Pulse of Cinema

Best 1940s Dramas

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It's a Wonderful Life 8.3

It's a Wonderful Life

1946
Bicycle Thieves 8.2

Bicycle Thieves

1948
Casablanca 8.1

Casablanca

1943
Citizen Kane 8.0

Citizen Kane

1941
The Shop Around the Corner 8.1

The Shop Around the Corner

1940
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 8.0

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948
Rome, Open City 8.0

Rome, Open City

1945
Rope 7.9

Rope

1948
Rebecca 7.9

Rebecca

1940
Children of Paradise 8.1

Children of Paradise

1945
The Red Shoes 8.0

The Red Shoes

1948
Late Spring 8.0

Late Spring

1949
The Grapes of Wrath 7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

1940
The Best Years of Our Lives 7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946
Notorious 7.7

Notorious

1946
Los tres huastecos 8.3

Los tres huastecos

1948
Day of Wrath 8.0

Day of Wrath

1943
A Matter of Life and Death 7.8

A Matter of Life and Death

1946
Letter from an Unknown Woman 7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948
The Heiress 7.8

The Heiress

1949
Shoeshine 7.8

Shoeshine

1946
Brief Encounter 7.7

Brief Encounter

1945
White Heat 7.7

White Heat

1949
Monsieur Verdoux 7.7

Monsieur Verdoux

1947
The Ox-Bow Incident 7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943
Laura 7.6

Laura

1944
The Lost Weekend 7.6

The Lost Weekend

1945
We the Poor 8.1

We the Poor

1948
La Terra Trema 7.7

La Terra Trema

1949
Scarlet Street 7.6

Scarlet Street

1945
Mildred Pierce 7.6

Mildred Pierce

1945
Stray Dog 7.6

Stray Dog

1949
Drunken Angel 7.6

Drunken Angel

1948
Germany, Year Zero 7.6

Germany, Year Zero

1948
Oliver Twist 7.6

Oliver Twist

1948
Beauty and the Beast 7.5

Beauty and the Beast

1946
Gilda 7.5

Gilda

1946
Gaslight 7.5

Gaslight

1944
Black Narcissus 7.5

Black Narcissus

1947
My Darling Clementine 7.5

My Darling Clementine

1946
Paisan 7.5

Paisan

1946
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 7.5

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947
Le Corbeau 7.5

Le Corbeau

1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 7.5

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943
Obsession 7.5

Obsession

1943
Bitter Rice 7.5

Bitter Rice

1949
Jenny Lamour 7.5

Jenny Lamour

1947
The Little Foxes 7.5

The Little Foxes

1941