1944
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1. Going My Way (1944)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown
Votes: 13,456 | Gross: $16.30M
*[BEST PICTURE]* *ACTOR -- Bing Crosby *ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Barry Fitzgerald *DIRECTING -- Leo McCarey *MUSIC (Song) -- "Swinging On A Star," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke *BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Paramount *WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) -- Leo McCarey *WRITING (Screenplay) -- Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
2. Wilson (1944)
Passed | 154 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $2.00M
[BEST PICTURE] *ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little *CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leon Shamroy *FILM EDITING -- Barbara McLean *SOUND RECORDING -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director *WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Lamar Trotti
3. Gaslight (1944)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Votes: 33,903
[BEST PICTURE] *ACTRESS -- Ingrid Bergman *ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
4. Since You Went Away (1944)
Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Votes: 5,095
[BEST PICTURE] *MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner
5. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,072
[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies* *SPECIAL AWARD* To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen.
6. Cover Girl (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers
Votes: 5,942
*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
7. The Fighting Lady (1944)
Passed | 61 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.
Directors: Edward Steichen, William Wyler | Stars: Robert Taylor, Charles Boyer, Joseph J. Clark, Dixie Kiefer
Votes: 616
*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- United States Navy
8. I Won't Play (1944)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Drama, Music
In this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Warren Douglas, Robert Shayne
Votes: 422
*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
9. Laura (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Votes: 51,422 | Gross: $4.36M
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph LaShelle
10. Mouse Trouble (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, William Hanna, Harry Lang
Votes: 2,310
*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
11. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Passed | 113 min | Drama, Romance
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Director: Clifford Odets | Stars: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez
Votes: 2,827
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ethel Barrymore
12. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, History, War
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
Votes: 6,460
*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
13. Who's Who in Animal Land (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Family
An Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Lilly | Stars: Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Harry Lang, Jack Mather
Votes: 80
*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
14. With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Directors: Richard Brooks, Louis Hayward | Stars: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., John Borich, Merritt A. Edson, H.W. Hill
Votes: 305
*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- United States Marine Corps
15. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 817
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
16. Marie-Louise (1944)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Amidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland but is still haunted by the terrors she has witnessed.
Directors: Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller, Franz Schnyder | Stars: Josiane Hegg, Germaine Tournier, Heinrich Gretler, Anne-Marie Blanc
Votes: 163
*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Richard Schweizer
17. National Velvet (1944)
Passed | 123 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere
Votes: 8,005
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Anne Revere *FILM EDITING -- Robert J. Kern
18. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,468 | Gross: $5.72M
*Top Rated Movies* Nominated for 7 Oscars.
19. Kismet (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
In ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,295
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
20. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer
Votes: 27,684 | Gross: $7.57M
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
21. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,360
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
22. Brazil (I) (1944)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston
Votes: 219
Nominated for 3 Oscars
23. Casanova Brown (1944)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this hilarious romantic comedy, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright), who was planning to give her up for adoption.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Anita Louise
Votes: 1,263
Nominated for 3 Oscars
24. Lifeboat (1944)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak, William Bendix
Votes: 31,181
Nominated for 3 Oscars
25. Lady in the Dark (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall
Votes: 564
Nominated for 3 Oscars
26. Address Unknown (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Paul Lukas, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Carl Esmond
Votes: 1,163
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
27. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Passed | 124 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Bette Davis, John Garfield, The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny
Votes: 2,529
Nominated for 3 Oscars
28. Dragon Seed (1944)
Passed | 148 min | Drama, History, War
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.
Directors: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 1,339
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
29. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 2,858
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
30. Lady, Let's Dance (1944)
Approved | 88 min | Musical, Romance, War
Belita is a refugee during WWII, working in a hotel. She stumbles into the room of a dancer seeking a new partner. She just happens to be a pro, and she skates too.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Belita, James Ellison, Walter Catlett, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 73
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
31. Minstrel Man (1944)
67 min | Musical
The story of a singer in a minstrel show, from his career highs to the tragedies in his personal life.
