Top 50: 1940's
By: Trolley Freak
Likely to change the more films I see. In chronological order…
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The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
Results Table:
Howard Hawks – 4 films (His Girl Friday, Ball Of Fire, To Have And Have Not, The Big Sleep)
Ball Of Fire (1941)
Alfred Hitchcock – 3 films (Rebecca, Shadow Of A Doubt, Notorious)
Orson Welles – 3 films (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger)
John Huston – 3 films (The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre)
Carol Reed – 3 films (Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Ernst Lubitsch – 2 films (The Shop Around The Corner, To Be Or Not To Be)
Robert Bresson – 2 films (Angels Of The Streets, Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne)
Henri-Georges Clouzot – 2 films (Le Corbeau, Quai Des Orfèvres)
Luchino Visconti – 2 films (Ossessione, La Terra Trema)
William Wyler – 2 films (The Best Years Of Our Lives, The Heiress)
Le Corbeau (1943)
David Lean – 2 films (Brief Encounter, Great Expectations)
Vittorio De Sica – 2 films (Shoeshine, Bicycle Thieves)
Robert Hamer – 2 films (It Always Rains On Sunday, Kind Hearts And Coronets)
Yasujirô Ozu – 2 films (The Record Of A Tenement Gentleman, Late Spring)
Akira Kurosawa – 2 films (Drunken Angel, Stray Dog)
Great Expectations (1946)
Raoul Walsh -1 film (High Sierra)
Michael Curtiz – 1 film (Casablanca)
Carl Theodor Dreyer – 1 film (Day Of Wrath)
William A. Wellman – 1 film (The Ox-Bow Incident)
Day Of Wrath (1943)
Billy Wilder – 1 film (Double Indemnity)
Marcel Carné – 1 film (Children Of Paradise)
Roberto Rossellini – 1 film (Rome, Open City)
Frank Capra – 1 film (It’s A Wonderful Life)
Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger – 1 film (Black Narcissus)
Children Of Paradise (1945)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz – 1 film (The Ghost And Mrs. Muir)
Jacques Tourneur – 1 film (Out Of The Past)
Nicholas Ray – 1 film (They Live By Night)
Giusepee de Santis – 1 film (Bitter Rice)
Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen – 1 film (On The Town)
They Live By Night (1948)
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01Howard Hawks
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02Alfred Hitchcock
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03Ernst Lubitsch
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04Howard Hawks
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05Orson Welles
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06Raoul Walsh
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07John Huston
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08Michael Curtiz
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09Orson Welles
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10Ernst Lubitsch
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11Robert Bresson
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12Henri-Georges Clouzot
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13Carl Theodor Dreyer
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14William A. Wellman
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15Luchino Visconti
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16Alfred Hitchcock
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17Billy Wilder
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18Howard Hawks
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19David Lean
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20Marcel Carné
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21Robert Bresson
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22Roberto Rossellini
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23William Wyler
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24Howard Hawks
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25David Lean
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26Frank Capra
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27Alfred Hitchcock
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28Vittorio De Sica
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29Orson Welles
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30Michael Powell
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31Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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32Robert Hamer
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33Carol Reed
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34Jacques Tourneur
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35Henri-Georges Clouzot
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36Yasujirô Ozu
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37Vittorio De Sica
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38Akira Kurosawa
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39Carol Reed
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40John Huston
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41Luchino Visconti
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42Nicholas Ray
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43John Huston
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44Giuseppe de Santis
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45William Wyler
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46Robert Hamer
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47Yasujirô Ozu
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48Gene Kelly
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49Akira Kurosawa
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50Carol Reed