The most interesting films of the 40s I've seen (with ratings, out of...guess...****)

Submitted by 1922 on Fri, 08/13/2004 - 05:22
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  • Masterpiece (****)

  • Casablanca (1942) (Curtiz)

  • Great (***1/2)

  • Citizen Kane (1941) (Welles)
  • Rebecca (1940) (Hitchcock)

  • Very Good (***)

  • The Big Sleep (1946) (Hawks)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (Capra)

  • Good (**1/2)

  • A Chump at Oxford (1940) (Goulding)
  • Bambi (1942) (Disney) *
  • Notorious (1946) (Hitchcock)
  • Rope (1948) (Hitchcock) *
  • Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) (Litvak)
  • Spellbound (1945) (Hitchcock) *
  • The Spoilers (1942) (Enright) *

  • Average (**)

  • Dumbo (1941) (Sharpsteen, Disney) *
  • Fort Apache (1948) (Ford) *
  • Great Guns (1941) (Banks)
  • Pinocchio (1941) (Luske, Sharpsteen, Disney)
  • Red River (1948) (Hawks) *

  • Something went wrong... (*1/2)

  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) (Capra)

  • Not convincing (*)

  • Awful (1/2)

  • Urghhh!!!(°)

  • Films I really need to see

  • The Great Dictator (on VHS, but not yet seen)
  • The Philadelphia Story (I have seen this film a LONG time ago, and can hardly remember it, therefore no rating!)
  • Suspicion (ditto)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (shame on me!)
  • The Thief of Bagdad
  • Fantasia
  • The Maltese Falcon (see 'Grapes of Wrath')
  • Mrs. Miniver (was on TV last friday, but missed it :-( )
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • Shadow of a Doubt (on VHS)
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (ashamed...)
  • Double Indemnity (a film I REALLY want to see)
  • LauraLes Enfants du Paradis (on VHS)
  • The Lost Weekend
  • The Big Sleep (Next Friday, I'll watch the remake of 1978)
  • Great Expectations
  • Gentleman's Agreement
  • Ladri di Biciclette
  • Othello (will see it next Thursday)
  • Out of the Past
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (ASHAMED)
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • All the King's Men
  • All About Eve (;-( )
  • The Third Man (unfortunately I haven't yet seen it)
  • Asphalt Jungle
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Films with an asterisk: films I probably have to watch again, to assure more accurate ratings. These are above all movies I have seen a long time ago.