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[[folder: Notable Film Franchises, [=1940-1949=]]]
* ''Film/AndyHardy''
** ''Andy Hardy Meets Debutante'' (1940)
** ''Andy Hardy's Private Secretary'' (1941)
** ''Life Begins for Andy Hardy'' (1941)
** ''The Courtship of Andy Hardy'' (1942)
** ''Andy Hardy's Double Life'' (1942)
** ''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble'' (1944)
** ''Love Laughs at Andy Hardy'' (1946)
* ''Film/TheBakerStreetDozen''
** ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' (1942)
** ''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon'' (1943)
** ''Sherlock Holmes in Washington'' (1943)
** ''Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' (1943)
** ''The Spider Woman'' (1944)
** ''The Scarlet Claw'' (1944)
** ''The Pearl of Death'' (1944)
** ''Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear'' (1945)
** ''The Woman in Green'' (1945)
** ''Pursuit to Algiers'' (1945)
** ''Terror by Night'' (1946)
** ''Dressed to Kill'' (1946)
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* The ''Crime Doctor'' series
** ''Film/CrimeDoctor'' (1943)
** ''Film/TheCrimeDoctorsStrangestCase'' (1943)
** ''Shadows in the Night'' (1944)
** ''The Crime Doctor's Warning'' (1945)
** ''Film/TheCrimeDoctorsCourage'' (1945)
** ''Just Before Dawn'' (1946)
** ''Film/CrimeDoctorsManHunt'' (1946)
** ''The Millerson Case'' (1947)
** ''The Crime Doctor's Gamble'' (1947)
** ''The Crime Doctor's Diary'' (1949)
* The ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' film series:
** ''Film/DickTracyDetective'' (1945)
** ''Film/DickTracyVsCueball'' (1946)
** ''Film/DickTracysDilemma'' (1947)
** ''Film/DickTracyMeetsGruesome'' (1947)
* Twelve films in the ''Film/DrKildare'' series.
** ''Dr. Kildare's Strange Case'' (1940)
** ''Dr. Kildare Goes Home'' (1940)
** ''Dr. Kildare's Crisis'' (1940)
** ''The People vs. Dr. Kildare'' (1941)
** ''Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941)
** ''Dr. Kildare's Victory'' (1942)
** ''Calling Dr. Gillespie'' (1942)
** ''Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant'' (1942)
** ''Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case'' (1943)
** ''Three Men in White'' (1944)
** ''Between Two Women'' (1945)
** ''Dark Delusion'' (1947)
* ''Creator/ElleryQueen''
** ''Ellery Queen, Master Detective'' (1940)
** ''Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery'' (1941)
** ''Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring'' (1941)
** ''Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime'' (1941)
** ''Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen'' (1942)
** ''A Close Call for Ellery Queen'' (1942)
** ''A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen'' (1942)
* The last of the ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|Serial}}'' {{film serial}}s
** ''Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe'' (1940)
* ''ComicStrip/JungleJim''
** ''Jungle Jim'' (1948)
** ''The Lost Tribe'' (1949)
* The first five ''Franchise/{{Lassie}}'' films.
** ''Film/LassieComeHome'' (1943)
** ''Son of Lassie'' (1945)
** ''Courage of Lassie'' (1946)
** ''Hills of Home'' (1948)
** ''The Sun Comes Up'' (1949)
* The first five ''Film/RoadTo'' films.
** ''Road to Singapore'' (1940)
** ''Film/RoadToZanzibar'' (1941)
** ''Film/RoadToMorocco'' (1942)
** ''Road to Utopia'' (1946)
** ''Road to Rio'' (1947)
* The last three films in ''Film/TheThinMan'' sextet:
** ''Film/ShadowOfTheThinMan'' (1941)
** ''The Thin Man Goes Home'' (1945)
** ''Song of the Thin Man'' (1947)

* Franchise/UniversalHorror
** Crossovers
*** ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' (1943)
*** ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'' (1944)
*** ''Film/HouseOfDracula'' (1945)
*** ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' (1948)
** The ''Dracula'' series
*** ''Film/SonOfDracula'' (1943)
** The ''Frankenstein'' series
*** ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'' (1942)
** The ''Mummy'' series
*** ''Film/TheMummysHand'' (1940)
*** ''The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942)
*** ''The Mummy's Ghost'' (1944)
*** ''The Mummy's Curse'' (1944)
** The ''Wolf Man'' series
*** ''Film/{{The Wolf Man|1941}}'' (1941)
** The ''Ape Woman'' series
*** ''Film/CaptiveWildWoman'' (1943)
*** ''Film/{{Jungle Woman|1944}}'' (1944)
*** ''Film/JungleCaptive'' (1945)
** The Creeper series
*** ''Film/{{House of Horrors|1946}}''
*** ''Film/TheBruteMan''

* ''Series/WhyWeFight''
