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| 20 Mule Team | 1940 | Western | Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter | 20 Mule Team is a 1940 American Western film about Death Valley, and Daggett, California borax miners, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Wallace Beery, Marjorie Rambeau and Anne Baxter. The film… |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 1940 | Biography, Drama, Historical | Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon | Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical historical drama film that depicts the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. In… |
| Adventure in Diamonds | 1940 | Drama, Crime | George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder | Adventure in Diamonds is a 1940 American crime film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder and Nigel Bruce. It was also released under the alternative title… |
| Alias the Deacon | 1940 | Comedy | Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran | Alias the Deacon is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Nat Perrin and Charles Grayson. It is based on the 1925 play The Deacon by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. T… |
| All This, and Heaven Too | 1940 | Drama | Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn | All This, and Heaven Too is a 1940 American drama film made by Warner Bros.-First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay wa… |
| Always a Bride | 1940 | Comedy | Rosemary Lane, George Reeves, John Eldredge | Always a Bride is a 1940 comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Rosemary Lane and George Reeves. |
| American Matchmaker | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky | American Matchmaker, or אמעריקאנער שדכן is a 1940 Yiddish-language American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky and Anna Guskin. The film h… |
| Am I Guilty? | 1940 | Crime | Ralph Cooper, Sybil Lewis, Sam McDaniel | Am I Guilty? Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.; his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozen… |
| And One Was Beautiful | 1940 | Romance, Drama | Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir | And One Was Beautiful is a 1940 romantic drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, and Jean Muir. It is based on the story of the same name by Alice Duer Mil… |
| Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. The film stars Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden and Judy Garland. It is the ninth… |
| An Angel from Texas | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan | An Angel from Texas is a 1940 comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan and Jane… |
| Angels Over Broadway | 1940 | Drama, Noir | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell | Angels Over Broadway is a 1940 American film noir drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen. Ben Hecht, who co-directed, co-produced and wrote the scree… |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | 1940 | Drama | Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers | Anne of Windy Poplars is a 1940 film based on the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. A sequel to the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables, it features Anne Shirley returning from the first film… |
| The Ape | 1940 | Horror | Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Dorothy Vaughan | The Ape is a 1940 American horror film directed by William Nigh. The film is based on Adam Hull Shirk's play The Ape, which was previously adapted by Nigh as The House of Mystery (1934). The film star… |
| Argentine Nights | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Ritz Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Constance Moore, George Reeves | Argentine Nights is a 1940 musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring The Andrews Sisters. It was their first film. |
| Arise, My Love | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe | Arise, My Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Dennis O'Keefe. It was made by Paramount Pictures and written by Bill… |
| Arizona | 1940 | Western | Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William | Arizona is a 1940 American Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Jean Arthur, William Holden and Warren William. |
| Arizona Frontier | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Evelyn Finley, Richard Cramer | Arizona Frontier is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Slim Andrews, Evelyn Finley, Frank LaRue, Tris Coffin and Gen… |
| Arizona Gang Busters | 1940 | Western | Tim McCoy, Forrest Taylor, Julian Rivero | Arizona Gang Busters is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by William Lively. The film stars Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, Lou Fulton, Forrest Taylor, Julian Rivero and Arn… |
| Babies for Sale | 1940 | Drama, Crime, Noir | Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander | Babies for Sale is a 1940 American film noir crime drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford and Miles Mander. |
| Bad Man from Red Butte | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight | Bad Man from Red Butte is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Sam Robins. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Anne Gwynne, Bill Cody Jr. and Norma… |
| The Bank Dick | 1940 | Comedy | W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel | The Bank Dick, released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom, is a 1940 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Set in Lompoc, California, Fields plays Egbert Sousé, a drunk who accidentall… |
| Barnyard Follies | 1940 | Musical | Mary Lee, Harry Cheshire, Rufe Davis, June Storey, Isabel Randolph | Barnyard Follies is a 1940 Republic Pictures musical B movie directed by Frank McDonald with music directed by Cy Feuer and dance choreography by Josephine Earl. In the rural American West, a small-to… |
| Before I Hang | 1940 | Horror | Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett | Before I Hang is a 1940 American horror film released by Columbia Pictures, starring Boris Karloff. The film was directed by Nick Grinde and was one of several films Karloff starred in under contract… |
| Behind the News | 1940 | Drama | Lloyd Nolan, Doris Davenport, Frank Albertson | Behind the News is a 1940 American drama film starring Lloyd Nolan and directed by Joseph Santley. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. It is also known as A Flagpole Needs a Fl… |
| Beyond the Sacramento | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Keyes, Dub Taylor | Beyond the Sacramento is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Luci Ward. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Keyes, Dub Taylor, John Dilson, Bradley Page and Fr… |
| Beyond Tomorrow | 1940 | Fantasy | Jean Parker, Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Richard Carlson | Beyond Tomorrow is a 1940 American fantasy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and produced by noted cinematographer Lee Garmes; Garmes was one of a handful of cinematographers who became film produ… |
| A Bill of Divorcement | 1940 | Drama | Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter | A Bill of Divorcement is a 1940 film directed by John Farrow. It was also known as Never to Love and was based on a 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane that was filmed in 1932… |
| Billy the Kid in Texas | 1940 | Western | Bob Steele, Al St. John, Carleton Young | Billy the Kid in Texas is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It's the second in the "Billy the Kid" film series, produced by PRC from 1940 to 1946. |
| Billy the Kid Outlawed | 1940 | Western | Bob Steele, Louise Currie, Al St. John, Carleton Young | Billy the Kid Outlawed is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Oliver Drake. It stars Bob Steele as gunfighter "Billy the Kid", Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jone… |
| Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | 1940 | Western | Bob Steele, Al St. John, Louise Currie, Carleton Young | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation, and 3rd in PRC's Billy the Kid series. |
| The Biscuit Eater | 1940 | Drama, Family | Billy Lee, Lester Matthews, Richard Lane | The Biscuit Eater is a 1940 children's film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Billy Lee and Cordell Hickman as two kids who raise a runt of a dog. It was named one of the Top Ten Films of 1940 b… |
| Bitter Sweet | 1940 | Musical | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders | Bitter Sweet is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the operetta Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Cinematogr… |
| Black Diamonds | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Kathryn Adams Doty | Black Diamonds is a 1940 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and Kathryn Adams. The film was released on July 19, 1940. |
| Black Friday | 1940 | Science Fiction, Horror | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges | Black Friday is a 1940 American horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. |
| Blame It on Love | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Joan Marsh, John King, Cecilia Loftus | |
| Blazing Six Shooters | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Blazing Six Shooters is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Paul Franklin. The film stars Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Alan Bridge, George Clevelan… |
| Blondie Has Servant Trouble | 1940 | Comedy | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale | Blondie Has Servant Trouble is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. It is sixth of the series of 28 Blondie movies. |
| Blondie on a Budget | 1940 | Comedy | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Rita Hayworth | Blondie on a Budget is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake and Rita Hayworth. It is the fifth entry into the long-running Blondie series… |
| Blondie Plays Cupid | 1940 | Comedy | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Glenn Ford | Blondie Plays Cupid is a 1940 American comedy film starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake and directed by Frank R. Strayer. Also in the cast is Glenn Ford. It is the seventh of the 28 Blondie films. |
| The Blue Bird | 1940 | Fantasy | Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce | The Blue Bird is a 1940 American fantasy film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Walter Bullock was adapted from the 1908 play of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended as 20th Century… |
| Boom Town | 1940 | Drama, Western | Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert | Boom Town is a 1940 American Western film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr, and directed by Jack Conway. The supporting cast features Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill… |
| The Border Legion | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes | The Border Legion is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Olive Cooper and Louis Stevens. It is based on the 1916 novel The Border Legion by Zane Grey. The film stars Ro… |
| Boss of Bullion City | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Maria Montez, Nell O'Day | Boss of Bullion City is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Johnny Mack Brown. |
| Bowery Boy | 1940 | Crime, Comedy | Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Campbell, Jimmy Lydon, Helen Vinson | Bowery Boy is a 1940 American comedy film directed by William Morgan and written by Robert Chapin, Harry Kronman and Eugene Solow. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Campbell, Jimmy Lydon, Helen Vi… |
| Boys of the City | 1940 | Comedy, Thriller | Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester | Boys of the City is a 1940 black-and-white comedy/thriller film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It is the second East Side Kids film and the first to star Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, and Ernest Morrison. |
| The Boys from Syracuse | 1940 | Musical | Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye | The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was loosely based on the play… |
| Brigham Young | 1940 | Biography, Western, War | Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger | Brigham Young is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger that describes Young's succession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat… |
| British Intelligence | 1940 | Spy | Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester | British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as Enemy Agent, was released in the Uni… |
| Broadway Melody of 1940 | 1940 | Musical | Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy | Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy. It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beg… |
| Broken Strings | 1940 | Drama | Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, Tommie Moore | Broken Strings is a 1940 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray and produced by L.C. Borden. |
| Brother Orchid | 1940 | Crime, Comedy | Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern | Brother Orchid is a 1940 American crime/comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy… |
| Brother Rat and a Baby | 1940 | Comedy | Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan | Brother Rat and a Baby is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by John Cherry Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe. It is the sequel to the 1938 film Brother Rat. The film sta… |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | 1940 | Western, Comedy | Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie Anderson | Buck Benny Rides Again is a 1940 American Western comedy film from Paramount Pictures starring Jack Benny and Ellen Drew. The film featured regulars from Benny's radio show including Eddie 'Rochester'… |
| Bullet Code | 1940 | Western, War | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Slim Whitaker | Bullet Code is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Virginia Vale and Slim Whitaker. The screenplay was written by Doris Schroeder from a story by Bennett… |
| Bullets for Rustlers | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan | Bullets for Rustlers is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by John Rathmell. The film stars Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis, Kenneth MacDonald and Jac… |
| Buzzy Rides the Range | 1940 | Western | Robert "Buzz" Henry, David O'Brien, Claire Rochelle | Buzzy Rides the Range is a 1940 American western film directed by Richard C. Kahn and starring Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Dave O'Brien and Claire Rochelle. It was produced as a second feature with shooting… |
| Cafe Hostess | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Wynne Gibson | Cafe Hostess is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate, based on a story by Tay Garnett and Howar… |
| Calling All Husbands | 1940 | Comedy | George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex | Calling All Husbands is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Robert E. Kent and based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play "Broken Dishes". The film stars George Tobias, Lucile… |
| Calling Philo Vance | 1940 | Mystery, Comedy | James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill | Calling Philo Vance is a 1940 American mystery/comedy film released by Warner Bros. and starring James Stephenson as the dilettante detective Philo Vance, his only appearance as the character; Margot… |
| Captain Caution | 1940 | Adventure | Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Alan Ladd | Captain Caution is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace set during the War of 1812. The film stars Victor Mature, Bruce Cabot and Alan Ladd. It was based on the novel of the same… |
| The Captain Is a Lady | 1940 | Comedy | Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Grey | The Captain Is a Lady is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Henry Clark, adapted from the play by Rachel Crothers. The film stars Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, V… |
