Most Popular Movies 1939
This chart shows the 1939 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1939 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1939 - Top 1939 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1940 → |
1
| Mr. Smith Goes To Washington |
| Director: Frank Capra |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 17, 1939 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
| Keywords: Comedy Drama, Political, Washington, D.C., Government Corruption, Romance, Media Circus, Framed |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $9,000,000 |
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| Union Pacific |
| Director: Cecil B. DeMille |
| Lead Roles: Barbara Stanwyck as Mollie Monahan, Joel McCrea as Jeff Butler |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 5, 1939 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
3
| The Wizard of Oz |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, Victor Fleming, Richard Thorpe |
| Lead Roles: Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as The Wizard/Professor Marvel/Doorman/Cabbie/Guard, Ray Bolger as Hunk/Scarecrow (Oz), Bert Lahr as Zeke/Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as Hickory/Tin Man |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 25, 1939 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, 3D Re-release, Living Scarecrow, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Family Musical, Talking Animals, Prologue |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $35,037,326 |
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International BO: $311,225 |
4
| Gone with the Wind |
| Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood |
| Lead Roles: Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 1939 (Exclusive) by MGM (Atlanta Premiere) |
| Keywords: Civil War, War, Historical Drama |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $198,680,470 |
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International BO: $191,836,043 |
5
| Jamaica Inn |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 13, 1939 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
6
| Young Mr. Lincoln |
| Director: John Ford |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 2, 1939 (Limited) by 20th Century Fox |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
7
| Espionage Agent |
| Director: Lloyd Bacon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 30, 1939 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
8
| Burn ’Em Up O’Connor |
| Director: Edward Sedgwick |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 13, 1939 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Action, Live Action |
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| Another Thin Man |
| Director: W.S. Van Dyke |
| Lead Roles: William Powell as Nick Charles, Myrna Loy as Nora Charles |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 17, 1939 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
10
| Goofy and Wilbur |
| Director: Dick Huemer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 17, 1939 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
11
| Ninotchka |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 3, 1939 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $1,200,000 |
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International BO: $1,858 |
12
| The Little Princess |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 17, 1939 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Riches to Rags |
13
| The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Director: Sidney Lanfield |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 31, 1939 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| The Women |
| Director: George Cukor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 1, 1939 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $5,443 |