1939 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1939.


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20.              LOVE AFFAIR

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19.                MIDNIGHT

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18.           DARK VICTORY

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17.                 MIKADO

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16.        YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

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15.        THE FOUR FEATHERS

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               THE STORY OF

14. THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM

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13.       DESTRY RIDES AGAIN

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12.               NINOTCHKA

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              THE HUNCHBACK 

11.   OF NOTRE DAME

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10.              THE WOMEN

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9.          PORT OF SHADOWS

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8.    ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS

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7.        ALEXANDER NEVSKY

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6.         THE FLYING DEUCES

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5.    THE ROARING TWENTIES

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4.       GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

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3.              STAGECOACH

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2.    THE RULES OF THE GAME

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1.         THE WIZARD OF OZ

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other films of '39 that could've placed)

PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA

THE SPY IN BLACK  [U-BOAT 29]

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OF MICE AND MEN

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

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PEACE ON EARTH

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MR SMITH 

GOES TO WASHINGTON

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1939
TOP 25

1. WIZARD OF OZ (Fleming)
2. LA RÈGLE DU JEU (Renoir)
3. STAGECOACH (Ford)
4. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (Sam Wood)
5. THE ROARING TWENTIES (Walsh)
6. THE FLYING DEUCES (A. Edward Sutherland) 
7. Алекса́ндр Не́вский (Eisenstein)
8. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Hawks)
9. PORT OF SHADOWS (Marcel Carné)
10. THE WOMEN (Cukor)
11. HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (William Dieterle)
12. NINOTCHKA (Lubitsch)
13. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (George Marshall)
14. STORY OF LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM (Mizoguchi)
15. THE FOUR FEATHERS (Korda)
16. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (Ford)
17. MIKADO (Victor Schertzinger)
18. DARK VICTORY (Edmund Goulding)
19. MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
20. LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey)

HONORABLE MENTION:

PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA (Soffici), U-BOAT 29 (Powell), OF MICE AND MEN (Milestone), WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Wyler), GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (Fleischer), PEACE ON EARTH (Hugh Harman), MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Capra), GONE WITH THE WIND (Fleming)