10 Underrated Films from the 1940s

There are many movies from the 1940s that deserve more recognition today than has been given to them. Even in their day, these films were sometimes well-received and then quickly forgotten or not successful at all. Some were low-budget “B” movies while others were main programmers, sometimes receiving one or more 1940s Oscar nominations.

Here are ten of these films, representing a range of genres and listed in chronological order.

• They Drive by Night (1940)
• Larceny, Inc. (1942)
• The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
• The Seventh Victim (1943)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
• The Dark Corner (1946)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
• The Set-Up (1949)

All these films are worthy viewing for any movie buff.