1940 —

• dark victory
• gone with the wind
• goodbye, mr. chips
• love affair
• mr. smith goes to washington
• ninotchka
• of mice and men
• statecoach
• the wizard of oz
• wuthering heights

1941 —

• all this, and heaven too
• foreign correspondent
• kitty foyle
• our town
• rebecca
• the grapes of wrath
• the great dictator
• the letter
• the long voyage home
• the philadelphia story

1942 —

• blossoms in the dust
• citizen kane
• here comes mr. jordan
• hold back the dawn
• how green was my valley
• sergeant york
• suspicion
• the little foxes
• the maltese falcon

1943 —

• 49th paralle
• kings row
• mrs. miniver
• random harvest
• the magnificent ambersons
• the pied piper
• the pride of the yankees
• the talk of the town
• wake island
• yanke doodle dandy

1944 —

• casablanca
• for whom the bell tolls
• heaven can wait
• in which we serve
• madame curie
• the human comedy
• the more the merrier
• the ox-bow incident
• the song of bernadette
• watch on the rhine

1945 —

• double indemnity
• gaslight
• going my way
• since you went away
• wilson

1946 —

• anchors aweigh
• mildred pierce
• spellbound
• the bells of st. mary's
• the lost weekend

1947 —

• henry v
• it's a wonderful life
• the best years of our lives
• the razor's edge
• the yearling

1948 —

• crossfire
• gentleman's agreement
• great expectations
• miracle on 34th street
• the bishop's wife

1949 —

• hamlet
• johnny belinda
• the red shoes
• the snake pit
• the treasure of the sierra madre