| Carolina Moon | 1940 | Western | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey | Carolina Moon is a 1940 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Based on a story by Connie Lee, the film is about a singing cowboy w… |
| The Carson City Kid | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, Bob Steele, Pauline Moore | The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Bob Steele. |
| Castle on the Hudson | 1940 | Drama, Noir | John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien | Castle on the Hudson is a 1940 American film noir drama directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. A thief is sent to Sing Sing Prison, where he is befriende… |
| Chad Hanna | 1940 | Romance, Drama | Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell | Chad Hanna is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds. I… |
| Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum | 1940 | Mystery | Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marguerite Chapman | Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is a 1940 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as detective Charlie Chan. Revisiting an old case results in fresh deaths. |
| Charlie Chan in Panama | 1940 | Mystery | Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill | Charlie Chan in Panama is a 1940 mystery film starring Sidney Toler. It is an unaccredited remake of Jacques Deval's novel "Marie Galante", produced by 20th Century Fox in 1934, directed by Henry King… |
| Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | 1940 | Mystery | Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Lionel Atwill | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise is a 1940 murder mystery film starring Sidney Toler in his fifth of many performances as Charlie Chan. It is based on the Earl Derr Biggers 1930 novel Charlie Chan Carries… |
| Charter Pilot | 1940 | Adventure, Drama | Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Arleen Whelan | Charter Pilot is a 1940 drama film, directed by Eugene Forde and produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The film stars Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Arleen Whelan and George Montgomery. Charter… |
| Chasing Trouble | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland | Chasing Trouble is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Bretherton, from Monogram Pictures. |
| Cherokee Strip | 1940 | Western | Richard Dix, Florence Rice, William Henry | Cherokee Strip, also known as Fighting Marshal or The Indian Nation, is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Bernard McConville and Norman Houston. The film stars Ri… |
| The Cheyenne Kid | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan | The Cheyenne Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Tom Gibson. The film stars Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan, Frank Yaconelli, Reed Howes and Ch… |
| Christmas in July | 1940 | Comedy | Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn | Christmas in July is a 1940 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges based on his 1931 play A Cup of Coffee. It was Sturges' second film as writer-director, after The Great McGinty, and sta… |
| A Chump at Oxford | 1940 | Comedy | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey | A Chump at Oxford is a Hal Roach comedy film produced in 1939 and released in 1940 by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding and was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Ro… |
| City for Conquest | 1940 | Drama | James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven | City for Conquest is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. The picture is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by A… |
| City of Chance | 1940 | Noir, Crime, Drama | Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Amanda Duff | City of Chance is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by John Larkin and Barry Trivers. The film stars Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods and Amanda Duff. The… |
| Colorado | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Pauline Moore | Colorado is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | 1940 | Comedy | Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna | Comin' Round the Mountain is a 1940 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Lewis R. Foster, Maxwell Shane and Duke Atteberry. The film stars Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Co… |
| Comrade X | 1940 | Comedy, Spy | Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Homolka | Comrade X is a 1940 American comedy spy film directed by King Vidor and starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. The supporting cast features Oskar Homolka, Eve Arden and Sig Rumann. In February 2020, th… |
| Congo Maisie | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson | Congo Maisie is a 1940 comedy-drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Ann Sothern for the second time in the ten film Maisie series as showgirl Maisie Ravier. |
| Convicted Woman | 1940 | Crime | Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Glenn Ford | Convicted Woman is a 1940 crime film starring Rochelle Hudson and directed by Nick Grinde. It is also known as Dames and Daughters of Today. |
| The Courageous Dr. Christian | 1940 | Drama | Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin | The Courageous Dr. Christian is a 1940 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus. It was part of a film series about Dr. Christian. |
| Covered Wagon Days | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Covered Wagon Days is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman. |
| Covered Wagon Trails | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, David Sharpe | Covered Wagon Trails is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson, starring Jack Randall, Sally Cairns and Lafe McKee. |
| The Cowboy from Sundown | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Roscoe Ates, Carleton Young | The Cowboy from Sundown is a 1940 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Roland Lynch and Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Roscoe Ates, Carleton Young,… |
| The Crooked Road | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey, Henry Wilcoxon | The Crooked Road is a 1940 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Richard Blake, Joseph Krumgold and Garnett Weston. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey, Henry Wilcoxon, Paul F… |
| Cross-Country Romance | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper | Cross-Country Romance is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie. With the huge success of It Happened One Night, the 1934 American r… |
| Curtain Call | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson | Curtain Call is a 1940 comedy, directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Barbara Read, Helen Vinson, Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride. The film was followed by a sequel, Footlight Fever, released in 194… |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | 1940 | Musical, Comedy, Drama | Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball | Dance, Girl, Dance is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, and Ralph Bellamy. The film follows two dancers who strive… |
| Dancing on a Dime | 1940 | Musical | Robert Paige, Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan | Dancing on a Dime is a 1940 Paramount Pictures movie directed by Joseph Santley about five actors and dancers putting on a show while living in a theatre. It is adapted from a novel of the same name w… |
| Danger Ahead | 1940 | Adventure | James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Guy Usher | Danger Ahead is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Edward Halperin. It is based on the 1933 novel Renfrew's Long Trail by Laurie York Erskine. The film stars James N… |
| Danger on Wheels | 1940 | Sports, Thriller, Noir, Sport | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran | Danger on Wheels is a 1940 American film noir sport film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen and Andy Devine. |
| Dark Command | 1940 | Western | Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon | Dark Command is a 1940 Western film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the novel by… |
| Dark Streets of Cairo | 1940 | Mystery | Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan | Dark Streets of Cairo is a 1940 American mystery film directed by László Kardos and starring Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco and Katherine DeMille. The central plot of the film c… |
| The Devil Bat | 1940 | Horror | Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Yolande Mallott | The Devil Bat is a 1940 black-and-white American horror/howcatchem film produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarborough. The film stars Bela Lugosi along with Suzanne… |
| The Devil's Pipeline | 1940 | Drama | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks | The Devil's Pipeline is a 1940 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and John Eldredge, and was released on November 1, 1940. |
| Diamond Frontier | 1940 | Adventure | Victor McLaglen, John Loder, Anne Nagel | Diamond Frontier is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Victor McLaglen, John Loder and Anne Nagel. It was based on the story A Modern Monte Cristo by Stanley Ru… |
| A Dispatch from Reuters | 1940 | Biography | Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert | A Dispatch from Reuters is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name. |
| The Doctor Takes a Wife | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Gail Patrick | The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Loretta Young and Ray Milland as a best-selling author and medical school instructor, respectively, who find it convenient to pretend t… |
| Doomed to Die | 1940 | Mystery | Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers | Doomed to Die is a 1940 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong with Marjorie Reynolds and Grant Withers. It is a sequel to the 1940 film, The Fatal Hour,… |
| Double Alibi | 1940 | Mystery, Crime | Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan | Double Alibi is a 1940 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Harold Buchman, Roy Chanslor and Charles Grayson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan, Roscoe… |
| Down Argentine Way | 1940 | Musical | Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda | Down Argentine Way is a 1940 American musical film made in Technicolor by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio although she had already appear… |
| Dr. Christian Meets the Women | 1940 | Mystery | Jean Hersholt, Veda Ann Borg, Edgar Kennedy | Dr. Christian Meets the Women is a 1940 American film directed by William C. McGann, one of the series of six Dr. Christian films featuring Jean Hersholt. |
| Dr. Cyclops | 1940 | Science Fiction, Horror | Albert Dekker, Charles Halton, Janice Logan | Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 American science fiction horror film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Dale Van Every and Merian C. Cooper, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, and starring Thomas Coley, Victor… |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | 1940 | Biography | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 American biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by William Dieterle, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlic… |
| Dr. Kildare's Crisis | 1940 | Drama | Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Robert Young | Dr. Kildare's Crisis is a 1940 drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. Mary Lamont's financier brother Douglas Lamont is subject to seizures, an… |
| Dr. Kildare Goes Home | 1940 | Drama | Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day | Dr. Kildare Goes Home is a 1940 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. It is the fifth in the MGM series of nine films with Lew Ayres… |
| Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | 1940 | Drama | Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case is a 1940 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. This was the fifth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures. Horace MacMahon joined the cast regulars in the serie… |
| Dreaming Out Loud | 1940 | Comedy | Lum and Abner, Frances Langford, Frank Craven | Dreaming Out Loud is a 1940 American film based on the radio series Lum and Abner, directed by Harold Young starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff. It is also known as Money Isn't Everything. |
| Drums of the Desert | 1940 | Western, Adventure, Romance | Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Mantan Moreland | Drums of the Desert is a 1940 American romantic adventure film directed by George Waggner and written by Dorothy Davenport and George Waggner. The film stars Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Mantan Moreland, G… |
| Dulcy | 1940 | Comedy | Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young | Dulcy is a 1940 American comedy film, based upon the 1921 play written by directed by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. It was directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Ann Soth… |
| The Durango Kid | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth McDonald | The Durango Kid is a 1940 American Western directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Charles Starrett, Luana Walters and Kenneth McDonald. This is the first of 65 Durango Kid movies Starrett made at Colum… |
| The Earl of Chicago | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen | The Earl of Chicago is a 1940 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen and Edmund Gwenn. It is the first MGM film in the 1940s. |
| Earl of Puddlestone | 1940 | Comedy | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lois Ranson | Earl of Puddlestone is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Ewart Adamson and Val Burton. The film stars James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport, Lo… |
| Earthbound | 1940 | Drama | Andrea Leeds, Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari | Earthbound is a 1940 film directed by Irving Pichel. It stars Warner Baxter and Andrea Leeds. It is a remake of the 1920 silent film of the same name, Earthbound. Critical reception to the film was ge… |
| East of the River | 1940 | Drama | John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau | East of the River is a 1940 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Fred Niblo, Jr. The film stars John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau, George Tobias, William Lundi… |
| East Side Kids | 1940 | Comedy | Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant | East Side Kids is a 1940 film and the first in the East Side Kids film series. It is the only one not to star any of the original six Dead End Kids. The film was released by producer Sam Katzman. This… |
| Edison, the Man | 1940 | Biography | Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman | Edison, the Man is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was played by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Wri… |
| Ellery Queen, Master Detective | 1940 | Mystery | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin | Ellery Queen, Master Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Eric Taylor. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke, Micha… |
| Emergency Squad | 1940 | Action, Adventure | William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning | Emergency Squad is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk. |
| Enemy Agent | 1940 | Thriller, Spy | Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, Robert Armstrong | Enemy Agent is a 1940 American spy thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, and Robert Armstrong. The supporting cast includes Jack La Rue, Jack Carson, Phili… |
| Escape | 1940 | Drama | Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt | Escape is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert T… |
