Cinemaths - Broadside Edition

Poster for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Dir. John Huston

126· USA· Adventure, Drama, Western,· NR

A+ 97/100

Director John Huston

Writer John Huston

D.O.P. Ted D. McCord

Composer Max Steiner

Editor Owen Marks

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 126′

Percentile 99th

Casablanca (1943)

Dir. Michael Curtiz

103· USA· Drama, Romance,· PG

A+ 97/100

Director Michael Curtiz

Writer Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch

D.O.P. Arthur Edeson

Composer Max Steiner

Editor Owen Marks

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 103′

Percentile 99th

The Third Man (1949)

Dir. Carol Reed

105· UK· Thriller, Mystery,· NR

A+ 97/100

Director Carol Reed

Writer Graham Greene

D.O.P. Robert Krasker

Composer Anton Karas

Editor Oswald Hafenrichter

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 105′

Percentile 99th

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Dir. John Ford

129· USA· Drama,· NR

A+ 95/100

Director John Ford

Writer Nunnally Johnson

D.O.P. Gregg Toland

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Robert L. Simpson

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 129′

Percentile 97th

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Dir. Elia Kazan

128· USA· Drama,· PG

A 94/100

Director Elia Kazan

Writer Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis

D.O.P. Leon Shamroy

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Dorothy Spencer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 128′

Percentile 96th

Citizen Kane (1941)

Dir. Orson Welles

119· USA· Mystery, Drama,· NR

A 93/100

Director Orson Welles

Writer Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz

D.O.P. Gregg Toland

Composer Bernard Herrmann

Editor Robert Wise

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 119′

Percentile 95th

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

104· UK· Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy,· PG

A- 92/100

Director Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Writer Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

D.O.P. Jack Cardiff

Composer Allan Gray

Editor Reginald Mills

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 104′

Percentile 93rd

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Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Dir. Vittorio De Sica

89· Italy· Drama,· NR

A- 91/100

Director Vittorio De Sica

Writer Cesare Zavattini, Adolfo Franci, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Gerardo Guerrieri, Vittorio De Sica, Gherardo Gherardi

D.O.P. Carlo Montuori

Composer Alessandro Cicognini

Editor Eraldo Da Roma

Language Italian

Country Italy

Runtime 89′

Percentile 92nd

Paisan (1946)

Dir. Roberto Rossellini

125· Italy· Drama, War,· NR

A- 90/100

Director Roberto Rossellini

Writer Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Vasco Pratolini, Klaus Mann, Rod E. Geiger, Marcello Pagliero, Alfred Hayes

D.O.P. Otello Martelli

Composer Renzo Rossellini

Editor Eraldo Da Roma

Language Italian

Country Italy

Runtime 125′

Percentile 90th

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Dir. William A. Wellman

76· USA· Western, Drama,· NR

A- 90/100

Director William A. Wellman

Writer Lamar Trotti

D.O.P. Arthur C. Miller

Composer Cyril J. Mockridge

Editor Allen McNeil

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 76′

Percentile 90th

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Dir. George Cukor

113· USA· Comedy, Romance,· NR

B+ 89/100

Director George Cukor

Writer Donald Ogden Stewart, Waldo Salt

D.O.P. Joseph Ruttenberg

Composer Franz Waxman

Editor Frank Sullivan

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 113′

Percentile 89th

Pinocchio (1940)

Dir. Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Wilfred Jackson

88· USA· Animation, Family, Fantasy,· G

B+ 89/100

Director Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Wilfred Jackson

Writer Null

D.O.P. Null

Composer Paul J. Smith, Leigh Harline, Edward H. Plumb, Frank Churchill

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 88′

Percentile 89th

Rome, Open City (1945)

Dir. Roberto Rossellini

103· Italy· Drama, War,· NR

B+ 88/100

Director Roberto Rossellini

Writer Sergio Amidei, Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini

D.O.P. Ubaldo Arata

Composer Renzo Rossellini

Editor Eraldo Da Roma, Jolanda Benvenuti

Language Italian

Country Italy

Runtime 103′

Percentile 87th

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Dir. Max Ophüls

87· USA· Drama, Romance,· NR

B+ 88/100

Director Max Ophüls

Writer Howard Koch

D.O.P. Franz Planer

Composer Daniele Amfitheatrof

Editor Ted J. Kent

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 87′

Percentile 87th

Great Expectations (1946)

