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Best films of the 1940s, ranked by Spore Score

59 films from the 1940s with three or more review sources, best first. Other decades: 1930s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s

  1. Casablanca (1942): Spore Score 99, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 100
  2. Citizen Kane (1941): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 94
  3. Double Indemnity (1944): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 97
  4. Late Spring (1949): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 95
  5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 95
  6. Children of Paradise (1945): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 96
  7. The Third Man (1949): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 93
  8. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 92
  9. The Shop Around the Corner (1940): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 91
  10. The Grapes of Wrath (1940): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 93
  11. Notorious (1946): Spore Score 96, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 88
  12. The Maltese Falcon (1941): Spore Score 96, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 89
  13. The Lady Eve (1941): Spore Score 96, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 84
  14. Shadow of a Doubt (1943): Spore Score 96, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 84
  15. Red River (1948): Spore Score 96, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 84
  16. It's a Wonderful Life (1946): Spore Score 95, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 100
  17. Beauty and the Beast (1946): Spore Score 95, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 89
  18. Brief Encounter (1945): Spore Score 95, The Pros 96 vs The Punters 90
  19. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): Spore Score 95, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 82
  20. To Be or Not to Be (1942): Spore Score 93, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 92
  21. The Fallen Idol (1948): Spore Score 92, The Pros 95 vs The Punters 83
  22. Rebecca (1940): Spore Score 92, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 90
  23. The Big Sleep (1946): Spore Score 92, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 89
  24. Odd Man Out (1947): Spore Score 92, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 83
  25. Foreign Correspondent (1940): Spore Score 92, The Pros 95 vs The Punters 78
  26. Mildred Pierce (1945): Spore Score 91, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 89
  27. Out of the Past (1947): Spore Score 91, The Pros 91 vs The Punters 89
  28. How Green Was My Valley (1941): Spore Score 91, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 85
  29. The Letter (1940): Spore Score 90, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 81
  30. Pride and Prejudice (1940): Spore Score 89, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 77
  31. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949): Spore Score 89, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 73
  32. They Were Expendable (1945): Spore Score 88, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 74
  33. Cat People (1942): Spore Score 87, The Pros 90 vs The Punters 77
  34. Lifeboat (1944): Spore Score 85, The Pros 86 vs The Punters 82
  35. Gaslight (1944): Spore Score 85, The Pros 85 vs The Punters 87
  36. The Westerner (1940): Spore Score 85, The Pros 87 vs The Punters 76
  37. Objective, Burma! (1945): Spore Score 84, The Pros 86 vs The Punters 75
  38. The Stranger (1946): Spore Score 84, The Pros 85 vs The Punters 77
  39. Spellbound (1945): Spore Score 83, The Pros 84 vs The Punters 81
  40. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949): Spore Score 83, The Pros 87 vs The Punters 69
  41. Nightmare Alley (1947): Spore Score 83, The Pros 82 vs The Punters 85
  42. Rope (1948): Spore Score 83, The Pros 82 vs The Punters 89
  43. The Sea Wolf (1941): Spore Score 83, The Pros 84 vs The Punters 82
  44. Suspicion (1941): Spore Score 82, The Pros 84 vs The Punters 74
  45. The Three Caballeros (1944): Spore Score 82, The Pros 89 vs The Punters 56
  46. The Naked City (1948): Spore Score 81, The Pros 81 vs The Punters 82
  47. The Bishop's Wife (1947): Spore Score 81, The Pros 80 vs The Punters 83
  48. The Body Snatcher (1945): Spore Score 80, The Pros 80 vs The Punters 79
  49. The Wolf Man (1941): Spore Score 79, The Pros 80 vs The Punters 77
  50. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948): Spore Score 78, The Pros 78 vs The Punters 79