** ''Film/PreludeToWar'' (1942)
** ''The Nazis Strike'' (1943)
** ''Divide and Conquer'' (1943)
** ''The Battle of Britain'' (1943)
** ''Film/TheBattleOfRussia '' (1943)
** ''The Battle of China'' (1944)
** ''War Comes to America'' (1945)
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1940]]
* ''Theatre/AbeLincolnInIllinois''
* ''Film/AllThisAndHeavenToo''
* ''Film/{{Arizona|1940}}''
* ''Film/TheBankDick''
* ''Film/BeforeIHang''
* ''Theatre/TheBlueBird''
* ''Film/{{Boom Town|1940}}''
* ''Film/BrotherOrchid''
* ''Film/ChristmasInJuly''
* ''Film/AChumpAtOxford''
* ''Film/ConvictedWoman''
* ''Film/DanceGirlDance''
* ''Film/TheDevilBat''
* ''Film/TheDoctorTakesAWife''
* ''Film/DownArgentineWay''
* ''Film/DrCyclops''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''
* ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent''
* ''Film/TheGhostBreakers''
* ''Film/{{Go West|1940}}''
* ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''
* ''Film/TheGreatDictator''
* ''Film/TheGreatMcGinty''
* ''Film/{{The Green Hornet|Serials}}'' and ''The Green Hornet Strikes Again''
* ''Film/HisGirlFriday''
* ''Film/TheHowardsOfVirginia''
* ''Film/ILoveYouAgain''
* ''Film/TheInvisibleManReturns''
* ''Film/TheInvisibleWoman1940''
* ''[[Film/JewSuss1940 Jew Süß]]''
* ''Film/KittyFoyle''
* ''Film/KnuteRockneAllAmerican''
* ''Film/TheLetter''
* ''Film/TheLongVoyageHome''
* ''Film/TheManWithNineLives''
* ''Film/{{The Mark of Zorro|1940}}''
* ''Film/TheMortalStorm''
* ''Film/MyFavoriteWife''
* ''Film/MyLittleChickadee''
* ''Film/MyLoveCameBack''
* ''Film/MysteriousDoctorSatan''
* ''Film/NightTrainToMunich''
* ''Film/NorthwestPassage''
* ''Film/OneMillionBC''
* ''Film/OneNightInTheTropics''
* ''Theatre/OurTown''
* ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''
* ''Film/{{Pride and Prejudice|1940}}''
* ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}''
* ''Film/RememberTheNight''
* ''Film/TheReturnOfFrankJames''
* ''Film/SapsAtSea''
* ''Film/TheSeaHawk''
* ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner''
* ''Film/StrangeCargo''
* ''Film/SusanAndGod''
* ''Film/TerryAndThePirates''
* ''Film/TheyDriveByNight''
* ''Theatre/TheyKnewWhatTheyWanted''
* ''Film/ThirdFingerLeftHand''
* ''Film/{{The Thief of Bagdad|1940}}''
* ''Film/TooManyHusbands''
* ''Film/{{Turnabout}}''
* ''Film/TwentyOneDays''
* ''Film/TwoGirlsOnBroadway''
* ''Film/VirginiaCity''
* ''Film/AWindowInLondon''
* ''Film/{{Wunschkonzert}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1941]]
* ''Film/FortyNinthParallel''
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel''
* ''Film/AllThroughTheNight''
* ''Film/BallOfFire''
* ''Film/TheBigStore''
* ''Film/TheBloodOfJesus''
* ''Film/BlossomsInTheDust''
* ''Film/BuckPrivates''
* ''Film/CitizenKane''
* ''Film/ComeLiveWithMe''
* ''Film/TheDevilCommands''
* ''Film/DiveBomber''
* ''Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster''
* ''Film/TheDevilAndMissJones''
* ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''
* ''Film/FootstepsInTheDark''
* ''Film/The47Ronin''
* ''Film/GoWestYoungLady''
* ''Film/TheGreatLie''
* ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}''
* ''Film/HereComesMrJordan''
* ''Film/HighSierra''
* ''Film/HMPulhamEsq''
* ''Film/HoldBackTheDawn''
* ''Film/HoldThatGhost''
* ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley''
* ''Film/IllWaitForYou''
* ''Film/InTheNavy''
* ''Film/IWakeUpScreaming''
* ''Film/IWantedWings''
* ''Film/KeepEmFlying''
* ''Film/KingOfTheZombies''
* ''Film/TheLadyEve''
* ''Theatre/TheLittleFoxes''
* ''Film/LoveCrazy''
* ''Film/{{Lydia}}''
* ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''
* ''Film/MeetJohnDoe''
* ''Film/MoonOverMiami''
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown''
* ''[[Film/MrAndMrsSmith1941 Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]''
* ''Film/NeverGiveASuckerAnEvenBreak''
* ''WesternAnimation/NotesToYou''
