A list of American films released in 1944.
Going My Way won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain |
Irving Rapper |
Fredric March, Alexis Smith |
Adventure |
|
| And Now Tomorrow |
Irving Pichel |
Alan Ladd, Susan Hayward |
Drama |
Based on book by Rachel Field |
| And the Angels Sing |
George Marshall |
Fred MacMurray, Betty Hutton |
Musical |
|
| Arsenic and Old Lace |
Frank Capra |
Cary Grant, Raymond Massey |
Screwball Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Attack! Battle of New Britain |
|
|
War Propaganda Short |
|
| Barbary Coast Gent |
Roy Del Ruth |
|
Comedy Western |
MGM |
| Bathing Beauty |
George Sidney |
Esther Williams, Red Skelton |
Musical |
MGM |
| The Battle of China |
Frank Capra |
|
War Propaganda |
|
| Between Two Worlds |
Edward A. Blatt |
John Garfield, Paul Henreid |
Mystery |
Warner Bros. |
| The Big Noise |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Laurel and Hardy |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Bluebeard |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
John Carradine |
Thriller |
|
| The Bodyguard |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated Short |
MGM |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
Rowland V. Lee |
Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff |
Drama |
United Artists |
| Broadway Rhythm |
Roy Del Ruth |
George Murphy, Lena Horne |
Musical |
MGM |
| Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips |
I. Freleng |
Merrie Melodies |
Animated War |
Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears |
Chuck Jones |
Merrie Melodies |
Animated |
Warner Bros. |
| Busy Buddies |
Del Lord |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| Can't Help Singing |
Frank Ryan |
Deanna Durbin |
Musical |
|
| The Canterville Ghost |
Jules Dassin |
Charles Laughton |
Comedy Fantasy |
MGM |
| Captain America |
Elmer Clifton, John English |
|
serial |
Republic Pictures |
| Casanova Brown |
Sam Wood |
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright |
Comedy |
RKO Pictures |
| Christmas Holiday |
Robert Siodmak |
Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| The Climax |
George Waggner |
Boris Karloff |
Horror |
Universal Pictures |
| Cobra Woman |
Robert Siodmak |
Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu |
Adventure |
Universal Pictures |
| Cover Girl |
Charles Vidor |
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers |
Musical |
Columbia Pictures |
| Crash Goes the Hash |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| Cry of the Werewolf |
Henry Levin |
Nina Foch |
Horror |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Curse of the Cat People |
Robert Wise |
Simone Simon, Jane Randolph |
Horror |
RKO Pictures |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Dancing Romeo |
Cyril Endfield |
Our Gang |
Comedy Short |
MGM |
| Days of Glory |
Jacques Tourneur |
Gregory Peck |
Romantic Drama |
RKO Pictures |
| Dead Man's Eyes |
Reginald Le Borg |
Lon Chaney, Jr. |
Mystery |
Universal Pictures |
| Delinquent Daughters |
Albert Herman |
|
Exploitation |
|
| Double Exposure |
William A. Berke |
Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly |
Crime Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Double Indemnity |
Billy Wilder |
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Dragon Seed |
Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway |
Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Experiment Perilous |
Jacques Tourneur |
Hedy Lamarr, George Brent |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Farewell, My Lovely |
Edward Dmytryk |
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor |
Film noir |
aka Murder, My Sweet |
| The Fighting Lady |
Edward Steichen |
|
War Propaganda |
|
| The Fighting Seabees |
Edward Ludwig |
John Wayne, Susan Hayward |
War |
Republic Pictures |
| The Fighting Sullivans |
Lloyd Bacon |
Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell |
Biopic, Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Frenchman's Creek |
Mitchell Leisen |
Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone |
Adventure |
Paramount Pictures |
| Gambler's Choice |
Frank McDonald |
Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly |
Crime |
Paramount Pictures |
| Gaslight |
George Cukor |
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Gents Without Cents |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| Going My Way |
Leo McCarey |
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald |
Musical Comedy |
Academy Award |
| The Great Alaskan Mystery |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
|
Serial |
Universal |
| The Great Moment |
Preston Sturges |
Joel McCrea, Betty Field |
Biopic |
Paramount Pictures |
| Hail the Conquering Hero |
Preston Sturges |
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Hare Force |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated Short |
Warner Bros. |
| Haunted Harbor |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
|
Serial |
Republic Pictures |
| Hell-Bent for Election |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated War |
|
| Hollywood Canteen |
|
|
Documentary |
Warner Bros. |
| House of Frankenstein |
Erle C. Kenton |
Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney |
Horror |
Universal Pictures |
| How to Play Golf |
Jack Kinney |
|
Animated |
Disney distributed by RKO |
| Hymn of the Nations |
Alexander Hammid |
|
