‘1940s’

Best Picture 1949 – Hamlet

Based William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet this on Hamlet is 1948 British film adaptation was directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

Best Picture 1948 – Gentleman’s Agreement

This 1947 drama is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who goes undercover as a Jew to research antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. and was based on Laura Z. Hobson’s 1947

Best Picture 1947 – The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives was released in 1946 and is a drama three servicemen trying to put their back together after returning home from World War II.

Best Picture 1946 – The Lost Weekend

This 1945 drama was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The Lost Weekend was based on a novel of the same title by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily.

Best Picture 1945 – Going My Way

Going My Way, is the 1944 musical comedy/drama movie directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby. This was the highest grossing picture of 1944 and helped cement Crosby as a box-office draw card for the rest of the 1940s.