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1. Northwest Passage (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Directors: King Vidor, Jack Conway, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 3,907
2. 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Directors: Edmund Goulding, William K. Howard, William Keighley, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Votes: 749
3. 20 Mule Team (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Western
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter
Votes: 280
4. 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell, Dennis Morgan, Virginia Grey
Votes: 313
5. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 230
6. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann
Votes: 670
7. A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Approved | 53 min | Crime, Drama
Fugitive Lee Leslie is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court and the insurance company that carries a $1,000,000 policy on him and is anxious to ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks, Eddie Foy Jr., Sheila Bromley
Votes: 136
8. A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
Passed | 87 min | Musical
A 12-year-old singing sensation loses her voice when her parents refuse to give in to her harebrained schemes.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, Hugh Herbert, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 44
9. A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, the defeated racketeer-politician, has ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Ken Murray, Rose Hobart, Elvia Allman, Blanche Stewart
Votes: 92
10. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,060
11. Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Patterson. Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Print: black/white. Runtime: 76 min. Genre: drama. British army pilot ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 68
12. Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Approved | 205 min | Western
Chapter One MURDER ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL - Mesquite banker Calvin Drake (Harry Worth) plans to profit from the Santa Fe Railroad's acquisition of right-of-way by gaining control of the land... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook, Maude Allen
Votes: 162
13. Alias the Deacon (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Comedy
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 33
14. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Approved | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 5,388
15. Always a Bride (1940)
Not Rated | 58 min | Comedy, Romance
Alice Bond is under a lot of pressure from her parents to marry Marshall Winkler, an arrogant blowhard whose only positive quality is his money. Alice really cares for Michael Stevens, an ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Rosemary Lane, George Reeves, John Eldredge, Virginia Brissac
Votes: 201
16. Am I Guilty? (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young black doctor sets out to establish a free clinic in Harlem.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Sybil Lewis, Sam McDaniel, Laurence Criner
Votes: 15
17. Americaner Shadchen (1940)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky, Anna Guskin
Votes: 118
18. An Angel from Texas (1940)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Romance
Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Left behind is her steady beau Peter. Lydia sends letters and news clippings back home telling everyone she's now a big ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman
Votes: 293
19. And One Was Beautiful (1940)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally kills a man with his car.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir, Billie Burke
Votes: 336
20. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. However, he finds the high-society life too expensive and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 1,016
21. Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
Directors: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen
Votes: 1,338
22. Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Anne Shirley, now betrothed to her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe, takes a teaching position in a prestigious school far from her home on Prince Edward Island. While she is quickly ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers, Patric Knowles
Votes: 217
23. Argentine Nights (1940)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz
Votes: 67
24. Arise, My Love (1940)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 1,037
25. Arizona (1940)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, Western
In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall
Votes: 1,489
26. Arizona Frontier (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
Government agent Tex Whitedeer and his sidekick Slim are sent to investigate some supposed Indian raids on the freighting outfit owned by Joe Lane, as well as to pick out the location for ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Slim Andrews, Evelyn Finley
Votes: 17
27. Arizona Gang Busters (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Schmidt is the head of a group of spies building an arsenal along the border. Tim from the American side and Gringo from the Mexican side have been sent to investigate. But when they arrive... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, Lou Fulton, Forrest Taylor
Votes: 33
28. Babies for Sale (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama
A newsman exposes a doctor running an adoption ring from a home for expectant mothers.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander, Joe De Stefani
Votes: 136
29. Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Western
A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murder
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 112
30. Barnyard Follies (1940)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Pappy, the manager of the Farmdale orphanage, appropriates five thousand dollars of the taxpayers' money to enroll his charges in a 4-H project that could make the orphanage self-sufficient... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Mary Lee, Rufe Davis, June Storey, Jed Prouty
Votes: 52
31. Before I Hang (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan
Votes: 1,416
32. Behind the News (1940)
75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
It's Jeff Flavin's first day on the job as a cub reporter for the Enquirer. The boss, Archer, places him with lazy reporter Stu Woodrow. Stu detests cubs and treats Jeff badly. Jeff saves a... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Doris Davenport, Frank Albertson, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 92
33. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh
Votes: 2,334
34. Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Bill learns that two con artists whom he has dealt with before are at it again. Crowley runs the saloon and Adams the newspaper and both are highly respected by the citizens. Bill has ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Bill Elliott, Evelyn Keyes, Dub Taylor, John Dilson
Votes: 61
35. Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
Approved | 52 min | Drama, Western
