon country. Only registred users are allowed to vote. Every 5 votes caste, makes the entity go up one in the list.

C*	V*	Cover	Title	Genre	Director (d) / Writer (w)	Cast	Year
14	14		Christmas In July	Comedy Drama Romance	Preston Sturges (d)	Dick Powell Ellen Drew Raymond Walburn	1940
7	7		Fantasia	Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Family	Samuel Armstrong (d) James Algar (d) Bill Roberts (d) Paul Satterfield (d) Hamilton Luske (d) Jim Handley (d) Ford Beebe (d) T. Hee (d) Norman Ferguson (d) Wilfred Jackson (d)	Leopold Stokowski Deems Taylor	1940
12	12		Foreign Correspondent	Thriller	Alfred Hitchcock (d) Charles Bennett (w) Joan Harrison (w)	Joel McCrea Laraine Day Herbert Marshall	1940
19	19		Gaslight	Drama Thriller Mystery Foreign	Thorold Dickinson (d)	Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell	1940
4	4		His Girl Friday	Comedy Drama Romance	Howard Hawks (d) Charles Lederer (w)	Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy	1940
25	25		Kitty Foyle		Sam Wood (d)		1940
24	24		My Favorite Wife	Comedy Romance	Garson Kanin (d)	Cary Grant Randolph Scott Irene Dunne	1940
23	23		Northwest Passage	Adventure History Western Drama	King Vidor (d)	Spencer Tracy Robert Young Walter Brennan	1940
22	22	[NO IMAGE]	Our Town	Drama Romance	Sam Wood (d)	William Holden Martha Scott Fay Bainter	1940
6	6		Pinocchio	Adventure Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Family	Hamilton Luske (d) Ben Sharpsteen (d)	Dickie Jones Cliff Edwards Mel Blanc	1940
15	15		Pride and Prejudice	Drama Romance			1940
3	3		Rebecca	Drama Mystery Romance Suspense Thriller	Alfred Hitchcock (d) Philip MacDonald (w) Robert E. Sherwood.. (w)	Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine George Sanders	1940
9	9		The Bank Dick	Comedy	Edward F. Cline (d) W.C. Fields (w)	W.C. Fields Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel	1940
1	1		The Grapes of Wrath	Drama Road Movie	John Ford (d) Edward O'Fearna (d) Nunnally Johnson (w)	Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine	1940
5	5		The Great Dictator	Comedy	Charlie Chaplin (d) Charlie Chaplin (w)	Charlie Chaplin Jack Oakie Reginald Gardiner	1940
13	13		The Great McGinty	Comedy	Preston Sturges (d)	Brian Donlevy Akim Tamiroff Muriel Angelus	1940
11	11		The Letter	Crime Drama Film Noir Romance	William Wyler (d) Howard Koch (w)	Bette Davis Herbert Marshall James Stephenson	1940
21	21		The Long Voyage Home	Action Drama		John Wayne	1940
20	20		The Mark of Zorro	Action Adventure Drama	Rouben Mamoulian (d)	Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone	1940
17	17		The Mortal Storm	Drama	Frank Borzage (d) George Froeschel (w) Hans Rameau (w) Claudine West (w)	James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan	1940
2	2		The Philadelphia Story	Comedy Romance	George Cukor (d) Donald Ogden Stewa.. (w) Waldo Salt (w)	Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart	1940
16	16		The Sea Hawk	Action Adventure	Michael Curtiz (d) Howard W. Koch (w) Seton I. Miller (w)	Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall Claude Rains	1940
8	8		The Shop Around the Corner	Comedy Romance Holiday	Ernst Lubitsch (d) Samson Raphaelson (w)	Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan	1940
10	10		The Thief of Bagdad	Adventure Fantasy Action Science Fiction Family Foreign	Ludwig Berger (d) Michael Powell (d) Tim Whelan (d) Miles Malleson (w)	Conrad Veidt Sabu June Duprez	1940
18	18		They Drive by Night	Crime Drama Thriller Film Noir	Raoul Walsh (d) Jerry Wald (w) Richard Macaulay (w)	George Raft Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino	1940

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