This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures for the years 1940–1949. From 1928 to 1936, films by First National continued to be credited solely to "First National Pictures". In July 1936, stockholders of First National Pictures, Inc. (primarily Warner Bros.) voted to dissolve the corporation and no further separate First National Pictures were made. This list does not include direct-to-video releases or films from New Line Cinema prior to its merger with Warner Bros. in 2008, nor does it include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
1940s [ ]
1940 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 6, 1940
A Child Is Born
January 13, 1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
January 27, 1940
The Fighting 69th
January 29, 1940
British Intelligence
February 3, 1940
Calling Philo Vance
February 10, 1940
Granny Get Your Gun
February 17, 1940
Castle on the Hudson
March 2, 1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
March 16, 1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
March 23, 1940
Virginia City
April 6, 1940
It All Came True
April 13, 1940
King of the Lumberjacks
April 20, 1940
'Til We Meet Again
April 27, 1940
An Angel from Texas
May 4, 1940
Tear Gas Squad
May 11, 1940
Saturday's Children
May 18, 1940
Flight Angels
May 25, 1940
Torrid Zone
June 1, 1940
Murder in the Air
June 8, 1940
Brother Orchid
June 15, 1940
A Fugitive from Justice
June 22, 1940
Gambling on the High Seas
July 1, 1940
The Sea Hawk
July 13, 1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
My Love Came Back
July 16, 1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
July 27, 1940
Ladies Must Live
August 3, 1940
They Drive by Night
August 10, 1940
River's End
August 17, 1940
Money and the Woman
August 24, 1940
Flowing Gold
September 7, 1940
Calling All Husbands
September 14, 1940
No Time for Comedy
September 21, 1940
City for Conquest
October 5, 1940
Knute Rockne, All American
October 19, 1940
A Dispatch from Reuter's
October 26, 1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
November 2, 1940
Always a Bride
November 9, 1940
East of the River
November 16, 1940
South of Suez
November 18, 1940
Father Is a Prince
November 23, 1940
The Letter
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 30, 1940
Lady with Red Hair
December 7, 1940
She Couldn't Say No
December 28, 1940
Santa Fe Trail
1941 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 4, 1941
Four Mothers
January 11, 1941
The Case of the Black Parrot
January 18, 1941
Honeymoon for Three
January 25, 1941
High Sierra
February 8, 1941
Flight from Destiny
February 12, 1941
Father's Son
February 15, 1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
February 22, 1941
The Strawberry Blonde
March 1, 1941
Shadows on the Stairs
March 8, 1941
Footsteps in the Dark
March 15, 1941
Here Comes Happiness
March 21, 1941
The Sea Wolf
March 29, 1941
Knockout
April 5, 1941
A Shot in the Dark
April 12, 1941
The Great Lie
April 19, 1941
Strange Alibi
April 25, 1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
May 3, 1941
Thieves Fall Out
Meet John Doe
May 10, 1941
Affectionately Yours
May 17, 1941
Singapore Woman
May 24, 1941
The Nurse's Secret
May 31, 1941
Million Dollar Baby
June 7, 1941
Shining Victory
June 14, 1941
Out of the Fog
June 28, 1941
Underground
July 5, 1941
Kisses for Breakfast
July 12, 1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
July 19, 1941
Bullets for O'Hara
July 26, 1941
Bad Men of Missouri
August 2, 1941
Three Sons o' Guns
August 9, 1941
Manpower
August 13, 1941
International Squadron
August 30, 1941
Dive Bomber
September 6, 1941
The Smiling Ghost
September 13, 1941
Navy Blues
September 20, 1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
September 27, 1941
Sergeant York
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 1941
Passage from Hong Kong
October 4, 1941
Law of the Tropics
October 17, 1941
Target for Tonight
October 18, 1941
The Maltese Falcon
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 1, 1941
One Foot in Heaven
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 15, 1941
Blues in the Night
November 21, 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
December 2, 1941
All Through the Night
December 6, 1941
The Body Disappears
December 13, 1941
Steel Against the Sky
December 24, 1941
Dangerously They Live
December 25, 1941
You're in the Army Now
1942 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 24, 1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
January 31, 1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
February 3, 1942
The Prime Minister
February 7, 1942
Atlantic Ferry
February 21, 1942
Captains of the Clouds
March 7, 1942
Bullet Scars
March 14, 1942
Always in My Heart
March 21, 1942
This Was Paris
April 1, 1942
Lady Gangster
April 4, 1942
I Was Framed
The Male Animal
April 11, 1942
Murder in the Big House
April 18, 1942
Kings Row
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
May 2, 1942
Larceny, Inc.
