BEST OF THE 40s: FILM

30.     CHILDREN OF PARADISE

29.

THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE

28.                  LAURA

27.             NOTORIOUS

                   THE LIFE AND

26.     DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

25.         DOUBLE INDEMNITY

                  THE TREASURE 

24.       OF THE SIERRA MADRE

23. 

   THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)

22.              CASABLANCA

21.            PINOCCHIO (1940)

20.           SCARLET STREET

19.      BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)

18.    SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN

17.         OUT OF THE PAST

16.               FANTASIA

15.      IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

14.      HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943)

13.               SHOESHINE

12.      LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN

11.         BLACK NARCISSUS

10.      GERMANY YEAR ZERO

9.              THE THIRD MAN

8.         MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

                        

7.             THE RED SHOES

6.    MY DARLING CLEMENTINE

5.               CITIZEN KANE

4.             HIS GIRL FRIDAY

3.           BICYCLE THIEVES

2.             THE LADY EVE

1.

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

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recap
1940-1949

1. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Welles)
2. THE LADY EVE (Sturges)
3. BICYCLE THIEVES (De Sica) 
4. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Hawks) 
5. CITIZEN KANE (Welles) 
6. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (Ford) 
7. THE RED SHOES (Powell) 
8. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Minnelli) 
9. THE THIRD MAN (Reed) 
10. GERMANY YEAR ZERO (Rossellini) 
11. BLACK NARCISSUS (Powell/Pressburger)
12. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (Stahl) 
13. SHOESHINE (De Sica) 
14. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Lubitsch)
15. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Capra) 
16. FANTASIA (lots of dudes) 
17. OUT OF THE PAST (Tourneur) 
18. SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (Fei Mu)
19. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (Lean)
20. SCARLET STREET (Lang)
21. PINOCCHIO (Disney) 
22. CASABLANCA (Curtiz) 
23. THIEF OF BAGDAD (Michael Powell) 
24. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Huston)
25. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Wilder)
26. THE LIFE & DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Powell/Pressburger)
27. NOTORIOUS (Hitchcock)
28. LAURA (Preminger)
29. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (Wise/Von Fritsch)
30. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Marcel Carné) 

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