The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox
• Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
• Best Actress: Joan Fontaine - Suspicion

Films released in 1941

• Adam Had Four Sons
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
• Ball of Fire
• Blood and Sand
• Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
• Broadway Limited, starring Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, and Patsy Kelly
• Bowery Blitzkrieg
• Buck Privates, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Caught in the Draft
• The Chocolate Soldier
• Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles
• The Corsican Brothers
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (often billed as All That Money Can Buy)
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner
• Dumbo
• Flying Wild
• Forty-Ninth Parallel
• The Gang's All Here starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
• The Great Lie
• Hatter's Castle
• Hellzapoppin'
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• High Sierra
• Hit the Road
• Hold Back the Dawn
• Hold That Ghost, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• How Green Was My Valley
• In the Navy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Kipps
• Lady Be Good
• The Lady Eve
• Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
• The Little Foxes
• Louisiana Purchase
• Major Barbara
• The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart
• Man Hunt
• Man Made Monster, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill
• Mob Town
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town
• One Foot in Heaven
• Penny Serenade
• Pride of the Bowery
• Princess Iron Fan
• Rage in Heaven
• Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane
• The Reluctant Dragon
• Sergeant York
• The Shanghai Gesture
• Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Skylark
• Spooks Run Wild
• Sullivan's Travels
• Sun Valley Serenade
• Suspicion
• Tank Patrol
• Target for Tonight
• Tarzan's Secret Treasure
• They Died with Their Boots On
• Tobacco Road
• War Front
• Western Union
• The Wolf Man
• You Belong to Me

Serials

• The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler, directed by William Witney and John English
• Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, starring Ralph Byrd, directed by William Witney and John English
• The Green Hornet, starring Gordon Jones
• Holt of the Secret Service, directed by James W. Horne
• The Iron Claw, directed by James W. Horne
• Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford, directed by William Witney and John English
• King of the Texas Rangers, directed by William Witney and John English
• Riders of Death Valley, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• Sea Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• Sky Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• The Spider Returns, starring Warren Hull, directed by James W. Horne
• White Eagle, directed by James W. Horne

Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• The Three Stooges (1934-1959)

Animated short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Scrappy (1931-1941)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
• Donald Duck (1937-1956)
• Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)
• Goofy (1939-1955)
• Andy Panda (1939-1949)
• Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
• Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
• Superman (1941-1943)

Births

• January 5 - Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese film maker
• January 8 - Graham Chapman, comedian
• January 14 - Faye Dunaway, actress
• April 20 - Ryan O'Neal, actor
• June 25 - Denys Arcand, screenwriter, film director
• June 27 - Krzysztof Kie?lowski, film director
• October 4 - Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer
• November 5 - Art Garfunkel, singer, occasional actor
• December 9 - Beau Bridges, actor

Deaths

• January 4 - Henri Bergson, writer
• January 10 - Joe Penner, comedian, actor
• May 12 - Ruth Stonehouse, actress, film director

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