The Most Popular Movies From the 40s

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These are the ten most voted movies per year in the 1940's according to IMDb. It gives another perspective than a list based on highest ratings. This is more of a popularity contest.

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  1. 94 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 100 -

    All the King's Men

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 60 -

    And Then There Were None

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 22 -

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 66 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 64 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 63 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 78 -

    The Bishop's Wife

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  10. 74 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 52 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 88 -

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 21 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 27 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  16. 37 -

    Le corbeau

    1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 75 -

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 58 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 41 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 13 -

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 55 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 3 -

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 38 -

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 9 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 87 -

    Fort Apache

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 46 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 79 -

    Gentleman's Agreement

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 76 -

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 67 -

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 6 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 1 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 65 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 89 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 35 -

    Heaven Can Wait

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 99 -

    The Heiress

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 20 -

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 16 -

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 34 -

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 61 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  41. 50 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 40 -

    Jane Eyre

    1943, in 1 top list Check
  43. 84 -

    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 92 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 83 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 17 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 73 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 43 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 33 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 45 -

    Lifeboat

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
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