The Ape (1940)
Rating: ★★
Mad Scientist
Director: William Nigh
Actors: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Henry Hall, Gene O'Donnell, …
Category: Horror
Black Friday (1940)
Rating: ★★
Gangster’s Transplanted Brain
Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne
Category: Horror, Science Fiction
The Blue Bird (1940)
Rating: ★
Fairy-Tale
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Shirley Temple, Gale Sondergaard, Russell Hicks, Spring Byington, …
Category: Fantasy
The Devil Bat (1940)
Rating: ★★
Mad Scientist
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Dave O'Brien, Donald Kerr
Category: Horror
Dr Cyclops (1940)
Rating: ★★★★
Mad Scientist/Miniaturised People
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsak
Actors: Albert Dekker, Charles Halton, Victor Killian
Category: Science Fiction
East of Piccadilly (1940)
Rating: ★★
Psycho-Thriller/Apartment Building of Weird Tenants
Director: Harold Huth
Actors: Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis
Category: Horror
Fantasia (1940)
Rating: ★★★★★
Disney Animation and Music Anthology
Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, …
Category: Fantasy
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Serial/Space Opera
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Old Dark House Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Actors: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Paul Lukas, …
Category: Horror
The Green Hornet (1940)
Rating: ★★½
Serial/Masked Superhero
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Actors: Gordon Jones, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel, Cy Kendall, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Universal Invisible Man Sequel
Director: Joe May
Actors: Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke, John Sutton, Nan Grey, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Rating: ★★
Universal Invisible Man Sequel
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Actors: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charlie Ruggles, …
Category: Science Fiction
Li’l Abner (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Actors: Granville Owen, Martha O'Driscoll, Buster Keaton, Maude Eburne, …
Category: Fantasy
The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
Rating: ★★½
Universal Mummy Film
Director: Christy Cabanne
Actors: Tom Tyler, Cecil Kelloway, George Zucco, Dick Foran, …
Category: Horror
Murder in the Air (1940)
Rating: ★★
Air Adventure/Deadly Ray Weapon
Director: Lewis Seiler
Actors: Ronald Reagan, Eddie Foy Jr, James Stephenson, Lya Lys, …
Category: Science Fiction
One Million B.C. (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Cavemen vs Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Drama
Director: Hal Roach, hal Roach Jr
Actors: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr
Category: Science Fiction
Pinocchio (1940)
Rating: ★★★★★
Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy
Director: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
Category: Fantasy
The Shadow (1940)
Rating: ★★½
Masked Superhero/Serial
Director: James W. Horne
Actors: Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Jack Ingram
Category: Fantasy
Strange Cargo (1940)
Rating: ★★★
Jesus Christ Aids Devil’s Island Escapees
Director: Frank Borzage
Actors: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, …
Category: Fantasy
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Rating: ★★★½
Film Noir Psycho-Thriller
Director: Boris Ingster
Actors: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Elisha Cook Jr, Charles Halton, …
Category: Horror
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Rating: ★★★★
Arabian Nights Adventure
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Actors: Sabu, Conrad Veidt, John Justin, Rex Ingram, …
Category: Fantasy
Turnabout (1940)
Rating: ★★★½
Husband-Wife Bodyswap Screwball Comedy
Director: Hal Roach
Actors: John Hubbard, Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou, William Gargan, …
Category: Fantasy
You’ll Find Out (1940)
Rating: ★★
Old Dark House Comedy
Director: David Butler
Actors: Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, …
Category: Horror