Feature-Length Films of 1944

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Annual Bests.

Picture: Double Indemnity
Director: Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity
Actor: Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity
Actress: Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
Supporting Actor: Edward G. Robinson, Double Indemnity
Supporting Actress: Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me in St. Louis
Original Screenplay: -N/A-
Adapted Screenplay: Double Indemnity
Editing: Double Indemnity
Cinematography: Laura
Production Design: Meet Me in St. Louis
Visual Effects: Meet Me in St. Louis
Sound Mixing: Double Indemnity
Score: Double Indemnity
Song: "The Trolley Song," Meet Me in St. Louis
Documentary: -N/A-
Foreign Language: -N/A-

Scene: "How fast was I going, officer?" Double Indemnity

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How my Ratings Work:

100-90: Masterpiece, or very close. Very rare.
089-80: Fan-freaking-tastic. Near-lock for yearly top 10 list.
079-70: Definitely something special. Do not miss.
069-60: Very good, but missing some crucial element.
059-50: Didn’t work, but has many redeeming qualities.
049-40: Demerits clearly outweigh merits.
039-30: Didn't enjoy the film, but talent was involved.
029-20: When will this picture end. When...
019-10: Outright fiasco and/or unwatchably boring.
009-00: One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Very rare.

Note: This list is a constant work in progress.

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1. Double Indemnity
19441h 47mApproved
8.3 (173K)
95Metascore
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
Score: 92
2. Phantom Lady
19441h 27mApproved
7.2 (6.1K)
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn"t murder his selfish wife.
DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsFranchot ToneElla RainesAlan Curtis
Score: 75
3. To Have and Have Not
19441h 40mApproved
7.8 (39K)
90Metascore
During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while romancing a lounge singer.
DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallWalter Brennan
Score: 73
4. Address Unknown
19441h 15mApproved
6.9 (1.2K)
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsPaul LukasMady ChristiansMorris Carnovsky
Score: 72
5. Lifeboat
19441h 37mApproved
7.6 (32K)
78Metascore
Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter Slezak
Score: 71
6. On Approval
19441h 20mApproved
7.1 (759)
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
DirectorClive BrookStarsClive BrookBeatrice LillieGoogie Withers
Score: 64
7. Laura
19441h 28mApproved
7.9 (53K)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton Webb
Score: 63
8. Meet Me in St. Louis
19441h 53mApproved
7.5 (29K)
94Metascore
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary Astor
Score: 62
9. Murder, My Sweet
19441h 35mApproved
7.5 (15K)
After being hired to find an ex-con"s former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDick PowellClaire TrevorAnne Shirley
Score: 60
10. The Woman in the Window
19441h 47mApproved
7.6 (18K)
A reserved professor meets a model and gets mixed up in murder.
DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettRaymond Massey
Score: 59
11. This Happy Breed
19441h 55mNot Rated
7.3 (4.2K)
Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.
DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonCelia JohnsonJohn Mills
Score: 58
12. Hail the Conquering Hero
19441h 41mApproved
7.6 (5.3K)
Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.
DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenElla RainesRaymond Walburn
Score: 57
13. A Canterbury Tale
19442h 4mNot Rated
7.3 (6.8K)
85Metascore
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsEric PortmanSheila SimDennis Price
Score: 56
14. Going My Way
19442h 6mApproved
7.0 (14K)
90Metascore
When young Father O"Malley arrives at St. Dominic"s, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn"t think much of his new assistant.
DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHugh
Score: 54
15. Tall in the Saddle
19441h 27mApproved
6.9 (3.7K)
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.
DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsJohn WayneElla RainesWard Bond
Score: 54
16. The Suspect
19441h 25mApproved
7.3 (3.7K)
An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.
DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsCharles LaughtonElla RainesDean Harens
Score: 53
17. Ivan the Terrible, Part I
19441h 35mNot Rated
7.7 (11K)
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovLyudmila TselikovskayaSerafima Birman
Score: 52
18. Torment
19441h 35m
7.3 (3.9K)
An idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
DirectorAlf SjöbergStarsStig JärrelAlf KjellinMai Zetterling
Score: 51
19. Gaslight
19441h 54mApproved
7.8 (35K)
78Metascore
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 house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph Cotten
Score: 50
20. Ministry of Fear
19441h 26mApproved
7.1 (9.2K)
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot and tries to stop it.
DirectorFritz LangStarsRay MillandMarjorie ReynoldsCarl Esmond
Score: 50
21. Arsenic and Old Lace
19441h 58mApproved
7.9 (76K)
Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.
DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond Massey
Score: 48
22. The Uninvited
19441h 39mApproved
7.2 (13K)
A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house"s unsavory past.
DirectorLewis AllenStarsRay MillandRuth HusseyDonald Crisp
Score: 46
23. Henry V
19442h 17mApproved
7.0 (7.3K)
In the midst of the Hundred Years" War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierRobert NewtonLeslie Banks
Score: 45
24. National Velvet
19442h 3mApproved
7.3 (8.3K)
83Metascore
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England"s Grand National Sweepstakes.
DirectorClarence BrownStarsMickey RooneyElizabeth TaylorDonald Crisp
Score: 43
25. The Curse of the Cat People
19441h 10mApproved
6.7 (7.5K)
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father"s dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
DirectorsGunther von FritschRobert WiseStarsSimone SimonKent SmithJane Randolph
Score: 42