Films from the 1940s
Pattern Statistics
68
Movies
6.8
Avg Arcplot
107
Avg Runtime
1940-1949
Year Range
7.4
Avg IMDb
89%
Avg RT
84
Avg Metacritic
$1212M
Total Box Office
63
With Awards
14.9
Avg Plot Points
1940s Cinema - Narrative Structure Analysis
Films from the 1940s showcases varied approaches to narrative structure, embodying the narrative sensibilities of the decade. Across 68 films analyzed from this decade, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 demonstrates selective application of classical frameworks.
Popular Categories
The 1940s saw prominence in Drama (42 films), Romance (28 films), Comedy (20 films), reflecting the era's thematic preoccupations.
Notable examples from this decade include Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, 8.0), Bambi (1942, 7.7), and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947, 7.7).
Films from this decade averaged 1 hour and 47 minutes, representing compressed dramatic structures.
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49th Parallel
1941
Adam's Rib
1949
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Bambi
1942
Bathing Beauty
1944
Bicycle Thieves
1948
Brief Encounter
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Casablanca
1942
Citizen Kane
1941
Double Indemnity
1944
Duel in the Sun
1946
Dumbo
1941
Fantasia
1940
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
Gilda
1946
Golden Earrings
1947
How Green Was My Valley
1941
It's A Wonderful Life
1946
Lassie Come Home
1943
Late Spring
1949
Little Women
1949
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Melody Time
1948
Mildred Pierce
1945
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Mrs. Miniver
1942
My Friend Irma
1949
National Velvet
1945
Notorious
1946
On the Town
1949
Pinocchio
1940
Random Harvest
1942
Raw Deal
1948
Rebecca
1940
Red River
1948
Road to Morocco
1942
Rope
1948
Samson and Delilah
1949
Seeds of Destiny
1946
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Song of the South
1946
Spellbound
1945
Suspicion
1941
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
The Big Sleep
1946
The Black Swan
1942
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Lost Weekend
1945
The Philadelphia Story
1940
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
The Red Shoes
1948
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
The Silver Fleet
1943
The Spoilers
1942
The Three Caballeros
1944
The Three Musketeers
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
The Valley of Decision
1945
The Wolf Man
1941
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
To Be or Not to Be
1942