1943 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1943

                FRANKENSTEIN
20.      MEETS THE WOLFMAN

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19.       HANGMEN ALSO DIE!

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18.         WHO KILLED WHO?

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17.               AIR FORCE

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16.     THE GANG'S ALL HERE

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15.     SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY

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14.   THE MORE THE MERRIER

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13.         CABIN IN THE SKY

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12.      SHADOW OF A DOUBT

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11.                 SAHARA

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10.     I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE

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9.             THE GHOST SHIP

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8.  MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON

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7.               FALLING HARE

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6.             THE 7TH VICTIM

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5.                OSSESSIONE

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4.       THE OX-BOW INCIDENT

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3.          THE LEOPARD MAN

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2.              CASABLANCA

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1.          HEAVEN CAN WAIT

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles of 1943 I loved that could've placed)

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO

THE MAN IN GREY

DUMB-HOUNDED

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

A CORNY CONCERTO

SANSHIRO SUGATA

LASSIE COME HOME

PORKY PIG'S FEAT

FIRES WERE STARTED

RED HOT RIDING HOOD

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recap
1943

1. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Lubitsch)
2. CASABLANCA (Curtiz)
3. LEOPARD MAN (Tourneur)
4. OX-BOW INCIDENT (Wellman)
5. OSSESSIONE (Visconti)
6. THE 7TH VICTIM (Robson)
7. FALLING HARE (Clampett)
8. MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Deren)
9. GHOST SHIP (Robson)
10. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Tourneur)
11. SAHARA (Korda)
12. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Hitchcock)
13. CABIN IN THE SKY (Minnelli)
14. MORE THE MERRIER (Stevens)
15. SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY (Tashlin)
16. THE GANG'S ALL HERE (Berkley)
17. AIR FORCE (Hawks)
18. WHO KILLED WHO? (Avery)
19. HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (Lang)
20. FRANKENSTEIN VS WOLF MAN (R.William Neill)

RUNNER-UP:

5 GRAVES TO CAIRO (Wilder), THE MAN IN GREY (Arliss), DUMB-HOUNDED (Tex Avery), FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (Wood),  A CORNY CONCERTO (Clampett), SANSHIRO SUGATA (Kurosawa), LASSIE COME HOME (Wilcox), PORKY PIG'S FEAT (Tashlin), FIRES WERE STARTED (Jennings), RED HOT RIDING HOOD (Avery)