A list of fantasy films released in the 1940s.
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Title Director Cast Country Notes The Blue BirdWalter LangShirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce United StatesFantasiaVarious directors for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmMr. Bug Goes to TownDave Fleischer, Max Fleischer United StatesAnimated filmOne Million B.C.Hal RoachVictor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr.United StatesPinocchioVarious directors for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmThe Thief of BagdadLudwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez The Devil and Daniel WebsterWilliam DieterleEdward Arnold, Walter Huston, James CraigUnited StatesDumboVarious directors for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmHere Comes Mr. JordanAlexander Hall Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains United StatesThe Iron CrownAlessandro BlasettiElisa Cegani, Luisa Ferida, Rina MorelliItalyThe Reluctant DragonAlfred L. Werker United StatesAnimated film BambiVarious directors for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmCat PeopleJacques Tourneur United StatesHorror filmI Married a WitchRené Clair Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert BenchleyUnited StatesLes Visiteurs du SoirMarcel CarnéArletty, Jules Berry, Marie Déa France A Guy Named JoeVictor FlemingSpencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van JohnsonUnited StatesHappy LandIrving PichelDon Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry CareyUnited StatesHeaven Can WaitErnst LubitschDon Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles CoburnUnited StatesMünchhausenJosef von BákyHans Albers, Brigitte Horney, Wilhelm BendowGermany The Canterville GhostJules Dassin Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'BrienUnited StatesThe Curse of the Cat People Robert Wise Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane RandolphUnited StatesIt Happened TomorrowRené ClairDick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie United StatesKashchey the DeathlessAlexander RouSergei Stolyarov, Georgy Millyar Soviet UnionKismetWilliam DieterleRonald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James CraigUnited StatesBetween Two WorldsEdward A. BlattJohn Garfield, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor ParkerUnited States Blithe SpiritDavid LeanRex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond United KingdomThe Enchanted CottageJohn CromwellDorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall United StatesThe Picture of Dorian GrayAlbert LewinGeorge Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna ReedUnited StatesSylvie et le fantôme (US Title: Sylvie and the Phantom)Claude Autant-LaraOdette Joyeux, Julien Carette, François PérierFranceA Thousand and One NightsAlfred E. GreenCornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil SilversUnited StatesYolanda and the ThiefVincente MinnelliFred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank MorganUnited States Angel on My ShoulderArchie MayoPaul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude RainsUnited StatesBeauty and the BeastJean Cocteau Josette Day, Jean Marais, Mila ParélyFranceA Matter of Life and DeathMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring United KingdomMake Mine MusicVarious directors for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmThe Stone FlowerAlexander PtushkoVladimir Druzhnikov, Tamara Makarova, Mikhail TroyanovskySoviet Union The Bishop's WifeHenry KosterCary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven United StatesCinderellaNadezhda Kosheverova, Mikhail ShapiroYanina Zheymo, Erast Garin, Faina Ranevskaya Soviet UnionDown to EarthAlexander HallJames Burke, Rita Hayworth, Larry ParksUnited StatesThe Ghost and Mrs. MuirJoseph L. MankiewiczGene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George SandersUnited StatesHeaven Only KnowsRobert Cummings, Brian Donlevy, Marjorie ReynoldsUnited StatesMiracle on 34th StreetGeorge SeatonMaureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund GwennUnited States Mr. Peabody and the MermaidIrving PichelAnn Blyth, William Powell, Irene HerveyUnited StatesOne Touch of VenusWilliam A. Seiter, Gregory La CavaAva Gardner, Robert Walker, Eve ArdenUnited StatesPortrait of JennieWilliam DieterleJoseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Ethel BarrymoreUnited StatesVice VersaPeter UstinovRoger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Petula Clark United Kingdom The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadJames Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney for Walt Disney United StatesAnimated filmA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtTay Garnett Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke United StatesAlice in WonderlandDallas Bower, Lou BuninStephen Murray, Carol Marsh, Raymond BussièresFrance
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