| Escape to Glory | 1940 | War | Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, Alan Baxter | Escape to Glory is a 1940 American war film directed by John Brahm. It stars Pat O'Brien and Constance Bennett. During World War II, a British freighter carrying a diverse group of passengers is attac… |
| Fantasia | 1940 | Animated, Musical | Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor | Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disne… |
| The Fargo Kid | 1940 | Western, War | Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn | The Fargo Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy starring Tim Holt. It was the second in Holt's series of Westerns for RKO. The film was shot in Kanab Canyon, Cave Lakes, and Joh… |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1940 | Comedy | Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Richard Denning | The Farmer's Daughter is a 1940 American comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Lewis R. Foster. The film stars Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael, William… |
| The Fatal Hour | 1940 | Thriller, Crime, Drama | Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers | The Fatal Hour is a 1940 American thriller crime drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, and Marjorie Reynolds. |
| Father Is a Prince | 1940 | Drama, Comedy | John Litel, Jan Clayton, George Reeves | Father Is a Prince is a 1940 comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith, starring Grant Mitchell and Nana Bryant. Father is a Prince is a remake of the 1934 comedy-drama Big Hearted Herbert, itself based o… |
| The Fight for Life | 1940 | Drama | Myron McCormick, Will Geer, Dudley Digges | The Fight for Life is a 1940 American medical drama film nominated for the Best Original Score of a Picture composed by Louis Gruenberg and released by Columbia Pictures. |
| The Fighting 69th | 1940 | War | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent | The Fighting 69th is a 1940 American war film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent. The plot is based upon the actual exploits of New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment during World Wa… |
| Five Little Peppers at Home | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Clarence Kolb | Five Little Peppers at Home is a 1940 American drama black and white film. It is the second Five Little Peppers film. |
| Five Little Peppers in Trouble | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin | Five Little Peppers in Trouble is a 1940 American black and white comedy-drama film. It was the last Five Little Peppers film. |
| Flight Angels | 1940 | Drama | Virginia Bruce, Jane Wyman, Ralph Bellamy | Flight Angels is a 1940 commercial aviation film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Lewis Seiler, from an original story by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. The fi… |
| Flight Command | 1940 | War | Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon | Flight Command is a 1940 American U.S. Navy film from MGM, produced by Frank Borzage and directed by J. Walter Ruben and Frank Borzage (uncredited), starring Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, and Walter Pi… |
| Florian | 1940 | Drama, Romance | Robert Young, Helen Gilbert, Charles Coburn | Florian is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin, and starring Robert Young and Helen Gilbert. It is loosely based on the novel Florian by Felix Salten. |
| Flowing Gold | 1940 | Adventure | John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien | Flowing Gold is a 1940 American adventure film starring John Garfield, Frances Farmer, and Pat O'Brien. It was based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The novel had already been adapted to f… |
| Foreign Correspondent | 1940 | Spy, Thriller | Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall | Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 American black-and-white spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of an American reporter based in Britain who tries to expose enemy spies inv… |
| Forgotten Girls | 1940 | Drama, Crime | Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Wynne Gibson | Forgotten Girls is a 1940 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and written by F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March and George Beck. The film stars Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Wynne Gibson, Robe… |
| Forty Little Mothers | 1940 | Drama, Comedy | Eddie Cantor, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson | Forty Little Mothers is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor. |
| Four Shall Die | 1940 | Crime, Supernatural | Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Dandridge, Vernon McCalla | Four Shall Die is a 1940 American supernatural crime film directed by William Beaudine. It features Dorothy Dandridge in her first credited film role. |
| Four Sons | 1940 | War, Drama | Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes | Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. |
| Framed | 1940 | Crime | Frank Albertson, Constance Moore, Jerome Cowan | Framed is a 1940 American crime film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Roy Chanslor. The film stars Frank Albertson, Constance Moore, Jerome Cowan, Robert Armstrong, Sidney Blackmer, Judit… |
| Free, Blonde and 21 | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Mary Beth Hughes | Free, Blonde and 21 is a 1940 American drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Frances Hyland. The film stars Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Joan Davis, Henry Wilcoxon, Robert Lowery, Alan… |
| Friendly Neighbors | 1940 | Comedy | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, Lois Ranson | Friendly Neighbors is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars the vaudeville comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elvi… |
| French Without Tears | 1940 | Comedy | Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, Janine Darcey | French Without Tears is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ray Milland. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, who also co-wrote the scrip… |
| Frontier Crusader | 1940 | Western | Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short, Karl Hackett | Frontier Crusader is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short and Lou Fulton. |
| Frontier Vengeance | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Cindy Walker, Kenneth MacDonald | Frontier Vengeance is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Barry Shipman and Bennett Cohen. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Betty Moran, George Offerman Jr., Ivan Mil… |
| Fugitive from a Prison Camp | 1940 | Thriller | Jack Holt, Marian Marsh, Robert Barrat | Fugitive from a Prison Camp is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Marian Marsh and Robert Barrat. |
| A Fugitive from Justice | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks, Eddie Foy Jr. | A Fugitive from Justice is a 1940 film starring Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks and Eddie Foy Jr. |
| Gallant Sons | 1940 | Drama, Mystery | Jackie Cooper, Gail Patrick, Bonita Granville | Gallant Sons is a 1940 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz and written by William R. Lipman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gail Patrick, Gene Reyno… |
| Gambling on the High Seas | 1940 | Drama | Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland | Gambling on the High Seas is a 1940 American drama film remake of Special Agent (1935), directed by George Amy and written by Robert E. Kent. The film stars Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland, J… |
| Gangs of Chicago | 1940 | Crime | Lloyd Nolan, Lola Lane, Barton MacLane | Gangs of Chicago is a 1940 film, starring Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Ray Middleton, Astrid Allwyn, and Horace McMahon. Alan Ladd has a small uncredited role. |
| Gaucho Serenade | 1940 | Western | Gene Autry, June Storey, Duncan Renaldo | Gaucho Serenade is a 1940 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Betty Burbridge and Bradford Ropes, the film is about a… |
| The Gay Caballero | 1940 | Western | Cesar Romero, Sheila Ryan, Robert Sterling | The Gay Caballero is a 1940 American Western film directed by Otto Brower and starring Cesar Romero, Sheila Ryan and Robert Sterling. It is an entry in The Cisco Kid series of Westerns. |
| The Ghost Breakers | 1940 | Horror, Comedy, Mystery | Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Anthony Quinn | The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film… |
| The Ghost Comes Home | 1940 | Comedy | Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford | The Ghost Comes Home is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Richard Maibaum and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton,… |
| Ghost Valley Raiders | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Lona Andre, LeRoy Mason | Ghost Valley Raiders is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Lona Andre, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Jack Ingram and Ralph… |
| Girl from Avenue A | 1940 | Comedy | Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, Kay Aldridge | Girl from Avenue A is a 1940 American comedy film, directed by Otto Brower. It stars Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, and Kay Aldridge. |
| Girl from God's Country | 1940 | Drama | Chester Morris, Jane Wyatt, Charles Bickford | Girl from God's Country is a 1940 American drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Robert Lee Johnson and Elizabeth Meehan. The film stars Chester Morris, Jane Wyatt… |
| Girl from Havana | 1940 | Drama | Claire Carleton, Dennis O'Keefe, Steffi Duna | Girl from Havana is a 1940 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Karl Brown. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Carleton, Victor Jory, Steffi Duna, Go… |
| Girl in 313 | 1940 | Drama | Florence Rice, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge | Girl in 313 is a 1940 American drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Barry Trivers and M. Clay Adams. The film stars Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge, Mary Treen… |
| Girls of the Road | 1940 | Action | Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane | Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde, and produced by Wallace MacDonald. |
| Girls Under 21 | 1940 | Drama | Bruce Cabot, Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly | Girls Under 21 is a 1940 American drama film directed by Max Nosseck, starring Bruce Cabot and Rochelle Hudson. |
| Give Us Wings | 1940 | Adventure | Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Give Us Wings is a 1940 Universal comedic film starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. Several members of the casts of those series were also featured in "The East Side Kids" films. |
| Glamour for Sale | 1940 | Crime | Anita Louise, Roger Pryor, Frances Robinson | Glamour for Sale is a 1940 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Anita Louise, Roger Pryor, and Frances Robinson. |
| The Golden Fleecing | 1940 | Comedy | Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan | The Golden Fleecing is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Leslie Fenton and written by S. J. Perelman, Laura Perelman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Vi… |
| Golden Gloves | 1940 | Drama, Crime | Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish | Golden Gloves is a 1940 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk. |
| The Golden Trail | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Stanley Price, Warner Richmond | The Golden Trail is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Stanley Price and Gene Alsace. |
| Gold Rush Maisie | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Virginia Weidler | Gold Rush Maisie is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town… |
| Go West | 1940 | Comedy, Western | Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis | Go West is a 1940 American Western comedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring the Marx Bros. In their tenth film, head to the American West and attempt to unite a couple by ensuring that a stolen p… |
| Grand Ole Opry | 1940 | Comedy | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, Lois Ranson | Grand Ole Opry is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars the vaudeville comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elvir… |
| Grandpa Goes to Town | 1940 | Comedy | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lois Ranson | Grandpa Goes to Town is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Jack Townley. The film stars James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport, Lois Ranson and M… |
| Granny Get Your Gun | 1940 | Comedy, Western | May Robson, Margot Stevenson, Harry Davenport | Granny Get Your Gun is a 1940 American comedy western film directed by George Amy and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson, Hardie Albright, Clem Beva… |
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | Drama | Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine | The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It was based on John Steinbeck's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Joh… |
| The Great Dictator | 1940 | Comedy, Political, Satire, War | Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie | The Great Dictator is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many… |
| The Great McGinty | 1940 | Comedy, Political, Satire | Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff | The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and Muriel Angelus. It was Stu… |
| The Great Plane Robbery | 1940 | Crime, Adventure | Jack Holt, Stanley Fields, Noel Madison | The Great Plane Robbery is a 1940 crime-adventure B film directed by Lewis D. Collins. Collins was more often associated with directing serials for Universal and Columbia Pictures. It stars Jack Holt,… |
| The Great Profile | 1940 | Comedy | John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff | The Great Profile is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff and John Payne. |
| Green Hell | 1940 | Adventure | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard | Green Hell is a 1940 American jungle adventure film directed by James Whale, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett. |
| Gun Code | 1940 | Western | Tim McCoy, Inna Gest, Carleton Young | Gun Code is a 1940 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Inna Gest and Carleton Young. It was distributed by the independent company PRC which specialized in handling… |
| Half a Sinner | 1940 | Mystery | Heather Angel, John King, Constance Collier | Half a Sinner is a 1940 American film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Tru… |
| Haunted House | 1940 | Mystery | Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland | Haunted House is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Robert F. McGowan and written by Dorothy Davenport. The film stars Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland, Christian Rub, Henry Hall… |
| He Married His Wife | 1940 | Comedy | Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young | He Married His Wife is a 1940 film about a race horse owner who wants his ex-wife to remarry so he'll no longer have to pay alimony. This movie is a black-and-white comedy released 19 January 1940, di… |
| He Stayed for Breakfast | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal | He Stayed for Breakfast is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, based on the 1934 play Ode to Liberty by Sidney Howard, itself adapted from the French play Liberté provisoi… |
| Her First Romance | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop, Alan Ladd | Her First Romance is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Dmytryk. based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel Her Father's Daughter. |
| Heroes of the Saddle | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Heroes of the Saddle is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by William Witney. |
| Hidden Enemy | 1940 | Thriller, War | Warren Hull, Kay Linaker, Wilhelm von Brincken | Hidden Enemy is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Warren Hull, Kay Linaker and Wilhelm von Brincken. |
| Hidden Gold | 1940 | Western | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson | Hidden Gold is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Gerald Geraghty and Jack Merserveau. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson, Ruth Rogers, Brit… |
| High School | 1940 | Comedy, Teen | Jane Withers, Lloyd Corrigan, Claire Du Brey | High School is a 1940 American teen comedy film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and written by Jack Jungmeyer, Edith Skouras, and Harold Tarshis. The film stars Jane Withers as a spirited 13-year-old… |
| Hired Wife | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Virginia Bruce | Hired Wife is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne and Virginia Bruce. |
| His Girl Friday | 1940 | Comedy, War | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy | His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia P… |
| Hit Parade of 1941 | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert, Ann Miller | Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American film written by Bradford Ropes, F. Hugh Herbert and Maurice Leo and directed by John H. Auer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awa… |
| Hold That Woman! | 1940 | Comedy, Crime | Frances Gifford, James Dunn, Rita La Roy | Hold That Woman! is a 1940 American crime comedy film directed by Sam Newfield and starring the husband-and-wife team of James Dunn and Frances Gifford. The film follows the adventures of a skiptracer… |
| Honeymoon Deferred | 1940 | Mystery | Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon | Honeymoon Deferred is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Lew Landers and written by Roy Chanslor and Eliot Gibbons. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon, Chick Chandler… |
| Hot Steel | 1940 | Drama | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran | Hot Steel is a 1940 American film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and Peggy Moran. |
| The House Across the Bay | 1940 | Crime, Drama | George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan | The House Across the Bay is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo, starring George Raft and Joan Bennett, produced by Walter Wanger, written by Myles Connolly and Kathryn Scola, and released by United A… |
| The House of the Seven Gables | 1940 | Thriller, Drama | George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Nan Grey, Vincent Price, Dick Foran | The House of the Seven Gables is a 1940 Gothic drama film based on the 1851 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, and Vincent Price, and tells the s… |
| The Howards of Virginia | 1940 | Historical, Drama, War | Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke | The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Vi… |
| Hullabaloo | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey | Hullabaloo is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Nat Perrin. It stars Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey, Billie Burke, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen, and… |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | 1940 | Comedy, Musical | Broderick Crawford, Peggy Moran, Gertrude Michael | I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby is a 1940 American musical comedy film starring Broderick Crawford and Jessie Ralph. It was also released under the title Trouble in B flat. |
| I Love You Again | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Edmund Lowe | I Love You Again is an MGM comedy released in 1940. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred William Powell and Myrna Loy, all three of whom were prominently involved in the Thin Man film series. |
| I Take This Oath | 1940 | Drama, Crime | Joyce Compton, Gordon Jones, Veda Ann Borg | I Take This Oath is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Sam Newfield under the pseudonym of Sherman Scott. Featuring Gordon Jones and Joyce Compton, it was the first release by Producers Rele… |
| I Take This Woman | 1940 | Drama | Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Laraine Day | I Take This Woman is a 1940 American drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Based on the short story "A New York Cinderella" by Charles MacArthur, the film i… |
| I Want a Divorce | 1940 | Comedy | Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Gloria Dickson | I Want a Divorce is a 1940 Paramount film directed by Ralph Murphy. The screenplay was written by Frank Butler. The film starred then-married actors Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, who would later divo… |
| If I Had My Way | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Claire Dodd | If I Had My Way is a 1940 musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean. Based on a story by David Butler, the film is about a construction worker who takes cha… |
| I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | 1940 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Helen Parrish, Constance Moore, Dennis O'Keefe | I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now is a 1940 American romantic comedy directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore and Helen Parrish. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pic… |
| I'm Still Alive | 1940 | Drama | Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Ralph Morgan | I'm Still Alive is a 1940 American drama film directed by Irving Reis and written by Edmund H. North. The film stars Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Morgan and Don Dillaway. The film… |
| In Old Missouri | 1940 | Comedy | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Storey | In Old Missouri (1940) is a film starring the hillbilly comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry, and released by Republic Pictures. |
| The Invisible Man Returns | 1940 | Science Fiction, Horror | Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey | The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Joe May. The film stars Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey and John Sutton. The film is a sequel to the 1933… |
| The Invisible Woman | 1940 | Science Fiction, Comedy | Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard | The Invisible Woman is an American science fiction comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It is the third film in Universal Pictures' The Invisible Man film series, following The Invisible Man… |
| Irene | 1940 | Musical | Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young | Irene is a 1940 American musical film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox. The screenplay by Alice Duer Miller is based on the libretto of the 1919 stage musical Irene by James Montgomery, who had… |
| Island of Doomed Men | 1940 | Thriller, Crime, Noir | Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox | Island of Doomed Men is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Barton and starring Peter Lorre. |
| Isle of Destiny | 1940 | Adventure, Comedy | William Gargan, Wallace Ford, June Lang | Isle of Destiny is a 1940 American comedy adventure film set in the South Seas. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton and originally produced by Franklyn Warner for Grand National Pictures in 1939. I… |
| It All Came True | 1940 | Comedy, Crime, Musical | Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart | It All Came True is a 1940 American musical comedy crime film starring Ann Sheridan as a fledgling singer and Humphrey Bogart, who was third-billed on movie posters, as a gangster who hides from the p… |
| It's a Date | 1940 | Musical | Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon | It's a Date is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block,… |
| I Was an Adventuress | 1940 | Drama, Adventure | Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim | I Was an Adventuress is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. Actress/ballerina Countess Tanya Vronsky works… |
| Jennie | 1940 | Drama | Virginia Gilmore, George Montgomery, Ludwig Stössel | Jennie is a 1940 American drama film directed by David Burton and written by Harold Buchman and Maurice Rapf. The film stars Virginia Gilmore, William "Bill" Henry, George Montgomery, Ludwig Stössel,… |
| Johnny Apollo | 1940 | Crime, Drama, Noir | Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold | Johnny Apollo is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour. |
| Keeping Company | 1940 | Drama | Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Irene Rich | Keeping Company is a 1940 drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Frank Morgan as a real estate broker with three daughters who all have their own problems. The film was followed by This T… |
| The Kid from Santa Fe | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Forrest Taylor, Tom London | The Kid from Santa Fe is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Jack Randall, Clarene Curtis, Forrest Taylor, Claire Rochelle, Tom Lond… |
| King of the Lumberjacks | 1940 | Drama, Western | John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields | King of the Lumberjacks is a 1940 American Western film directed by William Clemens and starring John Payne, Gloria Dickson and Stanley Fields. |
| Kit Carson | 1940 | Western | Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews | Kit Carson is a 1940 Western film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jon Hall as Kit Carson, Lynn Bari as Delores Murphy, and Dana Andrews as Captain John C. Frémont. This picture was filmed on… |
| Kitty Foyle | 1940 | Drama | Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig | Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a 1940 drama film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan and James Craig, based on Christopher Morley's 1939 bestseller Kitty Foyle. Rogers won… |
| Knights of the Range | 1940 | Western | Russell Hayden, Victor Jory, Jean Parker | Knights of the Range is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston. The film stars Russell Hayden, Victor Jory, Jean Parker, Morris Ankrum, Britt Wood and J… |
| Knute Rockne, All American | 1940 | Biography | Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page | Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 American biographical film that tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's legendary football coach. It stars Pat O'Brien as Rockne and Ronald Reagan as player… |
| La Conga Nights | 1940 | Comedy | Hugh Herbert, Constance Moore, Dennis O'Keefe | La Conga Nights is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Jay Dratler, Harry Clork and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore, Feri… |
| Laddie | 1940 | Drama | Tim Holt, Virginia Gilmore, Spring Byington | RKO Radio Pictures's Laddie is a 1940 American drama film starring Tim Holt, Virginia Gilmore and Joan Carroll and directed by Jack Hively. It is the third film adaptation based on Gene Stratton-Porte… |
| Ladies Must Live | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Lee Patrick | Ladies Must Live is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane and Lee Patrick. |
| The Lady in Question | 1940 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Brian Aherne, Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth | The Lady in Question is a 1940 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. |
| Lady with Red Hair | 1940 | Drama, Historical | Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Richard Ainley | Lady with Red Hair (1940) is an American historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains and Richard Ainley. Released by Warner Brothers it stars Hopkins a… |
| Land of the Six Guns | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Glenn Strange | Land of the Six Guns is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Frank LaRue, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne an… |
| The Last Alarm | 1940 | Crime | J. Farrell MacDonald, Polly Ann Young, Warren Hull | The Last Alarm is a 1940 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring veteran character actor J. Farrell MacDonald. |
| Laughing at Danger | 1940 | Crime, War | Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, Kay Sutton | Laughing at Danger is a 1940 American crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by George Waggner and John W. Krafft. The film stars Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, George F. Houston, Mantan Mor… |
| Law and Order | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, James Craig | Law and Order is a 1940 American western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day and James Craig. It was produced as a second feature by Universal Pictures. Shooting too… |
| The Leather Pushers | 1940 | Comedy, Action | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Astrid Allwyn | The Leather Pushers is a 1940 American comedy action film directed by John Rawlins and starring Andy Devine, Richard Arlen and Astrid Allwyn. It was part of the Aces of Action series with the two star… |
| Legion of the Lawless | 1940 | Western, War | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Herbert Heywood | Legion of the Lawless is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, and Slim Whitaker. The screenplay was written by Doris Schroeder from a story… |
| The Letter | 1940 | Noir, Crime, Drama | Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson | The Letter is a 1940 American crime melodrama directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. The screenplay by Howard E. Koch is based on the 1927 play of… |
| The Light of Western Stars | 1940 | Western, War | Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden | The Light of Western Stars is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, starring Victor Jory as Gene Stewart, and based upon a novel by Zane Grey. The film is also known as Border Rene… |
| Lightning Strikes West | 1940 | Western | Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Charles King | Lightning Strikes West is a 1940 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Martha Chapin. The film stars Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King an… |
| Lillian Russell | 1940 | Biography | Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda | Lillian Russell is a 1940 American biographical film of the life of the singer and actress. The screenplay was by William Anthony McGuire. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darr… |
| Li'l Abner | 1940 | Comedy | Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray | Li'l Abner is a 1940 film based on the comic strip Li'l Abner created by Al Capp. The three most recognizable names associated with the film are Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat, Jeff York as Li'l Ab… |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | 1940 | Musical | Gloria Jean, Hugh Herbert, Robert Stack | A Little Bit of Heaven is a 1940 musical film starring teenage soprano singer Gloria Jean. The story casts Gloria as a young member of a large Irish working-class family who becomes a singing sensatio… |
| Little Men | 1940 | Drama | Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, Ann Gillis | Little Men (1940) is an American film based on the novel Little Men (1871) by Louisa May Alcott. Norman Z. McLeod directed the film. It is the second sequel to Little Women after Little Men |
| Little Nellie Kelly | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger | Little Nellie Kelly is a 1940 American musical-comedy film based on the stage musical of the same title by George M. Cohan which was a hit on Broadway in 1922 and 1923. The film was written by Jack Mc… |
| Little Old New York | 1940 | Drama, Historical | Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce | Little Old New York is a 1940 American black-and-white historical drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Henry King, that stars Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, and Richard… |
| Little Orvie | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Johnny Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Tree | Little Orvie is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Lynn Root, Frank Fenton and Robert Chapin. The film stars Johnny Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Tree, Ann E.… |