* ''Film/OneFootInHeaven''
* ''Film/OneNightInLisbon''
* ''Film/OutOfTheFog''
* ''Film/PennySerenade''
* ''Film/PimpernelSmith''
* ''Animation/PrincessIronFan''
* ''Film/RageInHeaven''
* ''Film/TheReluctantDragon''
* ''Film/{{Scotland Yard|1941}}''
* ''Literature/TheSeaWolf''
* ''Film/SergeantYork''
* ''Film/ShipsWithWings''
* ''Film/TheStrawberryBlonde''
* ''Film/SullivansTravels''
* ''Film/{{Suspicion}}''
* ''Film/ThatHamiltonWoman''
* ''Film/TheyDiedWithTheirBootsOn''
* ''Film/TopperReturns''
* ''Film/TwoFacedWoman''
* ''Film/AWomansFace''
* ''Film/ZiegfeldGirl''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1942]]
* ''Film/AcrossThePacific''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''
* ''Film/{{The Black Swan|1942}}''
* ''Film/BoweryAtMidnight''
* ''Film/CaptainsOfTheClouds''
* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''
* ''Film/CatPeople''
* ''Film/CommandosStrikeAtDawn''
* ''Film/TheCorpseVanishes''
* ''Film/DesperateJourney''
* ''Film/TheFirstOfTheFew''
* ''Film/ForMeAndMyGal''
* ''Film/GeorgeWashingtonSleptHere''
* ''Literature/TheGlassKey''
* ''Film/TheGreatKing''
* ''Film/HitlerDeadOrAlive''
* ''Film/HolidayInn''
* ''Theatre/IMarriedAnAngel''
* ''Film/IMarriedAWitch''
* ''Film/InThisOurLife''
* ''Film/InWhichWeServe''
* ''Film/JungleBook''
* ''Film/KingsRow''
* ''Film/LadyFromChungking''
* ''Film/LesVisiteursDuSoir''
* ''Film/TheMadMonster''
* ''Film/MademoiselleDesiree''
* ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons''
* ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor''
* ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner''
* ''Film/MrsMiniver''
* ''Film/{{Moontide}}''
* ''Film/MoscowStrikesBack''
* ''Film/TheMurdererLivesAtNumber21''
* ''Film/MyFavoriteBlonde''
* ''Theatre/MySisterEileen''
* ''Film/NowVoyager''
* ''Film/OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing''
* ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory''
* ''Film/PardonMySarong''
* ''Film/ThePiedPiper''
* ''Film/ThePrideOfTheYankees''
* ''Film/RandomHarvest''
* ''Film/ReapTheWildWind''
* ''Film/RideEmCowboy''
* ''Film/RioRita''
* ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''
* ''Film/{{The Spoilers|1942}}''
* ''Film/TalkOfTheTown''
* ''Film/ThisGunForHire''
* ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe''
* ''Film/WakeIsland''
* ''Film/WentTheDayWell''
* ''[[Film/WhoDoneIt Who Done It?]]''
* ''Film/WomanOfTheYear''
* ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy''
* ''Film/TheYoungMrPitt''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1943]]
* ''Film/ActionInTheNorthAtlantic''
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfTartu''
* ''Film/AirForce''
* ''Film/AirRaidWardens''
* ''Film/{{Bataan}}''
* ''[[Film/TheBatmanSerial The Batman]]''
* ''Film/CabinInTheSky''
* ''Film/TheChildrenAreWatchingUs''
* ''Film/TheConstantNymph''
* ''Film/CryHavoc''
* ''Film/DestinationTokyo''
* ''Film/{{Edge of Darkness|1943}}''
* ''Film/FiveGravesToCairo''
* ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls''
* ''Film/TheGangsAllHere''
* ''Film/GovernmentGirl''
* ''Film/AGuyNamedJoe''
* ''Film/HangmenAlsoDie''
* ''Film/{{The Hard Way|1943}}''
* ''Film/{{Heaven Can Wait|1943}}''
* ''Film/HitlersMadman''
* ''Film/HitTheIce''
* ''Film/TheHumanComedy''
* ''Film/ItAintHay''
* ''Film/IWalkedWithAZombie''
* ''Film/JaneEyre1940''
* ''Film/JourneyIntoFear''
* ''Film/LadyOfBurlesque''
* ''Film/TheLeopardMan''
* ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp''
* ''Film/MadameCurie''
* ''Film/TheMadGhoul''
* ''Film/TheManInGrey''
* ''Theatre/MarginForError''
* ''Film/MissionToMoscow''
* ''Film/TheMoonIsDown''
* ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier''
* ''Film/{{Munchhausen}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewSpirit''
* ''Film/NorthernPursuit''
* ''Film/TheNorthStar''
* ''Film/OldAcquaintance''
* ''Film/{{Ossessione}}''
* ''Film/TheOxBowIncident''
* ''Film/{{The Phantom|1943}}''
* ''Film/{{Phantom of the Opera|1943}}''
* ''Film/PowerOfThePress''
* ''Film/PrincessORourke''
* ''WesternAnimation/PlutoAndTheArmadillo''
* ''Film/ReportFromTheAleutians''
* ''Film/TheReturnOfTheVampire''
* ''Film/{{Sahara|1943}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos''
