The best movies 1942

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

Historical drama portraying the life of German baroque architect Andreas Schlüter.

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the...

A young Viennese actor is having much success on the stage; but intrigue and confusion in his love life are making his life a living Hell.

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her...

A female doctor is sent to prison for a mercy killing. She manages to escape, get married and lead a model life, but one day her secret is exposed.

The young daughter of a murdered rancher takes possession of her lands in Patagonia and must fight criminals alongside a teacher.

A dramatised introduction to the 'Y Scheme', whereby potential young naval recruits could apply for the type of job they wanted before being called...

Strange things are happening in the small town of Breuil-le-Château. Provisions from the black market are stolen regularly and wealthy young...

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter...

A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she...

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

A simpleton turns out to be the lucky charm of a village.

Tom's chasing Jerry when he runs right into a sleeping dog and the two of them must work together to fend him off.

Conquer by the Clock was a short dramatic propaganda film produced by the RKO Pathé in 1942 to encourage wartime industrial production. It was...

A comedy of confusion in aristocratic Vienna at the turn of the 19th into the 20th Century: The young Bohemian Countess Antschi Dorival trades places...

In the Fleischer Bros.’ animated take on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, the titular bird still comes “rapping and a tapping” at...

Tom Cameron and Fuzzy Q. Jones come to the aid of their old friend Smoky, who is having trouble with power hungry cattle rancher Huxley.

There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself....

The young daughter of a murdered rancher takes possession of her lands in Patagonia and must fight criminals alongside a teacher.

In a house where a film is being shot, a corpse appears in the dining room. During the investigation, carried out by a police inspector, who would...

The vicissitudes of the members of a Buenos Aires family facing their economic bankruptcy and the attitude of each one of them in the emergency.

A group of artists loses a contest, but then they succeed in the theater.

Two men define the destiny of a woman in a card game.

Fortunato is a loser, a family man, who has lost his job and tries his luck in all the trades he finds. However, it seems that his name —that...

The old massa dies and his son comes home to take over the hacienda. Things are going to be a whole lot different now; he's overturning all the old...

A bandit is accused of killing a young man who was actually killed by his girlfriend's stepfather who was in love with her.

A young woman interrupts her honeymoon with a pharmacist to search for the mysterious donor of a valuable ring.

A married man takes advantage of his friendship with another man, making him pretend to be the father of the children he has out of wedlock.

Rafael works as a valet of the Marquis de la Peña. Accused of having committed a serious offense during his service, it is fired, although all...

The eponymous hero of the Fakir Gonzalez series hunts for gold from New York to the Wild West.

A grandmother evokes her impossible love while keeping an eye on her granddaughter's affair.

A romantic melodrama