1940s's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of 1940s? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best 1940s titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

1. #1 2024 16 great titles Best: The Six Triple Eight
2. #2 2023 15 great titles Best: There's Still Tomorrow
3. #3 2025 15 great titles Best: Nuremberg
4. #4 2019 9 great titles Best: Jojo Rabbit
5. #5 2001 8 great titles Best: Band of Brothers
6. #6 2016 8 great titles Best: In This Corner of the World
7. #7 2017 7 great titles Best: A Bag of Marbles
8. #8 1988 7 great titles Best: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9. #9 2020 7 great titles Best: Ratched
10. #10 2018 7 great titles Best: Where Hands Touch
11. #11 2009 6 great titles Best: Apocalypse: The Second World War
12. #12 1975 6 great titles Best: Mirror
13. #13 2015 6 great titles Best: Marvel's Agent Carter
14. #14 1984 6 great titles Best: 'Allo 'Allo!
15. #15 1979 6 great titles Best: The Marriage of Maria Braun
16. #16 2022 5 great titles Best: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
17. #17 2013 5 great titles Best: Generation War
18. #18 2004 5 great titles Best: Downfall
19. #19 1983 5 great titles Best: The Right Stuff
20. #20 2005 5 great titles Best: Memoirs of a Geisha
21. #21 2012 5 great titles Best: The Master
22. #22 2008 5 great titles Best: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button