History Main / FilmsOfThe1940s

* ''Film/TheWomanInTheWindow''

** ''Calling Dr. Gillespie'' (1942), in which the series continued without Creator/LewAyres and the character of Dr. Kildare

* ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' - ''The'' film of the effects of the Depression

* ''Film/TheGreatMcGinty'' - The first film directed by Creator/PrestonSturges.

* ''Film/KnuteRockneAllAmerican'' -- "win just one for [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan the Gipper]]"

* ''Film/MysteriousDoctorSatan'' (FilmSerial)

* ''Theatre/OurTown'' - film adaptation of the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning 1938 play

* ''Film/RememberTheNight'' - the first film starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Fred [=MacMurray=].

* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' -- Here's looking at you, kid.

* ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'' -- Based on the Kaufman/Hart play of the same name
* ''Film/MrsMiniver'' -- An Oscar-winning UsefulNotes/WorldWarII propaganda film.

* ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe'' -- A comedy set in Poland during the early days of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII

* ''Film/WomanOfTheYear'' -- The first film to [[ThoseTwoActors pair]] Creator/KatharineHepburn and Creator/SpencerTracy

* ''[[Film/TheBatmanSerial The Batman]]'' -- A FilmSerial, and Franchise/{{Batman}}'s screen debut.

* ''Film/{{Heaven Can Wait|1943}}'' -- Not to be confused with the unrelated 1978 movie of the same name.

* ''Film/JaneEyre1940'' - starring Joan Fontaine, co-adapted by Aldous Huxley.

* ''Film/{{Phantom of the Opera|1943}}'' -- The Creator/ClaudeRains version

* ''Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek'' - the most controversial film by Creator/PrestonSturges.

* ''Film/{{And Then There Were None|1945}}'' -- best-known adaptation of the Creator/AgathaChristie novel

* ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors'' --first ever feature-length anime film

* ''Film/{{Great Expectations|1946}}'' (Creator/DavidLean version)

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' -- Source of ItsAWonderfulPlot.

* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' -- Called ''Stairway to Heaven'' in the US

* ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' -- Creator/WaltDisney's own personal CanonDiscontinuity

* ''Film/FortApache'' -- The first part of Creator/JohnFord's "Cavalry Trilogy"

* ''Film/{{Hamlet|1948}}'' (Creator/LaurenceOlivier version)

* ''Literature/OliverTwist'' (Creator/DavidLean version)
* ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus'' (adaptation of the [[Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus Broadway musical]])

* ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' -- ''The'' quintessential GoldFever story.

* ''[[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheKillerBorisKarloff Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff]]''

* ''Film/BatmanAndRobinSerial'' -- The sequel to the original Franchise/{{Batman}} film debut.

* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' -- The original film.

* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' -- The first LiveActionAdaptation starring Viveca Serlachius as the title character.

* ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1949}}'' -- Starring Margaret O' Brien.

* ''Film/SheWoreAYellowRibbon'' -- The second part of Creator/JohnFord's "Cavalry Trilogy"

* ''Anime/MomotarosSeaEagles'' (1943) -- 37-minute Japanese wartime propaganda cartoon, possibly the oldest surviving {{Anime}} film

* WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu (1943-45) -- {{Wartime Cartoon}}s made by Warner Brothers, but separate from their main Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies unit, aimed at members of the armed forces

* "WesternAnimation/{{Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer|1948}}" (1948) -- nope, not the one with Yukon Cornelius, but instead a Max Fleischer theatrical short
* WesternAnimation/ScreenSongs (1945-49) -- revival of cartoon series
* "WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfMenstruation" (1946) -- educational short made by Disney, shown to schoolgirls in public health classes
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' (1941-43) -- first nine made by Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer, last eight made by Creator/FamousStudios

* WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry, one of the most famous cartoons of the era, debuted in 1940

* "WesternAnimation/TheWayOfPeace" (1947) -- odd little Christian anti-war cartoon

* ''Film/{{Hired}}'' [[/index]]- A short training film for Chevrolet sales managers. Was shown in two parts on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' with movies ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster'' and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate "Manos" The Hands of Fate]]''.
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* ''Film/TheHouseILiveIn'' -- 1945 live-action short in which Creator/FrankSinatra delivers a plea for racial tolerance

* ''Film/JamminTheBlues'' (1944) -- live-action blues jam session on film

* ''Film/{{Siege}}'' (1940) -- newsreel documenting the siege of Warsaw in September 1939

* ''Film/{{Torment}}''

* ''Film/SpeakingOfAnimalsAndTheirFamilies''

* ''Film/DownOnTheFarm'' (1941)

* ''Film/{{DarkAngel|1946}}

* ''Film/{{Now You See It|1947}}''

* ''Film/HoldThatGhost''

* ''Film/TheSpoilers1942''

** ''[[Film/WhoDoneIt1949'' Who Done It? (1949)]]''

** ''Film/GIWannaHome'' (1946)

** ''Film/HalfWitsHoliday'' (1947; Curly's final short)

** ''Film/YouNaztySpy''

* ''Film/BitterRice''