Dir. David Lean

118· UK· Drama, Romance,· NR

B+ 87/100

Director David Lean

Writer David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, Cecil McGivern

D.O.P. Guy Green

Composer Walter Goehr

Editor Jack Harris

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 118′

Percentile 85th

Sergeant York (1941)

Dir. Howard Hawks

134· USA· War, Drama,· NR

B+ 86/100

Director Howard Hawks

Writer Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston, Alvin C. York

D.O.P. Sol Polito

Composer Max Steiner

Editor William Holmes

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 134′

Percentile 83rd

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Dir. John Ford

97· USA· Western, Drama, Romance,· NR

B+ 86/100

Director John Ford

Writer Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller, Sam Hellman

D.O.P. Joseph MacDonald

Composer Cyril J. Mockridge

Editor Dorothy Spencer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 97′

Percentile 83rd

Children of Paradise (1945)

Dir. Marcel Carné

190· France· Drama, Romance,· NR

B+ 85/100

Director Marcel Carné

Writer Jacques Prévert

D.O.P. Roger Hubert, Marc Fossard

Composer Maurice Thiriet

Editor Henri Rust, Madeleine Bonin

Language French

Country France

Runtime 190′

Percentile 80th

Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)

Dir. Sergei Eisenstein

95· Soviet Union· Drama, History,· NR

B 84/100

Director Sergei Eisenstein

Writer Sergei Eisenstein

D.O.P. Andrey Moskvin, Eduard Tisse

Composer Sergei Prokofiev

Editor Sergei Eisenstein

Language Russian

Country Soviet Union

Runtime 95′

Percentile 78th

Red River (1948)

Dir. Howard Hawks

133· USA· Western,· NR

B 84/100

Director Howard Hawks

Writer Borden Chase, Charles Schnee

D.O.P. Russell Harlan

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Editor Christian Nyby, Howard Hughes, Francis D. Lyon, Jack Murray

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 133′

Percentile 78th

Fantasia (1940)

Dir. Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Ford Beebe Jr.

124· USA· Animation, Family, Fantasy,· G

B 84/100

Director Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Ford Beebe Jr.

Writer Joe Grant, Dick Huemer

D.O.P. James Wong Howe

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Dukas, Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Amilcare Ponchielli, Modeste Moussorgsky, Franz Schubert

Editor Stephen Csillag

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 124′

Percentile 78th

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

Dir. William Dieterle

107· USA· Drama, Fantasy,· NR

B 84/100

Director William Dieterle

Writer Stephen Vincent Benet, Dan Totheroh

D.O.P. Joseph H. August

Composer Bernard Herrmann

Editor Robert Wise

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 107′

Percentile 78th

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Dir. Michael Curtiz

126· USA· Drama, Music,· NR

B 80/100

Director Michael Curtiz

Writer Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein

D.O.P. James Wong Howe

Composer Heinz Roemheld, Ray Heindorf

Editor George Amy

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 126′

Percentile 69th

Double Indemnity (1944)

Dir. Billy Wilder

107· USA· Crime, Thriller,· NR

B 80/100

Director Billy Wilder

Writer Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler

D.O.P. John F. Seitz

Composer Miklós Rózsa

Editor Doane Harrison

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 107′

Percentile 69th

The Westerner (1940)

Dir. William Wyler

100· USA· Western,· NR

B 80/100

Director William Wyler

Writer Niven Busch, Jo Swerling, Stuart N. Lake

D.O.P. Gregg Toland

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Editor Daniel Mandell

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 100′

Percentile 69th

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Dir. Elia Kazan

118· USA· Drama,· NR

B- 79/100

Director Elia Kazan

Writer Moss Hart

D.O.P. Arthur C. Miller

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 118′

Percentile 67th

3 Godfathers (1949)

Dir. John Ford

106· USA· Western,· NR

B- 79/100

Director John Ford

Writer Laurence Stallings, Frank S. Nugent, Robert Nathan, Peter B. Kyne

D.O.P. Winton C. Hoch

Composer Richard Hageman

Editor Jack Murray

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 106′

Percentile 67th

Bambi (1942)

