Best French-Language Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

Looking for the best French-language movies and TV series of the 1940s? These 37 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Casablanca 1943 ★ 8.1

The Red Shoes 1948 ★ 8.0

Children of Paradise 1945 ★ 8.1

Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9

To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8

A Matter of Life and Death 1946 ★ 7.8

The Philadelphia Story 1940 ★ 7.6

Germany, Year Zero 1948 ★ 7.6

Beauty and the Beast 1946 ★ 7.5

My Darling Clementine 1946 ★ 7.5

Gilda 1946 ★ 7.5

To Have and Have Not 1945 ★ 7.5

Waterloo Bridge 1940 ★ 7.5

Sergeant York 1941 ★ 7.2

The Fallen Idol 1948 ★ 7.2

Foreign Correspondent 1940 ★ 7.0

I Remember Mama 1948 ★ 7.2

Easter Parade 1948 ★ 7.0

49th Parallel 1941 ★ 7.0

The Last Stage 1948 ★ 7.2

Manon 1949 ★ 6.9

The Devil's Envoys 1942 ★ 6.8

Stormy Waters 1941 ★ 6.8

Battleground 1949 ★ 6.7