# List of British films of 1940

A list of British films released in 1940.

## 1940

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1940 |||||||
| 21 Days | Basil Dean | Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks | Drama | Filmed in 1937 |
| All at Sea | Herbert Smith | Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick | Comedy | |
| At the Villa Rose | Walter Summers | Judy Kelly, Keneth Kent, Clifford Evans | Mystery | |
| Band Waggon | Marcel Varnel | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Patricia Kirkwood | Comedy | |
| The Briggs Family | Herbert Mason | Edward Chapman, Jane Baxter, Austin Trevor | Drama | |
| Bulldog Sees It Through | Harold Huth | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Googie Withers | Mystery | |
| Busman's Honeymoon | Arthur B. Woods | Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks | Mystery | |
| The Case of the Frightened Lady | George King | Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Helen Haye | Mystery | |
| Channel Incident | Anthony Asquith | Peggy Ashcroft, Gordon Harker, Robert Newton | Short drama | |
| Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | Walter Forde | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Moore Marriott | Comedy | Based on the farce Charley's Aunt |
| The Chinese Bungalow | George King | Paul Lukas, Kay Walsh, Jane Baxter | Drama | |
| Contraband | Michael Powell | Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie | Spy thriller | |
| Convoy | Pen Tennyson | Clive Brook, John Clements, Judy Campbell | War | |
| Crimes at the Dark House | George King | Tod Slaughter, Hay Petrie, Margaret Yarde | Thriller | |
| Crook's Tour | John Baxter | Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynt | Comedy | |
| Dead Man's Shoes | Thomas Bentley | Leslie Banks, Judy Kelly, Wilfrid Lawson | Crime drama | |
| Dr. O'Dowd | Herbert Mason | Shaun Glenville, Peggy Cummins, Patricia Roc | Drama | |
| The Door with Seven Locks | Norman Lee | Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Gina Malo | Mystery horror | |
| An Englishman's Home | Albert de Courville | Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire, Paul Henreid | Drama | |
| The Flying Squad | Herbert Brenon | Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks, Basil Radford | Crime | |
| For Freedom | Maurice Elvey | Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme, Guy Middleton | War drama | |
| Full Speed Ahead | John Hunt | Frederick Peisley, Dinah Sheridan, Morland Graham | Thriller | |
| Garrison Follies | Maclean Rogers | Barry Lupino, Nancy O'Neil, H.F. Maltby | Comedy | |
| Gaslight | Thorold Dickinson | Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Cathleen Cordell | Mystery | |
| George and Margaret | George King | Marie Lohr, Judy Kelly, Oliver Wakefield | Comedy | |
| The Girl in the News | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes, Emlyn Williams | Thriller | |
| The Girl Who Forgot | Adrian Brunel | Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Michael, Enid Stamp-Taylor | Comedy | |
| Henry Steps Out | Widgey R. Newman | George Turner, Wally Patch, Margaret Yarde | Comedy | |
| His Brother's Keeper | Roy William Neill | Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni, Reginald Purdell | Drama | |
| Hoots Mon! | Roy William Neill | Max Miller, Florence Desmond, Hal Walters | Comedy | |
| The House of the Arrow | Harold French | Kenneth Kent, Diana Churchill, Belle Chrystall | Mystery | |
| It Happened to One Man | Paul L. Stein | Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Marta Labarr | Drama | |
| Jailbirds | Oswald Mitchell | Albert Burdon, Harry Terry, Charles Farrell | Comedy crime | |
| Just William | Graham Cutts | Richard Lupino, Fred Emney, Basil Radford | Comedy | |
| Laugh It Off | John Baxter | Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin, Marjorie Brown | Musical comedy | |
| Law and Disorder | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Diana Churchill, Alastair Sim | Comedy thriller | |
| Let George Do It! | Marcel Varnel | George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh | Comedy | |
| Meet Maxwell Archer | John Paddy Carstairs | John Loder, Marta Labarr, Leueen MacGrath | Mystery | |
| The Midas Touch | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly, Frank Cellier | Thriller | |
| The Middle Watch | Thomas Bentley | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Kay Walsh | Comedy | |
| The Missing People | Jack Raymond | Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh, Lyn Harding | Mystery | |
| Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard | Fred Ellis | Mary Clare, Edward Lexy, Nigel Patrick | Crime | |
| Neutral Port | Marcel Varnel | Will Fyffe, Leslie Banks, Phyllis Calvert | War | |
| Night Train to Munich | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid | Thriller | |
| Old Mother Riley in Society | John Baxter | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart | Comedy | |
| Old Mother Riley Joins Up | Maclean Rogers | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Glen Alyn | Comedy | |
| Olympic Honeymoon | Alfred J. Goulding | Claude Hulbert, Monty Banks, Sally Gray | Comedy | |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Oswald Mitchell | Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson, Patricia Roc | Comedy | |
| Pastor Hall | Roy Boulting | Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Marius Goring | Drama | |
| The Proud Valley | Pen Tennyson | Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Edward Rigby | Drama | |
| Return to Yesterday | Robert Stevenson | Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty | Drama | |
| Room for Two | Maurice Elvey | Frances Day, Vic Oliver, Basil Radford | Comedy | |
| Sailors Don't Care | Oswald Mitchell | Edward Rigby, Jean Gillie, Michael Wilding | Comedy | |
| Sailors Three | Walter Forde | Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Michael Wilding | Comedy | |
| Saloon Bar | Walter Forde | Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns | Thriller | |
| The Second Mr. Bush | John Paddy Carstairs | Kay Walsh, Derrick De Marney, Evelyn Roberts | Comedy | |
| Shadowed Eyes | Maclean Rogers | Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard, Stewart Rome | Crime | |
| Somewhere in England | John E. Blakeley | Frank Randle, Dan Young, Harry Korris | Comedy | |
| Spare a Copper | John Paddy Carstairs | George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, John Warwick | Comedy | |
| The Spider | Maurice Elvey | Derrick De Marney, Diana Churchill, Jean Gillie | Crime | |
| Spies of the Air | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Basil Radford, Joan Marion | Adventure | |
| Spy for a Day | Mario Zampi | Douglas Wakefield, Albert Lieven, Nicholas Hannen | Comedy thriller | |
| The Stars Look Down | Carol Reed | Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams | Drama | |
| Ten Days in Paris | Tim Whelan | Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne, Leo Genn | Thriller | |
| That's the Ticket | Redd Davis | Sid Field, Hal Walters, Betty Lynne | Comedy | |
| They Came by Night | Harry Lachman | Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert, Anthony Hulme | Crime | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez | Fantasy adventure | Outbreak of World War II caused this to be finished in the US. |
| Three Silent Men | Daniel Birt | Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc | Crime | |
| Tilly of Bloomsbury | Leslie S. Hiscot | Sydney Howard, Jean Gillie, Michael Wilding | Comedy | |
| Two for Danger | George King | Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean | Crime | |
| Two Smart Men | Widgey R. Newman | Leslie Fuller, Wally Patch, Margaret Yarde | Comedy | |
| Under Your Hat | Maurice Elvey | Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Leonora Corbett | Comedy | |
| Where's That Fire? | Marcel Varnel | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott | Comedy | |
| A Window in London | Herbert Mason | Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc, Paul Lukas | Thriller | |