Movies released in 1940

A Bill of Divorcement

56/100

Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.

Wildcat Bus

48/100

A small bus company run by a father/daughter team comes under attack by a group of "wildcatters" who want to put the company out of business so they can take over the profitable Los Angeles-to-San Francisco route.

Typhoon

60/100

Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on the island in her childhood. They must ... See full summary »

The Boys from Syracuse

69/100

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who,... See full summary »

Love Thy Neighbor

72/100

Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister ... See full summary »

Five Little Peppers at Home

65/100

Ever since the poor Pepper family - widowed Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie...

Catacombs

73/100

Misbehaving Husbands

59/100

The owner of a department store is threatened with divorce by his wife, who has gotten reports that he's been seen in the arms of a beautiful blonde on the night of their 20th wedding anniversary. He has to find a way to convince her that the "beautiful blonde" in question was actually a store mannequin that he was taking in for repairs.

Men Against the Sky

57/100

Babicka

68/100

Pop Always Pays

62/100

The Marines Fly High

57/100

Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.

A Fugitive from Justice

52/100

Fugitive Lee Leslie is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court...

Four Sons

63/100

When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Hold That Woman!

58/100

A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's... See full summary »

Earthbound

63/100

A murdered man (Baxter) helps his widow (Leeds) bring his killer (Bari) to justice.

Haunted House

57/100

Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

The Border Legion

68/100

An Eastern doctor is on the run from authorities in New York. Out west he comes to the aid of friends besieged by an outlaw gang known as the border legion. In the end, he is cleared of any wrong-doing back east.

Tørres Snørtevold

63/100

Fiskergutten Tørres vil bli rik, så han kan få hevn over konsul Krøger, som har tatt hjemmet fra hans familie...

This Thing Called Love

70/100

Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months...