Best Black And White Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

3eyedraven's 76 top-rated black and white movies and TV series of the 1940s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

It's a Wonderful Life 1946 ★ 8.3
The Great Dictator 1940 ★ 8.3
Bicycle Thieves 1948 ★ 8.2
Casablanca 1943 ★ 8.1
Double Indemnity 1944 ★ 8.1
The Shop Around the Corner 1940 ★ 8.1
Citizen Kane 1941 ★ 8.0
Children of Paradise 1945 ★ 8.1
Late Spring 1949 ★ 8.0
Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9
The Third Man 1949 ★ 7.9
To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8
The Maltese Falcon 1941 ★ 7.7
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 ★ 7.7
Notorious 1946 ★ 7.7
Brief Encounter 1945 ★ 7.7
The Heiress 1949 ★ 7.8
Out of the Past 1947 ★ 7.7
Laura 1944 ★ 7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 ★ 7.6
The Philadelphia Story 1940 ★ 7.6
Mildred Pierce 1945 ★ 7.6
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 ★ 7.5
Stray Dog 1949 ★ 7.6