Movies released in 1940
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The Great Dictator
1940Feature FilmDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940Feature FilmA poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
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The Philadelphia Story
1940Feature FilmWhen 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.
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His Girl Friday
1940Feature FilmA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940Feature FilmTwo 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.
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Foreign Correspondent
1940Feature FilmOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940Feature FilmAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
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The Letter
1940Feature FilmThe wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.
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The Mark of Zorro
1940Feature FilmA young aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
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My Favorite Wife
1940Feature FilmMissing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.
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The Sea Hawk
1940Feature FilmGeoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.
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Waterloo Bridge
1940Feature FilmDuring World War I, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution. From there, things only get worse for her in this tragic, heart-wrenching, love story.
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Pride and Prejudice
1940Feature FilmMr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to ... See full summary »
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They Drive by Night
1940Feature FilmWhen one of 2 truck driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where later, the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
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The Bank Dick
1940Feature FilmHenpecked Egbert Sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
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The Westerner
1940Feature FilmJudge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
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All This, and Heaven Too
1940Feature FilmA duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
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Night Train to Munich
1940Feature FilmWhen Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Axel Bomasch, inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
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The Mortal Storm
1940Feature FilmThe 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 Brietner, a family friend is caught up in the turmoil.
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Remember the Night
1940Feature FilmA shoplifter and her prosecuter fall in love, creating tensions in their family lives.
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The Long Voyage Home
1940Feature FilmIn 1940, the motley crew of the British tramp steamer SS Glencairn prepares the ship for its perilous voyage from the West Indies to Baltimore and then to England.
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