Movies of 1944
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1. 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: 27,690 | Gross: $7.57M
Release date November 22, 1944
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Judy Garland ... Esther Smith
Mary Astor ... Mrs. Anna Smith
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
Juvenile Award
2. 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: 51,473 | Gross: $4.36M
Release date October 11, 1944
Directed by Otto Preminger
Gene Tierney ... Laura Hunt
Vincent Price ... Shelby Carpenter
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Clifton Webb)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
3. 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: 38,016
Release dates October 11, 1944 Directed by Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart ... Harry Morgan Lauren Bacall ... Marie 'Slim' Browning
4. Buffalo Bill (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,702
Release date April 13, 1944 Directed by William A. Wellman Maureen O'Hara ... Louisa Frederici Cody Anthony Quinn ... Chief Yellow Hand Mae Marsh ... Arcade Customer
5. 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: 15,583
Release date December 21, 1944
Supervising Director Norman Ferguson
Donald Duck
Academy Awards, USA 1946
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
6. 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: 167,525 | Gross: $5.72M
Release date April 24, 1944
Directed by Billy Wilder
Barbara Stanwyck ... Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson ... Barton Keyes
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Barbara Stanwyck)
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
7. Pin Up Girl (1944)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown
Votes: 852
Release date April 25, 1944 Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Betty Grable ... Lorry Jones aka Laura Lorraine Martha Raye ... Molly McKay
8. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
Directors: Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter
Votes: 7,178
Release date March 3, 1944 Directed by Robert Wise & Gunther von Fritsch Simone Simon ... Ghost of Irena
9. 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
Release date July 20, 1944
Directed by John Cromwell
Claudette Colbert ... Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones ... Jane Hilton
Shirley Temple ... Brig Hilton
Lionel Barrymore ... Clergyman
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Monty Woolley)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Claudette Colbert)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Jones)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
10. 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: 1,424 | Gross: $1.64M
Release date September 22, 1944 Directed by Malcolm St. Clair Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
11. 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: 33,928
Release date May 4, 1944
Directed by George Cukor
Ingrid Bergman ... Paula Alquist
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Boyer)
WINNER Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Angela Lansbury)
WINNER Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
12. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Approved | 87 min | Western
Ranch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 3,483
Release date September 29, 1944 Directed by Edwin L. Marin John Wayne ... Rocklin
13. Follow the Boys (1944)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
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Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins | Stars: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 502
Release date April 25, 1944
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
George Raft ... Tony West
Jeanette MacDonald ... Jeanette MacDonald
Orson Welles ... Orson Welles
Marlene Dietrich ... Marlene Dietrich
Maria Montez ... Maria Montez
Randolph Scott ... Randolph Scott
Academy Awards, USA 1945
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
14. The Zoot Cat (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
"Square" Tom becomes the coolest cat of all when he puts on homemade green and orange zoot suit,
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Jerry Mann
Votes: 1,490
Release date February 26, 1944 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
15. The Bodyguard (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Harry Lang
Votes: 1,446
Release date July 22, 1944 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
16. Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When Jerry runs into a dog pound, Tom takes the head of a dog statue and wears it in order to not get caught and try to catch him.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Bob Laztny
Votes: 1,376
Release date October 28, 1944 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
17. 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: 2,312
Release date November 23, 1944
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry
Academy Awards, USA 1945
WINNER Best Short Subject, Cartoons
18. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs, the Wolf and bobby-soxer Red chase each other around while Grandma is off working at Lockheed aircraft.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 2,068
Release date January 4, 1944 Directed by I. Freleng Bugs Bunny
19. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The three bears set a trap to catch Goldilocks but their carrot soup attracts Bugs Bunny early on and he grows wise to their plans.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Kent Rogers
Votes: 1,596
Release date February 26, 1944 Directed by Charles M. Jones Bugs Bunny
20. Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky is hunting ducks. Daffy is in his sights, but manages to escape repeatedly, mostly with his powers of persuasion.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 697
Release date May 27, 1944 Directed by I. Freleng Porky Pig Daffy Duck
21. Stage Door Cartoon (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
That wascawwy wabbit is chased into a theatre by Elmer Fudd, and ends up having to perform to save himself, as well as convince Elmer to act himself. The vaudeville industry was never this wacky!
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 896
Release date December 30, 1944 Directed by I. Freleng Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd
22. Screwball Squirrel (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
A screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: William Hanna, Cal Howard, Wally Maher
Votes: 1,120
Release date April 1, 1944 Directed by Tex Avery
23. Batty Baseball (1944)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming "Kill the ump!" Be careful what you wish for.....
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Pinto Colvig, William Hanna, Leone Le Doux, Wally Maher
Votes: 537
Release date April 22, 1944 Directed by Tex Avery
24. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
The screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, William Hanna, Wally Maher
Votes: 574
Release date June 24, 1944 Directed by Tex Avery
25. Big Heel-Watha (1944)
8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Paul Frees, Frank Graham, Wally Maher
Votes: 383
Release date October 21, 1944 Directed by Tex Avery
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