1941 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1941

               SUPERMAN VS. 

25.THE MECHANICAL MONSTERS

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24.         THE WOLF MAN

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23.THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE

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22. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

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21.             MAN HUNT

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20.HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

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19.           HIGH SIERRA

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18.  HERE COMES MR. JORDAN

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                  THE DEVIL

        AND DANIEL WEBSTER

17.[ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY]

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16.             SUSPICION

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15.       SERGEANT YORK

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14.      PÉPÉ LE MOKO

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               NEVER GIVE A 

13.   SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK

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12.  HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT

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11.   THAT HAMILTON WOMAN

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10.       THE LITTLE FOXES

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9.             BALL OF FIRE

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8.    NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH

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7.     THE MALTESE FALCON

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6.                  DUMBO

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5.             HELLZAPOPPIN'

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4.        SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

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3.               CITIZEN KANE

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2.              THE LADY EVE

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1.                FANTASIA

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other films of '41 that could've place)

THE PROUD VALLEY

THE 47 RONIN

MEET JOHN DOE

TORTOISE BEATS HARE

ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN

MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN

THE BLACK CAT

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1941
TOP 25

1. FANTASIA (Disney)
2. THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges)
3. CITIZEN KANE (Welles)
4. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges)
5. HELLZAPOPPIN (Potter)
6. DUMBO (Disney)
7. MALTESE FALCON (Huston)
8. NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (Reed)
9. BALL OF FIRE (Hawks)
10. THE LITTLE FOXES (Wyler)
11. THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (Korda)
12. HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT (Avery)
13. NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (Cline)
14. PEPE LE MOKO (Duvivier)
15. SERGEANT YORK (Hawks)
16. SUSPICION (Hitchcock)
17. DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (Dieterle)
18. HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (Hall)
19. HIGH SIERRA (Walsh)
20. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (Ford)
21. MAN HUNT (Lang)
22. DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Fleming)
23. THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (Walsh)
24. THE WOLF MAN (Waggner)
25. MECHANICAL MONSTERS (Fleischer)

RUNNER-UP:
PROUD VALLEY (Tennyson), 47 RONIN (Mizoguchi), MEET JOHN DOE (Capra), TORTOISE BEATS HARE (Tex Avery), ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN Rapper), MR BUG GOES TO TOWN (Fleischer), THE BLACK CAT (Rogell)