
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.