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The Philadelphia Story 1940

Directed by George Cukor

All-time standing

#213 of 4,399

In the top 5% of movies

By scope

1940s #32 of 250 Top 15% 1940 #5 of 27 Top 20%

Ballots (31)

All time 30

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #15
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #37
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #44
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #232
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2020
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
Nickel Odeon

Nickel Odeon

  • Published 1997
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  • Included, unranked
El Mundo

El Mundo

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Halliwell's Film Guide

Halliwell's Film Guide

  • Published 1985
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  • Included, unranked
Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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  • Included, unranked
R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Decade 1

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1949
  • Decade list · 1940s
  • Included, unranked
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