In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1872, where Sam Daly and Pete Morgan operate a general store. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Louise Currie, Al St. John, Carleton Young
Votes: 24
36. Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Passed | 52 min | Drama, Western
Arriving in a lawless Texas town, Billy finds his old friend Fuzzy. When Billy stands up to Flash and his gang, he is made Sheriff. He and Fuzzy then set out to retrieve the money stolen by... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Terry Walker, Al St. John, Carleton Young
Votes: 89
37. Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
Passed | 57 min | Western
The third in the series of six PRC westerns starring Bob Steele as Billy the Kid (Bob Steele, finds Billy and his pals, Jeff Blanchard (Carleton Young) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Al St. John, Louise Currie, Carleton Young
Votes: 106
38. Bitter Sweet (1940)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter
Votes: 565
39. Black Diamonds (1940)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Kathryn Adams, Paul Fix
Votes: 43
40. Black Friday (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel
Votes: 2,877
41. Blame It on Love (1940)
47 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Joan Marsh, John 'Dusty' King, Cecilia Loftus, Al Herman
Votes: 19
42. Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Karsin and Lash are after the Kenyon and Rawlins ranches where they have spotted silver ore. When Lash robs Rawlins and kills Kenyon, Jeff suspects them and makes a plan to nab the two. He ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Al Bridge
Votes: 28
43. Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood and Blondie are overjoyed when Mr. Dithers invites them to stay in an old mansion with servants and everything else--including ghosts.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 332
44. Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 399
45. Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 559
46. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,782 | Gross: $9.17M
47. Boss of Bullion City (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Western
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Maria Montez
Votes: 65
48. Bowery Boy (1940)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, ... See full summary »
Director: William Morgan | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Campbell, Jimmy Lydon, Helen Vinson
Votes: 29
49. Boys of the City (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Frankie Burke
Votes: 665
50. Brigham Young (1940)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,140
51. British Intelligence (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Romance, Thriller, War
Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie
Votes: 1,318
52. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Passed | 102 min | Musical
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan
Votes: 2,789
53. Brother Orchid (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,171
54. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert
Votes: 357 | Gross: $0.12M
55. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine
Votes: 370
56. Bullet Code (1940)
Passed | 58 min | Western
In a fight with rustlers, rancher Steve Condon is led to believe he has killed one of his own cowhands, Bud Mathews. Actually it was a bullet from the rustler leader, Cass Clantine, that ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Slim Whitaker, Howard Hickman
Votes: 146
57. Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the difficult task of breaking up a murderous gang of rustlers led by Ed Brock and Strang. He takes ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 25
58. Buzzy Rides the Range (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Myra Harding, owner of the Harding Ranch, is the latest victim of a ruthless band of rustlers. In desperation, she sends for the State Inspector, whom she has never met but who is reputed ... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Dave O'Brien, Claire Rochelle, George Morrell
Votes: 12
59. Cafe Hostess (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a "percentage girl" at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. She can see no way out of the dreary and sordid routine of entertaining customers - called drinking and dancing... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley, Wynne Gibson
Votes: 87
60. Calling All Husbands (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
Homer Trippe is very henpecked by his wife, and Mrs. Trippe also dominates the life of her daughter, dismissing her boyfriend Dan as merely a delivery clerk. Mrs. Trippe constantly moans ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex, George Reeves
Votes: 151
61. Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy
Votes: 495
62. Captain Caution (1940)
Passed | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 351
63. Carolina Moon (1940)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Music, Western
After the evil Wheeler robs plantation owners of their land, Gene sets out to right the wrong.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Mary Lee
Votes: 89
64. Castle on the Hudson (1940)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama
An arrogant mobster, sentenced to a long prison term in Sing Sing, becomes a changed man when given a chance by the fair and progressive warden.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 861
65. Chad Hanna (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with Albany the star equestrian rider. Later he falls in love with Caroline another runaway who becomes the Circus' new bareback rider.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 348
66. Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Mystery
An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence
Votes: 1,751
67. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Mystery
Inspector Chan investigates a group of travelers, one of whom is a saboteur.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash
Votes: 1,520
68. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Lionel Atwill, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 1,479
69. Charter Pilot (1940)
70 min | Adventure
US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to take a desk job but the urge for adventure is too strong.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery
Votes: 61
70. Chasing Trouble (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Drama
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Milburn Stone
Votes: 134
71. Cherokee Strip (1940)
Approved | 86 min | Western
Texans Dave Lovell and Coy Barrett sign a truce to stop the feuding between their families. The Barretts migrate from Texas to Goliath, Oklahoma, a boom town on the border of the Cherokee ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Richard Dix, Florence Rice, William Henry, Victor Jory
Votes: 63
72. Christmas in July (1940)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr
Votes: 4,268
73. City for Conquest (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Sport
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,710
74. City of Chance (1940)
56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Texas girl (Bari) goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend (Woods) to come home.
