Best of 1944
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1. 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: 167,388 | Gross: $5.72M
BEST PICTURE
Double Indemnity
Lifeboat
Gaslight
Meet Me In St. Louis
Laura
Henry V
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Since You Went Away
Going My Way
A Canterbury Tale
2. 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: 167,388 | Gross: $5.72M
BEST DIRECTOR
Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity
Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat
Otto Preminger - Laura
George Cukor - Gaslight
Laurence Olivier - Henry V
Vincente Minnelli - Meet Me In St. Louis
3. 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: 7,067
BEST ACTOR
Laurence Olivier - Henry V
Fred MacMurray - Double Indemnity
Nikolay Cherkasov - Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Charles Boyer - Gaslight
Bing Crosby - Going My Way
Dana Andrews - Laura
4. 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: 167,388 | Gross: $5.72M
BEST ACTRESS
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity
Bette Davis - Mr. Skeffington
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Judy Garland - Meet Me In St. Louis
Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away
Tallulah Bankhead - Lifeboat
5. 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: 51,394 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clifton Webb - Laura
Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
Edward G. Robinson - Double Indemnity
Claude Rains - Mr. Skeffington
William Bendix - Lifeboat
Monty Woolley - Since You Went Away
6. 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: 5,096
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jones - Since You Went Away
Agnes Moorehead - Since You Went Away
Angela Lansbury - Gaslight
Margaret O'Brien - Meet Me In St. Louis
Judith Anderson - Laura
Marjorie Riordan - Mr. Skeffington
7. 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: 5,096
BEST CASTING
Since You Went Away
Gaslight
Laura
Mr. Skeffington
Double Indemnity
Going My Way
8. 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: 13,444 | Gross: $16.30M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Going My Way
Lifeboat
A Canterbury Tale
9. 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: 167,388 | Gross: $5.72M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Double Indemnity
Gaslight
Laura
Meet Me In St. Louis
Henry V
Since You Went Away
10. 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: 7,067
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Henry V
Meet Me In St. Louis
Cover Girl
Going My Way
Gaslight
Lifeboat
11. 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: 31,164
BEST EDITING
Lifeboat
A Canterbury Tale
Laura
Double Indemnity
Since You Went Away
Going My Way
12. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet
Votes: 6,481
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Canterbury Tale
Double Indemnity
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Gaslight
Laura
Lifeboat
13. 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: 33,866
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gaslight
Meet Me In St. Louis
Mr. Skeffington
Henry V
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Cover Girl
A Canterbury Tale
14. 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: 6,675
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mr. Skeffington
Meet Me In St. Louis
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Gaslight
Henry V
Cover Girl
15. 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: 6,675
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Mr. Skeffington
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
Lifeboat
Henry V
Meet Me In St. Louis
Since You Went Away
16. 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: 31,164
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Lifeboat
Days of Glory
A Canterbury Tale
Cover Girl
Henry V
17. 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: 27,675 | Gross: $7.57M
BEST SCORE
Meet Me In St. Louis
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
A Canterbury Tale
Henry V
Double Indemnity
Mr. Skeffington
18. 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: 27,675 | Gross: $7.57M
BEST SONG
Meet Me In St. Louis - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Cover Girl - "Long Ago and Far Away".
Going My Way - "Swinging on a Star"
Meet Me In St. Louis - "The Trolley Song"
Going My Way - "Going My Way"
Meet Me In St. Louis - "The Boy Next Door"
19. 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: 5,944
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Cover Girl
Meet Me In St. Louis
20. 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: 31,164
BEST SOUND
Lifeboat
Double Indemnity
Days of Glory
A Canterbury Tale
Meet Me In St. Louis
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
21. 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: 31,164
BEST SOUND EDITING
Lifeboat
Days of Glory
A Canterbury Tale
Henry V
22. 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: 31,164
BEST STUNTS
Lifeboat
Henry V
Days of Glory
23. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,862
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Ivan the Terrible - Part I (Ivan Groznyy)
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