* ''Film/SanshiroSugata''
* ''Film/TheSeventhVictim''
* ''Film/ShadowOfADoubt''
* ''Film/TheSongOfBernadette''
* ''Film/SoProudlyWeHail''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpiritOf43''
* ''Film/StormyWeather''
* ''Film/ThankYourLuckyStars''
* ''Film/ThisIsTheArmy''
* ''Film/ThisLandIsMine''
* ''Film/{{Titanic|1943}}''
* ''Film/WatchOnTheRhine''
* ''Film/WeDiveAtDawn''
* ''Film/WeveNeverBeenLicked''
* ''Film/WhereAreYourChildren''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1944]]
* ''Film/{{Army}}''
* ''Theatre/ArsenicAndOldLace''
* ''Film/{{Bluebeard|1944}}''
* ''Film/ACanterburyTale''
* ''Literature/TheCantervilleGhost''
* ''Film/TheClimax''
* ''Film/CobraWoman''
* ''Film/CoverGirl''
* ''Film/CryOfTheWerewolf''
* ''Film/{{Dark Waters|1944}}''
* ''Film/DaysOfGlory''
* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''
* ''Film/DieFeuerzangenbowle''
* ''Film/TheFightingLady''
* ''Film/TheFightingSeabees''
* ''Film/GoingMyWay''
* ''Film/HailTheConqueringHero''
* ''Film/TheHalfwayHouse''
* ''Film/{{Henry V|1944}}''
* ''Film/IAccuseMyParents''
* ''Film/IllBeSeeingYou''
* ''Film/IvanTheTerrible''
* ''Film/{{Kismet|1944}}''
* ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday''
* ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''
* ''Literature/{{Laura}}''
* ''Film/{{Lifeboat}}''
* ''Film/LostInAHarem''
* ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''
* ''Film/TheMemphisBelle''
* ''Film/MinistryOfFear''
* ''Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek''
* ''Film/TheMonsterMaker''
* ''Film/{{The Most Beautiful|1944}}''
* ''Film/MrSkeffington''
* ''Film/MurderMySweet''
* ''Literature/NationalVelvet''
* ''Film/NoneButTheLonelyHeart''
* ''Film/NoneShallEscape''
* ''Film/{{Nothing but Trouble|1944}}''
* ''Film/{{Opfergang}}''
* ''Film/PassageToMarseille''
* ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePirate''
* ''Film/SinceYouWentAway''
* ''Film/ThisHappyBreed''
* ''Film/ThirtySecondsOverTokyo''
* ''Film/TimeFlies''
* ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot''
* ''Film/{{Torment|1944}}''
* ''Film/UncertainGlory''
* ''Film/{{The Uninvited|1944}}''
* ''Film/WildHorsePhantom''
* ''Film/{{Wilson}}''
* ''Film/{{The Woman in the Window|1944}}''
* ''Film/TheWomanOfMyDreams''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1945]]
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood''
* ''Film/AnchorsAweigh''
* ''Film/{{And Then There Were None|1945}}''
* ''Film/TheBellsOfStMarys''
* ''Theatre/BlitheSpirit''
* ''Film/TheBodySnatcher''
* ''Film/BriefEncounter''
* ''Film/TheBullfighters''
* ''Film/CaesarAndCleopatra''
* ''Film/ChristmasInConnecticut''
* ''Film/DeadOfNight''
* ''Film/{{Detour}}''
* ''Film/{{Dillinger|1945}}''
* ''Film/{{Fallen Angel|1945}}''
* ''Film/HotelBerlin''
* ''Film/IKnowWhereImGoing''
* ''Film/IsleOfTheDead''
* ''Film/JungleQueen''
* ''Film/{{Kolberg}}''
* ''Film/LadyOnATrain''
* ''Film/LeaveHerToHeaven''
* ''Film/TheLostWeekend''
* ''Film/LoveLetters''
* ''Film/TheMenWhoTreadOnTheTigersTail''
* ''Literature/MildredPierce''
* ''Film/{{Mom and Dad|1945}}''
* ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors''
* ''Film/ObjectiveBurma''
* ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}''
* ''Film/TheRedMeadows''
* ''Film/RomeOpenCity''
* ''Film/SanAntonio''
* ''Film/SanshiroSugataPartII''
* ''Film/SaratogaTrunk''
* ''Film/ScarletStreet''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheScrewyTruant''
* ''Film/TheSoutherner''
* ''Film/{{Spellbound|1945}}''
* ''Film/StateFair''
* ''Film/TheyWereExpendable''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''
* ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn''
* ''Film/TsogtTaij''
* ''Film/{{The Turning Point|1945}}''
* ''Film/VacationFromMarriage''
* ''Film/AWalkInTheSun''
* ''Film/TheWickedLady''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1946]]
* ''Film/AngelOnMyShoulder''
* ''Film/TheBanditOfSherwoodForest''
* ''Film/TheBeastWithFiveFingers''
* ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|1946}}''
* ''Film/{{Bedlam}}''
* ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives''
* ''Film/TheBigSleep'' -- A classic FilmNoir.
