Top 10 Films of the 1940's

1. "A Canterbury Tale" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK)

2. "Citizen Kane" (1941, Orson Welles, RKO)

3. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941, John Huston, Warner)

4. "Casablanca" (1943, Michael Curtiz, USA)

5. "The 47 Ronin: Part 1" (1941, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

6. "The 47 Ronin: Part 2" (1942, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

7. "The Palm Beach Story" (1942, Preston Sturges, USA)

8. "The Big Sleep" (1946, Howard Hawks, USA)

9. "Pinocchio" (1940, Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Disney)

10. "Les Enfants du paradis" (1945, Marcel Carné, France)

Short Top 10

1. "Listen To Britain" (1942, Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister, UK)

2. "Conquer By The Clock" (1942, Slavko Vorkapich, USA)

3. "Pacific 231" (1949, Jean Mitry, France)

4. "Sauna" (Holger Harrivirta, Finland)

5. "Churchill's Island" (1941, Stuart Legg, NFB, Canada)

6. "Varala naisten paratiisi" (Aimo Jäderholm, Finland)

7. "Van Gogh" (1949, Alain Resnais, France)

8. "The Cage" (Sidney Peterson, USA)

9. "Words For Battle" (1941, Humphrey Jennings, UK)

10. "Le Retour" (1945, Henri Cartier-Bresson, France)

Commercial Top 5

1. "Hell-Bent For Election" (1944, Chuck Jones, United Auto Workers)

2. "Lucky Strike" (1942, Lucky Strike)

3. "Chiquita Banana" (1947, Walt Disney, United Fruit Company)

4. "E-Z Pop" (1948, E-Z Pop)

5. "America Runs On Bulova Time" (1941, Bulova)

Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Dover Boys" (1942, Chuck Jones, Warner)

2. "Chicken Little" (1943, Clyde Geronimi, Disney)

3. "King-Size Canary" (1947, Tex Avery, MGM)

4. "The Big Snooze" (1946, Robert Clampett, Warner)

5. "Mouse Wreckers" (1948, Chuck Jones, Warner)

6. "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs" (1942, Robert Clampett, Warner)

7. "Tulips Shall Grow" (1942, George Pal, Paramount)

8. "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" (1948, Friz Freleng, Warner)

9. "The Great Piggybank Robbery"  (1946, Robert Clampett, Warner)

10. "Porky Pig's Feat" (1943, Frank Tashlin, Warner)

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