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Top 25 best 'black and white'-movies from the forties

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 25 best 'black and white'-movies from the forties

This is a list of the best 25 'black and white'-movies from the forties and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 25 best 'black and white'-movies from the forties

1
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity (1944)

Alternative title: Bloedgeld
Filmnoir, Crime
107 minutes
3,92(889)
3
2
Casablanca

Casablanca (1942)

Romance, Drama
102 minutes
3
3
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Alternative title: Mens, Durf te Leven
Drama, Romance
130 minutes
3
4
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Alternative title: De Beste Jaren van Ons Leven
Drama, War
172 minutes
3,81(303)
3
5
Banshun

Banshun (1949)

Alternative title: Late Spring
Drama
108 minutes
3,79(216)
3
6
The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator (1940)

Alternative title: De Dictator
Comedy, War
125 minutes
3
7
A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Drama, Romance
103 minutes
3,76(108)
3
8
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941)

Drama, Mystery
119 minutes
3
9
Out of the Past

Out of the Past (1947)

Alternative title: Build My Gallows High
Filmnoir, Crime
97 minutes
3,69(283)
3
10
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Alternative title: Noblesse Oblige
Comedy, Crime
106 minutes
3,66(211)
3
11
Laura

Laura (1944)

Filmnoir, Mystery
88 minutes
3,65(392)
3
12
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Alternative title: Maltezer Valk
Filmnoir, Crime
99 minutes
3,64(842)
3
13
The Killers

The Killers (1946)

Crime, Filmnoir
105 minutes
3,64(208)
3
14
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3,63(39)
15
Notorious

Notorious (1946)

Alternative title: Berucht
Thriller, Romance
101 minutes
3,62(628)
3
16
How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Drama
118 minutes
3,62(201)
3
17
The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit (1948)

Drama
108 minutes
3,62(56)
3
18
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Alternative title: Een Schijn van Twijfel
Filmnoir, Thriller
108 minutes
3,61(596)
3
19
Red River

Red River (1948)

Western
133 minutes
3,58(239)
3
20
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair (1948)

Alternative title: Een Avontuur in Berlijn
Comedy, Romance
116 minutes
3,57(168)
3
21
This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Filmnoir, Crime
80 minutes
3,56(136)
3
22
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Drama, Filmnoir
116 minutes
3,55(85)
3
23
A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Alternative title: Boemelstudenten
Comedy
63 minutes
3,54(127)
3
24
Champion

Champion (1949)

Filmnoir, Drama
99 minutes
3,54(62)
3
25
Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror (1949)

Alternative title: The Black Book
Adventure
89 minutes
3,54(23)
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