1941

Film Decades: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
  • Adam Had Four Sons – starring Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter
  • Among the Living, starring Albert Dekker and Susan Hayward
  • Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary, starring Mickey Rooney
  • Babes on Broadway – directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
  • Back Street, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan
  • The Bad Man – directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, & Ronald Reagan
  • Ball of Fire – directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  • Belle Star – directed by Irving Cummings, starring Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney
  • The Big Store, starring the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Tony Martin
  • The Black Cat – starring Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi
  • Blood and Sand – starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
  • Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
  • The Blue Star Hotel (Hotel Modrá hvězda), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Blues in the Night, starring Priscilla Lane and Betty Field
  • Bowery Blitzkrieg, starring the East Side Kids
  • The Bride Came C.O.D. – directed by William Keighley, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
  • Broadway Limited – starring Victor McLaglen, Dennis O’Keefe, Patsy Kelly
  • Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
  • Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello
  • Caught in the Draft, starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
  • Charlie Chan in Rio, starring Sidney Toler
  • A Charming Man (Roztomilý člověk), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Chocolate Soldier, starring Nelson Eddy
  • Churchill’s Island (La Forteresse de Churchill) – (Canada)
  • Citizen Kane** – directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
  • The Corsican Brothers, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Cottage to Let, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills – (GB)
  • Crook’s Tour, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne
  • Cuando los hijos se van (When Children Leave Home) – (Mexico)
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster (aka All That Money Can Buy) – starring Walter Huston and Edward Arnold
  • The Devil and Miss Jones, starring Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – starring Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman
  • Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day – directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, & Laraine Day
  • Dumbo, animated film from Walt Disney
  • The Face Behind the Mask – starring Peter Lorre
  • The Farmer’s Wife, starring Basil Sydney
  • Footsteps in the Dark – starring Errol Flynn
  • Four Mothers – directed by William Keighley, starring Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, May Robson and featuring the Lane Sisters: Priscilla, Rosemary, and Lola
  • The Flame of New Orleans, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • Flying Wild, starring the East Side Kids
  • Freedom Radio, directed by Anthony Asquith – (GB)
  • The Gang’s All Here, starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
  • The Ghost of St. Michael’s, starring Will Hay and Charles Hawtrey – (GB)
  • The Great Lie, starring Mary Astor and Bette Davis
  • H.M. Pulham, Esq., starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young
  • The Hard Life of an Adventurer (Těžký život dobrodruha) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Hatter’s Castle, starring Robert Newton and Deborah Kerr – (Britain)
  • The Heavenly Play (Himlaspelet), directed by Alf Sjöberg – (Sweden)
  • Hellzapoppin’, starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery
  • High Sierra – starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart in his first starring role
  • Hit the Road, starring the Dead End Kids
  • Hold Back the Dawn – directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard
  • Hold That Ghost, starring Abbott and Costello
  • Honky Tonk – starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
  • How Green Was My Valley – directed by John Ford, starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O’Hara – winner of 5 Academy Awards
  • Hudson’s Bay – directed by Irving Pichel, starring Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Vincent Price
  • I Wake Up Screaming, starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis
  • I Wanted Wings – starring Ray Milland, William Holden, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy
  • In the Navy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim – (GB)
  • The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) – (Italy)
  • It Started with Eve, starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings
  • Jesse James at Bay, starring Roy Rogers
  • Kathleen – directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, & Gail Patrick
  • Keep ‘Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Khazanchi (Cashier) – (India)
  • Kipps, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
  • Ladies in Retirement, starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward
  • Lady Be Good, starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Young
  • The Lady Eve – written & directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
  • Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
  • Life with Henry, starring Jackie Cooper
  • The Little Foxes – directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis
  • Look Who’s Laughing, starring Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly
  • Louisiana Purchase, starring Bob Hope
  • Love on the Dole, starring Deborah Kerr – (GB)
  • Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison – (GB)
  • The Maltese Falcon** – directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet
  • Man Hunt, starring Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett
  • Man Made Monster, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill
  • Manpower, starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft
  • Meet John Doe – directed by Frank Capra, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  • Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery
  • Mr. Bug Goes to Town
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring W.C. Fields
  • Nice Girl?, starring Deanna Durbin
  • Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger), starring Emil Jannings – (Germany)
  • One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
  • One Night in Lisbon, starring Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll
  • One Night in Transylvania (Egy éjszaka Erdélyben) – (Hungary)
  • Penn of Pennsylvania, starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr – (GB)
  • Penny Serenade – directed by George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
  • The People vs. Dr. Kildare – directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Bonita Granville, & Laraine Day
  • Piccolo mondo antico (Old-Fashioned World), starring Alida Valli – (Italy)
  • Pimpernel Smith, directed by and starring Leslie Howard – (GB)
  • A Place to Live
  • Pot o’ Gold – directed by George Marshall, starring James Stewart, Paulette Godard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger, Mary Gordon, Art Carney (uncredited)
  • Pride of the Bowery, starring the East Side Kids
  • Princess Iron Fan (Tie shan gong zhu) – (China)
  • Quiet Wedding, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood – (GB)
  • Rage in Heaven – directed by W.S. Van Dyke, starring Robert Montgomery and Ingrid Bergman
  • Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers
  • The Reluctant Dragon, starring Robert Benchley
  • Road to Zanzibar, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
  • The Saint in Palm Springs, starring George Sanders
  • The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Den forsvundne pølsemaker) – (Norway)
  • The Sea Wolf, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
  • Sergeant York – directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan
  • Shadow of the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
  • The Shanghai Gesture – directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston
  • The Shepherd of the Hills – starring John Wayne
  • Sheriff of Tombstone, starring Roy Rogers
  • Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
  • Sikandar (Alexander the Great) – (India)
  • Six Gun Gold, starring Tim Holt
  • Skylark – starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland
  • Spellbound, starring Derek Farr – (GB)
  • Spooks Run Wild – starring East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi
  • Stormy Waters (Remorques), starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan – (France)
  • The Strawberry Blonde – directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
  • Sullivan’s Travels – written & directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
  • Sun Valley Serenade, starring Sonja Henie
  • Sundown – directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gene Tierney
  • Suspicion – directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant
  • Suvorov – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Swamp Water – directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan and Walter Huston
  • The Tale of the Fox (Le Roman de Renard) – (France)
  • Target for Tonight, a propaganda documentary – (GB)
  • Tarzan’s Secret Treasure, starring Johnny Weissmuller
  • Teresa Venerdì – directed by and starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
  • That Hamilton Woman (aka Lady Hamilton) – starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
  • That Night in Rio, starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda
  • They Died with Their Boots On – directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet, Hattie McDaniel
  • They Met in Argentina – starring Maureen O’Hara and James Ellison
  • Tobacco Road – directed by John Ford, starring Gene Tierney
  • Tosca, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Imperio Argentina and Michel Simon (Italy)
  • The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941) – directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Laraine Day, Robert Young, Tom Conway, Frieda Inescort, John Litel, Marsha Hunt, Marjorie Main, & Henry O’Neill
  • Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby – (GB)
  • The Tyrant Father (O Pai Tirano) – (Portugal)
  • U-Boat Course West! (U-Boote westwärts) – (Germany)
  • Unexpected Uncle, starring Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn
  • Unholy Partners – directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold, & Marsha Hunt
  • Week-End in Havana, starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero
  • Western Union – directed by Fritz Lang, starring Randolph Scott
  • When Ladies Meet, starring Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall
  • The White Ship (La nave bianca) – directed by Roberto Rossellini – Italy
  • The Wolf Man – directed by George Waggner, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, and Maria Ouspenskaya
  • A Woman’s Face, starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas
  • A Yank in the RAF, starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
  • You Belong to Me – directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
  • You’ll Never Get Rich, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
  • Ziegfeld Girl – starring Judy Garland and James Stewart