| Lone Star Raiders | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, June Johnson | Lone Star Raiders is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman. |
| The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | 1940 | Mystery, Drama | Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady is a 1940 American drama directed by Sidney Salkow, starring Warren William, Eric Blore and Jean Muir. |
| The Lone Wolf Strikes | 1940 | Mystery, Crime, Drama | Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore | The Lone Wolf Strikes is a 1940 crime drama film directed by Sidney Salkow, which stars Warren William, Joan Perry, and Eric Blore. |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | War, Drama | John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter | The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter. It features Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwic… |
| Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | 1940 | Comedy | Wallace Ford, Mona Barrie, Donald Woods | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Clarence Upson Young. The film stars Wallace Ford, Mona Barrie, Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams Doty, Warr… |
| Love Thy Neighbor | 1940 | Comedy | Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin | Love Thy Neighbor is a film produced by Paramount in 1940 which starred Jack Benny and Fred Allen, directed by Mark Sandrich. It features Mary Martin with her famous fur coat striptease performance of… |
| Lucky Cisco Kid | 1940 | Western | Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Dana Andrews | Lucky Cisco Kid is a 1940 Western film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, and Dana Andrews, the latter in his film debut. |
| Lucky Partners | 1940 | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson | Lucky Partners is a 1940 American comedy romance drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based on the 1935 Sacha Guitry film Good Luck, and stars Ronald Colman and G… |
| Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me | 1940 | Comedy | Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Anne Nagel | Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Charles Grayson and Edmund Hartmann. The film stars Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Richard Carle, A… |
| Maisie Was a Lady | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan | Maisie Was a Lady is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and is the fourth in a series of ten films starring Ann Sothern as good-hearted showgirl Maisie Ravier. |
| The Man from Dakota | 1940 | Historical, Drama, War | Wallace Beery, Dolores del Río, John Howard | The Man from Dakota is a 1940 American Civil War film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Wallace Beery and Dolores del Río. The film was adapted by Laurence Stallings from the novel Arouse and Bew… |
| The Man from Tumbleweeds | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor | The Man from Tumbleweeds is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Charles F. Royal. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor, Ray Bennett, Francis… |
| Manhattan Heartbeat | 1940 | Drama | Robert Sterling, Virginia Gilmore, Joan Davis | Manhattan Heartbeat is a 1940 American drama film directed by David Burton and written by Clark Andrews, Harold Buchman, Jack Jungmeyer and Edith Skouras. It is based on the 1928 novel Bad Girl by Viñ… |
| The Man I Married | 1940 | Drama | Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Anna Sten | The Man I Married is an American 1940 drama film starring Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan and Anna Sten. |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | 1940 | Mystery | Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Eric Blore | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk is a 1940 mystery film directed by David Burton and starring Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, and Richard Clarke. It is a remake of the 1929 film The Valiant which had starred Paul… |
| The Man with Nine Lives | 1940 | Horror, Science Fiction | Boris Karloff, Jo Ann Sayers, Roger Pryor | The Man with Nine Lives is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Boris Karloff. |
| Margie | 1940 | Comedy | Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Joy Hodges | Margie is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith and written by Erna Lazarus, Scott Darling and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Mischa Auer,… |
| The Marines Fly High | 1940 | Adventure, Action | Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball | The Marines Fly High is a 1940 action film, starring Richard Dix, Chester Morris and Lucille Ball and directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and Benjamin Stoloff from a story by A.C. Edington. |
| The Mark of Zorro | 1940 | Adventure, Western | Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone | The Mark of Zorro is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling Western film from 20th Century Fox, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darn… |
| Marked Men | 1940 | Drama | Warren Hull, Isabel Jewell, John Dilson | Marked Men is a 1940 American film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation. |
| Married and in Love | 1940 | Drama | Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Helen Vinson | Married and in Love is a 1940 American film directed by John Farrow. |
| Maryland | 1940 | Drama | Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce | Maryland is a 1940 American drama film directed by Henry King. It stars Walter Brennan and Fay Bainter. |
| Meet the Missus | 1940 | Comedy | Roscoe Karns, Ruth Donnelly, Lois Ranson | Meet the Missus is an American comedy film released in 1940. The eighth in the 1938–41 nine-film Higgins Family series, this entry features Alan Ladd in a small role. |
| Meet the Wildcat | 1940 | Drama, Mystery | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Schildkraut | Meet the Wildcat is an American 1940 mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Ralph Bellamy and Margaret Lindsay. |
| Melody and Moonlight | 1940 | Comedy | Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs, Barbara Jo Allen | Melody and Moonlight is a 1940 American film starring Jane Frazee. |
| Melody Ranch | 1940 | Western, Musical | Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller | Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbr… |
| Men Against the Sky | 1940 | Drama | Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe | Men Against the Sky is a 1940 drama directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie. Based on a story by John Twist, with a screenplay by novelist Natha… |
| Men Without Souls | 1940 | Crime | Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford | Men Without Souls is a 1940 black and white crime movie, starring Barton MacLane and Glenn Ford and directed by Nick Grinde. |
| Mexican Spitfire | 1940 | Comedy | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods | Mexican Spitfire is a 1940 American comedy film starring Lupe Vélez. She plays a hot-headed, fast-talking Mexican singer taken to New York for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for… |
| Mexican Spitfire Out West | 1940 | Comedy | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods | Mexican Spitfire Out West is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts and Jack Townley. It is the sequel to the 1940 film Mexican Spitfire and the seco… |
| Michael Shayne, Private Detective | 1940 | Mystery | Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie | Michael Shayne, Private Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver and Joan Valerie. It is based on Brett Halliday's novel The Private… |
| Midnight Limited | 1940 | Mystery, War | John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland | Midnight Limited is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Harrison Carter and Charles Williams. The film stars John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Clevelan… |
| Military Academy | 1940 | Drama | Tommy Kelly, Bobby Jordan, David Holt | Military Academy is an American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman, scripted by Karl Brown and David Silverstein from a story by Richard English and released as a low-budget programmer by Columbi… |
| Millionaire Playboy | 1940 | Comedy | Joe Penner, Russ Brown, Linda Hayes | Millionaire Playboy originally entitled Playboy No. 2 is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Bert Granet and Charles E. Roberts, based upon Granet's story. Pro… |
| Millionaires in Prison | 1940 | Drama, Crime | Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn | Millionaires in Prison is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Lynn Root and Frank Fenton. The film stars Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn, Morgan Conway and… |
| Misbehaving Husbands | 1940 | Comedy | Betty Blythe, Harry Langdon, Esther Muir | Misbehaving Husbands is a 1940 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine for Producers Releasing Corporation. The film had the working titles of At Your Age and Dummy Husbands. Harry Langdon,… |
| Money and the Woman | 1940 | Drama | Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, Lee Patrick | Money and the Woman is a 1940 American drama film directed by William K. Howard and written by Robert Presnell Sr.. The film stars Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill… |
| Moon Over Burma | 1940 | Romance, Adventure | Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Doris Nolan | Moon Over Burma is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Louis King and written by Harry Clork, Wilson Collison, W.P. Lipscomb and Frank Wead. The film stars Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Prest… |
| The Mortal Storm | 1940 | Drama | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Frank Morgan | The Mortal Storm is a 1940 American drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Frank Borzage and stars Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. The film shows the impact on Germans aft… |
| The Mummy's Hand | 1940 | Horror | Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford | The Mummy's Hand is a 1940 American black-and-white horror film directed by Christy Cabanne and produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. The film is about the ancient Egyptian mummy of Kharis, who… |
| Murder in the Air | 1940 | Drama, Science Fiction | Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Lya Lys | Murder in the Air is a 1940 American drama film with science fiction elements directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Lya Lys, James Steph… |
| Murder on the Yukon | 1940 | Western, Adventure | James Newill, Polly Ann Young, Dave O'Brien | Murder on the Yukon is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and written by Milton Raison. It is based on the 1931 novel Renfrew Rides North by Laurie York Erskine. The film star… |
| Murder Over New York | 1940 | Mystery | Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver | Murder Over New York is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. The cast also features Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery and Ricardo Cortez. Chan… |
| Music in My Heart | 1940 | Musical, Romance | Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows | Music in My Heart is a 1940 Columbia Pictures romantic musical starring Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth. Hayworth's first musical for the studio, the film was recognized with an Academy Award nomination… |
| My Favorite Wife | 1940 | Comedy | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott | My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy produced by Leo McCarey and directed by Garson Kanin. The picture stars Irene Dunne as a woman who, after being shipwrecked on a tropical island for several… |
| My Little Chickadee | 1940 | Comedy, Western | Mae West, W. C. Fields, Dick Foran | My Little Chickadee is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Dick Foran, W… |
| My Love Came Back | 1940 | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman | My Love Came Back is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, and Jane Wyman. Based on the 1935 Austrian film Episod… |
| My Son, My Son! | 1940 | Drama, War | Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward | My Son, My Son! is a 1940 American drama film based on a novel by the same name written by Howard Spring and directed by Charles Vidor. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by… |
| Mystery in Swing | 1940 | Musical, Mystery | Monte Hawley, Marguerite Whitten, Tommie Moore | Mystery in Swing is an American murder mystery film released in 1940. It was directed by Arthur Dreifuss, based on a script by Arthur Hoerl. |
| Mystery Sea Raider | 1940 | Drama, War | Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens | Mystery Sea Raider is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon and Onslow Stevens. |
| New Moon | 1940 | Musical, Drama | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy | New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke. |
| A Night at Earl Carroll's | 1940 | Musical | Ken Murray, J. Carrol Naish, Rose Hobart | A Night at Earl Carroll's is a 1940 American musical film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Lynn Starling. The film stars Ken Murray, Rose Hobart, Elvia Allman, Blanche Stewart, Earl Carroll, J.… |
| Night Train to Munich | 1940 | Thriller | Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid | Night Train to Munich is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrison. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1939 short story… |
| Nobody's Children | 1940 | Drama | Edith Fellows, Georgia Caine, Lois Wilson | Nobody's Children is a 1940 American drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Edith Fellows, Billy Lee, Georgia Caine and Lois Wilson. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. |
| North West Mounted Police | 1940 | Western | Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard | North West Mounted Police is a 1940 American epic-western film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Written by Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., and C.… |
| Northwest Passage | 1940 | Adventure, Western | Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan | Northwest Passage, also billed as Northwest Passage , is a 1940 American Western film in Technicolor, directed by King Vidor. It stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan and Ruth Hussey. The… |
| No, No, Nanette | 1940 | Comedy | Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature | No, No, Nanette is a 1940 American film directed by Herbert Wilcox and based on both the 1919 stage play No, No, Nanette and the 1930 film No, No, Nanette. It was one of several films the British prod… |
| No Time for Comedy | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin | No Time for Comedy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by S. N. Behrman, starring James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie Ruggles. |
| Oh Johnny, How You Can Love | 1940 | Comedy | Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Allen Jenkins | Oh Johnny, How You Can Love is a 1940 American film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Tom Brown and Peggy Moran. It was an early appearance of Laird Cregar. |
| Oklahoma Renegades | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Florine McKinney | Oklahoma Renegades is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Nate Watt. |
| The Old Swimmin' Hole | 1940 | Drama | Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Leatrice Joy | The Old Swimmin' Hole is a 1940 American drama film directed by Robert F. McGowan. |
| On the Spot | 1940 | Comedy, War | Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland | On the Spot is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by George Waggner and Dorothy Davenport. The film stars Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Poli… |
| One Crowded Night | 1940 | Drama | Billie Seward, William Haade, Charles Lang | One Crowded Night is a 1940 drama film directed by Irving Reis. |
