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Theme: Films of 1939

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

11 July 201124 May 2023

Rating: ★★★

Old Dark House Comedy

Director: Elliott Nugent
Actors: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, George Zucco, Gale Sondergaard, …
Category: Horror

The Dark Eyes of London (1939)

8 February 20039 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Crime Thriller

Director: Walter Summers
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Alexander Field
Category: Horror

The Gorilla (1939)

15 July 20119 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Old Dark House Comedy-Thriller

Director: Allan Dwan
Actors: Harry Ritz, Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Lionel Atwill, …
Category: Horror

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

3 August 20019 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Land of Little People

Director: Dave Fleischer
Category: Fantasy

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

27 February 200212 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Director: Sidney Lanfield
Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Lionel Atwill, …
Category: Horror

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

1 January 201020 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Deformity/Historical Romance

Director: William S. Dieterle
Actors: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Edmond O'Brien
Category: Horror

Mandrake, The Magician (1939)

17 January 202323 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Serial/Comic-Book Magician Superhero

Director: Norman Deming, Sam Nelson
Actors: Warren Hull, Al Kikume, Kenneth MacDonald, Don Beddoe
Category: Fantasy

On Borrowed Time (1939)

30 March 200230 December 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Man Captures Death

Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Actors: Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers, …
Category: Fantasy

Q Planes (1939)

20 January 200319 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

British Air Hero Comedy-Thriller

Director: Tim Whelan
Actors: Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson, George Merritt
Category: Science Fiction

The Return of Dr X (1939)

3 January 19991 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mad Scientist/Medical Vampire

Director: Vincent Sherman
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lya Lys, John Litel
Category: Horror

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

19 October 200314 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Universal Frankenstein Sequel

Director: Rowland V. Lee
Actors: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, …
Category: Horror

Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)

6 June 20098 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

4 September 201211 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Adventures in a Magical Land

Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
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  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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