The best films of 1939

1. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)
2. Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks)
3. Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford)
4. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming)
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra)
6. Stagecoach (John Ford)
7. Love Affair (Leo McCarey)
8. Midnight (Mitchell Leisen)
9. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Kenji Mizoguchi)
10. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch)

Honorable Mentions: Destry Rides Again (George Marshall), The Old Maid (Edmund Goulding), Gunga Din (George Stevens).