YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1940

 

1. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
2. HIS GIRL FRIDAY
3. THE GRAPES OF WRATH
4. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
5. STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR
6. PINOCCHIO
7. REBECCA
8. THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940
9. FANTASIA
10. THE GREAT DICTATOR
11. MY FAVORITE WIFE
12. THE BANK DICK
13. THE SEA HAWK
14. THE LETTER
15. THE GHOST BREAKERS
16. DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
17. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
18. NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH
19. GASLIGHT
20. THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES
21. CHARLIE CHAN'S MURDER CRUISE
22. CHRISTMAS IN JULY
23. UP IN THE AIR
24. THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES
25. THE MUMMY'S HAND
26. THE DEVIL BAT
27. CONTRABAND
28. BEFORE I HANG
29. CHARLIE CHAN AT THE WAX MUSEUM
30. TOO MANY HUSBANDS
31. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
32. CRIMES AT THE DARK HOUSE
33. ON THE SPOT
34. DRUMS OF FU MANCHU
35. FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE
36. THE GREEN ARCHER
37. ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS
38. GO WEST
39. THE SHADOW
40. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
41. CHASING TROUBLE
42. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
43. BOYS OF THE CITY
44. ANGELS OVER BROADWAY
45. SKY MURDER
46. PHANTOM RAIDERS
47. YOU'LL FIND OUT
48. THE APE
49. A WINDOW IN LONDON
50. PHANTOM RANCHER
51. BRITISH INTELLIGENCE
52. ROAD TO SINGAPORE
53. BLONDIE ON A BUDGET
54. BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE
55. BLONDIE PLAYS CUPID
56. HAUNTED HOUSE
57. THE SAINT'S DOUBLE TROUBLE
58. CROOK'S TOUR
59. MUSIC IN MY HEART
60. THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS
61. BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN
62. DR. CYCLOPS
63. MURDER OVER NEW YORK
64. THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
65. THE CASE OF THE FRIGHTENED LADY
66. THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS
67. DARK STREETS OF CAIRO
68. BLACK FRIDAY
69. THE FATAL HOUR
70. THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT