1944 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1944

20.   WENT THE DAY WELL?

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19.          GOING MY WAY

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18.

LITTLE RED RIDING RABBIT

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17.        PHANTOM LADY

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16.     MURDER, MY SWEET

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15.     MARIA CANDELARIA

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14.    A CANTERBURY TALE

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13. 

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

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12.           GASLIGHT

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11.              AT LAND

10.        THE UNINVITED

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            THE MIRACLE 

9.   OF MORGAN'S CREEK

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-tie-9.            HAIL 

  THE CONQUERING HERO

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8.           DARK WATERS

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7.       MINISTRY OF FEAR

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6. 

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

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5.             LIFEBOAT

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              THE CURSE

4.     OF THE CAT PEOPLE

3.                 LAURA

2.       DOUBLE INDEMNITY

1.    MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '44 I loved that almost placed)

JAMMIN' THE BLUES

THIRTY 

SECONDS OVER TOKYO

THE 

WOMAN WHO DARED

IN SOCIETY

THE TOWER OF

THE SEVEN HUNCHBACKS

[LA TORRE DE LOS SIETE JOROBADOS]

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THE THREE CABALLEROS

JANE EYRE

SCREWBALL SQUIRREL

****

1944

TOP 20

1. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Minnelli)
2. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Wilder)
3. LAURA (Preminger)
4. CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (Wise)
5. LIFEBOAT (Hitchcock)
6. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Hawks)
7. MINISTRY OF FEAR (Lang)
8. DARK WATERS (De Toth)
9. HAIL CONQUERING HERO (Sturges)                             -tie- MIRACLE MORGAN'S CREEK (Sturges)
10. THE UNINVITED (Lewis Allen)
11. AT LAND (Maya Deren)
12. GASLIGHT (Cukor)
13. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Capra)
14. A CANTEBURY TALE (Powell)
15. MARIA CANDELARIA (Fernández)
16. MURDER MY SWEET (Dmytryk)
17. PHANTOM LADY (Siodmak)
18. LITTLE RED RIDING RABBIT (Freleng)
19. GOING MY WAY (McCarey)
20. WENT THE DAY WELL? (Cavalcanti)

RUNNER-UP

JAMMIN THE BLUES (Gjon Mili), 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO (LeRoy), LE CIEL EST A VOUS (Grémillon), IN SOCIETY (Yarbrough), THREE CABALLEROS (Disney), TOWER OF THE 7 HUNCHBACKS (Neville), JANE EYRE (Stevensen), SCREWY SQUIRREL (Tex Avery)