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The Great Dictator (1940)

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

Release Date: June 01, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Charles Chaplin

Writer: Charles Chaplin

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Charles Chaplin Productions

Distributor: Key Video, Columbia Pictures, CBS/Fox, Image Entertainment, MK2 Diffusion, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

694 - MovieMeter

Rebecca (1940)

Summary: A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.

Release Date: April 12, 1940

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Daphne Du Maurier

, Robert E. Sherwood

, Joan Harrison

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Selznick International Pictures

Distributor: United Artists, Eagle-Lion Films, Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, The Criterion Collection, ABC Video Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,288,000

693 - MovieMeter

Fantasia (1940)

Summary: A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.

Release Date: September 19, 1941

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Animation

Directors: James Algar

, Samuel Armstrong

, Ford Beebe Jr.

Writers: Joe Grant

, Dick Huemer

, Lee Blair

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Miracle Productions Company, Image Entertainment, Walt Disney Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,280,000

Domestic: $ 76,408,097

International: $ 3,722

377 - MovieMeter

His Girl Friday (1940)

Summary: A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Release Date: January 18, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Howard Hawks

Writers: Charles Lederer

, Ben Hecht

, Charles MacArthur

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: Passed

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 296,000

209 - MovieMeter

High Sierra (1940)

Summary: After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.

Release Date: January 25, 1941

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime

Director: Raoul Walsh

Writers: John Huston

, W.R. Burnett

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Dominant Pictures Corporation, Associated Artists Productions (AAP), Key Video, CBS/Fox, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 455,000

155 - MovieMeter

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Summary: After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.

Release Date: December 25, 1940

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Directors: Ludwig Berger

, Michael Powell

, Tim Whelan

Writers: Miles Malleson

, Lajos Biró

, Miklós Rózsa

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Alexander Korda Films, London Film Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Alexander Korda Films, Embassy Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), MGM Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, Pioneer Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,180,000

147 - MovieMeter

The Sea Hawk (1940)

Summary: Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.

Release Date: August 31, 1940

Genres: Action, Adventure, History

Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Howard Koch

, Seton I. Miller

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,700,000

123 - MovieMeter

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Summary: As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.

Release Date: February 16, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Family

Director: Alfred J. Goulding

Writers: Charley Rogers

, Felix Adler

, Harry Langdon

Runtime: 1 h 02 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Hal Roach Studios

Distributor: United Artists

Country: United States

Language: English

66 - MovieMeter

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Summary: Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.

Release Date: May 17, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Garson Kanin

Writers: Bella Spewack

, Sam Spewack

, Leo McCarey

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, C&C Television Corporation, Republic Pictures Home Video, Image Entertainment, Turner Home Entertainment, Éditions Montparnasse, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

49 - MovieMeter

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Summary: Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.

Release Date: August 16, 1940

Genres: Drama, Western

Director: Fritz Lang

Writer: Sam Hellman

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

48 - MovieMeter

Christmas in July (1940)

Summary: 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?

Release Date: October 25, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Preston Sturges

Writer: Preston Sturges

Runtime: 1 h 07 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

29 - MovieMeter

Northwest Passage (1940)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: February 23, 1940

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Directors: King Vidor

, Jack Conway

, W.S. Van Dyke

Writers: Laurence Stallings

, Talbot Jennings

, Kenneth Roberts

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,677,762

25 - MovieMeter

The Fighting 69th (1940)

Summary: Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

Release Date: January 27, 1940

Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography

Director: William Keighley

Writers: Norman Reilly Raine

, Fred Niblo Jr.

, Dean Riesner

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Television

Country: United States

Language: English

22 - MovieMeter

Road to Singapore (1940)

Summary: Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Release Date: March 22, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Victor Schertzinger

Writers: Don Hartman

, Frank Butler

, Harry Hervey

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

19 - MovieMeter

The Devil Bat (1940)

Summary: A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.

Release Date: December 13, 1940

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Writers: John T. Neville

, George Bricker

Runtime: 1 h 08 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)

Distributor: Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), Madison Pictures, Pictorial Films

Country: United States

Language: English

18 - MovieMeter

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Summary: After a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet.

Release Date: August 30, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Directors: Dorothy Arzner

, Roy Del Ruth

Writers: Tess Slesinger

, Frank Davis

, Vicki Baum

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, C&C Television Corporation, Turner Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

17 - MovieMeter

Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)

Summary: Donald attempts to entice Pluto to try his automated dog washer, but is unexpectedly caught himself and is scrubbed, and hung on the line to dry.

Release Date: April 05, 1940

Genres: Comedy, Animation, Short

Director: Jack King

Writers: Carl Barks

, Chuck Couch

, Ralph Wright

Runtime: 0 h 08 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Home Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

11 - MovieMeter

Strange Cargo (1940)

Summary: Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure (Ian Hunter).

Release Date: March 01, 1940

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Director: Frank Borzage

Writers: Lawrence Hazard

, Richard Sale

, Anita Loos

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Loew's

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,252,000

11 - MovieMeter

Primrose Path (1940)

Summary: A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but when he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized.

Release Date: March 22, 1940

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Gregory La Cava