Movies of 1940
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1. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73,844
Release date December 5, 1940
Directed by George Cukor
Cary Grant ... C. K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn ... Tracy Lord
James Stewart ... Macaulay Connor
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
WINNER Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Stewart)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Katharine Hepburn)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ruth Hussey)
NOMINEE Best Director
WINNER Best Writing, Screenplay
2. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,340 | Gross: $0.29M
Release date October 15, 1940
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin ... Hynkel / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard ... Hannah
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Chaplin)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Oakie)
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Screenplay
3. Pinocchio (1940)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Votes: 159,857 | Gross: $84.25M
Release date February 7, 1940
Supervising Directors Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Music, Original Score
WINNER Best Music, Original Song
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Not Rated | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
Directors: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin
Votes: 14,498 | Gross: $0.27M
Release date October 14, 1940
Directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger & Tim Whelan
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Art Direction, Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
WINNER Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score
5. His Girl Friday (1940)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 63,154 | Gross: $0.30M
Release date January 11, 1940 Directed by Howard Hawks Cary Grant ... Walter Burns
6. The Bank Dick (1940)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio
Votes: 7,802
Release date November 29, 1940 Directed by Edward F. Cline
7. Rebecca (1940)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson
Votes: 146,712 | Gross: $4.36M
Release date March 21, 1940
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier ... 'Maxim' de Winter
Joan Fontaine ... Mrs. de Winter
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Joan Fontaine)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Judith Anderson)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
8. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,486 | Gross: $0.20M
Release date January 12, 1940 Directed by Ernst Lubitsch James Stewart ... Alfred Kralik
9. A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Family
As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarship to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 4,302
Release date January 25, 1940 Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Stan Laurel ... Stan Laurel / Lord Paddington Oliver Hardy ... Oliver Hardy Peter Cushing ... Student Jones
10. Tempête (1940)
97 min | Drama
Director: Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Stars: Arletty, Marcel Dalio, Annie Ducaux, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 56
Release date March 30, 1940 Directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps Arletty ... Ida Malaincourt
11. The Mortal Storm (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Drama
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan
Votes: 6,038
Release date June 13, 1940 Directed by Frank Borzage James Stewart ... Martin Breitner Bonita Granville ... Elsa
12. Saps at Sea (1940)
G | 56 min | Comedy
Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but when he follows doctor's orders about sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin
Votes: 3,081
Release date April 29, 1940 Directed by Gordon Douglas Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
13. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Votes: 23,716 | Gross: $3.48M
Release date August 16, 1940
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Albert Bassermann)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Screenplay
14. Seven Sinners (1940)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 1,658
Release date October 25, 1940 Directed by Tay Garnett Marlene Dietrich ... Bijou John Wayne ... Dan
15. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 99,952 | Gross: $0.06M
Release date January 24, 1940
Directed by John Ford
Henry Fonda ... Tom Joad
John Carradine ... Jim Casy
Mae Marsh ... Muley's Wife
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Henry Fonda)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jane Darwell)
WINNER Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
16. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 9,222
Release date July 26, 1940
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Greer Garson ... Elizabeth Bennet
Laurence Olivier ... Mr. Darcy
Maureen O'Sullivan ... Jane Bennet
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
17. The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy
A widow and her daughter are threatened with eviction by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray, Buster Keaton
Votes: 356
Release date October 11, 1940 Directed by Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton ... William Dalton
18. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 103,981 | Gross: $76.41M
Release date November 13, 1940
Directed by Ben Sharpsteen
Academy Awards, USA 1942
Winner Honorary Award
19. Li'l Abner (1940)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray, Johnnie Morris
Votes: 522
Release date November 9, 1940 Directed by Albert S. Rogell Buster Keaton ... Lonesome Polecat
20. Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom (Jasper) gets told that if he breaks one more thing he is getting thrown out, so Jerry (Jinx) tries his best to make Jasper "Get the Boot".
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Harry Lang, Bob Laztny, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 2,401
Release date February 10, 1940
Directed by Joseph Barbera & William Hanna
Tom & Jerry
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Short Subject, Cartoons
21. Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald attempts to entice Pluto to try his automated dog washer, but is unexpectedly caught himself and is scrubbed, and hung on the line to dry.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,276
Release date April 5, 1940 Directed by Jack King Donald Duck
22. Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Elmer takes up wildlife photography, but finds his subject, a rabbit similar to the later Bugs Bunny character, much too wild.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 1,111
Release date March 2, 1940 Directed by Charles Jones Elmer Fudd
23. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Daffy Duck tries to usurp Porky Pig's job through devious means in this wild blend of live action and animation.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Leon Schlesinger, Henry Binder, Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 1,755
Release date May 18, 1940 Directed by I. Freleng Porky Pig Daffy Duck
24. Of Fox and Hounds (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Animation, Short
Willoughby, a big dumb hound, is repeatedly tricked by George, the fox, into jumping off cliffs, among other things.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Mel Blanc
Votes: 267
Release date December 7, 1940 Directed by Fred Avery
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