• Monsieur Verdoux
  • Panic
  • Odd Man Out
  • Out of the Past
  • Miracle on 34th Street

1947

Top films with their first national release in 1947 that I rate at least three-stars, ranked.

This decade

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • Yellow Sky
  • Rope
  • They Live by Night

1948

Top films with their first national release in 1948 that I rate at least three-stars, ranked.

This decade

  • The Heiress
  • Jour de Fête
  • Late Spring
  • White Heat
  • The Third Man

1949

Top films with their first national release in 1949 that I rate at least three-stars, ranked.

This decade

  • Laura
  • A Canterbury Tale
  • Double Indemnity
  • The Children Are Watching Us
  • Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

Top films with their first national release in 1944 that I rate at least three-stars, ranked.

This decade

  • Scarlet Street
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Brief Encounter
  • Detour
  • The Lost Weekend

1945

Top films with their first national release in 1945 that I rate at least three-stars, ranked.

This decade

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • My Darling Clementine
  • Paisan

1946

Wins.

Picture: It's a Wonderful Life Director: Jean Cocteau, La Belle et la Bete Actor: James Stewart, It's a Wonderful…

  • The Great Dictator
  • His Girl Friday
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • Rebecca
  • The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Wins.

Picture: The Great Dictator Director: Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator Actor: Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator Actress: Rosalind Russell,…

  • Le Corbeau
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • The Ox-Bow Incident
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  • Day of Wrath

1943

Wins.

Picture: Le Corbeau Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Le Corbeau Actor: Don Ameche, Heaven Can Wait Actress: Deborah Kerr, The Life…

  • To Be or Not to Be
  • Casablanca
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • Mrs. Miniver
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

Wins.

Picture: To Be Or Not To Be Director: Ernst Lubitsch, To Be Or Not To Be Actor: James Cagney,…

  • Citizen Kane
  • The Lady Eve
  • Sergeant York
  • Sullivan's Travels
  • The Maltese Falcon

1941

Wins.

Picture: Citizen Kane Director: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Actor: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Actress: Barbara Stanwyck, The Lady Eve