A list of science fiction films released in the 1940s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.
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1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 |
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| 1940 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
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| The Ape | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell | ||||
| Before I Hang | Nick Grinde | Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett | ||||
| Black Friday | Arthur Lubin | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, | ||||
| Dr. Cyclops | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley | ||||
| Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Ford I. Beebe, Ray Taylor | Harry C. Bradley, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Shirley Deane | Serial film | |||
| The Invisible Man Returns | Joe May | Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton | ||||
| The Invisible Woman | Edward Sutherland | Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charlie Ruggles | ||||
| Mysterious Doctor Satan | Jon English, William Witney | Edwin Stanley, C. Montague Shaw | Serial film | |||
| Son of Ingagi | Richard Kahn | Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams | ||||
| 1941 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| Man Made Monster | George Waggner | Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson | ||||
| Monster and the Girl | Stuart Heisler | Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas | ||||
| 1942 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| Bowery at Midnight | Wallace W. Fox | Bela Lugosi, John Archer | ||||
| The Corpse Vanishes | Wallace W. Fox | Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell | ||||
| Dr. Renault's Secret | Harry Lachman | J. Carrol Naish, John Shepperd, Lynne Roberts | ||||
| Invisible Agent | Edwin L. Marin | Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke | ||||
| 1943 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| The Ape Man | William Beaudine | Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie | ||||
| The Mad Ghoul | James Hogan | David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco | ||||
| 1944 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | Ford Beebe | Jon Hall, John Carradine | ||||
| The Lady and the Monster | George Sherman | Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer | ||||
| The Monster Maker | Sam Newfield | J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell | ||||
| 1945 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| Manhunt of Mystery Island | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Yakima Canutt, Wallace A. Grissell | Linda Stirling, Harry Strang, Tom Steele | Serial film | |||
| The Man in Half Moon Street | Ralph Murphy | Nils Asther, Helen Walker | ||||
| The Monster and the Ape | Howard Bretherton | Robert Lowery, Ralph Morgan, George Macready | Serial film | |||
| The Purple Monster Strikes | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Linda Stirling, Ken Terrell, Mary Moore | Serial film | |||
| Strange Holiday | Arch Oboler | Griff Barnett, Claude Rains, Barbara Bates, Tommy Cook, Paul Hilton | ||||
| 1946 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| The Crimson Ghost | Fred C. Brannon, William Witney | Forrest Taylor, Dale Van Sickel, Linda Stirling, Charles Quigley | Serial film | |||
| The Flying Serpent | Sam Newfield | George Zucco, Ralph Lewis, Hope Kramer | Mad scientist | |||
| The Mysterious Mr. M | Lewis D. Collins, Vernon Keays | Richard Martin, Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore | Serial film | |||
| 1947 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| The Black Widow | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman, Anthony Warde | ||||
| Brick Bradford | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin | Serial film | |||
| Jack Armstrong | Wallace Fox | John Hart, Pierre Watkin | Serial film | |||
| 1948 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| Counterblast | Paul L. Stein | Mervyn Johns, Robert Beatty, Nova Pilbeam | ||||
| Krakatit | Otakar Vávra | Karel Höger | ||||
| Unknown Island | Jack Bernhard | Virginia Grey, Richard Denning, Barton MacLane | ||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
| Bruce Gentry | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Tom Neal | Serial film | |||
| King of the Rocket Men | Fred C. Brannon | Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke | Serial film | |||
| Mighty Joe Young | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong | ||||
| The Perfect Woman | Bernard Knowles | Patricia Roc, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick | ||||
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