The 1940s
- 1940The Grapes of WrathJohn Ford
- 1941How Green Was My ValleyJohn Ford
- 1941Ornamental HairpinHiroshi Shimizu
- 1943Day of WrathCarl Theodor Dreyer
- 1944Ivan the Terrible. Part ISergei Eisenstein
- 1944María CandelariaEmilio Fernández
- 1945Brief EncounterDavid Lean
- 1945Rome, Open CityRoberto Rossellini
- 1945The Cloth PeddlerRza Tahmasib, Nikolay Leshchenko
- 1946Beauty and the BeastJean Cocteau, René Clément
- 1946EnamoradaEmilio Fernández
- 1946My Darling ClementineJohn Ford
- 1946No Regrets for Our YouthAkira Kurosawa
- 1946PaisàRoberto Rossellini
- 1948Bicycle ThievesVittorio De Sica
- 1948Children of the BeehiveHiroshi Shimizu
- 1948Drunken AngelAkira Kurosawa
- 1948Germany, Year ZeroRoberto Rossellini
- 1948KalpanaUday Shankar
- 1948La Terra TremaFrancesco Rosi, Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli
- 1948Spring in a Small TownFei Mu
- 1949Crows and SparrowsZheng Junli
- 1949Late SpringYasujirō Ozu
- 1949Stray DogAkira Kurosawa