Dir. David Hand

69· USA· Animation, Drama, Family,· G

B- 79/100

Director David Hand

Writer Perce Pearce, Vernon Stallings, Mel Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright

D.O.P. Null

Composer Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb, Leigh Harline

Editor Thomas Scott

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 69′

Percentile 67th

Rope (1948)

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

81· USA· Thriller, Crime, Drama,· PG

B- 78/100

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writer Arthur Laurents

D.O.P. William V. Skall, Joseph A. Valentine

Composer Null

Editor William H. Ziegler

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 81′

Percentile 64th

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Dir. Frank Capra

130· USA· Drama, Family, Fantasy,· PG

B- 78/100

Director Frank Capra

Writer Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra

D.O.P. Joseph F. Biroc, Joseph Walker, Victor Milner

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Editor William Hornbeck

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 130′

Percentile 64th

Lifeboat (1944)

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

96· USA· War, Drama,· NR

B- 78/100

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writer Jo Swerling, Ben Hecht, John Steinbeck

D.O.P. Glen MacWilliams

Composer Hugo Friedhofer

Editor Dorothy Spencer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 96′

Percentile 64th

Day of Wrath (1943)

Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

97· Denmark· Drama, History,· NR

B- 78/100

Director Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer Mogens Skot-Hansen, Paul La Cour, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Hans Wiers-Jenssen, Poul Knudsen

D.O.P. Karl Andersson

Composer Poul Schierbeck

Editor Edith Schlüssel, Anne Marie Petersen

Language Danish

Country Denmark

Runtime 97′

Percentile 64th

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Dir. Fritz Lang

92· USA· Western,· NR

B- 77/100

Director Fritz Lang

Writer Sam Hellman

D.O.P. George Barnes

Composer David Buttolph

Editor Walter Thompson

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 92′

Percentile 62nd

Out of the Past (1947)

Dir. Jacques Tourneur

97· USA· Crime, Thriller,· NR

B- 77/100

Director Jacques Tourneur

Writer Daniel Mainwaring

D.O.P. Nicholas Musuraca

Composer Roy Webb

Editor Samuel E. Beetley

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 97′

Percentile 62nd

The Search (1948)

Dir. Fred Zinnemann

104· USA· Drama, War,· NR

B- 77/100

Director Fred Zinnemann

Writer Richard Schweizer, Montgomery Clift, Betty Smith, Peter Viertel, David Wechsler, Paul Jarrico

D.O.P. Emil Berna

Composer Robert Blum

Editor Hermann Haller

Language English

Country USA, Switzerland

Runtime 104′

Percentile 62nd

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Duel in the Sun (1946)

Dir. King Vidor

144· USA· Western, Drama, Romance,· NR

B- 77/100

Director King Vidor

Writer David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht

D.O.P. Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan, Harold Rosson

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 144′

Percentile 62nd

Watched 10/11/2025

Dumbo (1941)

Dir. Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, Samuel Armstrong

64· USA· Animation, Family,· G

B- 76/100

Director Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, Samuel Armstrong

Writer Joe Grant, Dick Huemer

D.O.P. Null

Composer Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 64′

Percentile 60th

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Dir. George Seaton

96· USA· Comedy, Drama, Family,· G

B- 76/100

Director George Seaton

Writer George Seaton, Valentine Davies

D.O.P. Lloyd Ahern Sr., Charles G. Clarke

Composer Cyril J. Mockridge, Edward B. Powell

Editor Robert L. Simpson

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 96′

Percentile 60th

Pursued (1947)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

101· USA· Western, Drama, Romance,· NR

B- 76/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer Niven Busch

D.O.P. James Wong Howe

Composer Max Steiner

Editor Christian Nyby

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 101′

Percentile 60th

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Dir. John Huston

100· USA· Mystery, Crime, Thriller,· NR

B- 75/100

Director John Huston

Writer John Huston

D.O.P. Arthur Edeson

Composer Adolph Deutsch

Editor Thomas Richards

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 100′

Percentile 58th

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Pinky (1949)

Dir. Elia Kazan

102· USA· Drama,· NR

B- 75/100

Director Elia Kazan

Writer Dudley Nichols, Philip Dunne

D.O.P. Joseph MacDonald

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Harmon Jones

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 102′

Percentile 58th

Fort Apache (1948)

