1940s Poll: Critics

Ethan Alter (Yahoo Movies): Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Citizen Kane, Fantasia, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Meshes of the Afternoon

Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Chronicle): Day of Wrath, The Great Dictator. I Walked with a Zombie, Late Spring, Rebecca

David Ansen (Newsweek): THE LADY EVE, NOTORIOUS, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, I KNOW WHERE IM GOING, DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Michael Atkinson (The Village Voice): Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Brief Encounter, It's a Wonderful Life, The Best Years of Our Lives, Beauty and the Beast, Late Spring, Bicycle Thieves

Andreas Babiolakis (Films Fatale): The Red Shoes, Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thieves, Casablanca, Children of Paradise

Neil Bahadur (Freelance): Ivan The Terrible, Monsieur Verdoux, How Green Was My Valley, Bambi, Citizen Kane

William Bibbiani (The Wrap): Beauty and the Beast, Christmas in Connecticut, The Little Foxes, The Palm Beach Story, The Third Man (1949)

John Bleasdale (The Times): Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Rome Open City, The Third Man

Liz Braun (Toronto Sun) Laura, The Lost Weekend, The Grapes of Wrath, Rebecca, Gaslight

Matt Brunson (Film Frenzy): CASABLANCA, CITIZEN KANE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Zach Caruso (Freelance): Bicycle Thieves, The Third Man, Rope, Citizen Kane, Le Corbeau

Erik Childress (eFilmCritic): Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Great Dictator, His Girl Friday, It’s a Wonderful Life

Daryl Chin (Criterion):THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, DAY OF WRATH, LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE, LA PORTA DEL CIELO

Laura Frank Clifford (Reeling Reviews): I Know Where I'm Going, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Shadow of a Doubt, Beauty and the Beast

Adam Cook (Freelance): How Green Was My Valley, Notorious, Fort Apache, Late Spring, The Shop Around the Corner

Tony Dayoub (CinemaViewfinder): The Red Shoes, Casablanca, The Best Years of Our Lives, Black Narcissus

Michael Dunaway (Paste Magazine): The Bicycle Thieves, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, Rome, Open City

Philip De Semlyen (Time Out New York): Citizen Kane, The Red Shoes, The Best Years of Our Lives, Rome, Open City, Les Enfants du Paradis

David Edelstein (Freelance): The Lady Eve, Notorious, Double Indemnity, His Girl Friday, Rome Open City, Bicycle Thieves, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Third Man, Late Spring, The Shop Around the Corner

Max Evry (Baltimore Sun): Adam’s Rib, Key Largo, The Thief of Baghdad, Isle of the Dead, The Third Man

Matt Fagerholm (RogerEbert): It’s a Wonderful Life, The Third Man, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Great Dictator, Citizen Kane

Mark Feeney (Boston Globe): Citizen Kane, His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, the Magnificent Ambersons

Marshall Fine (NYFCC): Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Notorious, The Third Man, His Girl Friday

Steve Finkelstein (FB Film Forum): Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thieves, Grapes of Wrath, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Third Man

Jean-Jacky Goldberg (Les Inrockuptibles): Late spring, A Day in the Country, His Girl Friday, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Gaslight

Bill Goodykoontz (Arizona Republic) Citizen Kane, The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca, The Third Man, It's a Wonderful Life

David Greven (University of South Carolina): NOW, VOYAGER, MILDRED PIERCE, NOTORIOUS, THE HEIRESS, CRISS CROSS

Robert Horton (Film Comment): CITIZEN KANE, THEY WERE EXPENDABLE, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!, RED RIVER, LAST SPRING

Peter Howell (Toronto Star): The Third Man, Casablanca, It’s A Wonderful Life, Citizen, The Great Dictator

Andrea Hudson (Freelance): Third Man, Arsenic and Old Lace, Citizen Kane, Mildred Pierce, Casablanca