* ''Film/{{Black Angel|1946}}''
* ''Film/TheBlueDahlia''
* ''Film/CanyonPassage''
* ''Film/TheCaptiveHeart''
* ''Film/ClunyBrown''
* ''Film/TheDarkMirror''
* ''Film/{{Deception|1946}}''
* ''Film/DuelInTheSun''
* ''Film/{{Gilda}}''
* ''Film/{{Great Expectations|1946}}''
* ''Film/GreenForDanger''
* ''Film/TheHarveyGirls''
* ''Film/ISeeADarkStranger''
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''
* ''Film/TheKillers''
* ''Film/{{Let There Be Light|1946}}''
* ''Film/LostCityOfTheJungle''
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath''
* ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic''
* ''Film/MenWithoutWings''
* ''Film/MorningForTheOsoneFamily''
* ''Film/MyDarlingClementine''
* ''Film/MyReputation''
* ''Film/TheMysteriousMrM''
* ''Film/{{Night and Day|1946}}''
* ''Film/NoRegretsForOurYouth''
* ''Film/{{Notorious|1946}}''
* ''Film/OneMoreTomorrow''
* ''Film/{{Paisan}}''
* ''Film/{{The Postman Always Rings Twice|1946}}''
* ''Film/TheRazorsEdge''
* ''Film/RepeatPerformance''
* ''Film/SheWolfOfLondon''
* ''Film/{{Shock}}''
* ''Film/{{Shoeshine}}''
* ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''
* ''Film/TheSpiralStaircase''
* ''Film/AStolenLife''
* ''Film/TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers''
* ''Film/TheStranger''
* ''Film/SwingParadeOf1946''
* ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives1946''
* ''Film/ToEachHisOwn''
* ''Film/TomorrowIsForever''
* ''Film/WeLeaveForEngland'' (''Englandsfarere'')
* ''Literature/TheYearling''
* ''Film/TheYearsBetween''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:1947]]
* ''Film/AngelAndTheBadman''
* ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer''
* ''Film/TheBishopsWife''
* ''Film/BlackNarcissus''
* ''Film/BlondeSavage''
* ''Film/{{Boomerang|1947}}''
* ''Literature/BrightonRock''
* ''Film/{{Brute Force|1947}}''
* ''Film/BushChristmas''
* ''Film/{{Cinderella|1947}}''
* ''Film/{{Crossfire}}''
* ''Film/{{Cry Wolf|1947}}''
* ''Film/{{The Damned|1947}}''
* ''Film/DarkPassage''
* ''Film/DeadReckoning''
* ''Film/DishonoredLady''
* ''Film/ADoubleLife''
* ''Film/EscapeMeNever''
* ''Literature/ForeverAmber''
* ''Film/{{Frieda}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''
* ''Film/GentlemansAgreement''
* ''Film/TheGhostAndMrsMuir''
* ''Film/TheHucksters''
* ''Animation/TheHumpbackedHorse''
* ''Theatre/AnIdealHusband''
* ''Film/ItHappenedOn5thAvenue''
* ''Film/KissOfDeath''
* ''Film/TheLadyFromShanghai''
* ''Film/LadyInTheLake''
* ''Film/LifeWithFather''
* ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet''
* ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux''
* ''Film/MonsieurVincent''
* ''Theatre/MourningBecomesElectra''
* ''Film/MyFavoriteBrunette''
* ''Film/{{Nightmare Alley|1947}}''
* ''Film/OddManOut''
* ''Film/OneWonderfulSunday''
* ''Film/OutOfThePast''
* ''Film/TheParadineCase''
* ''Literature/ThePearl''
* ''Film/RecordOfATenementGentleman''
* ''Film/RideThePinkHorse''
* ''Film/{{The Secret Life of Walter Mitty|1947}}''
* ''Film/TheSenatorWasIndiscreet''
* ''Film/SinbadTheSailor''
* ''Film/SnowTrail''
* ''Film/StallionRoad''
* ''Film/ThatHagenGirl''
* ''Film/TheyMadeMeAFugitive''
* ''Film/TheUnsuspected''
* ''Film/TheVoiceOfTheTurtle''
* ''Film/{{The Web|1947}}''
* ''Film/TheWistfulWidowOfWagonGap''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1948]]
* ''Film/ThreeGodfathers''
* ''Film/ArchOfTriumph''
* ''Film/TheBabeRuthStory''
* ''Film/TheBigClock''
* ''Film/BicycleThieves''
* ''Film/CallNorthside777''
* ''Film/{{Casbah}}''
* ''Film/CoronerCreek''
* ''Film/DrunkenAngel''
* ''Film/EasterParade''
* ''Film/ForceOfEvil''
* ''Film/AForeignAffair''
* ''Film/FortApache''
* ''Film/GermanyYearZero''
* ''Film/{{Hamlet|1948}}''
* ''Film/AHenInTheWind''
* ''Film/HeWalkedByNight''
* ''Film/HollowTriumph''
* ''Film/{{Homecoming}}''
* ''Film/IRememberMama''
* ''Film/JohnnyBelinda''
* ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves''
* ''Film/JungleGoddess''
* ''Film/KeyLargo''
* ''Film/LadiesOfTheChorus''
* ''Film/LastOfTheWildHorses''
* ''Film/LaTerraTrema''
* ''Film/LetterFromAnUnknownWoman''
* ''Film/LouisianaStory''
* ''Film/TheManFromColorado''
* ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''
* ''Film/MexicanHayride''
* ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheBells''
* ''Film/{{Miranda|1948}}''
* ''Literature/MrBlandingsBuildsHisDreamHouse''
* ''Film/MrPeabodyAndTheMermaid''
* ''Film/TheNakedCity''
* ''Film/NightSong''
* ''Literature/OliverTwist''
* ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus''
* ''Film/{{The Paleface|1948}}''
* ''Film/ThePirate''
* ''Film/PortraitOfJennie''
* ''Film/ThePrinceOfThieves''
* ''Film/RachelAndTheStranger''
* ''Film/RedRiver''
* ''Film/{{The Red Shoes|1948}}''
* ''Film/{{Road House|1948}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Rope}}''
* ''Film/TheSearch''
* ''Film/SecretBeyondTheDoor''
* ''Film/TheSecretLand''
* ''Film/SilverRiver''
* ''Film/TheSnakePit''
* ''Film/SoDearToMyHeart''
* ''Film/ASongIsBorn''
* ''Film/SorryWrongNumber''
* ''Film/SpringInASmallTown''
* ''Theatre/StateOfTheUnion''
* ''Film/ThatLadyInErmine''
* ''Film/TheyLiveByNight''
* ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife''
* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1948}}''
* ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre''
* ''Film/TwoGuysFromTexas''
* ''Film/UnfaithfullyYours''
* ''Film/UnknownIsland''
* ''Film/TheVelvetTouch''
* ''Film/WhisperingSmith''
* ''Film/{{The Winslow Boy|1948}}''
* ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: 1949]]
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheKillerBorisKarloff''
* ''Film/ActOfViolence''
* ''Film/AdamsRib''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''
* ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland1949 Alice in Wonderland]]''
* ''Literature/AllTheKingsMen''
* ''Film/BatmanAndRobinSerial''
* ''Film/{{Battleground|1949}}''
* ''Film/BeyondTheForest''
* ''Film/BitterRice''
* ''Film/{{The Blue Lagoon|1949}}''
* ''Film/TheBribe''
* ''Film/{{Caught}}''
* ''Film/{{Chains}}''
* ''Literature/TheFountainhead''
* ''Film/TheHastyHeart''
* ''Film/TheHeiress''
* ''Film/HeresToTheYoungLady''
* ''Film/HolidayAffair''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHouseOfTomorrow''
* ''Film/TheInspectorGeneral''
* ''Film/InTheGoodOldSummertime''
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames''
* ''Film/IWasAMaleWarBride''
* ''Literature/IntruderInTheDust''
* ''Film/JohnLovesMary''
* ''Film/JourDeFete''
* ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''
* ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen''
* ''Film/LateSpring''
* ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''
* ''Literature/LittleWomen''
* ''Film/LoveHappy''
* ''Film/LustForGold''
* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung''
* ''Film/MyFoolishHeart''
* ''Radio/MyFriendIrma''
* ''[[Film/NeptunesDaughter Neptune's Daughter]]''
* ''Film/NeverFear''
* ''Film/NotWanted''
* ''Theatre/OnTheTown''
* ''Film/ThePassionateFriends''
* ''Film/PassportToPimlico''
* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking''
* ''Film/TheRecklessMoment''
* ''Film/{{Rimfire}}''
* ''Film/RopeOfSand''
* ''Film/{{Samson and Delilah|1949}}''
* ''Film/SandsOfIwoJima''
* ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1949}}''
* ''Film/TheSetUp''
* ''Film/SheWoreAYellowRibbon''
* ''Literature/LeSilenceDeLaMer''
* ''Film/StrayDog''
* ''Film/TheThirdMan''
* ''Film/TooLateForTears''
* ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh''
* ''Film/UnderCapricorn''
* ''Film/TheWalkingHills''
* ''Film/TheWallsOfMalapaga''
* ''Film/WhiskyGalore''
* ''Film/TheWindow''
* ''Film/WhiteHeat''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Notable 1940s Cartoons]]

* "WesternAnimation/AllOutForV" (1942)
* WesternAnimation/AndyPanda (1940-49)
** "WesternAnimation/FishFry" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/ThePoetAndPeasant" (1945)
* WesternAnimation/BarneyBear (1940-49)
** "WesternAnimation/TheRookieBear" (1941)
* WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost
** "WesternAnimation/TheresGoodBoosTonight" (1947)
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts
** "WesternAnimation/LendAPaw" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TruantOfficerDonald" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/EducationForDeath" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/DonaldsTireTrouble" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/PlutoAndTheArmadillo" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/ReasonAndEmotion" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/HowToPlayFootball" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/SpringtimeForPluto" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/DonaldsCrime" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/HockeyHomicide" (1945)
** WesternAnimation/CuredDuck (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/SquattersRights" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/DonaldsDilemma" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/WideOpenSpaces" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/ChipAnDale" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/PlutosBlueNote" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/TheTrialOfDonaldDuck" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheSeal" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/TeaForTwoHundred" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/ToyTinkers" (1949)
* WesternAnimation/ColorClassics (1940-41)
* "WesternAnimation/DogCatAndCanary" (1945)
* The WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} cartoons debuted in 1943
** "WesternAnimation/DumbHounded" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/NorthwestHoundedPolice" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/SenorDroopy" (1949)
* WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheCrow, (1941-49)
** "WesternAnimation/RobinHoodlum" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/TheMagicFluke" (1949)
* WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle (1946-49)
* "WesternAnimation/HellBentForElection" (1944)
* "WesternAnimation/HowWarCame" (1941)
* "WesternAnimation/{{Imagination}}" (1943)
* "WesternAnimation/JukeBoxJamboree" (1942)
* WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey (1947-49)
* ComicStrip/LittleLulu (1943-48)
