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Best Drama Movies of the 1940s
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PGDrama, Family, Fantasy2h10An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Casablanca (1942)
PGDrama, Romance, War1h42A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
The Great Dictator (1940)
GComedy, Drama, War2h05Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not RatedDrama1h29In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.
Citizen Kane (1941)
PGDrama, Mystery1h59Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
Double Indemnity (1944)
PassedCrime, Drama, Film-Noir1h47An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
PassedAdventure, Drama, Western2h06Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Rebecca (1940)
ApprovedDrama, Mystery, Romance2h10A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Rope (1948)
PGCrime, Drama, Mystery1h20Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
ApprovedDrama, Romance, War2h50Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
PassedDrama, History2h09A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Notorious (1946)
Not RatedDrama, Film-Noir, Romance1h42A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Bambi (1942)
GAnimation, Drama, Family1h10The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
Dumbo (1941)
GAnimation, Adventure, Drama1h04Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.