1940

1. The Shop Around the Corner- Ernst Lubitsch
2. Rebecca- Alfred Hitchcock
3. Pinocchio- Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske
4. His Girl Friday- Howard Hawks
5. The Great McGinty- Preston Sturges
6. [The Thief of Bagdad- Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan]
7. Foreign Correspondent- Alfred Hitchcock
8. The Bank Dick- Edward Cline
9. The Sea Hawk- Michael Curtiz
10. The Letter- William Wyler
11. The Grapes of Wrath- John Ford
12. The Philadelphia Story- George Cukor
13. The Long Voyage Home- John Ford
14. The Great Dictator- Charlie Chaplin

Ripe for re-appraisal: Christmas in July (Preston Sturges), Fantasia (Various)

Need to see: Abe Lincoln in Illinois (John Cromwell), Flight Command (Frank Borzage), Gaslight (Thorald Dickinson), The Mark of Zorro (Rouben Mamoulian), The Mortal Storm (Frank Borzage), My Favorite Wife (Garson Kanin), Night Train to Munich (Carol Reed), Remember the Night (Mitchell Leisen), Strange Cargo (Frank Borzage), They Drive By Night (Raoul Walsh), Travelling Actors (Mikio Naruse), Waterloo Bridge (Mervyn LeRoy), The Westerner (William Wyler)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Rebecca