The 1940s List
01. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
875/27(10)/1(x4)/+1
02. Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu, 1949)
789/21(10)/1(x2)/-1
03. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
768/22(9)/1(x2)/+11
04. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
727/21(10)/1(x2)/--
05. Ivan the Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein, 1944/6)
658/18(10)/1(x3)/+1
06. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
652/21(5)/1/+20
07. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
610/18(7)/1(x2)/+15
08. Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
553/17(5)/1(x2)/+19
09. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
551/19(6)/4/--
10. Day of Wrath (Carl Dreyer, 1943)
506/19(4)/3/-7
11. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
504/16(7)/2(x2)/-6
12. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
499/16(4)/1/-3
13. The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1944)
466/15(3)/3/+7
14. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
460/17(2)/3/+15
15. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
454/17(3)/8/-8
16. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
431/12(4)/4/+24
17. Ladri di biciclette (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
422/14(5)/2(x2)/-9
18. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
421/15(4)/2/+44
19. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
402/15(1)/8/+34
20. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945)
394/13(4)/1/--
21. My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
388/13(2)/8(x2)/-6
22. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
382/18(3)/4/+3
23. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
380/12(4)/3(x3)/-12
24. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
373/13(4)/1/-7
25. A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
372/13(4)/1/+32
26. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944)
354/13(4)/1/-2
27. I Know Where I'm Going! (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945)
349/11(3)/3/+18
28. I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
348/12(2)/6(x2)/+18
(tie) Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
348/14(1)/9/+6
30. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
344/13(4)/2/-7
31. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
343/11(4)/2/+13
(tie) His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
343/15(2)/4/-19
33. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
342/11(4)/6/+20
34. The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944)
302/11(2)/5/+43
35. Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
298/12(2)/4/+60
36. To Be or Not to Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)
296/10(4)/1/+1
37. Germany, Year Zero (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)
282/9(3)/2/+28
38. White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)
281/14/14(x2)/-22
39. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
280/9(2)/5/-4
40. Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948)
278/9(4)/3/+6
41. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
277/11(2)/3/+9
42. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
271/11/11(x2)/-3
43. Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943)
267/9(3)/2/+18
(tie) La terra trema (Luchino Visconti, 1948)
267/8(2)/3(x2)/+8
45. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
261/11(1)/1/-8
46. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943)
258/10(1)/5/-27
47. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
250/9(1)/4/-34
48. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)
247/8(3)/2(x2)/+70
49. The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson, 1943)
245/8(3)/3/+39
50. Paisan (Roberto Rossellini, 1946)
234/9(2)/6/+66
51. Begone Dull Care (Norman McLaren & Evelyn Lambart, 1949)
230/7(1)/6/+24
52. Great Expectations (David Lean, 1946)
226/7(3)/4/New
53. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges, 1944)
223/9(2)/4/+57
(tie) Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske, 1940)
223/8(1)/3/+18
55. Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)
220/10(1)/4/-24
56. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
218/7(2)/6/-15
57. Went the Day Well? (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1942)
213/7(3)/6/New
(tie) The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940)
213/10/14/+49
59. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
212/9(2)/2/-31
60. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
209/7(1)/6/-42
61. Le Silence de la mer (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1948)
208/6(4)/5(x2)/+39
62. Fantasia (James Algar et al, 1940)
206/9(3)/3/-29
63. The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)
202/8/12/+49
64. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
201/9(1)/4/-34
65. The Pirate (Vincente Minnelli, 1948)
200/7(1)/4/+80
66. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
198/7(3)/2(x2)/-31
(tie) The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle, 1941)
198/7(2)/5/+32
68. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph Mankiewicz, 1947)
193/8(2)/3/New
69. Raw Deal (Anthony Mann, 1948)
189/6(1)/9/+40
70. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941)
183/6(1)/8/+89
71. Fort Apache (John Ford, 1948)
182/6(1)/6/+15
