Лучшие мелодрамы 1940-х годов по версии BFI:

Top-10:
Kitty Foyle (1940) Director: Sam Wood
Penny Serenade (1941) Director: George Stevens
Now, Voyager (1942) Director: Irving Rapper
Mrs. Miniver (1942) Director: William Wyler
Gaslight (1944) Director: George Cukor
Mildred Pierce (1945) Director: Michael Curtiz
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) Director: John M. Stahl
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Director: Lewis Milestone
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Director: Max Ophüls
The Heiress (1949) Director: William Wyler