Richard T. Jameson (Film Comment) The Magnificent Ambersons, They Were Expendable, It’s a Wonderful Life, Out of the Past, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Tom Jolliffe (Flickering Myth): Stray Dog, The Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, Rebecca, Beauty and the Beast, Brief Encounter, The Third Man, Bicycle Thieves, The Red Shoes

Mark Johnson (Awards Daily): Casablanca, Citizen Kane, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Best Years of Our Lives

Glenn Kenny (RogerEbert): Citizen Kane, Shadow of A Doubt, Laura, Scarlet Street, A Day in the Country

Larry Karaszewski (Screenwriter): Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Ball of Fire, Scarlet, Street Double Indemnity

Elisabeth Karlin (Film Essayist): LATE SPRING, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE BICYCLE THIEF, SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Don Kaye (Den of Geek): Citizen Kane, Rebecca, Casablanca, I Walked with a Zombie, Gilda

Peter Keough (Boston Phoenix): Bicycle Thieves, Germany Year Zero, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast

Jonathan Kiefer (Mill Valley Film Festival): Children of Paradise, Sullivan's Travels, The Maltese Falcon, Late Spring, At Land

Harry Knowles (Ain’t it Cool): La Belle et La Bete, Fantasia, Lady From Shanghai, Citizen Kane, Stray Dog

Kevin Laforest (Extra Beurre): Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, His Girl Friday, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, Rebecca, The Shop Around the Corner, The Third Man, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Joanna Langifeld (The Movie Minute): It’s A Wonderful Life, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Red Shoes

William LaRochelle (Freelance): Bambi, Shadow of a Doubt, It's a Wonderful Life, The Great Dictator, Casablanca

Eric Lavalee (IONCINEMA): Citizen Kane, Rome, Open City, Bicycle Thieves, The Third Man, Children of Paradise

Marcos Levy (Freelance): Citizen Kane The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Big Sleep Casablanca, Rope

Craig D. Lindsey (Nashville Scene): BALL OF FIRE THE BIG SLEEP BRIEF ENCOUNTER NOTORIOUS THE THIRD MAN

Wesley Lovell (Cinema Sight): Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Casablanca, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Third Man

Rod Lurie (Filmmaker): Bicycle Thieves, Notorious, Third Man, Out of the Past, Citizen Kane

Eric Marchen (Rogers TV): The Best Years of Our Lives, Bicycle Thieves, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Third Man

Philip Martin (Arkansas Democrat Gazette): The Best Years of Our Lives, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Bicycle Thieves, Late Spring

Scott Mendelson (Puck): Best Years of Our Lives, Bicycle Thieves, Citizen Kane, Great Dictator, Lady Eve

Myron Meisel (Film Comment): The Great Dictator, The Magnificent Ambersons, Shadow of a Doubt, It's a Wonderful Life, Meet Me in St. Louis, Letter from an Unknown Woman, How Green Was My Valley

Jared Mobarak (The Film Stage): It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Killers, Rebecca

Rob Motto (Motto on Movies): Citizen Kane, Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Casablanca

John Nolte (Breitbart): Notorious, Human Comedy, Casablanca, White Heat, Double Indemnity

ANONYMOUS: Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Bicycle Thieves, The Philadelphia Story, Double Indemnity

Miguel Pendas (Film Comment): Casablanca; Out of the Past; Bicycle Thieves; The Third Man; Citizen Kane

Van Papadopoulos (Cannes Classics) BICYCLE THIEVES, CHILDREN OF PARADISE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, IVAN THE TERRIBLE, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

Michael Patterson (Michael’s Telluride Blog): Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Grapes of Wrath, The Ox Bow Incident

Gerald Peary (The Arts Fuse): Citizen Kane, Shadow of a Doubt, Letter From an Unknown Woman, Double Indemnity, They Were Expendable

Kyle Pinion (Screen Rex): Double Indemnity, Citizen Kane, It’s A Wonderful Life, Late Spring, Rope

Emanuele Rauco (Venice Film Festival): Citizen Kane, Germany Year Zero, The Red Shoes, It’s a Wonderful Life, Notorious

Timothy Rhys (Movie Maker): Out of the Past, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Bicycle Thief, Pinocchio, The Best Years of Our Lives

Nathaniel Rogers (The Film Experience); Meet Me in St. Louis, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Black Narcissus, Casablanca

Ruben Rosario (Miamiartzine) Brief Encounter, Meet Me in St. Louis, My Darling Clementine, Now, Voyager Pinocchio

Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel): Bicycle Thieves, Double Indemnity, Casablanca, The Best Year of Our Lives, The Maltese Falcon, The Red Shoes, Citizen Kane

Dan Sallitt (Filmmaker) DAISY KENYON, NOTORIOUS, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, FORT APACHE, THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

Piero Scaruffi (Scaruffi): Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Lady From Shanghai, Meet John Doe, Late Spring

Christopher Schobert (The Buffalo News): Black Narcissus Citizen Kane The Magnificent Ambersons The Red Shoes Out of the Past

Thomas Schultze (SPOT): The Red Shoes, Day of Wrath, The Great Dictator, Bicycle Thieves, Double Indemnity

Ian Schultz (Hyde Park Picture House): Citizen Kane, Les enfants du paradis, Nightmare Alley, The Third Man, Beauty and the Beast

Niles Schwartz (Slant Magazine): Red Shoes, Citizen Kane, Fort Apache, The Best Years of Our Lives, Children of Paradise

Diego Semerene (Slant Magazine): Bicycle Thieves, How Green Was My Valley, Cat People, The Great Dictator, Mildred Pierce

Gene Seymour (Newsday): Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, The Third Man, Children of Paradise, The Lady Eve

Don Shanahan (Film Obsessive): Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Philadelphia Story, Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon

Jason Shawan (Nashville Scene): Children of Paradise, Notorious, Casablanca, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Seventh Victim

Steven Shaviro (Sense of Cinema): Citizen Kane, Scarlet Street, Double Indemnity, Notorious, Detour

Yael Shuv (Time Out Tel Aviv): Bicycle Thieves, The Third Man, The Red Shoes, Children of Paradise, Citizen Kane

Alex Simon (The Hollywood Interview): THE GREAT DICTATOR, CITIZEN KANE, MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Jeff Simon (The Buffalo News): The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity, Laura

Michael Sragow (Film Comment): Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, The Best Years of Our Lives, Children of Paradise, Bicycle Thieves

Tony Joe Stemme (Freelance): CAT PEOPLE, WHITE HEAT, CITIZEN KANE, GRAPES OF WRATH, ROME OPEN CITY

Marlow Stern (The Daily Beast): Citizen Kane, Casablanca, His Girl Friday, Bicycle Thieves, Notorious

David Sterritt (Christian Science Monitor): Bicycle Thieves, Children of Paradise, Citizen Kane, Meshes of the Afternoon, Notorious

Herb Stratford (Tucson Film Festival): Casablanca, The Best Years of Our Lives, It's A Wonderful Life, Gaslight and Citizen Kan

Brian Truitt (USA Today): The Third Man, The Maltese Falcon, The Philadelphia Story, On the Town, Fantasia

Mel Valentin (That Shelf): Rope, A Matter of Life and Death, Shadow of a Doubt, The Big Sleep, Black Narcissus

Tomasso Tocci (IONCINEMA): The Third Man, Bicycle Thieves, Casablanca, The Great Dictator, Citizen Kane

Kent Turner (Film Forward): A FOREIGN AFFAIR, LATE SPRING, LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, A LETTER, TO THREE WIVES PAISAN

Jeremy Urquhart (Collider): Casablanca, Bicycle Thieves, The Red Shoes, Citizen Kane, Late Spring

Daniel Waters (Filmmaker): Day of Wrath, A Matter of Life and Death, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, It’s a Wonderful Life

Matthew Wilder (Filmmaker): The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, Children of Paradise, His Girl Friday

Chuck Wilson (LA Weekly): Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thieves, Meet Me in St Louis, Rome Open City, Pinocchio