Best Drama Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

Our pick of the 159 best Drama movies and TV series of the 1940s to stream on 3eyedraven, sorted by weighted rating and refreshed as scores move. Cast, ratings, trailers and streaming options included.

It's a Wonderful Life 1946 ★ 8.3
Bicycle Thieves 1948 ★ 8.2
Casablanca 1943 ★ 8.1
The Shop Around the Corner 1940 ★ 8.1
Citizen Kane 1941 ★ 8.0
Rome, Open City 1945 ★ 8.0
The Red Shoes 1948 ★ 8.0
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 ★ 8.0
Children of Paradise 1945 ★ 8.1
Late Spring 1949 ★ 8.0
Rope 1948 ★ 7.9
Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9
Day of Wrath 1943 ★ 8.0
The Grapes of Wrath 1940 ★ 7.8
A Matter of Life and Death 1946 ★ 7.8
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 ★ 7.7
Notorious 1946 ★ 7.7
Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 ★ 7.8
Brief Encounter 1945 ★ 7.7
The Heiress 1949 ★ 7.8
Laura 1944 ★ 7.6
White Heat 1949 ★ 7.6
Mildred Pierce 1945 ★ 7.6
Germany, Year Zero 1948 ★ 7.6