| One Man's Law | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Janet Waldo, George Cleveland | One Man's Law is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Bennett Cohen and Jack Natteford. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Janet Waldo, George Cleveland, Dub Taylor, Edm… |
| One Million B.C. | 1940 | Fantasy | Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr. | One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. |
| One Night in the Tropics | 1940 | Comedy | Abbott and Costello, Nancy Kelly, Allan Jones | One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film which was the film debut of Abbott and Costello. They are listed as supporting actors but have major exposure with five of their classic routines, includ… |
| On Their Own | 1940 | Comedy | Spring Byington, June Carlson, Kenneth Howell | On Their Own is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otto Brower and written by Harold Buchman and Val Burton. This last of 17 Jones Family films stars Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, George Ernes… |
| Opened by Mistake | 1940 | Comedy | Charles Ruggles, Janice Logan, Robert Paige | Opened by Mistake is a 1940 film starring Charlie Ruggles and Janice Logan. |
| Our Town | 1940 | Drama, Romance | William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter | Our Town is a 1940 American drama romance film adaptation of a 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George Gibbs. The cast also incl… |
| Out West with the Peppers | 1940 | Western, Comedy | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin | Out West with the Peppers is a 1940 American Western comedy film. It is the third Five Little Peppers film. |
| Outside the Three-Mile Limit | 1940 | Crime | Jack Holt, Harry Carey, Irene Ware | Outside the Three-Mile Limit is a 1940 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Jack Holt, Harry Carey, Sig Ruman, Eduardo Ciannelli, Donald Briggs… |
| Pals of the Silver Sage | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Sugar Dawn, Glenn Strange | Pals of the Silver Sage is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Sugar Dawn, Slim Andrews, Clarene Curtis, Glenn Strang… |
| Parole Fixer | 1940 | Drama, Crime | William Henry, Virginia Dale, Anthony Quinn | Parole Fixer is a 1940 American crime film directed by Robert Florey. |
| Passport to Alcatraz | 1940 | Thriller | Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Cecilia Callejo | Passport to Alcatraz is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery and Cecilia Callejo. |
| Phantom of Chinatown | 1940 | Mystery | Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long | Phantom of Chinatown is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen starring Keye Luke. This is the last of the Mr. Wong films and the only one to star Luke in the role originated by Boris Kar… |
| Phantom Raiders | 1940 | Drama | Walter Pidgeon, Florence Rice, Joseph Schildkraut | Phantom Raiders is a 1940 film, the second in the series starring Walter Pidgeon as detective Nick Carter. The film was part of a movie trilogy based on original stories featuring the character from t… |
| Phantom Rancher | 1940 | Western | Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey | Phantom Rancher is a 1940 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Ken Maynard. |
| The Phantom Submarine | 1940 | Adventure | Anita Louise, Bruce Bennett, Oscar O'Shea | The Phantom Submarine is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Charles Barton and written by Joseph Krumgold. The film stars Anita Louise, Bruce Bennett, Oscar O'Shea, John Tyrrell, Pedro de Cord… |
| The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart | The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. Based on the 1939 Broadway play of the… |
| Pier 13 | 1940 | Mystery | Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Valerie | Pier 13 is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Joan Valerie. It is a remake of the 1932 film Me and My Gal with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett… |
| Pinocchio | 1940 | Animated, Fantasy, Musical | voices of, Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable, Mel Blanc | Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 children's novel The Adventures of Pino… |
| Pinto Canyon | 1940 | Western | Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan | Pinto Canyon is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan, Ted Adams, Steve Clark and Budd Buster… |
| Pioneer Days | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Nelson McDowell | Pioneer Days is a 1940 American western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Randall, June Wilkins and Frank Yaconelli. |
| Pioneers of the Frontier | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis | Pioneers of the Frontier is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor, Stanley Brown a… |
| Pioneers of the West | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Pioneers of the West is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. |
| Pony Post | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Pony Post is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Dorothy Short, Tom Chatterton and Stanley B… |
| Pop Always Pays | 1940 | Comedy | Leon Errol, Dennis O'Keefe, Pamela Blake | Pop Always Pays is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins using a screenplay by Charles E. Roberts, based on a story by Arthur J. Beckhard. Although not credited in the film, news rep… |
| Prairie Law | 1940 | Western | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Dick Hogan | Prairie Law is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Doris Schroeder and Arthur V. Jones, based on a story by Bernard McConville. Released on June 14, 1940, the fi… |
| Prairie Schooners | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, Kenneth Harlan | Prairie Schooners is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, which stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, and Dub Taylor. |
| Pride and Prejudice | 1940 | Drama | Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward Ashley | Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the screenplay was wr… |
| Pride of the Bowery | 1940 | Comedy | East Side Kids, Mary Ainslee, Kenneth Harlan | Pride of the Bowery is a black-and-white 1940 film and the fourth installment in the East Side Kids series. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Sam Katzman. It was released by Monogram… |
| Primrose Path | 1940 | Drama | Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau | Primrose Path is a 1940 film about a young woman determined not to follow the profession of her mother and grandmother, prostitution. It stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. The film was the novel Feb… |
| Private Affairs | 1940 | Comedy | Nancy Kelly, Roland Young, Robert Cummings | Private Affairs is a 1940 comedy film starring Nancy Kelly, with a supporting cast including Hugh Herbert, Roland Young, and Robert Cummings. The film was directed by Albert S. Rogell. |
| Public Deb No. 1 | 1940 | Comedy | Brenda Joyce, George Murphy, Ralph Bellamy | Public Deb No. 1 is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring George Murphy, Brenda Joyce and Ralph Bellamy. |
| The Quarterback | 1940 | Comedy | Wayne Morris, Virginia Dale, Lillian Cornell | The Quarterback is a 1940 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Pirosh. The film stars Wayne Morris, Virginia Dale, Lillian Cornell, Edgar Kennedy, Alan Mowbray a… |
| Queen of the Mob | 1940 | Crime | Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, Jeanne Cagney | Queen of the Mob is a 1940 American film, directed by James P. Hogan. |
| Queen of the Yukon | 1940 | Adventure, Western | Charles Bickford, Irene Rich, June Carlson | Queen Of The Yukon is a 1940 American Western film. The film is an adaptation of Jack London's story. Filming took place in Big Bear Lake, California. |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Dick Curtis | Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Dick Curtis, Lynn Merrick and Walt… |
| Rainbow Over the Range | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Warner Richmond | Rainbow Over the Range is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Roger Merton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Slim Andrews, Dorothy Fay, Gene Alsace… |
| Rancho Grande | 1940 | Western | Gene Autry, June Storey, Mary Lee | Rancho Grande is a 1940 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Bradford Ropes, Betty Burbridge, and Peter Milne, based o… |
| The Range Busters | 1940 | Western | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Luana Walters | The Range Busters is a 1940 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Rathmell. The film is the first in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Cor… |
| The Ranger and the Lady | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, Julie Bishop, George "Gabby" Hayes | The Ranger and the Lady is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, and George "Gabby" Hayes. |
| Rangers of Fortune | 1940 | Western | Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, Patricia Morison | Rangers of Fortune is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Wood. The plot revolves around three heroes, played by Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, and Gilbert Roland, as they battle a ruthless l… |
| Rebecca | 1940 | Suspense, Thriller, Romance | Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson | Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selzni… |
| Remedy for Riches | 1940 | Drama | Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy | Remedy for Riches is a 1940 American film directed by Erle C. Kenton and featuring Jean Hersholt. It is the fourth of the six films of the Dr. Christian series. |
| Remember the Night | 1940 | Romance, Drama, Comedy | Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Willard Robertson | Remember the Night is a 1940 American Christmas romantic comedy trial film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film was written by Preston Sturges and was… |
| The Return of Frank James | 1940 | Western | Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper | The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney. It is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 film Jesse James. Written by Sam Hellman, the fil… |
| The Return of Wild Bill | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Luana Walters | The Return of Wild Bill is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Robert Lee Johnson and Fred Myton. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, George Lloyd, Lua… |
| Rhythm of the Rio Grande | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Martin Garralaga | Rhythm of the Rio Grande is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Suzan Dale, Warner Richmond, Martin Garralaga, Frank… |
| Rhythm on the River | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone | Rhythm on the River is a 1940 musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin as ghostwriters whose songs are credited to a composer played by Basil Rathbo… |
| Riders from Nowhere | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Margaret Roach, Ernie Adams | Riders from Nowhere is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Jack Randall, Margaret Roach, Ernie Adams, Tom London, Charles King and N… |
| Riders of Black Mountain | 1940 | Western | Tim McCoy, Rex Lease, Julian Rivero | Riders of Black Mountain is a 1940 Western film directed by Sam Newfield, under his pseudonym of Peter Stewart. It stars Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, and Rex Lease. |
| Riders of Pasco Basin | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Frances Robinson, Bob Baker | Riders of Pasco Basin is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Ford Beebe. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Robinson, Arthur Loft and Ted… |
| Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | 1940 | Western | Gene Autry, June Storey, Mary Lee | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride is a 1940 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Winston Miller, based on a story by Betty Burbri… |
| Ridin' the Trail | 1940 | Western | Fred Scott, Harry Harvey Sr., Jack Ingram | Ridin' the Trail is a 1940 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Phil Dunham. The film stars Fred Scott, Harry Harvey Sr., John Ward, Jack Ingram, Iris Lancaster and Bud… |
| River's End | 1940 | Drama, Western | Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Inglis, Steffi Duna | River's End is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Inglis and George Tobias. It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel The River's End by James Olive… |
| Road to Singapore | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour | Road to Singapore is a 1940 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about… |
| Rocky Mountain Rangers | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Rosella Towne, Raymond Hatton | Rocky Mountain Rangers is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, and Duncan Renaldo. |
| Roll Wagons Roll | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans | Roll Wagons Roll is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell and Muriel Evans. |
| Rollin' Home to Texas | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Eddie Dean, Jack Rutherford | Rollin' Home to Texas is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Cal Shrum, Slim Andrews, Virginia Carpenter, Eddie Dean… |
| Safari | 1940 | Adventure | Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Muriel Angelus | Safari is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll and Tullio Carminati. |
| The Sagebrush Family Trails West | 1940 | Western | Bobby Clack, Earle Hodgins, Forrest Taylor | The Sagebrush Family Trails West is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Bobby Clack, Earle Hodgins, Nina Guilbert, Joyce Bryant, Minerva Ure… |
| Sailor's Lady | 1940 | Comedy | Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall, Dana Andrews | Sailor's Lady, also known as Sweetheart of Turret One, is a 1940 film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nancy Kelly and Jon Hall. The supporting cast includes Joan Davis, Dana Andrews, and Buster Cr… |
| The Saint Takes Over | 1940 | Crime | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale | The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth of eight films in RKO's film series about Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created b… |
| The Saint's Double Trouble | 1940 | Crime, Action, Adventure | George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale | The Saint's Double Trouble is a 1940 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures. The film stars George Sanders as Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint", a master criminal turned crime-fighter, and fea… |
| San Francisco Docks | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Burgess Meredith, Barry Fitzgerald, Irene Hervey | The San Francisco Docks is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burgess Meredith, Barry Fitzgerald, and Irene Hervey. |
| Sandy Gets Her Man | 1940 | Comedy | Baby Sandy, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel | Sandy Gets Her Man is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith and written by Sy Bartlett and Jane Storm. The film stars Baby Sandy, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Edgar K… |
| Sandy Is a Lady | 1940 | Comedy | Baby Sandy, Eugene Pallette, Nan Grey | Sandy Is a Lady is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Baby Sandy, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown, Eugene Pallette, Nan Grey, Tom Brown,… |
| Santa Fe Marshal | 1940 | Western | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Bernadene Hayes | Santa Fe Marshal is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Harrison Jacobs, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau, Bernadene Hayes, Earle Hodgins, B… |
| Santa Fe Trail | 1940 | Western | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan | Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn as J. E. B. "Jeb" Stuart, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey as John Brown, Ronald Reagan as George… |
