Drama movies released in 1940
- Hidden Gold
- The Great Dictator
- Rebecca
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Shop Around the Corner
- The Letter
- His Girl Friday
- Waterloo Bridge
- Foreign Correspondent
- The Mark of Zorro
- The Mortal Storm
- Angel Street
Original title: Gaslight - All This, and Heaven Too
- The Westerner
- Pride and Prejudice
- They Drive by Night
- Christmas in July
- Night Train to Munich
- Boom Town
- The Great McGinty
- Kitty Foyle
- Northwest Passage
Original title: 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
- Brother Orchid
- City for Conquest
- Strange Cargo
- The Long Voyage Home
- Arizona
- Stranger on the Third Floor
- Escape
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
- Edison, the Man
- Blackout
Original title: Contraband - Dance, Girl, Dance
- The House of the Seven Gables
- Johnny Apollo
- Dark Command
- Our Town
- The Stars Look Down
- The Return of Frank James
- Primrose Path
- The Invisible Man Returns
- Knute Rockne All American
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Arise, My Love
- Young Tom Edison
- Seven Sinners
- Dr. Cyclops
- Black Friday
- It All Came True
- The Man I Married
- A Dispatch from Reuters
- Santa Fe Trail
- Vigil in the Night
- Castle on the Hudson
- Lucky Partners
- Son of Ingagi
- 'Til We Meet Again
- Down Argentine Way
- North West Mounted Police
- Kit Carson
- Pastor Hall
- The Tunnel
Original title: The Proud Valley - Michael Shayne: Private Detective
- Brigham Young
- When the Daltons Rode
- No Time for Comedy
- The Biscuit Eater
- The Lady in Question
- The Saint in Palm Springs
- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
- Tom Brown's School Days
- Young People
- I Was an Adventuress
- Flight Command
- The House Across the Bay
- Flowing Gold
- Swiss Family Robinson
- 21 Days Together
Original title: 21 Days - Saturday's Children
- Haunted Honeymoon
Original title: Busman's Honeymoon - The Son of Monte Cristo
- Star Dust
- I Take This Woman
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home
- Tin Pan Alley
- Lillian Russell
- Three Faces West
- The Howards of Virginia
- Forty Little Mothers
- Susan and God
- Turnabout
- Crimes at the Dark House
- The Lone Wolf Strikes
- Lady in Distress
Original title: A Window in London - Adventures of Red Ryder
- Three Men from Texas
- Congo Maisie
- East of the River
- The Saint's Double Trouble
- The Man Who Talked Too Much
- King of the Royal Mounted
- Wyoming
- And One Was Beautiful
- Victory
- Santa Fe Marshal
- The Frightened Lady
Original title: The Case of the Frightened Lady - The Earl of Chicago
- Gold Rush Maisie
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
- Colorado
- Phantom Raiders
- Sky Murder
- Tom Thumb in Trouble
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis
- Pride of the Bowery
- 20 Mule Team
- My Son, My Son!
- Chad Hanna
- Florian
- Little Old New York
- Little Men
- They Knew What They Wanted
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
- Island of Doomed Men
- Doomed to Die
- Convoy
- Four Sons
- The Showdown
- That Gang of Mine
- Bitter Sweet
- We Who Are Young
- Stagecoach War
- Women in Hiding
- You, the People
- Buyer Beware
- Alice in Movieland
- Jack Pot
- Anne of Windy Poplars
- South of Suez
- Laddie
- The Carson City Kid
- Convicted Woman
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
- 40,000 Horsemen
- Teddy the Rough Rider
- A Bill of Divorcement
- Gaucho Serenade
- Under Texas Skies
- Rodeo Dough
- Return to Yesterday
- Rancho Grande
- Texas Rangers Ride Again
- The Ghost Comes Home
- The Durango Kid
- Chamber of Horrors
Original title: The Door with Seven Locks - Maryland
- Wagon Train
- River's End
- Father Is a Prince
- The Fargo Kid
- Pony Express Days
- Wagons Westward
- Hi-Yo Silver
- City of Chance
- Home on the Range
- Flight Angels
- Deadwood Dick
- Know Your Money
- Keeping Company
- Young Bill Hickok
- Haunted House
- Cafe Hostess
- One Crowded Night
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
- Carolina Moon
- Lightning Strikes West
- The Man from Tumbleweeds
- Five Little Peppers at Home
- East Side Kids
- Stage to Chino
- Men Without Souls
- Legion of the Lawless
- Tear Gas Squad
- The Border Legion
- Queen of the Mob
- Let's Make Music
- Tugboat Annie Sails Again
- Prairie Law
- Meet the Fleet
- Wolf of New York
- Babies for Sale
- Son of the Navy
- Millionaires in Prison
- Young Buffalo Bill
- The Flag of Humanity
- Rocky Mountain Rangers
- Service with the Colors
- Sporting Blood
