THE BEST OF THE BEST OF DECADE: 1940-1949
(Last updated: June 9, 2013)
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TITLE | YEAR | STARS | Out/10 | GRADE |
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Casablanca (TOP 100) | 1942 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Citizen Kane (TOP 100) | 1941 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Fantasia (TOP 100) | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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It’s A Wonderful Life (TOP 100) | 1946 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Bicycle Thieves (TOP 100) | 1948 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Third Man (TOP 100) | 1949 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Red Shoes (TOP 100) | 1948 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Notorious (TOP 100) | 1946 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Brief Encounter (TOP 100) | 1945 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Great Dictator (TOP 100) | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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His Girl Friday (TOP 100) | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Rebecca (TOP 100) | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Kind Hearts And Coronets (TOP 100) | 1949 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp | 1943 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Double Indemnity (TOP 100) | 1944 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Philadelphia Story (TOP 100) | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Out Of The Past (TOP 100) | 1947 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre | 1948 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Sullivan’s Travels | 1942 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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My Darling Clementine | 1946 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Lady Eve | 1941 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Grapes Of Wrath | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Shadow Of A Doubt | 1943 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Now Voyager | 1942 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Pinocchio | 1940 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Meet Me In St. Louis | 1944 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Arsenic And Old Lace | 1944 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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Red River | 1948 | **** | A+ | 10/10 |
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The Big Sleep | 1946 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Mrs Miniver | 1942 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Laura | 1944 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Rope | 1948 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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To Have, To Have Not | 1944 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Gun Crazy | 1949 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Gaslight | 1944 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Mildred Pierce | 1945 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Great Expectations | 1947 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Henry V | 1944 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Bambi | 1942 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Hamlet | 1948 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Scarlet Street | 1945 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Dumbo | 1941 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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On The Town | 1949 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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The Ghost And Mrs. Muir | 1947 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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Key Largo | 1948 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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The Lost Weekend | 1945 | ***1/2 | A | 9/10 |
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The Song Of Bernadette | 1943 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Spellbound | 1945 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Adam’s Rib | 1949 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Jane Eyre | 1944 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Sergeant York | 1941 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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The Razor’s Edge | 1946 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Penny Serenade | 1941 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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National Velvet | 1944 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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A Night In Casablanca | 1946 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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The Bell’s Of Saint Mary’s | 1945 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Murderers Among Us | 1946 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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Gentleman’s Agreement | 1947 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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The Picture Of Dorian Gray | 1945 | ***1/2 | A- | 8/10 |
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The Bishop’s Wife | 1947 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Going My Way | 1944 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Lifeboat | 1944 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Saboteur | 1942 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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The Big Clock | 1948 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Joan Of Arc | 1948 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Suspicion | 1941 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Blossoms In The Dust | 1941 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Anna Karenina | 1948 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Phantom Of The Opera | 1943 | *** | B+ | 7/10 |
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Fun And Fancy Free | 1947 | *** | B | 6/10 |
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The Keys Of The Kingdom | 1945 | *** | B | 6/10 |
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Dragonwyck | 1946 | *** | B | 6/10 |
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Men Of Boys Town | 1941 | **1/2 | B- | 5/10 |
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Three Caballeros | 1945 | **1/2 | B- | 5/10 |
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State Fair | 1945 | **1/2 | B- | 5/10 |
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Sauldos Amigos | 1942 | **1/2 | B- | 5/10 |
| Class | Stars | Grade | Out/10 |
| Great Movie |
**** |
A+ | 10/10 |
| Very Good |
***1/2 |
A | 9/10 |
| Very Good – Recommended | A- | 8/10 | |
| Recommended |
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B+ | 7/10 |
| OK – Below Average | B | 6/10 | |
| Below Average |
**1/2 |
B- | 5/10 |
| Below Average – Bad | C+ | 4/10 | |
| Bad |
** |
C | 3/10 |
| Bad – Very Bad | C- | 2/10 | |
| Very Bad |
*1/2 |
D | 1/10 |
| Appalling |
* |
F | 0/10 |
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