The best movies 1940

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named...

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died...

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and...

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place,...

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning...

A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a...

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his...

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to...

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous...

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his...

The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.

A little bank employee wins a plane in the lottery and amazes his companions with his audacity.

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young...

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

In 1840, a caravan of carts headed from Buenos Aires to Córdoba carrying merchandise, ammunition and prisoners, against the background of the...

Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts...

On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly...

"Marquesona" is the central figure of a flamenco picture made by a group of artists who go from town to town with their art. Rosa, "marquesona's"...

A young man who travels from the country to he city to study law has economic hardship until he receives help from a neighbor.

A single man and womanizer who enjoys the nightlife learns that he has a son who is already an adult. In order to gain his affection he decides to...

Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.

Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.

A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.

A wealthy woman pressures her son-in-law to give her a grandson until her daughter finally gets pregnant.

A 1940 film directed by Manuel R. Ojeda,

In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.

Two fishermen and pelotaris, Josechu and Mikel, compete for Mirentxu's love.

Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to...

A country girl falls in love with an English professor who's in the country studying fossils, but must return to his land.

Accidental meeting between a pop-music superstar and a politician's daughter turns into a big romance... but class distinctions, and scandal in the...

Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...

Abslan and Hamed, two cousins of very different character and lives, whose families have put an end to old quarrels, become rivals for the love of...