| Saps at Sea | 1940 | Comedy | Laurel and Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer | Saps at Sea is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists. It was Laurel and Hardy's last film produced by the Hal Roach Studios, as well as the last film to… |
| Saturday's Children | 1940 | Drama | John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains | Saturday's Children is a 1940 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring John Garfield, Anne Shirley, and Claude Rains. It is a third-time remake of the original Maxwell Anderson pla… |
| Scatterbrain | 1940 | Comedy | Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly | Scatterbrain is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Val Burton, Jack Townley and Paul Conlan. The film stars Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly, Eddie Foy Jr., Josep… |
| The Sea Hawk | 1940 | Adventure | Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains | The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American adventure film from Warner Bros. that stars Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. The f… |
| Second Chorus | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw | Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Ha… |
| The Secret Seven | 1940 | Crime | Florence Rice, Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett | The Secret Seven is a 1940 American crime film directed by James Moore and starring Florence Rice, Barton MacLane and Bruce Bennett. |
| Secrets of a Model | 1940 | Crime, Drama | Cheryl Walker, Harold Daniels, Phyllis Barry | Secrets of a Model is a 1940 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Cheryl Walker, Harold Daniels and Phyllis Barry. It was made as an independent exploitation film on Poverty Row. |
| Seven Sinners | 1940 | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Broderick Crawford | Seven Sinners is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Tay Garnett starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in the first of three films they made together. The film was produced by Universal… |
| Seventeen | 1940 | Comedy | Betty Field, Jackie Cooper, Otto Kruger | Seventeen is a 1940 American comedy film based upon the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington and the subsequent play written by Stannard Mears, Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stuart Walker. Directed… |
| She Couldn't Say No | 1940 | Comedy | Eve Arden, Roger Pryor, Cliff Edwards | She Couldn't Say No is a 1940 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Earl Baldwin and Charles Grayson. The film stars Roger Pryor, Eve Arden, Cliff Edwards, Clem Bevans, Vera… |
| Shooting High | 1940 | Western, Musical | Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver | Shooting High is a 1940 American Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jane Withers, Gene Autry, and Marjorie Weaver. Written by Lou Breslow and Owen Francis, the film is about a gener… |
| The Shop Around the Corner | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan | The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan. The screenplay was written by… |
| The Showdown | 1940 | Western, War | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Jan Clayton | The Showdown is a 1940 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton, written by Donald Kusel and Harold Daniel Kusel, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Morris Ankrum, Jan C… |
| Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Ruth Terry, Johnny Downs, Mary Lee | Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Gordon Rigby and Bradford Ropes. The film stars Ruth Terry, Johnny Downs, Barbara Jo Allen, Billy Gilbert,… |
| Ski Patrol | 1940 | War | Luli Deste, Philip Dorn, Stanley Fields | Ski Patrol is a 1940 American war film directed by Lew Landers, produced by Ben Pivar and Warren Douglas and released by Universal Pictures. It is known to be the only Hollywood film about the Winter… |
| Sky Bandits | 1940 | Action | James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dewey Robinson | Sky Bandits, also known as Renfrew of the Royal Mounted in Sky Bandits, is a 1940 American action film directed by Ralph Staub and released by Monogram Pictures, starring James Newill, Louise Stanley,… |
| Sky Murder | 1940 | Mystery | Walter Pidgeon, Kaaren Verne, Joyce Compton | Sky Murder is a 1940 detective film starring Walter Pidgeon as detective Nick Carter in his third and final outing for MGM as Nick Carter. The film was part of a trilogy based on original screen stori… |
| Slightly Tempted | 1940 | Comedy | Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs | Slightly Tempted is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Arthur T. Horman. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs, Elisabeth Risdon, George E. Stone and G… |
| So You Won't Talk | 1940 | Comedy, War | Joe E. Brown, Frances Robinson, Vivienne Osborne | So You Won't Talk is a 1940 comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick, which stars Joe E. Brown in a dual role, along with Frances Robinson and Vivienne Osborne. |
| Son of Ingagi | 1940 | Science Fiction | Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams | Son of Ingagi is a 1940 American monster movie directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was the first science fiction horror film to feature an all-black cast. It was written by Spencer Williams based on his o… |
| The Son of Monte Cristo | 1940 | Adventure, War | Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders | The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from United Artists, produced by Edward Small, directed by Rowland V. Lee, that stars Louis Hayward, Joan Bennet… |
| Son of Roaring Dan | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Jean Brooks | Son of Roaring Dan is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Clarence Upson Young. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Jean Brooks, Robert Homans an… |
| Son of the Navy | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Jean Parker, James Dunn, Martin Spellman | Son of the Navy, also known as The Young Recruit in the United States, is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jean Parker, James Dunn, and Martin Spellman. |
| Souls in Pawn | 1940 | Drama | Kenne Duncan, Lloyd Ingraham, Symona Boniface | Souls in Pawn is a 1940 American drama film directed by Melville Shyer and featuring Kenne Duncan, Lloyd Ingraham, Symona Boniface. It was produced by the independent producer Willis Kent. |
| South of Pago Pago | 1940 | Adventure | Jon Hall, Frances Farmer, Olympe Bradna | South of Pago Pago is a 1940 American South Seas adventure film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall and Frances Farmer. |
| South of Suez | 1940 | Drama | George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Lee Patrick | South of Suez is a 1940 American drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring George Brent, Brenda Marshall and George Tobias. An alleged murder in an African diamond mine haunts a man many years… |
| South to Karanga | 1940 | Adventure, Action | James Craig, Luli Deste, Charles Bickford | South to Karanga is a 1940 American action adventure film directed by Harold D. Schuster starring James Craig, Luli Deste and Charles Bickford. |
| Sporting Blood | 1940 | Drama | Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone | Sporting Blood is a 1940 American drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Lewis Stone. |
| Spring Parade | 1940 | Comedy, Musical | Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer | Spring Parade is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. It is a remake of the 1934 film. |
| Stage to Chino | 1940 | Western | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Hobart Cavanaugh | Stage to Chino is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Morton Grant and Arthur V. Jones, based on a story by Norton S. Parker. The film was released by RKO Radio… |
| Stagecoach War | 1940 | Western | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Stephens | Stagecoach War is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman Houston and Harry F. Olmsted, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, J.… |
| Star Dust | 1940 | Drama, Comedy | Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young | Star Dust is a 1940 American comedy drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring Linda Darnell and John Payne, Roland Young and Charlotte Greenwood. |
| Stolen Paradise | 1940 | Drama | Leon Janney, Eleanor Hunt, Esther Muir | Stolen Paradise also released as Adolescence is a 1940 youth film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and filmed in and around Coral Gables, Florida. Eleanor Hunt was married to producer George A. Hirliman. |
| Strange Cargo | 1940 | Drama, Romance | Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter | Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The… |
| Stranger on the Third Floor | 1940 | Noir | Peter Lorre, Charles Waldron, Margaret Tallichet | Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir directed by Boris Ingster and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, and Charles Waldron, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr. It was… |
| Street of Memories | 1940 | Drama | Lynne Roberts, Guy Kibbee, John McGuire | Street of Memories is a 1940 American drama film directed by Shepard Traube, written by Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo, and starring Lynne Roberts, Guy Kibbee, John McGuire, Edward Gargan, Hobart… |
| Strike Up the Band | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman, and his Orchestra | Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, in the se… |
| Susan and God | 1940 | Comedy, Drama | Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey | Susan and God is a 1940 American comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor and starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March. The screenplay was written by Anita Loos and w… |
| Swiss Family Robinson | 1940 | Adventure | Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew | Swiss Family Robinson is a 1940 American film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Edward Ludwig. It is based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and is the firs… |
| Take Me Back to Oklahoma | 1940 | Western | Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, Bob Wills | Take Me Back to Oklahoma is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills. |
| Tear Gas Squad | 1940 | Crime, Drama | John Payne, Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson | Tear Gas Squad is a 1940 American drama film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Dennis Morgan, John Payne and Gloria Dickson. The film was made under the working title of State Cop. It includes t… |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | 1940 | Western | Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff | Texas Rangers Ride Again is a 1940 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy, and starring Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Bro… |
| Texas Renegades | 1940 | Western | Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Kenne Duncan | Texas Renegades is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Kenne Duncan, Lee Prather, Harry Harvey Sr. and Earl Gunn… |
| Texas Stagecoach | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan | Texas Stagecoach is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis, Kenneth MacDonald and Pa… |
| Texas Terrors | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Julie Duncan, Arthur Loft | Texas Terrors is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Doris Schroeder and Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Julie Duncan, Arthur Loft, Al St. John, Ed… |
| That Gang of Mine | 1940 | Comedy | Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse, Milton Kibbee | That Gang of Mine is a 1940 film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan. It is the third film in the East Side Kids series. |
| They Drive by Night | 1940 | Drama, Noir | George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan | They Drive by Night is a 1940 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart. The picture involves a pair of embattled truck drivers… |
| They Knew What They Wanted | 1940 | Drama | Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan | They Knew What They Wanted is a 1940 film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton and William Gargan. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize w… |
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1940 | Adventure, Fantasy, Historical | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin | The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British Technicolor historical fantasy film, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, with additional contributions by Wi… |
| Third Finger, Left Hand | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn | Third Finger, Left Hand is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas. The screenplay concerns a woman who pretends to be married to f… |
| This Thing Called Love | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes | This Thing Called Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas as newlyweds with an odd arrangement: the wife insists on not… |
| Those Were the Days! | 1940 | Comedy | William Holden, Bonita Granville, Judith Barrett | Those Were the Days! is a 1940 comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring William Holden and Bonita Granville. |
| Three Cheers for the Irish | 1940 | Comedy | Priscilla Lane, Dennis Morgan, Virginia Grey | Three Cheers for the Irish is a 1940 comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald, and starring Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell and Dennis Morgan. The supporting cas… |
| Three Faces West | 1940 | Drama | John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn | Three Faces West is a 1940 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn. |
| Three Men from Texas | 1940 | Western | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde | Three Men from Texas is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norton S. Parker, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Morris Ankrum, Morgan Wallace, Tho… |
| Thundering Frontier | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Carl Stockdale | Thundering Frontier is a 1940 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Starrett. |
| 'Til We Meet Again | 1940 | Drama, Romance | Merle Oberon, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald | 'Til We Meet Again is a 1940 romance film directed by Edmund Goulding and Anatole Litvak and starring Merle Oberon and George Brent as two doomed, star-crossed lovers. It is a remake of the 1932 film… |
| Tin Pan Alley | 1940 | Musical | Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne | Tin Pan Alley is a 1940 musical film directed by Walter Lang and starring Alice Faye and Betty Grable as vaudeville singers/sisters and John Payne and Jack Oakie as songwriters in the years before Wor… |
| Tom Brown's School Days | 1940 | Drama | Cedric Hardwicke, Freddy Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon | Tom Brown's School Days is a 1940 coming-of-age drama film about a teenage boy's experiences at Rugby School, Warwickshire in the early 19th century under the reforming headmastership of Thomas Arnold… |
| Tomboy | 1940 | Drama, Romance | Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Grant Withers | Tomboy is a 1940 American romance film directed by Robert F. McGowan and written by Dorothy Davenport and Marion Orth. The film stars Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Grant Withers, Charlotte Wynters,… |
| Too Many Girls | 1940 | Musical, Comedy | Lucille Ball, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz | Too Many Girls is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by George Abbott, who had also directed the hit Broadway musical on which it was based, which ran for 249 performances. The film's screen… |
| Too Many Husbands | 1940 | Romance, Comedy | Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas | Too Many Husbands is a 1940 American romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear—yet another variation on the 1… |