Directors: Joseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Benny Fields, Gladys George, Alan Dinehart, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 198
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
32. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Approved | 146 min | Drama, Romance
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris
Votes: 6,678
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
33. Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Passed | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,845
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
34. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
Directors: David Butler, Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak
Votes: 2,421
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
35. Song of the Open Road (1944)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth ... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Bonita Granville, W.C. Fields
Votes: 165
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
36. Up in Arms (1944)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Musical
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore, Constance Dowling
Votes: 1,122
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
37. Voice in the Wind (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Germans during the war for playing a banned song. He journeys to the island of Guadelupe to try to regain his memory and his health.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 279
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
38. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Third of the seven Academy Award® nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject and the second based on a story by Dr. Seuss. Marco, a young boy re-imagines progressively more elaborate scenes on Mulberry Street.
Director: George Pal | Star: Gary Gray
Votes: 96
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
39. Hymn of the Nations (1944)
Approved | 31 min | Short, Documentary, Music
Conductor Arturo Toscanini is shown at his home in New York City and leading tenor Jan Peerce and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations" and "Overture to 'La Forza del Destino.'"
Director: Alexander Hammid | Stars: Arturo Toscanini, Jan Peerce, Knox Manning, The Westminister Choir
Votes: 95
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
41. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova
Votes: 216
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
42. Christmas Holiday (1944)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens
Votes: 1,645
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
43. The Climax (1944)
Passed | 86 min | Horror, Music, Thriller
A demented physician becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice sounds similar to his late mistress.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 1,036
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
44. Days of Glory (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
A heroic guerrilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer
Votes: 1,441
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
45. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley
Votes: 3,913
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
46. Fish Fry (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An alley cat attempts to steal the goldfish Andy Panda just bought from a pet shop, but the fish proves too clever for him.
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Harry Lang, Grace Stafford, Lionel Stander
Votes: 168
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
47. Follow the Boys (1944)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were ... See full summary »
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins | Stars: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 502
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
48. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, War
Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest
Votes: 5,140
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
49. The Hairy Ape (1944)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir
During the 1940s, social class conflict is depicted when a spoiled socialite, traveling on a freighter, calls the ship's head stoker a hairy ape, provoking him into stalking the rich woman once ashore in New York.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder, Dorothy Comingore
Votes: 482
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
50. Home in Indiana (1944)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A lad with a penchant for trouble is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Indiana. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Walter Brennan, Jeanne Crain, Lon McCallister, June Haver
Votes: 528
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
51. How to Play Football (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Frank Bull, Pinto Colvig, Jack Kinney, John Sibley
Votes: 1,444
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
52. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 193
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
53. Jammin' the Blues (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Created under the guidance of jazz impresario and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this short captures the spontaneity of a jam session and is one of few film records of black jazzers of the day including tenor sax legend Lester Young.
Director: Gjon Mili | Stars: Lester Young, George 'Red' Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris
Votes: 1,005
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
54. Janie (1944)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Janie is a scatterbrained, high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an Army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Alan Hale
Votes: 490
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
55. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, History, Musical
It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant. ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Ernest Cossart
Votes: 199
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
56. Main Street Today (1944)
Approved | 20 min | Short
This patriotic MGM short film, set in World War II, has a factory owner who produces the breech block for a key piece of army artillery. The military wants to increase production by 50%, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ray Collins, John Nesbitt, Henry O'Neill, Addison Richards
Votes: 155
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
57. The Merry Monahans (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Ann Blyth
Votes: 111
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
58. Movie Pests (1944)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short
A humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, William Bailey, Margaret Bert, Heinie Conklin
Votes: 275
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
59. Music in Manhattan (1944)
Approved | 81 min | Musical, Romance
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Anne Shirley, Dennis Day, Phillip Terry, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 179
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
60. My Boy Johnny (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short
An animated WWII propaganda short film that shows, in fantastical comedic fashion, what every US soldier (or "Jonny") can come to expect on their victorious return home to the USA.