* Franchise/LooneyTunes and Merrie Melodies
** "WesternAnimation/ElmersCandidCamera" (1940)
** "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" (1940)
** "Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures" (1940)
** "WesternAnimation/HollywoodStepsOut" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TheHecklingHare" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/AllThisAndRabbitStew" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/MeetJohnDoughboy" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TortoiseBeatsHare" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/AnyBondsToday" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/TheDucktators" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/AnyBondsToday" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/ACornyConcerto" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/DaffyTheCommando" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/GreetingsBait" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/PigsInAPolka" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/{{Super-Rabbit}}" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/TokioJokio" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/TortoiseWinsByAHare" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyNipsTheNips" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/HareRibbin" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/LittleRedRidingRabbit" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/RussianRhapsody" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/SwoonerCrooner" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/OdorableKitty" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/PlaneDaffy" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/HerrMeetsHare" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/LifeWithFeathers" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/TheBigSnooze" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/BookRevue" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/BaseballBugs" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/BabyBottleneck" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyRabbit" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/WalkyTalkyHawky" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/EasterYeggs" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/APestInTheHouse" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/SlickHare" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/TweetiePie" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/BackAlleyOproar" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyRidesAgain" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/DoughRayMeOw" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/GorillaMyDreams" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/DaffyDilly" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/AHamInARole" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/HighDivingHare" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/FrigidHare" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/ForScentimentalReasons" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/MouseWreckers" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/RabbitHood" (1949)
* WesternAnimation/MGMOneshotCartoons (1940-43)
** "WesternAnimation/TheLonesomeStranger" (1940)
** "WesternAnimation/TheMilkyWay" (1940)
* WesternAnimation/MightyMouse - debuted 1942
** "WesternAnimation/GypsyLife" (1945)
* ''Anime/MomotarosSeaEagles'' (1943)
* "WesternAnimation/MyBoyJohnny" (1944)
[[/index]]
* Animated shorts made in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany:
[[index]]
** ''WesternAnimation/VerwitterteMelodie'' (1942)
** ''WesternAnimation/ArmerHansi'' (1943)
** ''WesternAnimation/DerSchneemann'' (1944)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Noveltoons}}'' (1943-49)
** "WesternAnimation/TheEnchantedSquare" (1947)
* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} cartoons ran throughout the decade
* WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu (1943-45)
* WesternAnimation/{{Puppetoons}} (1940-1947)
** "WesternAnimation/TulipsShallGrow" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/JasperAndTheBeanstalk" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/JohnHenryAndTheInkyPoo" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/{{Tubby the Tuba|1947}}" (1947)
* "WesternAnimation/{{Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer|1948}}" (1948)
* WesternAnimation/ScreenSongs (1945-49)
* "WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfMenstruation" (1946)
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' (1941-43)
** "WesternAnimation/TheMadScientist" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TheMechanicalMonsters" (1941)
* WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons (1942-49)
** "WesternAnimation/BadLuckBlackie" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/BlitzWolf" (1942)
** "WesternAnimation/BattyBaseball" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/TheShootingOfDanMcGoo" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/JerkyTurkey" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/TheCatThatHatedPeople" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/LittleRuralRidingHood" (1949)
** [[WesternAnimation/OneHamsFamily One Ham's Family]] (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel1944" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/SwingShiftCinderella" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho" (1943)
* WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry
** "WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot" (1940)
** "WesternAnimation/{{The Night Before Christmas|1941}}''
** "WesternAnimation/DogTrouble"
** "WesternAnimation/TheYankeeDoodleMouse" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/TeeForTwo" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/FlirtyBirdy" (1945)
** "[[WesternAnimation/QuietPlease1945 Quiet Please!]]" (1945)
** "WesternAnimation/TheMilkyWaif" (1946)
** "WesternAnimation/TheCatConcerto" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/DrJekyllAndMrMouse" (1947)
** "WesternAnimation/KittyFoiled" (1948)
** "WesternAnimation/HatchUpYourTroubles" (1949)
** "WesternAnimation/TheLittleOrphan" (1949)
* "WesternAnimation/TheWayOfPeace" (1947)
* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker and other classic shorts from Creator/{{Universal}}
** "WesternAnimation/{{Knock Knock|1940}}" (1940)
** "WesternAnimation/TheCrackedNut" (1941)
** "WesternAnimation/TheScrewball" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/TheDizzyAcrobat" (1943)
** "WesternAnimation/TheBarberOfSeville" (1944)
** "WesternAnimation/MusicalMomentsFromChopin" (1946)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Notable 1940s Live Action Shorts]]
* ''Film/TheBattleOfMidway'' (1942)
* ''Film/TheBattleOfSanPietro'' (1945)
* ''Film/BeyondTheLineOfDuty'' (1942)
* ''Film/{{A Boy and His Dog|1946}}'' (1946)
* ''Film/ACaseOfSpringFever'' (1940)
* ''Film/CavalcadeOfDance'' (1943)
* ''Film/CharlieChan''
* The ''Crime Does Not Pay'' series from MGM
** ''Film/ForbiddenPassage'' (1941)
** ''Film/DontTalk'' (1942)
** ''Film/AGunInHisHand'' (1945)
** ''Film/TheLuckiestGuyInTheWorld'' (1947)
* ''Film/FacingYourDanger'' (1946)
* ''Film/TheFightingGeneration'' (1944)
* ''Film/FortyBoysAndASong'' (1941)
* ''Film/GiveUsTheEarth'' (1947)
* ''Film/GoingToBlazes'' (1948)
* ''Film/HeavenlyMusic'' (1943)
* ''Film/{{Hired}}''
* ''Film/HissAndYell'' (1946)
* ''Film/TheHouseILiveIn''
* ''Film/IWontPlay'' (1944)
* ''Film/JamminTheBlues'' (1944)
* ''Film/JohnnyAtTheFair'' (1947)
* ''Film/KingsOfTheTurf'' (1941)
* ''Film/TheLeadShoes'' (1949)
* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' -- the original series continued until 1944
* ''Film/LondonCanTakeIt'' (1940)
* ''Film/MainStreetOnTheMarch'' (1941)
* ''Film/MainStreetToday'' (1944)
* ''Film/MenAndDust'' (1940)
* ''Film/MeshesOfTheAfternoon'' (1943)
* ''Film/MoreAboutNostradamus'' (1941)
* ''Film/TheNegroSoldier'' (1944)
* The ''Passing Parade'' series by John Nesbitt
** ''Film/OfPupsAndPuzzles'' (1941)
** ''Film/StairwayToLight'' (1945)
** ''Film/GoodbyeMissTurlock'' (1947)
** ''Film/AnnieWasAWonder'' (1949)
* ''Film/ServiceWithTheColors'' (1940)
* ''Film/{{Siege}}'' (1940)
* The "Film/PeteSmithSpecialties" for MGM
** ''Film/ArmyChampions'' (1941)
** ''Film/MarinesInTheMaking'' (1942)
** ''Film/MoviePests'' (1944)
** ''Film/SeeingHands'' (1943)
** ''Film/SureCures'' (1946)
** ''Film/QuickernAWink'' (1940)
** ''Film/{{Now You See It|1947}}'' (1947)
** ''Film/WaterTrix'' (1949)
** ''Film/YouCantWin'' (1948)
* The ''So You Want...'' series
** ''Film/SoYouWantToBeInPictures'' (1947)
** ''Film/SoYouWantToBeOnTheRadio'' (1948)
** ''Film/SoYouWantToBeADetective'' (1948)
** ''Film/SoYouThinkYoureNotGuilty'' (1949)
* ''Film/SmartAsAFox'' (1946)
* The "Speaking of Animals" series
** ''Film/DownOnTheFarm'' (1941)
** ''Film/SpeakingOfAnimalsAndTheirFamilies'' (1942)
** ''Film/WhosWhoInAnimalLand'' (1944)
* ''Film/StarInTheNight'' (1945)
* ''Film/TheTanksAreComing'' (1941)
* Franchise/{{Tarzan}} short films throughout the decade
* ''Film/TeddyTheRoughRider'' (1940)
* Film/TheThreeStooges were busy throughout the decade making comedy shorts.
** ''Film/YouNaztySpy'' (1940)
** ''Film/APlumbingWeWillGo'' (1940)
** ''[[Film/FromNurseToWorse From Nurse to Worse]]'' (1940)
** ''Film/BoobsInArms'' (1940)
** ''Film/SoLongMrChumps'' (1941)
** ''Film/IllNeverHeilAgain'' (1941)
** ''Film/AnAcheInEveryStake'' (1941)
** ''Film/InTheSweetPieAndPie'' (1941)
** ''Film/SomeMoreOfSamoa'' (1941)
** ''Film/ThreeSmartSaps'' (1942)
** ''Film/SpookLouder'' (1943)
** ''Film/BackFromTheFront'' (1943)
** ''Film/ICanHardlyWait'' (1943)
** ''Film/DizzyPilots'' (1943)
** ''Film/CrashGoesTheHash'' (1944)
** ''Film/IdleRoomers'' (1944)
** ''Film/GentsWithoutCents'' (1944)
** ''Film/IdiotsDeluxe'' (1945)
** ''Film/IfABodyMeetsABody'' (1945)
** ''[[Film/GIWannaHome G.I. Wanna Home]]'' (1946)
** ''Film/ThreeLittlePirates'' (1946)
** ''Film/HalfWitsHoliday'' (1947)
** ''Film/BridelessGroom'' (1947)
** ''Film/SingASongOfSixPants'' (1947)
** ''Film/HeavenlyDaze'' (1948)
** ''[[Film/WhoDoneIt1949 Who Done It? (1949)]]''
* ''Film/XMarksTheSpot'' (1944)
[[/folder]]
[[/index]]
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