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1949
1 LATE SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu)
2 I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (Howard Hawks)
3 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY (Robert Hamer)
4 THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray)
5 REIGN OF TERROR (Anthony Mann)
6 BORDER INCIDENT (Anthony Mann)
7 LE SILENCE DE LA MER (Jean-Pierre Melville)
8 THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophüls)
9 THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
10 SANDS OF IWO JIMA (Allan Dwan)
11 CALAMITY JANE AND SAM BASS (George Sherman)
12 PUCE MOMENT (Kenneth Anger)
13 UNDER CAPRICORN (Alfred Hitchcock)
14 THE BIG STEAL (Don Siegel)
15 JOUR DE FÊTE (Jacques Tati)
16 KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Robert Hamer)
17 THE SMALL BACK ROOM (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
18 THE UNDERCOVER MAN (Joseph H. Lewis)
19 ALIAS NICK BEAL (John Farrow)
20 ADAM'S RIB (George Cukor)
21 LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (Tex Avery)
22 WHIRLPOOL (Otto Preminger)
23 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (John Ford)
24 EASY LIVING (Jacques Tourneur)
25 I SHOT JESSE JAMES (Samuel Fuller)
26 SHOCKPROOF (Douglas Sirk)
27 HOMELESS HARE (Chuck Jones)
28 LE SANG DES BÊTES (Georges Franju)
29 ON THE TOWN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
30 AWFUL ORPHAN (Chuck Jones)
31 MANON (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
32 8 BALL BUNNY (Chuck Jones)
33 SAMSON AND DELILAH (Cecil B. DeMille)
34 PRINCE OF FOXES (Henry King)
1948
1 FORT APACHE (John Ford)
2 LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Max Ophüls)
3 RAW DEAL (Anthony Mann)
4 SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (Fritz Lang)
5 EASTER PARADE (Charles Walters)
6 PITFALL (André de Toth)
7 MOONRISE (Frank Borzage)
8 BLACK BART (George Sherman)
9 3 GODFATHERS (John Ford)
10 FORCE OF EVIL (Abraham Polonsky)
11 SCAREDY CAT (Chuck Jones)
12 SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN (Mu Fei)
13 GOOD SAM (Leo McCarey)
14 LES FEUX DE LA MER (Jean Epstein)
15 RED RIVER (Howard Hawks)
16 HAREDEVIL HARE (Chuck Jones)
17 THE FOGHORN LEGHORN (Robert McKimson)
18 THE PIRATE (Vincente Minnelli)
19 MACBETH (Orson Welles)
20 HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Anthony Mann and Alfred L. Werker)
21 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)
22 A FOREIGN AFFAIR (Billy Wilder)
THE RETURN OF OCTOBER (Joseph H. Lewis)
1947
1 GOOD NEWS (Charles Walters)
2 MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
3 DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger)
4 THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Orson Welles)
5 OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)
6 THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI (Albert Lewin)
7 LE TEMPESTAIRE (Jean Epstein)
8 FIREWORKS (Kenneth Anger)
9 ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (Jacques Becker)
10 NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Edmund Goulding)
11 THE MACOMBER AFFAIR (Zoltan Korda)
12 MISSISSIPPI HARE (Chuck Jones)
13 BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
14 PURSUED (Raoul Walsh)
15 RIDE THE PINK HORSE (Robert Montgomery)
16 THE PARADINE CASE (Alfred Hitchcock)
17 T-MEN (Anthony Mann)
18 QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
19 THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK (Preston Sturges)
20 CALCUTTA (John Farrow)
21 RAMROD (André De Toth)
22 LURED (Douglas Sirk)
1946
1 MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)
2 THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks)
3 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra)
4 NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
5 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
6 CANYON PASSAGE (Jacques Tourneur)
7 THE CHASE (Arthur D. Ripley)
8 THE BIG SNOOZE (Robert Clampett)
9 KITTY KORNERED (Robert Clampett)
10 CLUNY BROWN (Ernst Lubitsch)
11 THE STRANGER (Orson Welles)
12 CLOAK AND DAGGER (Fritz Lang)
13 THE HARVEY GIRLS (George Sidney)
14 BABY BOTTLENECK (Robert Clampett)
15 THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Jean Renoir)
16 HAIR-RAISING HARE (Chuck Jones)
17 SO DARK THE NIGHT (Joseph H. Lewis)
18 TO EACH HIS OWN (Mitchell Leisen)
19 THE DARK CORNER (Henry Hathaway)
20 THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY (Robert Clampett)
21 BEDLAM (Mark Robson)
22 ACROBATTY BUNNY (Robert McKimson)
UNDERCURRENT (Vincente Minnelli)
1945
1 THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (John Ford)
2 THE CLOCK (Vincente Minnelli)
3 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Albert Lewin)
4 DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer)
5 THE BODY SNATCHER (Robert Wise)
6 OPEN CITY (Roberto Rossellini)
7 ISLE OF THE DEAD (Mark Robson)
8 THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (Leo McCarey)
9 NASTY QUACKS (Frank Tashlin)
10 FALLEN ANGEL (Otto Preminger)
11 DRAFTEE DAFFY (Robert Clampett)
12 HANGOVER SQUARE (John Brahm)
13 CONFIDENTIAL AGENT (Herman Shumlin)
14 LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE (Robert Bresson)
15 FALBALAS (Jacques Becker)
16 MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (Joseph H. Lewis)
17 PERFECT STRANGERS (Alexander Korda)
18 HARE TRIGGER (Friz Freleng)
19 ALLOTMENT WIVES (William Nigh)
20 THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (Joseph H. Lewis)
21 LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (John M. Stahl)
