| R | TITLE | L | L% | Lists By Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca | 391 | 72% | 1940 (391) |
| 2 | The Grapes of Wrath | 367 | 67% | 1940 (367) |
| 3 | The Philadelphia Story | 358 | 65% | 1941 (358) |
| 4 | Foreign Correspondent | 247 | 45% | 1940 (247) |
| 5 | Kitty Foyle | 233 | 43% | 1941 (233) |
| 6 | All This, And Heaven Too | 230 | 42% | 1940 (230) |
| 7 | The Great Dictator | 229 | 42% | 1941 (229) |
| 8 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 221 | 40% | 1940 (221) |
| 9 | Boom Town | 215 | 39% | 1940 (215) |
| 10 | Our Town | 198 | 36% | 1940 (198) |
| 10 | Northwest Passage | 198 | 36% | 1940 (198) |
| 12 | The Mortal Storm | 172 | 32% | 1940 (172) |
| 13 | Pinocchio | 162 | 30% | 1940 (162) |
| 14 | Fantasia | 168 | 28% | 1942 (168) |
| 15 | The Long Voyage Home | 151 | 28% | 1941 (151) |
| 16 | Edison, The Man | 150 | 27% | 1940 (150) |
| 17 | Knute Rockne - All American | 136 | 25% | 1940 (136) |
| 18 | Pride & Prejudice | 134 | 25% | 1940 (134) |
| 19 | The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | 121 | 22% | 1940 (121) |
| 20 | The Great McGinty | 105 | 19% | 1940 (105) |
| 21 | Waterloo Bridge (1940) | 93 | 17% | 1940 (93) |
| 22 | The Letter (1940) | 92 | 17% | 1941 (92) |
| 23 | The Shop Around the Corner | 78 | 14% | 1940 (78) |
| 24 | Young Tom Edison | 75 | 14% | 1940 (75) |
| 25 | Escape | 73 | 13% | 1941 (73) |
| 26 | My Favorite Wife | 70 | 13% | 1940 (70) |
| 26 | The Howards of Virginia | 70 | 13% | 1940 (70) |
| 28 | His Girl Friday | 64 | 12% | 1940 (64) |
| 29 | My Son, My Son | 62 | 11% | 1940 (62) |
| 30 | North West Mounted Police | 62 | 11% | 1941 (62) |
| 31 | The Westerner | 61 | 11% | 1940 (39) | 1941 (22) |
| 32 | The Fighting 69th | 55 | 10% | 1940 (55) |
| 33 | The Ramparts We Watch | 49 | 9% | 1940 (49) |
| 34 | The Sea Hawk | 44 | 8% | 1940 (44) |
| 34 | The Biscuit Eater | 44 | 8% | 1940 (44) |
| 36 | They Knew What They Wanted | 42 | 8% | 1940 (42) |
| 37 | Bringham Young - Frontiersman | 39 | 7% | 1940 (39) |
| 38 | I Love You Again | 32 | 6% | 1940 (32) |
| 39 | Arise My Love | 30 | 5% | 1941 (30) |
| 40 | Lillian Russell | 29 | 5% | 1940 (29) |
| 41 | Susan and God | 28 | 5% | 1940 (28) |
| 42 | Thief of Bagdad (1940) | 28 | 5% | 1941 (28) |
| 43 | He Stayed for Breakfast | 27 | 5% | 1940 (27) |
| 44 | Primrose Path | 26 | 5% | 1940 (26) |
| 45 | Pastor Hall | 24 | 4% | 1940 (24) |
| 46 | The Earl of Chicago | 21 | 4% | 1940 (21) |
| 47 | Ghost Breakers | 20 | 4% | 1940 (20) |
| 48 | They Drive by Night | 19 | 3% | 1940 (19) |
| 48 | City for Conquest | 19 | 3% | 1940 (19) |
| 50 | Third Finger, Left Hand | 18 | 3% | 1940 (18) |
| 50 | Strange Cargo | 18 | 3% | 1940 (18) |
Lists Included 542
L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L% Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll
The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list. Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.