They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Starting List of 7900+ Most Notable Films (1940-1949)

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Here it is, for your viewing pleasure. The starting list (of over 7900 films), from which They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? select annually the 1000 Greatest Films. The list itself is created from various film critics and filmmakers’ "best-films-of-all-time" lists/ballots, as well as annual film magazine polls.

To make it more easier to shift through, this enormous list will be organized chronologically, then alphabetically by title, and finally catagorized by decade (in nine parts).

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  1. 1.
    Arise, My Love (1940)
    by Mitchell Leisen

  2. 2.
    The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward F. Cline

  3. 3.
    Blue Bird
    by Walter Lang

  4. 4.
    Broadway Melody of 1940
    by Norman Taurog

  5. 5.
    Christmas in July (1940)
    by Preston Sturges

  6. 6.
    A Chump at Oxford
    by Alfred J. Goulding

  7. 7.
    Dance, Girl, Dance
    by Dorothy Arzner

  8. 8.
    ?
    De Mayerling à Sarajevo
    by by Max Ophuls

  9. 9.
    ?
    Dots (1940)
    by Norman McLaren

  10. 10.
    Dr. Cyclops
    by Ernest B. Shoedsack

  11. 11.
    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
    by William Dieterle

  12. 12.
    Escape (1940)
    by Mervyn LeRoy

  13. 13.
    ?
    Fantasia
    by Ben Sharpsteen

  14. 14.
    Foreign Correspondent
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  15. 15.
    ?
    Gaslight (1940)
    by Thorold Dickinson

  16. 16.
    The Ghost Breakers

  17. 17.
    Go West (Marx Brothers)
    by Edward Buzzell

  18. 18.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford

  19. 19.
    The Great Dictator (1940)
    by Charles Chaplin

  20. 20.
    The Great McGinty
    by Preston Sturges

  21. 21.
    His Girl Friday
    by Howard Hawks

  22. 22.
    ?
    Johnny Apollo
    by Henry Hathaway

  23. 23.
    ?
    Kora Terry (1940)
    by Georg Jacoby

  24. 24.
    Knute Rockne All American
    by Llyod Bacon

  25. 25.
    The Letter
    by William Wyler

  26. 26.
    The Long Voyage Home
    by John Ford

  27. 27.
    The Mark of Zorro
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  28. 28.
    Melody Ranch
    by Joseph Santley

  29. 29.
    The Mortal Storm (1940)
    by Frank Borzage

  30. 30.
    ?
    The Mummy's Hand (1940)
    by Christy Cabanne

  31. 31.
    My Favorite Wife
    by Garson Kanin

  32. 32.
    My Little Chickadee
    by Eddie Cline

  33. 34.
    Night Train to Munich
    by Carol Reed

  34. 35.
    ?
    North West Mounted Police
    by Cecil B. DeMille

  35. 36.
    Northwest Passage (1940)
    by King Vidor

  36. 37.
    Our Town
    by Sam Wood

  37. 38.
    The Philadelphia Story
    by George Cukor

  38. 39.
    Pinocchio (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition)
    by Ben Sharpsteen

  39. 40.
    Pride and Prejudice
    by Robert Z. Leonard

  40. 42.
    Remember the Night (1940)
    by Mitchell Leisen

  41. 43.
    The Return of Frank James
    by Fritz Lang

  42. 44.
    Rhythm on the River (1940)
    by Victor Schertzinger

  43. 45.
    Road to Singapore
    by Victor Schertzinger

  44. 46.
    Saps At Sea

  45. 47.
    The Sea Hawk (1940)
    by Michael Curtiz

  46. 48.
    The Shop Around the Corner
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  47. 49.
    Strange Cargo (1940)
    by Frank Borzage

  48. 50.
    ?
    Strike Up The Band (1940)
    by Busby Berkeley

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Created by Dreda457 on Feb 06, 2009.
 

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A Total of 659 Films — 4 years ago

Just a note: There are some slight discrepencies between the years. Not a big deal, but beware when looking chronologically.




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