The Best Movies of the 1940s

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Children of Paradise https://www.flickchart.com/movie/190C086628 1945, 190 min.

Marcel Carné  •   Starring: Pierre Renoir, Pierre Brasseur, Arletty

Costume Romance  •  Drama  •  Foreign Language Film

33

Key Largo https://www.flickchart.com/movie/5BEBC8156A 1948, 100 min.

John Huston  •   Starring: Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor

Crime Thriller  •  Crime  •  Film Noir

35

Red River https://www.flickchart.com/movie/4514B02011 1948, 133 min.

Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson  •   Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Western

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To Have and Have Not https://www.flickchart.com/movie/316A98599B 1944, 100 min.

Howard Hawks  •   Starring: Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature  •  Drama  •  Film Noir

39

Gaslight https://www.flickchart.com/movie/08420CDB6B 1944, 114 min.

George Cukor  •   Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten

Based-on-Theatre  •  Film Noir  •  Period Film