Lists of Bests: 1001 Movies to See Before You Die (1940s) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41676 This list is drawn from Steven Jay Schneider’s 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. There is a complete list available, but I got tired of it changing every year when the new edition came out. Given that none of the new editions have deleted a film before the 1980s, this list should stand awhile. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:31:29 GMT en-us 0 50 91 50 0 His Girl Friday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35073 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35073"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305416192.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> Rebecca - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65206 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QAPL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Fantasia (60th Anniversary Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63944 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63944"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX9W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Philadelphia Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35933 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35933"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RF97.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Cukor</div> The Grapes of Wrath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63569 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000DJZ8R.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> Dance Girl Dance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2765535 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Arzner</div> Pinocchio (Disney Gold Classic Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66057 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66057"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001QEE9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hamilton Luske</div> The Mortal Storm (1940) (Import Edition - NTSC format - Region 1 - Playable in North America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2735856 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2735856"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KCW9N4.01-A742NFYPDU2P._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Borzage</div> The Bank Dick - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47172 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47172"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TX1R.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward F. Cline</div> Citizen Kane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38898 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX9E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Welles</div> The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42406 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42406"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JH9B.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Preston Sturges</div> The Wolf Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212471 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212471"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001TZ6Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Waggner</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305729328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> Sergeant York http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2145640 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> Dumbo (Big Top Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565922 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EYK4GW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Sharpsteen</div> High Sierra (Snap Case) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67579 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67579"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000B1OGA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raoul Walsh</div> Sullivan's Travels - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44649 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44649"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JH9C.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> How Green Was My Valley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65207 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006RCO3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> The Palm Beach Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62703 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006H32DY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Preston Sturges</div> Now, Voyager (Keepcase) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62090 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62090"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0008ENIKM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irving Rapper</div> Casablanca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ih%2Bl%2BGY5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> To Be or Not to Be http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44643 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44643"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006Z2KYI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernst Lubitsch</div> Cat People / The Curse of the Cat People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62432 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62432"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A0GOF0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> The Magnificent Ambersons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538218 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538218"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004T8EQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65126 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65126"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> Meshes of the Afternoon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563760 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Deren</div> Fires Were Started http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/607404 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Humphrey Jennings</div> The Man in Grey [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2890157 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2890157"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11gahcK35JL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leslie Arliss</div> I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153790 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153790"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A0GOFA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Tourneur</div> The Seventh Victim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/607412 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Robson</div> The Ox-Bow Incident http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63951 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63951"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008LDO3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William A. Wellman</div> Shadow of a Doubt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53935 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53935"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y14.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Ossessione http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130849 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130849"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000687DE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luchino Visconti</div> Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67002 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67002"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKGZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincente Minnelli</div> To Have and Have Not (Snap case) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45285 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45285"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000B1OGH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46092433_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> Laura http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47501 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47501"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008LDNZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rouben Mamoulian</div> Gaslight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85618 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85618"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00011D1PE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Cukor</div> Henry V - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63836 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63836"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780021320.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Olivier</div> Eisenstein - The Sound Years (Ivan the Terrible Parts 1 & 2, Alexander Nevsky) - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/177609 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/177609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004XQN5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85392 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85392"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNG5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Billy Wilder</div> Farewell, My Lovely http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623870 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623870"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305460175.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dick Richards</div> The Battle of San Pietro http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2812808 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2812808"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01Z6Qx1EOiL.jpg" /></a></div> Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116710 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116710"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AREDKQ.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Mildred Pierce (Keepcase) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49202 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49202"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0008ENIAC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/369308 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/369308"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A16T4A.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Carné</div> Roma, Città Aperta (Open City) in Original Italian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91782 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CBVVZK.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roberto Rossellini</div> The Lost Weekend http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40265 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40265"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000549B1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Billy Wilder</div> Detour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52210 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52210"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W19C.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar G. Ulmer</div> I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69073 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69073"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004XQMY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emeric Pressburger</div> The Best Years of Our Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46454 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46454"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792846133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Wyler</div>