The best movies 1940

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died...

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named...

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and...

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning...

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his...

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place,...

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous...

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a...

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his...

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to...

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young...

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his...

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts...

In 1840, a caravan of carts headed from Buenos Aires to Córdoba carrying merchandise, ammunition and prisoners, against the background of the...

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly...

Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.

An old woman remembers when her daughter fell in love with a young neighbor, and she and her husband did everything to break that relationship.

A 1940 film directed by Manuel R. Ojeda,

A wealthy woman pressures her son-in-law to give her a grandson until her daughter finally gets pregnant.

The story focuses on a middle-class family. It introduces us to two characters: Corina, secretary of Don Emilio Condal, and his brother...

"Marquesona" is the central figure of a flamenco picture made by a group of artists who go from town to town with their art. Rosa, "marquesona's"...

A single man and womanizer who enjoys the nightlife learns that he has a son who is already an adult. In order to gain his affection he decides to...

Two fishermen and pelotaris, Josechu and Mikel, compete for Mirentxu's love.

A 1940 film directed by Boris Maicon.

Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...

Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.

Dolores, a beautiful young woman, works at the inn Daroca and is courted by the local barber Melchor, and Mr. Patricio, the richest farmer in the...

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

A country girl falls in love with an English professor who's in the country studying fossils, but must return to his land.