22 THE SCREWY TRUANT (Tex Avery)
23 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART ONE (Sergei Eisenstein)
24 I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
25 THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (Raoul Walsh)
26 YOU CAME ALONG (John Farrow)
27 PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX (Robert Hamer)
ESCAPE IN THE FOG (Budd Boetticher)
WONDER MAN (H. Bruce Humberstone)
1944
1 TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks)
2 MINISTRY OF FEAR (Fritz Lang)
3 NONE SHALL ESCAPE (André de Toth)
4 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli)
5 THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (Preston Sturges)
6 PHANTOM LADY (Robert Siodmak)
7 THE STUPID CUPID (Frank Tashlin)
8 THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Fritz Lang)
9 HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (Preston Sturges)
10 LIFEBOAT (Alfred Hitchcock)
11 A CANTERBURY TALE (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
12 THE GREAT MOMENT (Preston Sturges)
13 LAURA (Otto Preminger)
14 EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (Jacques Tourneur)
15 UNCERTAIN GLORY (Raoul Walsh)
16 BLUEBEARD (Edgar G. Ulmer)
17 STAGE DOOR CARTOON (Friz Freleng)
18 NATIONAL VELVET (Clarence Brown)
19 DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder)
SUMMER STORM (Douglas Sirk)
1943
1 AIR FORCE (Howard Hawks)
2 THIS LAND IS MINE (Jean Renoir)
3 DAY OF WRATH (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
4 I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur)
5 PUSS N' BOOTY (Frank Tashlin)
6 RUMORS (Friz Freleng)
7 HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (Fritz Lang)
8 LE CORBEAU (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
9 TORTOISE WINS BY A HARE (Robert Clampett)
10 BATAAN (Tay Garnett)
11 THE LEOPARD MAN (Jacques Tourneur)
12 SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 PASSPORT TO SUEZ (André de Toth)
14 HOLY MATRIMONY (John M. Stahl)
15 A CORNY CONCERTO (Robert Clampett)
16 SPIES (Chuck Jones)
17 YANKEE DOODLE DAFFY (Friz Freleng)
18 THE SEVENTH VICTIM (Mark Robson)
19 THE HUMAN COMEDY (Clarence Brown)
20 THE GHOST SHIP (Mark Robson)
21 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
22 LES ANGES DU PÉCHÉ (Robert Bresson)
23 SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY (Frank Tashlin)
24 PORKY PIG'S FEAT (Frank Tashlin)
25 PRINCESS O'ROURKE (Norman Krasna)
1942
1 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)
2 CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)
3 THE MOON AND SIXPENCE (Albert Lewin)
4 GENTLEMAN JIM (Raoul Walsh)
5 LADY IN A JAM (Gregory La Cava)
6 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Ernst Lubitsch)
7 DESPERATE JOURNEY (Raoul Walsh)
8 THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
9 SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock)
10 THE HECKLING HARE (Tex Avery)
11 ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (Leo McCarey)
12 THE DOVER BOYS AT PIMENTO UNIVERSITY (Chuck Jones)
13 THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (Friz Freleng)
14 THE MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET (Joseph H. Lewis)
TOMORROW WE LIVE (Edgar G. Ulmer)
CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
1941
1 CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
2 THE LOYAL 47 RONIN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
3 WESTERN UNION (Fritz Lang)
4 UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Gregory La Cava)
5 MAN HUNT (Fritz Lang)
6 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (John Ford)
7 THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (Josef von Sternberg)
8 THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges)
9 THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS (Henry Hathaway)
10 PORKY'S PREVIEW (Tex Avery)
11 THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (Ernst Lubitsch)
12 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges)
13 ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (William Witney and John English)
14 WABBIT TWOUBLE (Robert Clampett)
15 BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks)
16 INVISIBLE GHOST (Joseph H. Lewis)
17 FORTY-NINTH PARALLEL (Michael Powell)
18 A MAN BETRAYED (John H. Auer)
19 THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (William Dieterle)
20 SMILIN' THROUGH (Frank Borzage)
21 BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY (Yasujiro Ozu)
22 HIDEKO THE BUS CONDUCTOR (Mikio Naruse)
23 TOBACCO ROAD (John Ford)
24 DUMBO (Ben Sharpsteen)
1940
1 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks)
2 THE GRAPES OF WRATH (John Ford)
3 THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Ernst Lubitsch)
4 THE GREAT MCGINTY (Preston Sturges)
5 REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
6 THE MORTAL STORM (Frank Borzage)
7 CHRISTMAS IN JULY (Preston Sturges)
8 THE MAN FROM TUMBLEWEEDS (Joseph H. Lewis)
9 CONTRABAND (Michael Powell)
10 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (George Cukor)
11 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
12 THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (Fritz Lang)
13 PATIENT PORKY (Robert Clampett)
14 VIRGINIA CITY (Michael Curtiz)
15 TRAVELLING ACTORS (Mikio Naruse)
16 TEXAS STAGECOACH (Joseph H. Lewis)
17 REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock)
18 THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin)
19 FLIGHT COMMAND (Frank Borzage)
20 BOYS OF THE CITY (Joseph H. Lewis)
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