May 16, 1942
In This Our Life
May 30, 1942
Juke Girl
June 6, 1942
Spy Ship
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
June 13, 1942
The Big Shot
July 18, 1942
Wings for the Eagle
July 25, 1942
Escape from Crime
August 1, 1942
The Gay Sisters
September 5, 1942
Across the Pacific
September 17, 1942
Secret Enemies
September 19, 1942
Busses Roar
September 26, 1942
Desperate Journey
October 10, 1942
You Can't Escape Forever
October 31, 1942
Now, Voyager
November 7, 1942
The Hidden Hand
November 14, 1942
Gentleman Jim
November 26, 1942
Casablanca
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 28, 1942
George Washington Slept Here
December 5, 1942
Flying Fortress
1943 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 16, 1943
The Gorilla Man
February 6, 1943
Truck Busters
February 20, 1943
The Hard Way
March 3, 1943
The Mysterious Doctor
March 20, 1943
Air Force
April 24, 1943
Edge of Darkness
May 22, 1943
Mission to Moscow
June 12, 1943
Action in the North Atlantic
June 23, 1943
The Constant Nymph
July 1, 1943
Pledge to Bataan
July 3, 1943
Background to Danger
August 14, 1943
This Is the Army
August 27, 1943
Watch on the Rhine
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 18, 1943
Murder on the Waterfront
September 25, 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
September 27, 1943
Adventure in Iraq
October 23, 1943
Princess O'Rourke
November 6, 1943
Find the Blackmailer
November 13, 1943
Northern Pursuit
November 27, 1943
Old Acquaintance
December 17, 1943
The Desert Song
December 31, 1943
Destination Tokyo
1944 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
February 19, 1944
In Our Time
March 11, 1944
Passage to Marseille
April 8, 1944
Shine On, Harvest Moon
April 22, 1944
Uncertain Glory
May 20, 1944
Between Two Worlds
May 25, 1944
Mr. Skeffington
June 10, 1944
Make Your Own Bed
July 1, 1944
The Mask of Dimitrios
July 22, 1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
September 2, 1944
Janie
September 9, 1944
Crime by Night
September 23, 1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
produced in 1941
October 7, 1944
The Last Ride
October 11, 1944
To Have and Have Not
October 20, 1944
The Very Thought of You
October 24, 1944
The Conspirators
November 25, 1944
The Doughgirls
December 31, 1944
Hollywood Canteen
1945 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 31, 1945
Roughly Speaking
February 17, 1945
Objective, Burma!
March 2, 1945
Hotel Berlin
April 7, 1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
April 28, 1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
May 1, 1945
Escape in the Desert
June 9, 1945
Pillow to Post
June 15, 1945
Conflict
July 14, 1945
The Corn Is Green
August 11, 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
August 24, 1945
Pride of the Marines
September 22, 1945
Rhapsody in Blue
October 20, 1945
Mildred Pierce
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 10, 1945
Confidential Agent
November 14, 1945
Danger Signal
November 21, 1945
Saratoga Trunk
December 1, 1945
Too Young to Know
December 7, 1945
Appointment in Tokyo
December 29, 1945
San Antonio
1946 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 26, 1946
My Reputation
January 28, 1946
Three Strangers
March 9, 1946
Cinderella Jones
April 20, 1946
Devotion
produced in 1943
May 11, 1946
Her Kind of Man
June 1, 1946
One More Tomorrow
June 22, 1946
Janie Gets Married
July 2, 1946
Night and Day
July 6, 1946
A Stolen Life
July 20, 1946
Of Human Bondage
July 26, 1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
August 23, 1946
The Big Sleep
September 14, 1946
Shadow of a Woman
September 28, 1946
Cloak and Dagger
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
October 18, 1946
Deception
November 1, 1946
Nobody Lives Forever
November 9, 1946
Never Say Goodbye
November 23, 1946
The Verdict
December 25, 1946
The Beast with Five Fingers
Humoresque
December 28, 1946
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1947 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 11, 1947
The Man I Love
February 22, 1947
Nora Prentiss
March 2, 1947
Pursued
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 4, 1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
March 29, 1947
That Way with Women
April 12, 1947
Stallion Road
May 2, 1947
Love and Learn
June 5, 1947
The Unfaithful
June 6, 1947
Cheyenne
July 26, 1947
Possessed
July 30, 1947
Deep Valley
August 14, 1947
Life with Father
August 19, 1947
Cry Wolf
September 27, 1947
Dark Passage
October 3, 1947
The Unsuspected
November 1, 1947
That Hagen Girl
November 7, 1947
Escape Me Never
December 10, 1947
Always Together
December 25, 1947
The Voice of the Turtle
December 27, 1947
My Wild Irish Rose
1948 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 24, 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
February 7, 1948
My Girl Tisa
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 6, 1948
They Made Me a Fugitive
March 27, 1948
April Showers
April 7, 1948
Winter Meeting
April 16, 1948
To the Victor
May 15, 1948
The Woman in White
May 29, 1948
Silver River
June 13, 1948
Wallflower
June 26, 1948
The Big Punch
July 3, 1948
Romance on the High Seas
July 31, 1948
Key Largo
July 1948
Embraceable You
August 26, 1948
Rope
distribution only; produced by Transatlantic Pictures
September 4, 1948
Two Guys from Texas
September 14, 1948
Johnny Belinda
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
October 9, 1948
Smart Girls Don't Talk
October 29, 1948
June Bride
November 27, 1948
Fighter Squadron
December 1, 1948
Adventures of Don Juan
December 23, 1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake
December 24, 1948
Whiplash
1949 [ ]
Release date
Title
Notes
January 1, 1949
One Sunday Afternoon
February 4, 1949
John Loves Mary
February 15, 1949
Flaxy Martin
March 6, 1949
South of St. Louis
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 26, 1949
A Kiss in the Dark
April 1, 1949
Burma Victory
April 2, 1949
Homicide
April 16, 1949
My Dream Is Yours
May 3, 1949
The Younger Brothers
May 6, 1949
Flamingo Road
June 10, 1949
Night Unto Night
June 11, 1949
Colorado Territory
June 30, 1949
One Last Fling
July 2, 1949
The Fountainhead
July 16, 1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
July 30, 1949
Look for the Silver Lining
August 1, 1949
It's a Great Feeling
September 3, 1949
White Heat
September 10, 1949
The House Across the Street
September 15, 1949
Golden Madonna
September 30, 1949
Task Force
October 8, 1949
Under Capricorn
October 21, 1949
Beyond the Forest
November 12, 1949
The Story of Seabiscuit
November 26, 1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
December 2, 1949
The Hasty Heart
December 16, 1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor
December 31, 1949
The Inspector General
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