Classic Film Adaptations: The 1940s

1.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,842 ratings
2.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,627 ratings
3.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
by: R.A. Dick
4.12 avg rating — 6,380 ratings
4.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,236 ratings
5.
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts 4.17 avg rating — 848 ratings
6.
The Third Man
The Third Man 3.79 avg rating — 16,176 ratings
7.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,291 ratings
8.
Lassie Come-Home
Lassie Come-Home 4.19 avg rating — 23,621 ratings
9.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,631 ratings
10.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating — 18,451 ratings
11.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons 3.79 avg rating — 11,959 ratings
12.
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver 3.92 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
13.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,151 ratings
14.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace 4.14 avg rating — 24,645 ratings
15.
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck 3.79 avg rating — 6,884 ratings
16.
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis 3.78 avg rating — 334 ratings
17.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,135 ratings
18.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
19.
National Velvet
National Velvet 4.10 avg rating — 25,904 ratings
20.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 3.74 avg rating — 845 ratings
21.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,049 ratings
22.
Mama's Bank Account
Mama's Bank Account 4.25 avg rating — 3,346 ratings
23.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest 4.16 avg rating — 2,297 ratings
24.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,194 ratings
25.
Laura
Laura 3.97 avg rating — 3,848 ratings
26.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner 4.05 avg rating — 5,044 ratings
27.
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement 3.95 avg rating — 998 ratings
28.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,640 ratings
29.
Cluny Brown
Cluny Brown 3.76 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
30.
Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from his Wife
Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from his Wife 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
31.
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed 3.39 avg rating — 77 ratings
32.
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions 3.65 avg rating — 964 ratings
33.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,191 ratings
34.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,020 ratings
35.
Life with Father
Life with Father 3.89 avg rating — 3,455 ratings
36.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,240 ratings
37.
All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too 4.11 avg rating — 484 ratings
38.
Washington Square
Washington Square 3.70 avg rating — 25,045 ratings
38.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating — 52,294 ratings
40.
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion 4.09 avg rating — 10,862 ratings
41.
The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)
The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 10,150 ratings
42.
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes 3.94 avg rating — 5,559 ratings
43.
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
44.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by: B. Traven
4.10 avg rating — 3,033 ratings
45.
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Shepherd of the Hills 4.22 avg rating — 3,699 ratings
46.
Little Women
Little Women 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,212 ratings
47.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 3.67 avg rating — 10,525 ratings
48.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy 4.03 avg rating — 6,505 ratings
49.
They Were Expendable: An American Torpedo Boat Squadron in the U.S. Retreat from the Philippines
They Were Expendable: An American Torpedo Boat Squadron in the U.S. Retreat from the Philippines 4.03 avg rating — 220 ratings
50.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Special Edition) 3.76 avg rating — 47,119 ratings
51.
The Blue Lagoon
The Blue Lagoon 3.61 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
52.
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident 3.87 avg rating — 6,521 ratings
53.
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 4.20 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
54.
Some Must Watch
Some Must Watch 3.70 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
55.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,742 ratings
56.
In This Our Life
In This Our Life 3.56 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
57.
George Washington Slept Here
George Washington Slept Here
by: Moss Hart
3.35 avg rating — 63 ratings
58.
Command decision
Command decision 3.89 avg rating — 71 ratings
58.
The Valley Of Decision
The Valley Of Decision 4.27 avg rating — 497 ratings
60.
Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine 3.61 avg rating — 257 ratings
61.
The Queen Bee
The Queen Bee 4.08 avg rating — 64 ratings
61.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley 3.82 avg rating — 7,074 ratings
63.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,501 ratings
63.
Before the Fact
Before the Fact 3.59 avg rating — 841 ratings
65.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,876 ratings
65.
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale 4.16 avg rating — 4,165 ratings
65.
The Fallen Sparrow
The Fallen Sparrow 3.45 avg rating — 246 ratings
68.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio 3.84 avg rating — 87,069 ratings
69.
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 18,416 ratings
69.
High Sierra
High Sierra 3.95 avg rating — 165 ratings
71.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,755 ratings
72.
Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2)
Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
72.
Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse 3.80 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
74.
Dark Passage
Dark Passage 3.96 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
75.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,684 ratings
76.
Black Narcissus: A Novel
Black Narcissus: A Novel 3.82 avg rating — 3,228 ratings
77.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,334 ratings
78.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,704 ratings
79.
The Brick Foxhole
The Brick Foxhole 3.52 avg rating — 63 ratings
80.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets 3.96 avg rating — 247 ratings
81.
Now, Voyager
Now, Voyager 4.19 avg rating — 821 ratings
82.
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend 4.09 avg rating — 2,320 ratings
83.
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun 3.11 avg rating — 64 ratings
84.
Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal
Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal 3.81 avg rating — 275 ratings
85.
Glory for Me
Glory for Me 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings
86.
Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories 4.23 avg rating — 3,117 ratings
87.
Twelve O'clock High
Twelve O'clock High 4.42 avg rating — 134 ratings
88.
The Sea-Hawk
The Sea-Hawk 4.08 avg rating — 3,751 ratings
88.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,728 ratings
90.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,397 ratings
90.
The Secret Garden: The Sisterhood
The Secret Garden: The Sisterhood 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,136 ratings
92.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,952 ratings
93.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,717 ratings
94.
"—But Not Goodbye": A Comedy in Three Acts
"—But Not Goodbye": A Comedy in Three Acts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
94.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,107 ratings
96.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust 3.74 avg rating — 6,155 ratings
97.
Paso Por Aqui
Paso Por Aqui 4.06 avg rating — 54 ratings
97.
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown's Schooldays 3.44 avg rating — 2,971 ratings
99.
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas 3.74 avg rating — 6,997 ratings
100.
Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us 3.68 avg rating — 812 ratings
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