| Torrid Zone | 1940 | Adventure | James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien | Torrid Zone is a 1940 adventure film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Andy Devine and George Reeves. |
| The Trail Blazers | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Pauline Moore | The Trail Blazers is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, and Rufe Davis. |
| Trail of the Vigilantes | 1940 | Western, Comedy | Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford | Trail of the Vigilantes is a 1940 75-minute black-and-white Western comedy directed by Allan Dwan, written by Harold Shumate, and featuring Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford and Andy… |
| Trailing Double Trouble | 1940 | Western | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Roy Barcroft | Trailing Double Trouble is a 1940 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by George H. Plympton and Oliver Drake. The film is the second in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series,… |
| Triple Justice | 1940 | Western, War | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Peggy Shannon | Triple Justice is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Virginia Vale and Peggy Shannon. The supporting cast includes Paul Fix and Glenn Strange. |
| Tugboat Annie Sails Again | 1940 | Comedy, Romance | Marjorie Rambeau, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan | Tugboat Annie Sails Again is a 1940 American comedy romance film directed by Lewis Seiler. The picture is a sequel to Tugboat Annie (1933). Marjorie Rambeau took over the late Marie Dressler's role, a… |
| The Tulsa Kid | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Luana Walters, Noah Beery | The Tulsa Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman, written by Oliver Drake and Anthony Coldeway, and starring Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr., Luana Walters, David Durand, Georg… |
| Turnabout | 1940 | Comedy, Fantasy | Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, Mary Astor | Turnabout is a 1940 fantasy comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was… |
| Two Girls on Broadway | 1940 | Comedy, Musical | Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy | Two Girls on Broadway is a 1940 musical film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner and Joan Blondell. The film is a remake of The Broadway Melody (1929). |
| Typhoon | 1940 | Adventure | Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman | Typhoon is a 1940 American Technicolor south seas adventure film directed by Louis King and starring Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. |
| Under Texas Skies | 1940 | Western | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Lois Ranson | Under Texas Skies is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, and starring Rufe Davis. It was produced and released by… |
| Untamed | 1940 | Drama, Adventure | Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff | Untamed is a 1940 American Technicolor adventure film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ray Milland, Patricia Morison and Akim Tamiroff. It is based on the 1926 Sinclair Lewis novel Mantrap. |
| Up in the Air | 1940 | Comedy, Mystery, War | Marjorie Reynolds, Frankie Darrow, Lorna Gray | Up in the Air is a 1940 American comedy mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds and Mantan Moreland. It was produced and released by Monogram Pictures.… |
| Victory | 1940 | Adventure | Fredric March, Cedric Hardwicke, Betty Field | Victory is a 1940 American adventure film directed by John Cromwell and starring Fredric March, Cedric Hardwicke and Betty Field. It was based on the popular 1915 novel by Joseph Conrad. On the eve of… |
| Vigil in the Night | 1940 | Drama | Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne, Anne Shirley | Vigil in the Night is a 1940 RKO Pictures drama film based on the 1939 serialized novel Vigil in the Night by A. J. Cronin. The film was produced and directed by George Stevens and stars Carole Lombar… |
| Village Barn Dance | 1940 | Comedy | Richard Cromwell, George Barbier, Esther Dale | Village Barn Dance is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald, written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan, and starring Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, George Barbier, Esther Dale, R… |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | 1940 | Comedy | Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Buster Keaton | The Villain Still Pursued Her is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Billy Gilbert and Buster Keaton. It is a parody of old stage melodramas but is based primarily on… |
| Virginia City | 1940 | Western | Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart | Virginia City is a 1940 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, and a mustachioed Humphrey Bogart in the role of the real-life outlaw… |
| Viva Cisco Kid | 1940 | Western | Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Stanley Fields | Viva Cisco Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Norman Foster, written by Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long, and starring Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin, Minor Watson, Stanley Field… |
| Wagon Train | 1940 | Western, War | Tim Holt, Martha O'Driscoll, Ray Whitley | Wagon Train is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Tim Holt. It was this film that really started Holt's series of B Westerns for RKO, replacing those made by George O'B… |
| Wagons Westward | 1940 | Western | Anita Louise, Chester Morris, Ona Munson | Wagons Westward is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lew Landers, written by Joseph Moncure March and Harrison Jacobs and starring Chester Morris, Anita Louise, Buck Jones, Ona Munson, George "… |
| Waterloo Bridge | 1940 | Drama | Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson | Waterloo Bridge is a 1940 American drama film and the remake of the 1931 film also called Waterloo Bridge, adapted from the 1930 play Waterloo Bridge. In an extended flashback narration, it recounts t… |
| The Way of All Flesh | 1940 | Drama | Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, Muriel Angelus | The Way of All Flesh is a 1940 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Lenore J. Coffee. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, William "Bill" Henry, Muriel Angelus, Berton Chu… |
| The Westerner | 1940 | Western | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport | The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and Doris Davenport. Written by Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake and Jo Swerling, the film c… |
| We Who Are Young | 1940 | Drama | Lana Turner, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell | We Who Are Young is a 1940 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, written by Dalton Trumbo and starring Lana Turner, John Shelton and Gene Lockhart. |
| West of Abilene | 1940 | Western | Charles Starrett, Bruce Bennett, George Cleveland | West of Abilene is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ralph Ceder and written by Paul Franklin. The film stars Charles Starrett, Marjorie Cooley, Bruce Bennett, William Pawley, Don Beddoe and Ge… |
| West of Carson City | 1940 | Western | Johnny Mack Brown, Peggy Moran, Bob Baker | West of Carson City is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Milton Raison, Sherman L. Lowe and Jack Bernhard. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, P… |
| West of Pinto Basin | 1940 | Western | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze | West of Pinto Basin is a 1940 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Earle Snell. The film is the third in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Cor… |
| When the Daltons Rode | 1940 | Western | Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy | When the Daltons Rode is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Randolph Scott, Kay Francis and Brian Donlevy. Based on the 1931 book of the same name by Emmett Dalton,… |
| While Thousands Cheer | 1940 | Sports | Kenny Washington, Mantan Moreland, Jeni Le Gon | While Thousands Cheer is a lost American film released in 1940. Leo C. Popkin directed. It was the only football-themed film with an African American lead character for decades. It starred Kenny Washi… |
| Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | 1940 | Mystery | Wendy Barrie, Mona Barrie, John Hubbard | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Hubbard, Wendy Barrie and Mona Barrie. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. |
| Wild Horse Range | 1940 | Western | Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Marin Sais | Wild Horse Range is a 1940 American Western film written by Carl Krusada from a story by Tom Gibson. It was directed by Raymond K. Johnson, and stars Jack Randall. |
| Wild Horse Valley | 1940 | Western | Bob Steele, Lafe McKee, Ted Adams | Wild Horse Valley is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ira Webb and starring Bob Steele, Phyllis Adair and Lafe McKee. |
| Wildcat Bus | 1940 | Drama, Action | Fay Wray, Paul Guilfoyle, Don Costello | Wildcat Bus is a 1940 American action film directed by Frank Woodruff and written by Lou Lusty. The film stars Fay Wray, Charles Lang, Paul Guilfoyle, Don Costello and Paul McGrath. The film was relea… |
| The Wildcat of Tucson | 1940 | Western | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, Kenneth MacDonald | The Wildcat of Tucson is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Bill Elliott as "Wild Bill" Hickok and Evelyn Young as Vivian Barlow. |
| Wolf of New York | 1940 | Crime | Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson | Wolf of New York is a 1940 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Gordon Kahn and Lionel Houser. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, Will… |
| Women in War | 1940 | War, Drama | Elsie Janis, Wendy Barrie, Patric Knowles | Women in War is a 1940 American war film about the nurses of the British Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Battle of France. Directed by John H. Auer and starring Wendy Barrie, Elsie Janis and Patri… |
| Women Without Names | 1940 | Drama | Ellen Drew, Fay Helm, Judith Barrett | Women Without Names is a 1940 American drama film directed by Robert Florey. |
| Wyoming | 1940 | Western | Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Ann Rutherford | Wyoming is a 1940 Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Wallace Beery. It was the first of seven films pairing Beery and character actress Marjorie Main. |
| Yesterday's Heroes | 1940 | Drama | Jean Rogers, Robert Sterling, Kay Aldridge | Yesterday's Heroes is a 1940 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by Irving Cummings Jr. and William Conselman Jr.. The film stars Jean Rogers, Robert Sterling, Ted North, Kay… |
| You Can't Fool Your Wife | 1940 | Comedy | Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Virginia Vale | You Can't Fool Your Wife is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Jerome Cady. The film stars Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Virginia Vale, Emma Dunn and Elain… |
| You'll Find Out | 1940 | Comedy | Kay Kyser, Helen Parrish, Ginny Simms, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff | You'll Find Out is a 1940 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Kay Kyser. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 13th Academy Awards.… |
| Young Bill Hickok | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, Julie Bishop | Young Bill Hickok is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. |
| Young Buffalo Bill | 1940 | Western | Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, George "Gabby" Hayes | Young Buffalo Bill is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes. |
| Young People | 1940 | Drama, Musical | Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood | Young People is a 1940 American musical drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Shirley Temple and Jack Oakie. This would be Shirley's final film as a child actress. |
| Young Tom Edison | 1940 | Biography | Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft | Young Tom Edison is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edis… |
| Young as You Feel | 1940 | Family, Comedy | Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Joan Valerie | Young as You Feel is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Joan Valerie. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of… |
| You're Not So Tough | 1940 | Drama | Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Nan Grey | You're Not So Tough is a 1940 Universal Studios drama film directed by Joe May and starring Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys and was the first in the series where Billy Halop and Huntz Hall wer… |
| Youth Will Be Served | 1940 | Musical | Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, Kay Aldridge | Youth Will Be Served is a 1940 American musical film directed by Otto Brower and starring Jane Withers and Jane Darwell. |
| Yukon Flight | 1940 | Western | Louise Stanley, James Newill, Warren Hull | Yukon Flight is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ralph Staub and starring James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dave O'Brien and William Pawley. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film uses a musical… |
| Zanzibar | 1940 | Adventure | Lola Lane, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli | Zanzibar is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Harold Schuster and starring James Craig, Lola Lane and Eduardo Ciannelli. |
| Adventures of Red Ryder | 1940 | Western | Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook | The Adventures of Red Ryder is a 1940 12-chapter Republic movie serial directed by William Witney and John English and starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr., based on the Western comic strip Re… |
| City of Lost Men | 1940 | Science Fiction | William "Stage" Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell | |
| Deadwood Dick | 1940 | Western | Don Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais | Deadwood Dick is a 1940 American Western Serial film directed by James W. Horne and starring Don Douglas and Lorna Gray. The character of Deadwood Dick was for the most part another version of "Zorro"… |
| The Green Archer | 1940 | Victor Jory, Iris Meredith | The Green Archer is the 12th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based on Edgar Wallace's 1923 novel The Green Archer, which had previously been adapted into the silent serial of the same nam… | |
| The Green Hornet | 1940 | Adventure | Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel | The Green Hornet is a 1940 black-and-white 13-chapter movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae, directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor, starring Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Keye L… |
| Junior G-Men | 1940 | Dead End Kids | Junior G-Men is a 1940 Universal film serial. It was Universal's 116th serial of their total of output of 137. The serial is one of the three serials starring "The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys"… | |
| King of the Royal Mounted | 1940 | Adventure | Allan Lane | King of the Royal Mounted (1940) is a Republic Pictures northern serial based on the King of the Royal Mounted comic strip directed by William Witney and John English. |
| The Lone Ranger | 1940 | Western | Lee Powell, Chief Thundercloud, Stanley Andrews | The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Movie serial based on the radio program of the same name. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth Western and the first R… |
| Mysterious Doctor Satan | 1940 | Eduardo Ciannelli | Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 American film serial directed by William Witney and John English. Produced by Republic Pictures, the serial stars Edward Ciannelli, Robert Wilcox, William Newell, C.… | |
| Terry and the Pirates | 1940 | William Tracy, Sheila Darcy | Terry and the Pirates (1940) is the 10th film serial released by Columbia. It is based on the comic strip Terry and the Pirates created by Milton Caniff. In his biography, Meanwhile..., Caniff stated… |