Top 20 films of the 1940's POLL

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What are your favorite films from the 1940's? Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll.

#1 Spot is worth 20 points, #2 is worth 19, etc.


The Results:





1: Casablanca 445
2: Citizen Kane 397
3: Double Indemnity 376
4: The Third Man 359
5: Maltese Falcon 328
6: The Treasure of Sierra Madre 259
7: Notorious 223
8: Rebecca 210
9: It's A Wonderful Life 209
10: Bicycle Thieves 159
11: White Heat 157
12: Laura 154
13: The Grapes of Wrath 152
14: Black Narcissus 149
15: The Red Shoes 142
16: La Belle et La Bete 133
17: Shadow of a Doubt 130
18: Pinocchio 126
19: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 125
20: Brief Encounter 105



The Rest:

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21: The Big Sleep 100
22: A Matter of Life and Death 97
23: The Great Dictator 95
24: The Best Years of Our Lives 94
25: Bambi 93
25: Leave Her To Heaven 93
27: Out of the Past 92
28: The Lost Weekend 91
29: Dumbo 90
30: Gilda 78
30: The Wolf Man 78
32: Fantasia 75
33: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 73
34: Rope 71
35: Late Spring 66
36: Kind Hearts and Coronets 65
37: The Lady Eve 61
38: I Walked With a Zombie 56
39: Miracle on 34th Street 54
40: The Postman Always Rings Twice 49
41: Scarlet Street 46
42: Children of Paradise 45
42: His Girl Friday 45
42: The Lady from Shanghai 45
45: The Seventh Victim 41
45: Arsenic and Old Lace 41
45: The Heiress 41
48: The Magnificent Ambersons 39
49: How Green was my Valley 38
49: Ivan the Terrible 38
49: Sullivan's Travels 38
The Killers 37
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 36
Mildred Pierce 36
Went the Day Well? 36
Letter From An Unknown Woman 35
Meet Me in St. Louis 35
Meshes of the Afternoon 35
Great Expectations 33
Sergeant York 32
Yankee Doodle Dandy 32
Key Largo 31
The Philadelphia Story 31
Hamlet 30
10. Lifeboat 30
The Pride of the Yankees 29
The Thief of Bagdad 28
Dead of Night 27
Nightmare Alley 27
Saboteur 27
The Stranger 27
Kiss of Death 26
Spellbound 25
The Picture of Dorian Gray 24
Le Silence de la Mer 24
The Strawberry Blonde 24
My Darling Clementine 22
Secret Beyond the Door 22
Palm Beach Story 21
Fort Apache 20
Saps at Sea 20
Cat People 19
Old Acquaintance 19
Mrs. Miniver 18
Rabbit of Seville 18
To Each his Own 18
Waterloo Bridge 18
Champion 17
Christmas in Connecticut 17
Red River 17
Twelve O'Clock High 17
Rome, Open City 16
Day of Wrath 15
Foreign Correspondent 15
Gentlemans Agreement 15
Hold That Ghost 15
Larceny, Inc. 15
Remember the Night 15
Rope of Sand 15
To Be or Not to Be 15
The Black Cat 14
Force of Evil 14
Odd Man Out 14
The Talk of the Town 14
This Happy Breed 14
And Then There Were None 13
The Ball at the Anjo House 13
Captains of the Clouds 13
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 13
The Fuller Brush Man 13
The Letter 13
Mr Bug Goes To Town 13
The Ox-Bow Incident 13
The Set-Up 13
The Body Snatcher 12
Brute Force 12
The Macomber Affair 12
Rabbit Hood 12
The Snake Pit 12
The Uninvited 12
Call Northside 777 11
Drunken Angel 11
The Stars Look Down 11
Take Me Out To The Ball Game 11
City of Conquest 10
The Clock 10
Isle of the Dead 10
The Leopard Man 10
Anna and the King of Siam 9
Brighton Rock 9
A Day in the Country 9
House of Frankenstein 9
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House 9
The October Man 9
Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green 9
This Gun for Hire 9
Gaslight 8
Hellzapoppin' 8
Major Barbara 8
Oliver Twist 8
Passport to Pimlico 8
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 8
Son of dracula 8
Listen to Britain 7
The Razor's Edge 7
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 7
Thieves' Highway 7
The Wicked Lady 7
Dressed to Kill 6
Now, Voyager 6
Raw Deal 6
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman 6
Curse of the Cat People 5
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 5
Good News 5
Hangover Square 5
The Naked City 5
Road to Rio 5
Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death 5
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 5
The Southerner 5
Stray Dog 5
The Dark Mirror 4
High Sierra 4
The Locket 4
Phantom Lady 4
Pot O' Gold 4
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw 4
They Died With Their Boots On 4
Utamaro and His Five Women 4
Christmas In July 3
Dark Passage 3
The Egg and I 3
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 3
Miracle of Morgan's Creek 3
Monsieur Verdoux 3
The Return of Frank James 3
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear 3
The Black Swan 2
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service 2
Hail The Conquering Hero 2
Heaven Can Wait 2
I Married A Witch 2
Invisible Stripes 2
Life With Father 2
Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit to Algiers 2
Suspicion 2
Brother Orchid 1
The Big Clock 1
The Devil & Daniel Webster 1
Fallen Angel 1
The Gold Rush 1
The Jade Mask 1
Jour De Fete 1
The Lodger 1
Penny Serenade 1
Phantom of the Opera 1
The Spiral Staircase 1
Spring in a Small Town 1
Terror by Night 1
They Made Me a Fugitive 1
You Were Never Lovelier 1

My List:
1) Double Indemnity
2) Brief Encounter
3) Citizen Kane
4) Letter from an Unknown Woman
5) Lady from Shanghai
6) The Heiress
7) Meshes of the Afternoon
8) Black Narcissus
9) The Best Years of Our Lives
10) Children of Paradise
11) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
12) Late Spring
13) The Third Man
14) Gilda
15) A Matter of Life and Death
16) The Maltese Falcon
17) Laura
18) Dumbo
19) The Red Shoes
20) Notorious