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Every week, there will be a post asking for movie suggestions from a different decade!

Only 1 movie suggestion per person, if you suggest two, both will be disqualified. Similarly to previous posts, please ❤ every comment that contains a movie that you want to vote for.

For these posts, the top 4 movies will be put on a poll on YouTube (YT only allows a maximum of 4 options). I will determine the top 4 comments the following Tuesday when the next post is up.

I ask that you please limit the runtime of the movies to 3h (I've seen that there are some movies that are longer, and I am not up for that monumental task quite yet).

For this post, please suggest movies that were released between 1940-1949 inclusively. Any genre goes!

Next Tuesday, there will be a post for 1950s, the Tuesday after that for 1960s, etc. The poll for the decade will be up on YouTube the following Tuesday evening or Wednesday at the latest.

I feel like there's a better way to do this kind of suggestion/voting, but I'm not too sure what that is. I'm open for suggestions!

Comments

Dean J

Laura (1944)

scott melton

The Big Sleep! 1946. Bogart & Bacall. Screenplay by William Faulkner. Classic 'noir' with the snappiest writing.

FermatSim

Starting with the 40s excludes 'Bringing Up Baby' (1938) 😭 Well, then how about 'Gilda' (1946)?

Urfhil

Rope (1948)

AuntVes

David Lean's drama/romance/mystery GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) is not to be missed.

Danny Steele

Arsenic and Old Lace, it is my mother’s favorite movie and it is actually pretty funny. It is a screwball comedy. CHARGE!!

Razor Bikini

This is tough because I have a massive blind spot when it comes to older movies, so this is more of a “which classic 40s movie do I want an excuse to finally watch” poll… So with that said I’m gonna go with David Lean’s ‘Brief Encounter’ (1945) … because it was apparently a major inspiration for Todd Haynes when he made one of my favourite films, 2015’s Carol.

Miles E Coburn

Since you've already done "Casablanca" (1942), I'll second Scott Melton's suggestion, "The Big Sleep" (1946). But if I get another choice because I agreed with Scott, there's "Key Largo" (1948). Again with Bogey and Bacall. But also with Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, and Claire Trevor (who won an Oscar for her role).

SaRahRahWA

His Girl Friday (1940), Comedy/Romance, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

Cliff Adams

You watched my favorite when I won the Marble race, so I must add Citizen Kane (1941)

Mikeljoe

Notorious, Carey Grant, Ingrid Bergman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Middohio

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Chris Gronau

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) This is hard. There are so many great choices, it's hard to narrow it down to one. Normally, I'd go with either Rebecca (1940) (Alfred Hitchcock's only movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture) or Spellbound (1945) (Alfred Hitchcock + Salvidor Dali = one wild movie) but I can't choose either of those movies because both of them are hard to find on streaming services.

Mannygogou

The Lady Eve (1941)... one of my favorites.

Mannygogou

we should also guess which will win the YT poll 😁 actually It's A Wonderful Life would be best bet but you've done that one already...

Octoburn

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

silverarrow06

"The Great Dictator" (1940) Charlie Chaplins best and most important movie. A timeless classic...🤩

fire12wife

Anchors Aweigh (1945) A pair of sailors, on leave, try to help a movie extra become a singing star! - starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly.

Mannygogou

since my suggestion has very little chance of winning 🙂 and that's okay with me... but then I can make the point that gamers can easily see the exploits (some gamer types). For example if the same movie has 4 repeated entries with 4 votes each one... You cannot tell if a total of 4 people like the movie or 7 people or 16 people or 20 people. These are the min to max number of possible votes for the same movie. Why gamers? If a gamer picks up loot, let's say a new sword with different stats, the good gamer tries to figure out how the stats combine to decide the best one. Also if farming gems that you get as reward from quests, it stands to reason that more quests equal more gems or votes.

fire12wife

On the Town (1949) Three sailors wreaking havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind, 24 hour leave, in New York City! - starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Betty Garrett

JAKH

"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) *True Story* based on a book of the same name written by one of the survivors of the 1942 Doolittle Raid. Surviving Doolittle Raiders served as technical advisors for the movie.

Joe M

Gaslight (1944)

JAKH

Did I miss a poll for the 1930's or did you not do one?