Director: Eddie Donnelly
Votes: 121
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
61. New Americans (1944)
19 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short portrays WWII refugees from Europe obtaining citizenship and adapting to the United States of America during wartime.
Director: Slavko Vorkapich | Star: Tom Chalmers
Votes: 41
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
62. None Shall Escape (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, War
The career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers, Erik Rolf
Votes: 977
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
63. Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, War
A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Louis Adlon, Rand Brooks, Frederic Brunn, George Dolenz
Votes: 268
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
65. Secret Command (1944)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A U.S. effort to root out German saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 357
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
66. Sensations of 1945 (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Music, Romance
Father and son press agents fail to see things eye to eye, in the final screen appearance of comedian W.C. Fields.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 184
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
67. The Seventh Cross (1944)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 2,991
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
68. Step Lively (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 634
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
69. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Passed | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 1,102
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
70. The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
Approved | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Edward Ryan
Votes: 2,359
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
71. Summer Storm (1944)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 676
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
72. Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Passed | 76 min | Musical, Romance
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, Tony Birch, ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
Votes: 300
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
73. Swooner Crooner (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Porky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 818
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
74. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Passed | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Musical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirer
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, José Iturbi
Votes: 930
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
75. The Uninvited (1944)
Passed | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner
Votes: 12,467
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
76. Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer
Votes: 194
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
77. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan
Votes: 1,804
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
78. Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford
Votes: 1,549
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
79. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,091
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
80. Belle of the Yukon (1944)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Musical, Romance
In the Yukon mining town of Malemute, saloon owner John Calhoun and an assortment of shady characters are after the bags of gold dust the miners deposit in the new bank managed by Calhoun himself.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns
Votes: 494
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
81. Can't Help Singing (1944)
Passed | 90 min | Musical, Romance, Western
A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce
Votes: 650
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
82. The Three Caballeros (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
Directors: Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Harold Young | Stars: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 15,568
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
83. Experiment Perilous (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
In 1903, a doctor suspects murder in the gothic Bederaux family.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker
Votes: 2,126
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
84. Guest in the House (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.
Directors: John Brahm, John Cromwell, André De Toth, Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 1,012
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
85. Here Come the Waves (1944)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ann Doran
Votes: 481
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
86. Music for Millions (1944)
Passed | 117 min | Drama, Family, War
Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 646
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
87. Three Is a Family (1944)
81 min | Comedy
Ruggles isn't providing enough money to have his family live well. His wife takes over and goes to work.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Helen Broderick
Votes: 57
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
88. The Woman in the Window (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon
Votes: 17,779
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
89. The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Stanley Wray, Robert Morgan, James A. Verinis, Robert J. Hanson
Votes: 1,848
90. 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
91. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Votes: 74,975
92. Tunisian Victory (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Documentary, War
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston | Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Bernard Miles, Jacques Duchesne
Votes: 691
93. The Negro Soldier (1944)
43 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Clyde Turner, Carlton Moss, William Broadus, Bertha Woolford
Votes: 830
94. The Big Noise (1944)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space
Votes: 1,422 | Gross: $1.64M
95. Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A revue star escapes her exhausting theatre life. By train she travels to the mountains. Alone in the wilderness and dressed only in her fur coat, she is rescued by two engineers.
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Marika Rökk, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Müller, Georg Alexander
Votes: 287
96. Kansas City Kitty (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Amiable, wisecracking piano teacher Polly becomes involved with some shady music publishers. She also happens to be infatuated with her music-loving dentist Henry, who is not quite as ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Joan Davis, Bob Crosby, Jane Frazee, Erik Rolf
Votes: 53
97. Idle Roomers (1944)
TV-G | 17 min | Short, Comedy
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Duke York
Votes: 541
98. The Halfway House (1944)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
Directors: Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Tom Walls, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 1,210
99. Torment (1944)
95 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand
Votes: 3,769
100. To Have and Have Not (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Film-Noir
During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran
Votes: 38,005
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