10 лучших фильмов каждого года из 1940-х по версии Vadim Rizov:

1940.
1. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks)
2. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (George Cukor)
3. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Ernst Lubitsch)
4. FANTASIA (James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norm Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen)
5. THE GREAT MCGINTY (Preston Sturges)
6. REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
7. TRAIL OF THE VIGILANTES (Allan Dwan)
8. STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (Boris Ingster)
9. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
10. THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin)

1941.
1. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
2. NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (Edward F. Cline)
3. BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks)
4. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
5. HIGH SIERRA (Raoul Walsh)
6. SUSPICION (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. H.M. PULHAM, ESQ. (King Vidor)
8. MEET JOHN DOE (Frank Capra)
9. REMORQUES (Jean Gremillon)

1942.
1. THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
2. OSSESSIONE (Luchino Visconti)
3. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
4. WOMAN OF THE YEAR (George Stevens)
5. SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
7. THERE WAS A FATHER (Yasujiro Ozu)
8. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)

1943.
1. DAY OF WRATH (Carl Dreyer)
2. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
3. THE GANG'S ALL HERE (Busby Berkeley)
4. ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC (Lloyd Bacon)
5. SOMEONE TO REMEMBER (Robert Siodmak)
6. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Ernst Lubitsch)
7. HOLY MATRIMONY (John M. Stahl)
8. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock)
9. JOURNEY INTO FEAR (Norman Foster)

1944.
1. LAURA (Otto Preminger)
2. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (Preston Sturges)
3. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder)
4. THE SUSPECT (Robert Siodmak)
5. PHANTOM LADY (Robert Siodmak)
6. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Fritz Lang)
7. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli)

1945.
1. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Marcel Carné)
2. OPEN CITY (Roberto Rossellini)
3. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean)
4. WANDERING WITH THE MOON (Hasse Ekman)
5. MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz)
6. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Albert Lewin)
7. IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART ONE (Sergei Eisenstein)
8. I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
9. DEAD OF NIGHT (Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer)

1946.
1. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
3. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra)
4. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)
5. CLUNY BROWN (Ernst Lubitsch)
6. THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Jean Renoir)
7. THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak)
8. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (David Lean)
9. SHOESHINE (Vittorio De Sica)
10. SO DARK THE NIGHT (Joseph H. Lewis)
Also: DESIRE (Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Pagliero), MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER (William Castle)

1947.
1. DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger)
2. OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)
3. QUAI DES ORFEVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
4. THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE (Alberto Cavalcanti)
5. BRIGHTON ROCK (John Boulting)
6. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
7. RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (Yasujiro Ozu)
8. HIGH TIDE (John Reinhardt)
9. CROSSFIRE (Edward Dmytryk)
10. BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

1948.
1. A FOREIGN AFFAIR (Billy Wilder)
2. THE BICYCLE THIEF (Vittorio De Sica)
3. THE NAKED CITY (Jules Dassin)
4. OLIVER TWIST (David Lean)
5. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Orson Welles)
6. BERLIN EXPRESS (Jacques Tourneur)
7. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (William Dieterle)
8. THE FALLEN IDOL (Carol Reed)
9. RED RIVER (Howard Hawks)
10. ROAD HOUSE (Jean Negulesco)
Also: THE PIRATE (Vincente Minnelli), YELLOW SKY (William Wellman), A SONG IS BORN (Howard Hawks), KEY LARGO (John Huston), RAW DEAL (Anthony Mann), THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger), THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)

1949.
1. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
2. THIEVES' HIGHWAY (Jules Dassin)
3. THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophuls)
4. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray)
5. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (Howard Hawks)
6. ON THE TOWN (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly)
7. ADAM'S RIB (George Cukor)
8. THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS (David Lean)
9. GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
10. WHITE HEAT (Raoul Walsh)
Also: HARDLY A CRIMINAL (Hugo Fregonese)