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1940s Movies

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Dumbo(1941)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 4min | Animation, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 2,316 votes)

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

Bambi(1942)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 5min | Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 2,574 votes)

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

It's a Wonderful Life(1946)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 10min | Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 1,950 votes)

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Pinocchio(1940)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 28min | Animation, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 2,639 votes)

Lonely toymaker Geppetto has his wishes answered when the Blue Fairy arrives to bring his wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Before becoming a real boy, however, Pinocchio must prove he's worthy as he sets off on an adventure with his whistling sidekick and conscience, Jiminy Cricket.

Casablanca(1942)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 2,329 votes)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Fantasia(1940)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 4min | Animation, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 1,354 votes)

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.

Rebecca(1940)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 10min | Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 766 votes)

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Drama, Western
4.0/5 (with 488 votes)

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.

Citizen Kane(1941)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Mystery, Drama
4.0/5 (with 2,550 votes)

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

The Great Dictator(1940)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 5min | Comedy, War
4.2/5 (with 1,461 votes)

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Suspicion(1941)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 39min | Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 318 votes)

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.

The Thief of Bagdad(1940)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 108 votes)

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

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Shoeshine(1946)

1h 27min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 101 votes)

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...

Miracle on 34th Street(1947)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 301 votes)

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

The Shop Around the Corner(1940)

4.2/5 (with 299 votes)

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

The Best Years of Our Lives(1946)

2h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.9/5 (with 258 votes)

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

Notorious(1946)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 43min | Thriller, Romance / Love, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 653 votes)

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Song of the South(1946)

3.2/5 (with 124 votes)

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

Saludos Amigos(1942)

FSK: 0+ years
| 42min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 180 votes)

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; "Pedro" tells of a little mail plane's adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; "El Gaucho Goofy" transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine pampas; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sounds of Rio de Janiero.

Double Indemnity(1944)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
4.1/5 (with 769 votes)

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.

Dark Passage(1947)

3.6/5 (with 136 votes)

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Fun and Fancy Free(1947)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 13min | Animation, Kids & Family, Music
3.2/5 (with 192 votes)

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.

The Lost Weekend(1945)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 236 votes)

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

A Matter of Life and Death(1946)

3.9/5 (with 157 votes)

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.

The Wolf Man(1941)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 10min | Horror, Drama
3.6/5 (with 244 votes)

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

The Philadelphia Story(1940)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 360 votes)

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Shadow of a Doubt(1943)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Thriller, Crime
3.8/5 (with 467 votes)

Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.

Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)

3.5/5 (with 153 votes)

In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

Rope(1948)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 21min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 1,118 votes)

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Red River(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Western, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 213 votes)

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

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