Dir. John Ford

128· USA· Western,· NR

B- 75/100

Director John Ford

Writer Frank S. Nugent, James Warner Bellah

D.O.P. Archie Stout, William H. Clothier

Composer Richard Hageman

Editor Jack Murray

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 128′

Percentile 58th

Paracelsus (1943)

Dir. G.W. Pabst

106· Germany· Drama, History,· NR

B- 75/100

Director G.W. Pabst

Writer Kurt Heuser

D.O.P. Bruno Stephan

Composer Herbert Windt

Editor Lena Neumann

Language German

Country Germany

Runtime 106′

Percentile 58th

Crossfire (1947)

Dir. Edward Dmytryk

86· USA· Crime, Mystery, Thriller,· NR

B- 75/100

Director Edward Dmytryk

Writer John Paxton

D.O.P. J. Roy Hunt

Composer Roy Webb

Editor Harry Gerstad

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 86′

Percentile 58th

Yellow Sky (1948)

Dir. William A. Wellman

98· USA· Western,· NR

B- 75/100

Director William A. Wellman

Writer Lamar Trotti, W.R. Burnett

D.O.P. Joseph MacDonald

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Harmon Jones

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 98′

Percentile 58th

Watched 10/26/2025

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Dir. George Stevens

118· USA· Comedy, Drama, Romance,· NR

C+ 74/100

Director George Stevens

Writer Sidney Buchman, Irwin Shaw, Sidney Harmon

D.O.P. Ted Tetzlaff

Composer Friedrich Hollaender

Editor Otto Meyer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 118′

Percentile 56th

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High Sierra (1941)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

100· USA· Crime, Drama, Action,· NR

C+ 73/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer W.R. Burnett, John Huston

D.O.P. Tony Gaudio

Composer Adolph Deutsch

Editor Jack Killifer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 100′

Percentile 54th

Dark Command (1940)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

94· USA· Drama, Romance, Western,· NR

C+ 72/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer Grover Jones, F. Hugh Herbert, Lionel Houser

D.O.P. Jack A. Marta

Composer Victor Young

Editor William Morgan

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 94′

Percentile 52nd

Watched 4/9/2024

Western Union (1941)

Dir. Fritz Lang

95· USA· Western,· NR

C+ 72/100

Director Fritz Lang

Writer George Bruce, Robert Carson

D.O.P. Edward Cronjager, Allen M. Davey

Composer David Buttolph

Editor Robert Bischoff, Gene Fowler Jr.

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 95′

Percentile 52nd

Cheyenne (1947)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

99· USA· Western,· NR

C+ 72/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer Alan Le May, Thames Williamson, Paul Wellman

D.O.P. Sidney Hickox

Composer Max Steiner

Editor Christian Nyby

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 99′

Percentile 52nd

Watched 10/19/2025

49th Parallel (1941)

Dir. Michael Powell

123· UK· War, Thriller,· NR

C+ 71/100

Director Michael Powell

Writer Emeric Pressburger

D.O.P. Freddie Young

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams

Editor David Lean

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 123′

Percentile 50th

Canyon Passage (1946)

Dir. Jacques Tourneur

92· USA· Western,· NR

C 69/100

Director Jacques Tourneur

Writer Ernest Haycox, Ernest Pascal

D.O.P. Edward Cronjager

Composer Frank Skinner

Editor Milton Carruth

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 92′

Percentile 45th

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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

Dir. Jacques Tourneur

69· USA· Mystery, Horror, Drama,· NR

C 68/100

Director Jacques Tourneur

Writer Ardel Wray, Curt Siodmak

D.O.P. J. Roy Hunt

Composer Roy Webb

Editor Mark Robson

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 69′

Percentile 42nd

Objective, Burma! (1945)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

142· USA· War, Adventure, Drama, Action,· NR

C 68/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer Ranald MacDougall, Lester Cole, Alvah Bessie

D.O.P. James Wong Howe

Composer Franz Waxman

Editor George Amy

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 142′

Percentile 42nd

Brief Encounter (1945)

Dir. David Lean

86· UK· Drama, Romance,· NR

C 68/100

Director David Lean

Writer Noël Coward

D.O.P. Robert Krasker

Composer Null

Editor Jack Harris

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 86′

Percentile 42nd

Boomerang! (1947)

Dir. Elia Kazan

88· USA· Drama, Mystery,· NR

C 67/100

Director Elia Kazan

Writer Richard Murphy, Fulton Oursler

D.O.P. Norbert Brodine

Composer David Buttolph

Editor Harmon Jones

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 88′

Percentile 40th

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Dir. Rouben Mamoulian

94· USA· Adventure, Romance, Action,· NR

C 66/100

Director Rouben Mamoulian

Writer John Taintor Foote, Johnston McCulley

D.O.P. Arthur C. Miller

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor Robert Bischoff

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 94′

Percentile 38th

Crisis (1946)

Dir. Ingmar Bergman

93· Sweden· Drama, Romance,· NR

C 65/100

Director Ingmar Bergman

Writer Ingmar Bergman

D.O.P. Gösta Roosling

Composer Erland von Koch

Editor Oscar Rosander

Language Swedish

Country Sweden

Runtime 93′

Percentile 37th

The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

Dir. Nick Grindé

74· USA· Science Fiction, Horror,· NR

C- 64/100

Director Nick Grindé

Writer Karl Brown, Harold Shumate

D.O.P. Benjamin H. Kline

Composer Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Gerard Carbonara, Ben Oakland, Karol Rathaus, Gregory Stone

Editor Al Clark

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 74′

Percentile 35th

Poster for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Dir. Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Jack Kinney

68· USA· Horror, Fantasy, Animation, Family,· G

C- 64/100

Director Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Jack Kinney

Writer Erdman Penner, Winston Hibler, Harry Reeves, Homer Brightman, Ted Sears, Joe Rinaldi, Kenneth Grahame, Washington Irving

D.O.P. Null

Composer Oliver Wallace

Editor John O. Young

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 68′

Percentile 35th

Before I Hang (1940)

Dir. Nick Grindé

62· USA· Crime, Horror, Science Fiction,· NR

C- 63/100

Director Nick Grindé

Writer Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown

D.O.P. Benjamin H. Kline

Composer Null

Editor Charles Nelson

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 62′

Percentile 32nd

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Dir. Busby Berkeley

93· USA· Comedy, Romance, Music,· NR

C- 63/100

Director Busby Berkeley

Writer Harry Tugend, George Wells, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

D.O.P. George J. Folsey

Composer Roger Edens, Conrad Salinger

Editor Blanche Sewell

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 93′

Percentile 32nd

Make Mine Music (1946)

Dir. Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador

75· USA· Animation, Music, Family,· G

C- 63/100

Director Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador

Writer Homer Brightman, Dick Huemer, Dick Shaw, Tom Oreb, Dick Kelsey, T. Hee, Cap Palmer, Dick Kinney, Sylvia Moberly-Holland, Jesse Marsh, Roy Williams, Ed Penner, Eric Gurney, John Walbridge, James Bodrero, Erwin Graham

D.O.P. Null

Composer Oliver Wallace

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 75′

Percentile 32nd

Call Northside 777 (1948)

Dir. Henry Hathaway

111· USA· Crime, Drama,· NR

C- 63/100

Director Henry Hathaway

Writer Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, James P. McGuire

D.O.P. Joseph MacDonald

Composer Alfred Newman

Editor J. Watson Webb Jr.

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 111′

Percentile 32nd

The Devil Commands (1941)

Dir. Edward Dmytryk

65· USA· Horror, Science Fiction,· NR

C- 62/100

Director Edward Dmytryk

Writer Robert Hardy Andrews, Milton Gunzburg

D.O.P. Allen G. Siegler

Composer Morris Stoloff

Editor Al Clark

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 65′

Percentile 31st

Blithe Spirit (1945)

Dir. David Lean

96· UK· Comedy, Fantasy,· NR

C- 61/100

Director David Lean

Writer Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean

D.O.P. Ronald Neame

Composer Richard Addinsell

Editor Jack Harris

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 96′

Percentile 30th

She-Wolf of London (1946)

Dir. Jean Yarbrough

61· USA· Mystery, Horror, Thriller,· NR

C- 61/100

Director Jean Yarbrough

Writer George Bricker

D.O.P. Maury Gertsman

Composer William Lava, Frank Skinner

Editor Paul Landres

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 61′

Percentile 30th

Melody Time (1948)

Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske

75· USA· Animation, Music, Family,· NR

C- 60/100

Director Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske

Writer Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney

D.O.P. Null

Composer Null

Editor Donald Halliday, Thomas Scott

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 75′

Percentile 28th

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

Dir. Lew Landers

67· USA· Comedy, Horror,· NR

D+ 59/100

Director Lew Landers

Writer Edwin Blum, Hal Fimberg, Robert B. Hunt

D.O.P. Henry Freulich

Composer Null

Editor Richard Fantl

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 67′

Percentile 26th

Saludos Amigos (1943)

Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Norman Ferguson

42· USA· Animation, Adventure, Music,· NR

D+ 59/100

Director Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Norman Ferguson

Writer Dick Huemer, Harry Reeves, Joe Grant, Roy Williams, Homer Brightman, Ralph Wright, William Cottrell, Webb Smith, Ted Sears

D.O.P. Null

Composer Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Ary Barroso

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 42′

Percentile 26th

Virginia City (1940)

Dir. Michael Curtiz

121· USA· Western, Action, Romance,· NR

D+ 59/100

Director Michael Curtiz

Writer Robert Buckner

D.O.P. Sol Polito

Composer Max Steiner

Editor George Amy

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 121′

Percentile 26th

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

Dir. Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, William Morgan

73· USA· Animation, Music,· G

D+ 58/100

Director Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, William Morgan

Writer Frank Tashlin, Joe Rinaldi, Bill Peet, Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Ted Sears, Lance Nolley, Eldon Dedini, Tom Oreb

D.O.P. Charles P. Boyle

Composer Eliot Daniel, Paul J. Smith, Oliver Wallace

Editor Jack Bachom

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 73′

Percentile 25th

Northwest Passage (1940)

Dir. King Vidor

126· USA· Adventure, History, War, Drama,· NR

D+ 58/100

Director King Vidor

Writer Talbot Jennings, Laurence Stallings

D.O.P. William V. Skall, Sidney Wagner

Composer Herbert Stothart

Editor Conrad A. Nervig

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 126′

Percentile 25th

The Reckless Moment (1949)

Dir. Max Ophüls

82· USA· Drama, Thriller,· NR

D+ 58/100

Director Max Ophüls

Writer Robert Soderberg, Henry Garson, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

D.O.P. Burnett Guffey

Composer Hans J. Salter

Editor Gene Havlick

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 82′

Percentile 25th

Watched 10/16/2025

It Rains on Our Love (1946)

Dir. Ingmar Bergman

95· Sweden· Drama, Romance,· NR

D+ 57/100

Director Ingmar Bergman

Writer Ingmar Bergman, Herbert Grevenius

D.O.P. Göran Strindberg, Hilding Bladh

Composer Erland von Koch

Editor Tage Holmberg

Language Swedish

Country Sweden

Runtime 95′

Percentile 24th

The Three Caballeros (1945)

Dir. Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Bill Roberts, Harold Young

71· USA· Animation, Family, Music,· G

D+ 56/100

Director Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Bill Roberts, Harold Young

Writer Homer Brightman, Ted Sears, Ernest Terrazas, Bill Peet, Ralph Wright, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, James Bodrero

D.O.P. Ray Rennahan

Composer Null

Editor Donald Halliday

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 71′

Percentile 23rd

Torment (1944)

Dir. Alf Sjöberg

101· Sweden· Drama,· NR

D+ 56/100

Director Alf Sjöberg

Writer Ingmar Bergman

D.O.P. Martin Bodin

Composer Hilding Rosenberg

Editor Oscar Rosander

Language Swedish

Country Sweden

Runtime 101′

Percentile 23rd

A Ship to India (1947)

Dir. Ingmar Bergman

96· Sweden· Drama, Romance,· NR

D+ 55/100

Director Ingmar Bergman

Writer Ingmar Bergman

D.O.P. Göran Strindberg

Composer Erland von Koch

Editor Tage Holmberg

Language Swedish

Country Sweden

Runtime 96′

Percentile 21st

Watched 6/8/2025

This Happy Breed (1944)

Dir. David Lean

115· UK· Drama,· PG

D 52/100

Director David Lean

Writer Ronald Neame, David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan

