1940

1. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor) - 10
   
2. The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford) - 9.5
   
3. The Westerner (William Wyler)
4. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks) - 9.0
   
5. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock) - 8.5
6. The Mortal Storm (Frank Borzage)
   
7. Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen) - 8.0
   
8. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch)
9. The Sea Hawk (Michael Curtiz) - 7.5
10. Christmas in July (Preston Sturges)
11. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock) - 7.0
    
12. The Bank Dick (Edward F. Cline)
13. Strange Cargo (Frank Borzage)
14. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (William Dieterle) - 6.5
    
15. 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (King Vidor) - 6.0
    
16. The Letter (William Wyler)
    
17. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin) - 5.0
    
18. The Thief of Bagdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan)
19. My Favorite Wife (Garson Kanin)
20. Dr. Cyclops (Ernest B. Schoedsack)
21. Power and the Land (Joris Ivens)
    
22. From Mayerling to Sarajevo (Max Ophüls) - 4.5