1940’s

1949

  1. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (John Ford, USA)
  2. THE FLAME THAT NEVER DIES (Vittorio Cottafavi, Italy)
  3. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)
  4. ON THE TOWN (Stanley Donen + Gene Kelly, USA)
  5. THIEVES’ HIGHWAY (Jules Dassin, USA)
  6. CALABACITAS TIERNAS (Gilberto Martinez Solarez, Mexico)

1948

  1. FORT APACHE (John Ford, USA)
  2. THE PIRATE (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  3. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (William Dieterle, USA)
  4. DER APFEL IST AB (Helmut Käutner, Germany)
  5. NOSOTROS LOS POBRES (Ismael Rodriguez, Mexico)
  6. 3 GODFATHERS (John Ford, USA)
  7. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (H.C. Potter, USA)
  8. USTEDES LOS RICOS (Ismael Rodriguez, Mexico)

1947

  1. DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger, USA)
  2. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin, USA)
  3. ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (Jacques Becker, France)
  4. THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH (Jean Renoir, USA)
  5. LOS TRES GARCIA (Ismael Rodriguez, Mexico)

1946

  1. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford, USA)
  2. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU (Frank Borzage, USA)
  3. ENAMORADA (Emilio Fernandez, Mexico)

1945

  1. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Marcel Carné, France)
  2. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (Leo McCarey, USA)
  3. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (Michael Powell + Emeric Pressburger, UK)
  4. YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (Vincente Minnelli, USA)

1944

  1. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  2. GREAT FREEDOM NO. 7 (Helmut Käutner, Germany)
  3. GOING MY WAY (Leo McCarey, USA)
  4. MINISTRY OF FEAR (Fritz Lang, USA)

1943

  1. CABIN IN THE SKY (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  2. HIS BUTLER’S SISTER (Frank Borzage, USA)
  3. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  4. HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (Fritz Lang, USA)
  5. ROMANCE IN A MINOR KEY (Helmut Käutner, Germany)

1942

  1. THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges, USA)
  2. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  3. NOW, VOYAGER (Irving Rapper, USA)
  4. WE MAKE MUSIC (Helmut Käutner, Germany)

1941

  1. BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. HOLD BACK THE DAWN (Mitchell Leisen, USA)
  3. MAN HUNT (Fritz Lang, USA)

1940

  1. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  3. REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Mitchell Leisen, USA)
  4. THE MORTAL STORM (Frank Borzage, USA)
  5. WATERLOO BRIDGE (Mervyn Leroy, USA)
  6. THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (John Ford, USA)
  7. COMRADE X (King Vidor, USA)