Director: Ricardo Cortez | Stars: Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods, Amanda Duff
Votes: 82
75. City of Lost Men (1940)
80 min | Sci-Fi
Third feature version of the 1935 serial The Lost City, including, unlike its predecessors, material involving Ben Ali, Queen Rama and the Spider People.
Director: Harry Revier | Stars: William 'Stage' Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell, Josef Swickard
Votes: 22
76. Colorado (1940)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Pauline Moore, Milburn Stone
Votes: 289
77. Comes Midnight (1940)
Comedy, Horror
Stars: Eddie Green, James Baskett, Amanda Randolph, Bonnie Skeete
78. Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve relates to a W.P.A. employment advisor the story of how he lost the mayorship of the town of Monotony and became a forgotten man: Jed Blower returned to his ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna, Don Wilson
Votes: 63
79. Comrade X (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart
Votes: 1,833
80. Congo Maisie (1940)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 511
81. Convicted Woman (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane
Votes: 286
82. Covered Wagon Days (1940)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, the Three Mesquiteers, are returning from Mexico and are stopped at the border by Army officials, who are attempting to apprehend smugglers who are ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Kay Griffith
Votes: 32
83. Covered Wagon Trails (1940)
Approved | 52 min | Western
A wagon train of settlers is approaching Prairieville and rancher Allen is out to stop them by having some of his men join the train and poison the horses. When Jack Cameron arrives in ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, Lafe McKee, David Sharpe
Votes: 18
84. Cross-Country Romance (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
Larry Smith is a young bacteriologist on his way from New York to San Francisco to work under an eminent scientist in China. He stops along the way at the North house to deliver a scroll ... See full synopsis »
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 277
85. Curtain Call (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
A naive playwright sells her awful play, "The End of Everything," to two Broadway producers who want to get even with an ungrateful star.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson, Donald MacBride
Votes: 236
86. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet.
Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field
Votes: 3,081
87. Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
From Wikipedia Dancing on a Dime is a 1940 Paramount Pictures movie directed by Joseph Santley about five actors and dancers putting on a show while living in a theatre. It is adapted from ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Grace McDonald, Robert Paige, Virginia Dale, Peter Lind Hayes
Votes: 40
88. Danger Ahead (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure
The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill suspected of trying to get away with the gold.... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Guy Usher, Maude Allen
Votes: 45
89. Danger on Wheels (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Sport, Thriller
During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 80
90. Dark Command (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers
Votes: 3,037
91. Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
Approved | 59 min | Adventure, Mystery
Jewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron.
Director: László Kardos | Stars: Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco
Votes: 68
92. Deadwood Dick (1940)
Approved | 285 min | Western
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais
Votes: 65
93. Diamond Frontier (1940)
Approved | 73 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Victor McLaglen, John Loder, Anne Nagel, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 31
94. Doomed to Die (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, William Stelling
Votes: 1,368
95. Double Alibi (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 63
96. Down Argentine Way (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,365
97. Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Romance
A "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Rod La Rocque
Votes: 126
98. Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles Halton
Votes: 2,890
99. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Approved | 103 min | Biography, Drama
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp
Votes: 1,827
100. Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Passed | 79 min | Drama
Dr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. But fearing for the health of his father, Dr. ... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 451
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