Movies by Lists - MGM 100th Anniversary 1940s Movies (35 [35]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Adams RibDomestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband. | 1949 | George Cukor (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.5 (20.8K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Anchors AweighA pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star. | 1945 | George Sidney, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | 7.1 (8.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| BattlegroundTrue tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. | 1949 | William A. Wellman (*) | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.5 (7.1K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Boom TownTwo buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. | 1940 | Jack Conway | Drama, Western | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Cabin in the SkyA compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | 7.1 (3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Clock, TheIn 1945, during a 48-hour leave, a soldier accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her, eventually falling in love with the lovely New Yorker. | 1945 | Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (3.4K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. | 1941 | Victor Fleming (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (8.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Easter ParadeA nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star. | 1948 | Charles Walters (*) | Musical, Romance | 7.4 (9.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| GaslightTen years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife in | 1944 | George Cukor (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.8 (27.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Guy Named Joe, AA dead World War II bomber pilot named Pete Sandidge, becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's | 1943 | Victor Fleming (*) | Drama, Romance, War, Fantasy | 7.0 (2.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Little WomenThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War. | 1949 | Mervyn LeRoy (*) | Drama, Family, Romance | 7.3 (7.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Love CrazyA wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding. | 1941 | Jack Conway | Comedy, Romance | 7.4 (3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Madame CurieDespite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium. | 1943 | Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Lewin | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (2.9K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Meet Me in St LouisYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (23.7K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Mortal Storm, TheThe Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil. | 1940 | Frank Borzage (*) | Drama | 7.8 (5.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Mrs. MiniverA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. | 1942 | William Wyler (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 7.6 (17.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| National VelvetA jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. | 1944 | Clarence Brown | Drama, Family, Sport | 7.3 (7K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Northwest Passage [Northwest Passage Book I -- Rogers' Rangers]Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected. | 1940 | King Vidor, Jack Conway, W.S. Van Dyke | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 7.0 (3.9K votes) | 126 | 20240419 |
| On the TownThree sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. | 1949 | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 7.4 (17.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Philadelphia Story, TheWhen 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. | 1940 | George Cukor (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.9 (67.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Picture of Dorian Gray, TheA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. | 1945 | Albert Lewin | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (12.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Postman Always Rings Twice, TheA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. | 1946 | Tay Garnett | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Pride and PrejudiceThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters. | 1940 | Robert Z. Leonard | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (8.1K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Random HarvestAn amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life. | 1942 | Mervyn LeRoy (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (7.5K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Search, TheIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother. | 1948 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Drama, War | 7.8 (4.3K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Secret Garden, TheA girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden. | 1949 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Drama, Family | 7.5 (2.9K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Shadow of the Thin ManA jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help. | 1941 | W.S. Van Dyke (*) | Mystery | 7.3 (5.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Shop Around The Corner, TheTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal. | 1940 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.1 (32K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| TensionA meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover. | 1949 | John Berry | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller | 7.3 (2.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| They Were ExpendableA Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. | 1945 | John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Drama, War | 7.2 (8.2K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Thirty Seconds Over TokyoIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland. | 1944 | Mervyn LeRoy (*) | Drama, History, War | 7.2 (5.8K votes) | 138 | 20220414 |
| Three Musketeers, TheD'Artagnan (Gene Kelly) and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu (Vincent Price) to usurp King Louis XIII's (Frank Morgan's) power. | 1948 | George Sidney | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (6.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Waterloo BridgeMyra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the wars unspoken casualties. | 1940 | Mervyn LeRoy (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 7.8 (9.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Woman of the YearRival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle. | 1942 | George Stevens (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport | 7.2 (9.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Yearling, TheA boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves? | 1946 | Clarence Brown | Drama, Family, Western | 7.2 (5.8K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |