In no particular order (except for the first one):

Shadow of the Thin Man

Penny Serenade

Meet John Doe

The Little Foxes

How Green Was My Valley

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Suspicion

The Great Lie

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Blood and Sand

@rudely_murray said:

What are your favourite films of 1941?

1. Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks)
2. The Little Foxes (William Wyler)
3. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
4. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges)
5. The Sea Wolf (Michael Curtis)
6. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges)
7. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford)
8. The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Diertele)
9. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)
10. Dumbo (Sam Armstrong & Norman Ferguson)

1942 top ten

Hey rudely, Are you going to do a 1940 'best of'?

Hi, brat. During December I created the following thread for that purpose on the It's a Wonderful Life board:

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1585-it-s-a-wonderful-life/discuss/5a321d3cc3a36814b9010202

You and rudely both added your 1940s favourites lists there at the time.

@genplant29 said:

Hi, brat. During December I created the following thread for that purpose on the It's a Wonderful Life board:

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1585-it-s-a-wonderful-life/discuss/5a321d3cc3a36814b9010202

You and rudely both added your 1940s favourites lists there at the time.

Gen, I know about that one but he went on to make individual lists for all of the 40's except 1940. I'm not sure if he's just too busy or maybe he just spaced?

Oh - now upon re-reading what you earlier wrote above, I do see you said "a 1940" rather than "a 1940s". My eyes played tricks on me. I apologize about that.

@genplant29 said:

Oh - now upon re-reading what you earlier wrote above, I do see you said "a 1940" rather than "a 1940s". My eyes played tricks on me. I apologize about that.

No need, my eyes aren't what they used to be either.

Hi guys! Yes I have posted the 1940 list here

@rudely_murray said:

Hi guys! Yes I have posted the 1940 list here

Morning rudely, I must be blind because I looked through several pages for your list. But now that it's all over what will I do with myself?

Good choices, all.

(Alphabetical Order) -

• Back Street, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan
• Ball of Fire, starring Stanwyck, Cooper, Dana Andrews
• The Flame of New Orleans, starring Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young
• Hold Back the Dawn, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard
• How Green Was My Valley, starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and Roddy McDowall
• It Started with Eve, starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings
• The Little Foxes, starring B Davis, H Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea
• Meet John Doe, starring Stanwyck, Cooper, Walter Brennan, James Gleason, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington
• Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
• Sullivan's Travels, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake

(Honorable Mention) -

• The Lady Eve, starring Stanwyck and H Fonda
• Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings
• One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
• That Hamilton Woman (aka Lady Hamilton), starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
• Blondie in Society, starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms and Daisy

@bratface said:

@rudely_murray said:

Hi guys! Yes I have posted the 1940 list here

Morning rudely, I must be blind because I looked through several pages for your list. But now that it's all over what will I do with myself?

Lol well the end is in sight but we are not there yet... I was planning on going back as far as the early 1930s as I doubt I have seen enough good films pre-1930 to make a strong top ten.

I’ve already posted 1939

@rudely_murray said:

@bratface said:

@rudely_murray said:

Hi guys! Yes I have posted the 1940 list here

Morning rudely, I must be blind because I looked through several pages for your list. But now that it's all over what will I do with myself?

Lol well the end is in sight but we are not there yet... I was planning on going back as far as the early 1930s as I doubt I have seen enough good films pre-1930 to make a strong top ten.

I’ve already posted 1939

Hooray, I thought we were done.

https://memegenerator.net/img/images/600x600/11639170/hooray-girl.jpg

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Suspicion
4. Dumbo
5. The Lady Eve

My lists are usually in no particular order either, but in this case, this applies save for the top 2 ... hands down two of the all-time greatest movies I've ever seen.

1. The Little Foxes
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Penny Serenade
4. Suspicion

Surprisingly, though I can come up with several "okay" films from 1941, I really can't think of any more I have seen that deserve a spot on the list. May come back and edit my list after having viewed more.

These are not the top, but are my personal favorites for 1941, in order: Citizen Kane (a bit cold, but the technical artistry is unparalleled) Dumbo (watched many times) 49th Parallel The Maltese Falcon How Green Was My Valley Cheers for Miss Bishop You'll Never Get Rich (Astaire and Hayworth, what a pair!) Hold That Ghost (I love Abbott and Costello!) Mr. and Mrs. Smith Lady Be Good Honorable Mention - Captain Marvel (the serial, still a lot of fun)