Best United States Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

The 1114 best-rated United States movies and TV series of the 1940s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

The Great Dictator 1940 ★ 8.3
It's a Wonderful Life 1946 ★ 8.3
Casablanca 1943 ★ 8.1
Double Indemnity 1944 ★ 8.1
The Shop Around the Corner 1940 ★ 8.1
Citizen Kane 1941 ★ 8.0
Rope 1948 ★ 7.9
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 ★ 8.0
Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9
The Grapes of Wrath 1940 ★ 7.8
To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8
Notorious 1946 ★ 7.7
The Maltese Falcon 1941 ★ 7.7
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 ★ 7.7
Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 ★ 7.8
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 ★ 7.7
Monsieur Verdoux 1947 ★ 7.7
The Heiress 1949 ★ 7.8
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 ★ 7.6
Out of the Past 1947 ★ 7.7
Laura 1944 ★ 7.6
The Big Sleep 1946 ★ 7.6
White Heat 1949 ★ 7.6
The Lost Weekend 1945 ★ 7.6