D.O.P. Ronald Neame

Composer Muir Mathieson, Clifton Parker

Editor Jack Harris

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 115′

Percentile 18th

The Paradine Case (1947)

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

114· USA· Drama, Mystery, Romance,· NR

D- 49/100

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writer David O. Selznick

D.O.P. Lee Garmes

Composer Franz Waxman

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 114′

Percentile 15th

Adam's Rib (1949)

Dir. George Cukor

100· USA· Comedy, Drama, Romance,· NR

D- 49/100

Director George Cukor

Writer Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin

D.O.P. George J. Folsey

Composer Miklós Rózsa

Editor George Boemler

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 100′

Percentile 15th

Poster for They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Dir. Raoul Walsh

140· USA· Western, War, Drama, Romance,· NR

D- 49/100

Director Raoul Walsh

Writer Wally Kline, Æneas MacKenzie

D.O.P. Bert Glennon

Composer Max Steiner

Editor William Holmes

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 140′

Percentile 15th

Titanic (1943)

Dir. Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin

88· Germany· Drama, History,· NR

D- 47/100

Director Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin

Writer Herbert Selpin, Walter Zerlett-Olfenius

D.O.P. Friedl Behn-Grund

Composer Werner Eisbrenner

Editor Friedel Buckow

Language German

Country Germany

Runtime 88′

Percentile 13th

The Outlaw (1943)

Dir. Howard Hughes

116· USA· Western, Drama,· NR

D- 47/100

Director Howard Hughes

Writer Jules Furthman

D.O.P. Gregg Toland

Composer Victor Young

Editor Wallace Grissell

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 116′

Percentile 13th

Arizona (1940)

Dir. Wesley Ruggles

125· USA· Western,· NR

D- 45/100

Director Wesley Ruggles

Writer Claude Binyon, Clarence Budington Kelland

D.O.P. Fayte M. Browne, Harry Hallenberger, Joseph Walker

Composer Victor Young

Editor William A. Lyon, Otto Meyer

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 125′

Percentile 12th

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Dir. Edmund Goulding

111· USA· Drama, Thriller, Crime,· NR

D- 44/100

Director Edmund Goulding

Writer Jules Furthman

D.O.P. Lee Garmes

Composer Cyril J. Mockridge

Editor Barbara McLean

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 111′

Percentile 11th

In Which We Serve (1942)

Dir. Noël Coward, David Lean

115· UK· Drama, War,· NR

D- 44/100

Director Noël Coward, David Lean

Writer Noël Coward

D.O.P. Ronald Neame

Composer Noël Coward

Editor Thelma Connell

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 115′

Percentile 11th

Woman Without a Face (1947)

Dir. Gustaf Molander

102· Sweden· Drama,· NR

D- 43/100

Director Gustaf Molander

Writer Ingmar Bergman, Gustaf Molander

D.O.P. Åke Dahlqvist

Composer Erik Nordgren, Julius Jacobsen

Editor Oscar Rosander

Language Swedish

Country Sweden

Runtime 102′

Percentile 11th

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Dir. William A. Wellman

90· USA· Western, Drama, Romance,· NR

D- 40/100

Director William A. Wellman

Writer W.L. River, Viña Delmar, Seena Owen, Adela Rogers St. Johns

D.O.P. William C. Mellor

Composer Victor Young

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 90′

Percentile 10th

The Sea of Grass (1947)

Dir. Elia Kazan

123· USA· Drama, Western, Romance,· NR

F 39/100

Director Elia Kazan

Writer Vincent Lawrence, Marguerite Roberts

D.O.P. Harry Stradling Sr.

Composer Herbert Stothart

Editor Robert Kern

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 123′

Percentile 9th

Pirates of Monterey (1947)

Dir. Alfred L. Werker

77· USA· Adventure, Romance, Western,· NR

F 38/100

Director Alfred L. Werker

Writer Margaret Buell Wilder, Sam Hellman

D.O.P. Null

Composer Null

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 77′

Percentile 9th

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Dir. Michael Curtiz

110· USA· Western,· NR

F 8/100

Director Michael Curtiz

Writer Robert Buckner

D.O.P. Sol Polito

Composer Max Steiner

Editor George Amy

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 110′

Percentile 0th

FILMS OF THE 1940S