1941

1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
2. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges)
3. Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks)
4. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)
5. Man Hunt (Fritz Lang)
6. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen)
7. 49th Parallel (Michael Powell)
8. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges)
7. Tortoise Beats Hare [short] (Tex Avery)
10. Hellzapoppin' (H.C. Potter)
11. San Pietro [short] (John Huston)

Almost There: The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle), Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock), The Wolf Man (George Waggner).

Have Yet to See: The 47 Ronin (Kenji Mizoguchi), How Green was My Valley (John Ford), The Little Foxes (William Wyler), Meet John Doe (Frank Capra), The Sea Wolf (Michael Curtiz).