1945 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1945

20.    PRIDE OF THE MARINES

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19. SHOOTING OF DAN MCGOO

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18.THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO

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17.     THE BODY SNATCHER

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16.    THE STORY OF G.I. JOE

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15.            SPELLBOUND

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14.      THE LOST WEEKEND

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13.  THEY WERE EXPENDABLE

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12.           BLITHE SPIRIT

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11.           HARE TRIGGER

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10.    MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS

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9.         MILDRED PIERCE

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8.                 DETOUR

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7.           FALLEN ANGEL

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                 LES DAMES

6.     DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE

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5. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

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4.         THE SOUTHERNER

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3.         SCARLET STREET

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                   THE LIFE

2. & DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

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1.     LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(other titles of '45 I loved that almost placed)

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

ISLE OF THE DEAD

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S

HANGOVER SQUARE

ANCHORS AWEIGH

SANSHIRO SUGATA 2

NATIONAL VELVET

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1945

TOP 20

1. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (Stahl)
2. LIFE & DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Powell)
3. SCARLET STREET (Lang)
4. THE SOUTHERNER (Renoir)
5. WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Lang)
6. LADIES OF THE PARK (Bresson)
7. FALLEN ANGEL (Preminger)
8. DETOUR (Ulmer)
9. MILDRED PIERCE (Curtiz)
10. MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (Joseph H. Lewis)
11. HARE TRIGGER (Freleng)
12. BLITHE SPIRIT (Lean)
13. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (Ford)
14. LOST WEEKEND (Wilder)
15. SPELLBOUND (Hitchcock)
16. STORY OF G.I. JOE (Wellman)
17. THE BODY SNATCHER (Wise)
18. BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (Huston)
19. SHOOTING OF DAN MCGOO (Tex Avery)
20. PRIDE OF THE MARINES (Daves)

RUNNER-UP: 

PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Lewin), ISLE OF THE DEAD (Robson), BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (McCarey), HANGOVER SQUARE (Brahm), ANCHORS AWEIGH (Sidney), SANSHIRO SUGATA 2 (Kurosawa), NATIONAL VELVET (Clarence Brown)