Movies of 1946
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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,340
Release date December 20, 1946
Directed by Frank Capra
James Stewart ... George Bailey
Donna Reed ... Mary Hatch
Lionel Barrymore ... Mr. Potter
Gloria Grahame ... Violet
Academy Awards, USA 1947
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Stewart)
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
2. Courage of Lassie (1946)
G | 92 min | Drama, Adventure, Family
Academy Award-winner Elizabeth Taylor stars in this touching family drama about a young girl who rehabilitates an Army's shell-shocked collie.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle
Votes: 1,684
Release date July 24, 1946 Directed by Fred M. Wilcox Elizabeth Taylor ... Kathie Merrick
3. Gilda (1946)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 35,288
Release date March 14, 1946 Directed by Charles Vidor Rita Hayworth ... Gilda Glenn Ford ... Johnny Farrell
4. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,541 | Gross: $6.54M
Release date August 22, 1946 Directed by Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart ... Philip Marlowe Lauren Bacall ... Vivian Rutledge
5. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,639
Release date August 28, 1946
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster ... Ole 'Swede' Anderson
Ava Gardner ... Kitty Collins
Academy Awards, USA 1947
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
6. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
As a spate of leopard attacks causes panic, a sceptical Tarzan joins a hunting expedition, only to face a pagan cult of leopard-god worshippers and their fiendish high priestess. Can he escape the sharp claws of the savage Leopard Woman?
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta
Votes: 2,445
Release date February 18, 1946 Directed by Kurt Neumann Johnny Weissmuller ... Tarzan
7. My Darling Clementine (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs
Votes: 25,767
Release date October 16, 1946 Directed by John Ford Henry Fonda ... Wyatt Earp Victor Mature ... Doc Holliday Mae Marsh ... Simpson's Sister
8. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Passed | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 22,894 | Gross: $8.33M
Release date May 2, 1946 Directed by Tay Garnett Lana Turner ... Cora Smith
9. Notorious (1946)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern
Votes: 107,304 | Gross: $10.46M
Release date August 15, 1946
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant ... Devlin
Ingrid Bergman ... Alicia Huberman
Academy Awards, USA 1947
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Claude Rains)
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Screenplay
10. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 9,668 | Gross: $2.70M
Release date April 16, 1946
Directed by George Marshall
Veronica Lake ... Joyce Harwood
Academy Awards, USA 1947
NOMINEE Best Original Screenplay
11. Terror by Night (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 6,922
Release date February 1, 1946 Directed by Roy William Neill
12. Dressed to Kill (1946)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon
Votes: 6,919
Release date May 24, 1946 Directed by Roy William Neill
13. The Stranger (1946)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale
Votes: 28,722
Release date July 2, 1946
Directed by Orson Welles
Edward G. Robinson ... Mr. Wilson
Loretta Young ... Mary Longstreet
Orson Welles ... Professor Charles Rankin
Academy Awards, USA 1947
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Story
14. The Dark Corner (1946)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens
Votes: 5,207
Release date May 8, 1946 Directed by Henry Hathaway Lucille Ball ... Kathleen Stewart
15. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Passed | 132 min | Biography, Musical
Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).
Directors: Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney | Stars: Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer, June Allyson
Votes: 2,713 | Gross: $6.72M
Release date December 5, 1946 Directed by Richard Whorf June Allyson ... Jane Judy Garland ... Marilyn Miller Frank Sinatra ... Frank Sinatra Cyd Charisse ... Dance Specialty
16. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake
Votes: 7,482
Release date May 16, 1946 Directed by Archie Mayo
17. Springtime for Thomas (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
It's spring, and Tom is much more interested in the female cat next door than in Jerry.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, Frank Graham, William Hanna, Hia Lamea
Votes: 1,351
Release date March 30, 1946 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
18. The Milky Waif (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry finds himself in charge of a foundling mouse called Nibbles, who is eager to steal milk from Tom's bowl and oblivious to the danger.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mel Blanc, William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,324
Release date May 18, 1946 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
19. Trap Happy (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom calls the exterminators, but they send a cat, who despite his various tools, doesn't fare much better than Tom usually does.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Frank Graham, William Hanna, Cal Howard, Dick Nelson
Votes: 1,359
Release date June 29, 1946 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
20. Solid Serenade (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom's love song (Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby) to his girlfriend Toots wakes up Jerry, so he unties Spike (Tom had tied him up).
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Frank Graham, Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Earl Keen
Votes: 1,717
Release date August 31, 1946 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
21. Donald's Double Trouble (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
At odds with Daisy over his personality, Donald hires a look-a-like to make it seem that he's changed for the better. However, the look-a-like soon begins to muscle in on Donald's territory.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Gloria Blondell, Ruth Clifford, Chester Cobb, Leslie Denison
Votes: 627
Release date June 28, 1946 Directed by Jack King Donald Duck
22. Book Revue (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,538
Release date January 5, 1946 Directed by Robert Clampett Daffy Duck
23. Baseball Bugs (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Frank Graham, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 2,280
Release date March 2, 1946 Directed by I. Freleng Bugs Bunny
24. Baby Bottleneck (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
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Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner
Votes: 972
Release date March 16, 1946 Directed by Robert Clampett Porky Pig Daffy Duck
25. Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 3,148
Release date May 25, 1946 Directed by Charles M. Jones Bugs Bunny
26. Kitty Kornered (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky puts his cats out in the snow, but then they put him out and have a party. Expelling them again, Porky goes to bed, only to be terrorized by the felines' mock Martian invasion.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 912
Release date June 8, 1946 Directed by Robert Clampett Porky Pig
27. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
After reading a Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is a P.I. pursuing an army of grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,284
Release date July 20, 1946 Directed by Robert Clampett Daffy Duck
28. The Big Snooze (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Elmer Fudd walks out of a typical Bugs cartoon, so Bugs gets back at him by disturbing Elmer's sleep using "nightmare paint."
Directors: Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 1,252
Release date October 5, 1946 Directed by Robert Clampett Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd
29. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,475
Release date November 9, 1946 Directed by I. Freleng Bugs Bunny
30. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Frank Graham, William Hanna
Votes: 1,314
Release date August 3, 1946 Directed by Tex Avery Droopy
31. Lonesome Lenny (1946)
8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Screwy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Wally Maher
Votes: 578
Release date March 9, 1946 Directed by Tex Avery
32. The Hick Chick (1946)
7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
In this triangle drama a country chicken chooses between a country rooster and a city rooster.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Frank Graham, Cal Howard, Harry Lang
Votes: 504
Release date June 15, 1946 Directed by Tex Avery
33. Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
George and Junior are two hungry bears who try to make a meal out of a not too bright barnyard chicken.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 385
Release date October 26, 1946 Directed by Tex Avery
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