1941

1. Citizen Kane- Orson Welles
2. The Lady Eve- Preston Sturges
3. The Maltese Falcon- John Huston
4. 49th Parallel- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
5. Ball of Fire- Howard Hawks
6. Suspicion- Alfred Hitchcock
7. Dumbo- Ben Sharpsteen
8. An Airman’s Letter to His Mother- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger [short]
9. [How Green Was My Valley- John Ford]
10. Sergeant York- Howard Hawks

Ripe for re-appraisal:

Need to see: The 47 Ronin (Kenji Mizoguchi), The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle), Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Alexander Hall), High Sierra (Raoul Walsh), The Little Foxes (William Wyler), Look Who’s Laughing (Allan Dwan), Major Barbara (Gabriel Pascal), Meet John Doe (Frank Capra), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Alfred Hitchcock), Never Give a Sucker An Even Break (Eddie Cline), Penny Serenade (George Stevens), The Road to Zanzibar (Victor Schertzinger), The Sea Wolf (Michael Curtiz), The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg), The Strawberry Blonde (Raoul Walsh), The Tell-Tale Heart (Jules Dassin), That Hamilton Woman (Alexander Korda), That Uncertain Feeling (Ernst Lubitsch), They Died With Their Boots On (Raoul Walsh), Tobacco Road (John Ford), Western Union (Fritz Lang), A Woman’s Face (George Cukor)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley