1943
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1. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Passed | 170 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova
Votes: 10,228 | Gross: $17.80M
[BEST PICTURE] *ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Katina Paxinou*
2. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Votes: 12,375
[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
3. The Human Comedy (1943)
Passed | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 2,452
[BEST PICTURE] *WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) -- William Saroyan
4. Madame Curie (1943)
Passed | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Lewin | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann
Votes: 3,194
[BEST PICTURE] Nominated for 7 Oscars.
5. The More the Merrier (1943)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy
During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines
Votes: 7,479
[BEST PICTURE] *ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Charles Coburn
6. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Approved | 156 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, William Eythe, Vincent Price
Votes: 7,642
[BEST PICTURE] *ACTRESS -- Jennifer Jones *ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little *CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Arthur Miller FILM EDITING -- Barbara McLean *MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Alfred Newman
7. Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Thriller
A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family, but a Romanian count complicates their plans.
Directors: Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr | Stars: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,977
[BEST PICTURE] *ACTOR -- Paul Lukas
8. Air Force (1943)
Approved | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 3,816
*FILM EDITING -- George Amy
9. Amphibious Fighters (1943)
10 min | Short
Director: Russell T. Ervin | Star: Ted Husing
Votes: 23
*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Grantland Rice, Producer
10. Crash Dive (1943)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason
Votes: 1,749
*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
11. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,007
*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- United States Navy
12. Desert Victory (1943)
62 min | Documentary, War
The Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including a re-enactment.
Directors: Roy Boulting, David MacDonald | Stars: Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 370
*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- British Ministry of Information
13. Heavenly Music (1943)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Frederick Brady, Mary Elliott, Eric Blore, Steven Geray
Votes: 327
*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers
14. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
Approved | 99 min | Musical
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari
Votes: 559 | Gross: $3.40M
*MUSIC (Song) -- "You'll Never Know," Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
15. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 8,315 | Gross: $3.49M
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb *CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
16. Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A pilot falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country to become a maid, little suspecting that she's actually a princess.
Director: Norman Krasna | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson
Votes: 1,546
*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Norman Krasna
17. This Is the Army (1943)
Approved | 121 min | Musical
A soldier wounded in the War (WWI) becomes a producer and stages a show for the forces.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,338 | Gross: $20.83M
*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Ray Heindorf
18. This Land Is Mine (1943)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Walter Slezak
Votes: 3,731
*SOUND RECORDING -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
19. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 2,015
*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Frederick Quimby, Producer
20. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Thriller, War
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova
Votes: 6,834
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
21. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
After the German administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 6,391
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
22. The North Star (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the German invasion of June 1941.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,792
Nominated for 6 Oscars.
23. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War
A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves
Votes: 2,086
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
24. Sahara (I) (1943)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 9,755
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
25. Thousands Cheer (1943)
Passed | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor, John Boles
Votes: 1,195
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
26. Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
Approved | 82 min | Music, Romance
One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. On re-issue, all ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Carroll, Susan Hayward, Gail Patrick, Eve Arden
Votes: 178
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
27. In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Western
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 1,476
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
28. The Sky's the Limit (I) (1943)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days off.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan
Votes: 1,220
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
29. Something to Shout About (1943)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
Following three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can ... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Don Ameche, Janet Blair, Jack Oakie, William Gaxton
Votes: 129
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
30. Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Passed | 132 min | Comedy, Romance, War
"Dakota" Smith (William Terry), a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and movies appear and host a recreational ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker
Votes: 1,827
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
31. Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, War
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop
Votes: 4,548
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
32. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Directors: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 393
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
33. Baptism of Fire (1943)
36 min | Short, Drama, War
Training film for the U.S. Army men preparing for their initial entry into the war against the Nazis. Teaching the techniques of enemy identification, combat and hand to hand fighting.
Director: U.S. Army Signal Corps | Stars: Elisha Cook Jr., Walter Sande, Peter Whitney
Votes: 59
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
35. Bombardier (1943)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, War
Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
Directors: Richard Wallace, Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert
Votes: 897
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
36. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong
Votes: 3,414
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
37. Cavalcade of Dance (1943)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Music
Ballroom dancers Veloz and Yolanda perform the various dance fads of the first half of the twentieth century.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Veloz, Yolanda, Art Gilmore
Votes: 155
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
38. Champions Carry on (1943)
10 min | Short
A documentary about how American sports figures are contributing to the war effort.
Star: Ed Thorgersen
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
40. Coney Island (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger
Votes: 537 | Gross: $3.50M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
41. The Constant Nymph (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith
Votes: 1,584
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
42. Corvette K-225 (1943)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Directors: Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks | Stars: Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald
Votes: 577
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
43. Day of Battle (1943)
10 min | Documentary, Short, War
The building, sailing, battles and ultimate death of an American Navy aircraft carrier in the Pacific war are the subjects of this documentary short film.
Votes: 6
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
44. Destination Tokyo (1943)
Passed | 135 min | Adventure, War
In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely
Votes: 5,751
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
45. The Dizzy Acrobat (1943)
TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Woody Woodpecker visits a traveling circus. He attempts to sneak into the big top but a caretaker kicks him out. He says that if Woody wants to see the show, he will have to water the elephant.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers
Votes: 278
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
46. The Dutch Tradition (1943)
26 min | Documentary, Short, War
World War II propaganda film made to show an American audience that the Dutch were and would continue to be valuable allies in the fight against the Axis powers.
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
47. The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
In 1940, an American former Republican prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick, is determined to find the killer of NYPD Lieutenant Louie Lepetino, who had helped him escape.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Patricia Morison
Votes: 1,990
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
48. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Dix Davis, Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 113
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
49. Flight for Freedom (1943)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
The life of air pioneer Amelia Earhart is here given a fictionalized treatment, with a speculative conclusion.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 301
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
50. For God and Country (1943)
43 min | Short, Drama
The story of the U. S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Hugh Marlowe, Richard Whorf, Richard Carlson
Votes: 73
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
51. The Gang's All Here (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman
Votes: 2,058
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
52. Greetings Bait (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A worm reminiscent of Jerry Colonna is lowered into the water and uses various guises to lure fish. He also tangles with a crab.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 321
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
53. The Battle of Russia (1943)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Anthony Veiller, Ion Antonescu, Nikolay Cherkasov, Anthony Eden
Votes: 1,610
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
54. Hers to Hold (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 280
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
55. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Musical
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
Directors: Andrew L. Stone, Friz Freleng | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 701
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
56. Holy Matrimony (1943)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
From Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive". An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar, Una O'Connor
Votes: 897
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
57. Imagination (1943)
8 min | Animation, Short, Musical
A color rhapsody cartoon with wonderful music and a story about a boy and girl doll the the evil toy who wants to come between them.
Director: Bob Wickersham | Stars: Leone Le Doux, The Sportsmen Quartet, Dave Barry, Harold Peary
Votes: 139
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
58. Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Passed | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: James Cagney, Grace George, Marjorie Main, Marjorie Lord
Votes: 745
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
59. The Kansan (1943)
Passed | 79 min | Western
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 427
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
60. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian
Votes: 2,781
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
61. Lassie Come Home (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 5,934
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
62. Letter to a Hero (1943)
17 min | Short
A school teacher in Monroe, NY writes a letter to her former student who is fighting in WWII.
Director: Larry O'Reilly | Star: Ann Dere
Votes: 43
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
63. Mardi Gras (1943)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Music
The first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would continue into 1948, and then were ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Johnston, Val Setz, Adriana
Votes: 19
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
64. Mission to Moscow (1943)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, History, War
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oscar Homolka, George Tobias
Votes: 1,020
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
65. Plan for Destruction (1943)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, History
This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Lewis Stone, Frank Reicher, George Lynn, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes: 187
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
66. The Rear Gunner (1943)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, War
A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark
Votes: 302
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
67. Reason and Emotion (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A film about the need for emotional control for the war effort.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Frank Graham, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 565
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
68. Report from the Aleutians (1943)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History, War
Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Director: John Huston | Stars: John Huston, Walter Huston, Milton Ashkin, Lyle A. Bean
Votes: 773
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
69. Riding High (1943)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy
In order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Victor Moore, Gil Lamb
Votes: 141
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
70. Seeing Hands (1943)
Passed | 11 min | Short, War, Drama
Tells the story of Ben Helwig and his important contribution to the American war effort. Ben's story starts in the Great Depression when he, a young teen, is separated from his parents ... See full summary »
Director: Gunther von Fritsch | Stars: Barbara Bedford, William Bishop, Robert Frazer, Russell Gleason
Votes: 183
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
71. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
Votes: 70,517
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
72. So This Is Washington (1943)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles
Votes: 238
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
73. Swedes in America (1943)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Ingrid Bergman talks about Swedish Americans.
