The Best Dramas of the 1940s

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3 Godfathers

1948    John Ford    Not Rated

Drama    Traditional Western    Western

Down by 19 in the past 45 days 19

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82

49th Parallel

1941    Michael Powell    Not Rated

Drama    Thriller    War

Down by 37 in the past 45 days 37

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83

Christmas in Connecticut

1945    Peter Godfrey    Not Rated

Comedy    Drama    Screwball Comedy

Up by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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84

Phantom of the Opera

1943    Arthur Lubin    Not Rated

Costume Horror    Drama    Gothic Film

Down by 33 in the past 45 days 33

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85

The Big Clock

1948    John Farrow    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 18 in the past 45 days 18

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86

Mighty Joe Young

1949    Ernest B. Schoedsack    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Animal Picture

Up by 194 in the past 45 days 194

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87

They Live by Night

1948    Nicholas Ray    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 123 in the past 45 days 123

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88

Force of Evil

1948    Abraham Polonsky    Rated PG

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 23 in the past 45 days 23

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89

Criss Cross

1949    Robert Siodmak    Not Rated

Caper    Crime    Crime Drama

Up by 30 in the past 45 days 30

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90

Thieves' Highway

1949    Jules Dassin    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 99 in the past 45 days 99

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91

The Curse of the Cat People

1944    Gunther von Fritsch    Not Rated

Drama    Fantasy    Horror

Up by 6 in the past 45 days 6

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92

Quai des Orfèvres

1947    Henri-Georges Clouzot    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 66 in the past 45 days 66

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93

Shoeshine

1946    Vittorio De Sica    Not Rated

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Foreign Language Film

Up by 49 in the past 45 days 49

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94

Ossessione

1943    Luchino Visconti    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Down by 8 in the past 45 days 8

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95

National Velvet

1945    Clarence Brown    Rated G

Animal Picture    Drama    Family Drama

Down by 68 in the past 45 days 68

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96

The Snake Pit

1948    Anatole Litvak    Not Rated

Drama    Psychological Drama

Up by 73 in the past 45 days 73

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97

Jane Eyre

1944    Robert Stevenson    Not Rated

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature    Costume Romance    Drama

Up by 98 in the past 45 days 98

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98

They Drive By Night

1940    Raoul Walsh    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

Up by 80 in the past 45 days 80

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99

The Little Foxes

1941    William Wyler    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Drama    Family Drama

Up by 55 in the past 45 days 55

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100

The Blue Dahlia

1946    George Marshall    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Up by 28 in the past 45 days 28

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