(tie) Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)
182/7(1)/1/New
73. Fires Were Started (Humphrey Jennings, 1943)
180/6(2)/4/+50
74. The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
173/5(3)/5(x2)/+43
75. Odd Man Out (Carol Reed, 1947)
172/6(1)/9/+82
76. Blood of the Beasts (Georges Franju, 1949)
167/6(2)/2/-7
77. The Ox-Bow Incident (William Wellman, 1943)
165/8(1)/9/+5
78. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941)
157/6(1)/10/+42
79. Good News (Charles Walters, 1947)
156/5/14/New
80. Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch, 1943)
153/7(1)/6/-8
81. Unter den Brücken (Helmut Käutner, 1946)
150/4(2)/1/New
82. Nightmare Alley (Edmund Goulding, 1947)
144/5/13(x2)/-19
83. I Was a Male War Bride (Howard Hawks, 1949)
143/6(2)/9/New
84. The Murderers Are Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946)
142/5(1)/9/New
85. Brute Force (Jules Dassin, 1947)
136/9(1)/10/-30
86. Ossessione (Luchino Visconti, 1943)
135/5(1)/9/-26
87. Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin, 1947)
134/5(1)/8/-55
88. Hangover Square (John Brahm, 1945)
132/4(2)/5/New
89. Les Visiteurs du soir (Marcel Carné, 1942)
130/4(1)/9/New
90. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
129/6/18/-14
91. Air Force (Howard Hawks, 1943)
128/4(1)/3/New
92. The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
127/4(1)/2/New
93. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Ford, 1949)
126/5(1)/10/+43
(tie) The Set-Up (Robert Wise, 1949)
126/7(1)/10/-2
95. There Was a Father (Yasujirô Ozu, 1942)
125/4(1)/7/-47
96. Listen to Britain (Humphrey Jennings & Stewart McAllister, 1942)
123/3(2)/2/New
(tie) The Small Back Room (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1949)
123/4(1)/1/New
(tie) The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, 1944)
123/6/16/New
99. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)
122/3(2)/2/+42
(tie) The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946)
122/5(1)/5/New
(tie) A Hen in the Wind (Yasujirô Ozu, 1948)
122/5(1)/4/+3
Top Directors
Michael Powell
(8 films, 3062 points)
Emeric Pressburger
(7 films, 2962 points)
Orson Welles
(5 films, 1892 points)
Howard Hawks
(8 films, 1782 points)
Alfred Hitchcock
(12 films, 1765 points)
Preston Sturges
(9 films, 1589 points)
John Ford
(8 films, 1282 points)
Jacques Tourneur
(6 films, 1192 points)
Yasujirô Ozu
(5 films, 1171 points)
Carol Reed
(5 films, 1148 points)
Michael Curtiz
(4 films, 796 points)
Ernst Lubitsch
(4 films, 767 points)
Vincente Minnelli
(9 films, 762 points)
Max Ophüls
(4 films, 749 points)
Roberto Rossellini
(3 films, 728 points)
David Lean
(6 films, 703 points)
Raoul Walsh
(9 films, 685 points)
William Wyler
(7 films, 676 points)
John Huston
(5 films, 676 points)
Sergei Eisenstein
(1 film, 658 points)
Ben Sharpsteen
(3 films, 586 points)
Otto Preminger
(5 films, 566 points)
Robert Hamer
(5 films, 564 points)
Jean Cocteau
(1 film, 551 points)
Marcel Carné
(2 films, 524 points)
Carl Dreyer
(1 film, 506 points)
Fritz Lang
(3 films, 464 points)
Billy Wilder
(3 films, 447 points)
Alberto Cavalcanti
(3 films, 445 points)
Robert Wise
(3 films, 437 points)
Humphrey Jennings
(5 films, 435 points)
Vittorio De Sica
(3 films, 431 points)
Hamilton Luske
(2 films, 429 points)
Luchino Visconti
(2 films, 402 points)
Maya Deren
(3 films, 401 points)
Anthony Mann
(5 films, 389 points)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
(3 films, 374 points)
Akira Kurosawa
(4 films, 352 points)
Hiroshi Shimizu
(4 films, 337 points)
William Wellman
(5 films, 336 points)
Mark Robson
(3 films, 316 points)
William Dieterle
(2 films, 310 points)
Gunther von Fritsch
(1 film, 302 points)
Jean Grémillon
(4 films, 295 points)
Joseph Mankiewicz
(4 films, 289 points)
Sam Wood
(5 films, 289 points)
Abraham Polonsky
(1 film, 278 points)
George Cukor
(4 films, 242 points)
Norman McLaren
(2 films, 241 points)
Helmut Käutner
(4 films, 228 points)
Non-directors that also fared well:
Val Lewton
(7 films, 1204 points)
Ealing Studios
(11 films, 925 points)
Walt Disney
(7 films, 768 points)
Graphic Results
About 60% of the votes and points generated from all the lists related to films from the U.S. Here is how the rest of the world fared:
Casualties from the 2006 List
41. Thieves' Highway (now an also-ran)
43. Quai des Orfèvres (now an also-ran)
49. Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (now an also-ran)
52. Rope (now an also-ran)
56. They Live by Night (now an also-ran)
58. Spring in a Small Town (now an also-ran)
59. The Killers (now an also-ran)
64. The Leopard Man (now an orphan)
65. The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (now an orphan)
67. Pursued (now an also-ran)
68. Unfaithfully Yours (now an also-ran)
69. Fireworks (now an also-ran)
72. King-Size Canary (now an also-ran)
74. T-Men (now an also-ran)
77. Louisiana Story (now an orphan)
77. Pattes blanches (now an also-ran)
80. At Land (now an also-ran)
81. The 47 Ronin (now an also-ran)
83. The Fountainhead (now voteless)
84. Jour de fête (now an orphan)
85. Kiss of Death (now an also-ran)
87. The Naked City (now an also-ran)
89. Red Hot Riding Hood (now an also-ran)
89. Shoeshine (now an also-ran)
91. Caught (now an orphan)
93. Bad Luck Blackie (now an also-ran)
93. La Tempestaire (now an orphan)
96. Christmas in July (now an also-ran)
97. Detour (now an also-ran)
99. Record of a Tenement Gentleman (now an also-ran)