Director: Irving Lerner | Star: Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 121
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
74. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Passed | 127 min | Comedy, Musical
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,135
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
75. To the People of the United States (1943)
21 min | Documentary, Short
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Norman T. Kirk, Thomas Parran, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 69
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
77. Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Documentary, Animation, History
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, H.C. Potter | Stars: Alexander de Seversky, Art Baker, Billy Mitchell
Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $0.80M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
78. War Department Report (1943)
47 min | Documentary
This short is the first official War Department Report by the Office of Strategic Services. Topics include: Gran Sasso aftermath; Japan's conquered territory; Germany's troops and provisions; US Military supply logistics; battle strategy.
Director: Oliver Lundquist | Star: Walter Huston
Votes: 43
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
79. Women at War (1943)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama, War
Three young women join the newly formed Women's Army Corps (WACS) for varied reasons, and make contributions to the war effort.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Faye Emerson, Dorothy Day, Marjorie Hoshelle, Virginia Christine
Votes: 73
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
80. Youth in Crisis (1943)
19 min | Documentary, Drama, Short
Youth crime doubled after the US entered World War II. Children left at home after school, free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults.
Stars: Lewis B. Hershey, J. Edgar Hoover, Lawson Lowrey
Votes: 45
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
81. Higher and Higher (1943)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol
Votes: 815
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
82. The Desert Song (1943)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Musical, War
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot, Lynne Overman
Votes: 344
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
83. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Passed | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond
Votes: 2,914
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
84. His Butler's Sister (1943)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music
A young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 557
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
85. Jack London (1943)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War
Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport
Votes: 448
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
86. No Time for Love (1943)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn
Votes: 988
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
87. Three Russian Girls (1943)
81 min | Comedy, War
The Soviet Union, just after the German invasion in 1941. Natasha is a Red Cross volunteer who is dispatched to a field hospital located in an old pre-revolution mansion. The American test ... See full summary »
Directors: Henry S. Kesler, Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Anna Sten, Kent Smith, Mimi Forsythe, Alexander Granach
Votes: 43
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
88. The Woman of the Town (1943)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Bat Masterson's girl tries to get him to give up gunfighting and become a respectable journalist, but Bat has other problems - his rival is in town gunning for him.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Claire Trevor, Albert Dekker, Barry Sullivan, Henry Hull
Votes: 239
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
89. Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Several prominent actors are seen in their new roles as WWII military officers and enlisted men. Highlights include Robert Stack (a former amateur skeet shooting champion) displaying his ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Eddie Albert, Desi Arnaz, Gene Autry, Art Baker
Votes: 51
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
90. Africa, Prelude to Victory (1942)
Passed | 22 min | Documentary, Short, War
The reason for the hard Nazi-resistance to the Allied invasion of Tunis has been revealed to officials of the MARCH of TIME,whose film "Africa- Prelude to Victory (V. 09, No. 5, December 4,... See full summary »
Director: Louis De Rochemont | Star: Westbrook Van Voorhis
Votes: 27
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
91. The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.
Directors: Jack Cutting, David Hand, Bill Justice, Bill Roberts
Votes: 240
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
92. Little Isles of Freedom (1943)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Victor Stoloff | Star: Charles Boyer
Votes: 12
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
93. Pigs in a Polka (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,045
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
94. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Romance, War
From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, James McKechnie
Votes: 16,356
95. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,211
96. Undercover (1944)
61 min | Drama, War
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Carson, John Ford, Eddie Foster, Martin Garralaga
Votes: 468
97. Doña Bárbara (1943)
125 min | Drama, Western
A young lawyer and owner of a great property in the interior of Venezuela tries to recover its control in the name of the law, fighting against his neighbour, a powerful, seductive and ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernando de Fuentes, Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: María Félix, Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués, Andrés Soler
Votes: 381
98. Leather Burners (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Bar 20 ranch hand Johnny Travers sends for old friends Hopalong Cassidy and California Carlson.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory
Votes: 234
99. Destroyer (1943)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.
Directors: William A. Seiter, Ray Enright | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,310
100. In the Name of the Motherland (1943)
94 min | Drama
The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.
Directors: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Dmitriy Vasilev | Stars: Nikolay Kryuchkov, Elena Tyapkina, Mikhail Zharov, Maria Pastukhova
Votes: 72
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