War Documentary |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| I Accuse My Parents |
Sam Newfield |
Mary Beth Hughes |
Crime Drama |
|
| Idle Roomers |
Del Lord |
Three Stooges |
Comedy, Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| I'll Be Seeing You |
William Dieterle |
Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple |
Drama |
Selznick International Pictures |
| In Society |
Jean Yarbrough |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge |
Ford Beebe |
Jon Hall, John Carradine |
Sci-Fi, Horror |
Universal Pictures |
| It Happened Tomorrow |
René Clair |
Dick Powell, Linda Darnell |
Fantasy, Comedy |
Academy Award nominations |
| Jammin' the Blues |
Gjon Mili |
|
Short |
|
| The Keys of the Kingdom |
John M. Stahl |
Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Roddy McDowall |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| The Lady and the Monster |
George Sherman |
Vera Ralston |
Sci-Fi, Horror |
Republic Pictures |
| Lady in the Dark |
Kurt Weill |
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland |
Musical |
|
| Lady, Let's Dance |
Frank Woodruff |
Belita |
Musical |
Monogram Pictures |
| Laura |
Otto Preminger |
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox |
| Lifeboat |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix |
War, Drama |
Academy Award Best Script |
| Little Red Riding Rabbit |
Friz Freleng |
|
Animated, Short |
Warner Bros. |
| Lost in a Harem |
Charles Reisner |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
MGM |
| The Mask of Dimitrios |
Jean Negulesco |
Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre |
Film noir |
|
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
Vincente Minnelli |
Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor |
Musical |
MGM |
| Meet the People |
Charles Reisner |
Lucille Ball, Dick Powell |
Musical |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress |
William Wyler |
|
Documentary |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Million Dollar Cat |
Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
|
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Ministry of Fear |
Fritz Lang |
Ray Milland |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
Preston Sturges |
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Monster Maker |
Sam Newfield |
J. Carrol Naish |
Sci-Fi |
|
| The Most Beautiful |
Akira Kurosawa |
|
Drama |
Japan |
| Mouse Trouble |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Mr. Skeffington |
Vincent Sherman |
Bette Davis, Claude Rains |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Mrs. Parkington |
Tay Garnett |
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold |
Drama |
|
| The Mummy's Curse |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lon Chaney |
Horror |
Universal Pictures |
| The Mummy's Ghost |
Reginald Le Borg |
|
Horror |
Universal Pictures |
| Murder, My Sweet |
Edward Dmytryk |
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Mystery of the River Boat |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
|
Serial |
Universal Pictures |
| National Velvet |
Clarence Brown |
Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor |
Drama |
MGM |
| The Negro Soldier |
Stuart Heisler |
|
War Propaganda |
|
| Nevada |
Edward Killy |
Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| No Dough Boys |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| None Shall Escape |
André De Toth |
Marsha Hunt, Henry Travers |
War Drama |
Columbia Pictures |
| None But the Lonely Heart |
Clifford Odets |
Cary Grant |
Drama |
RKO Pictures |
| Nothing But Trouble |
Sam Taylor |
Laurel and Hardy |
Comedy |
MGM |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Old Grey Hare |
Robert Clampett |
|
Animated Short |
MGM |
| One Body Too Many |
Frank McDonald |
Bela Lugosi |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Passage to Marseille |
Michael Curtiz |
Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre |
War |
Warner Bros. |
| The Pearl of Death |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce |
Crime |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Phantom Lady |
Robert Siodmak |
Franchot Tone |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| Pin Up Girl |
William LeBaron |
Betty Grable, Martha Raye |
Musical |
20th Century Fox |
| Practically Yours |
Mitchell Leisen |
Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Price of Rendova |
|
|
War Propaganda |
|
| Puttin' on the Dog |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Raiders of Ghost City |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
|
Western Serial |
Universal Pictures |
| Rationing |
Willis Goldbeck |
Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main |
Comedy |
MGM |
| The Return of the Vampire |
Lew Landers |
Béla Lugosi, Nina Foch |
Horror |
Columbia Pictures |
| Return to Guam |
|
|
Short War Propaganda |
Produced by the U.S. Navy |
| Russian Rhapsody |
Robert Clampett |
Looney Tunes |
Animated Short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Scarlet Claw |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce |
Crime |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Sensations of 1945 |
Andrew Stone |
Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe |
Musical Comedy |
United Artists |
| The Seventh Cross |
Fred Zinnemann |
Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn |
Drama, War |
MGM |
| Show Business |
Edwin L. Marin |
Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis |
Musical |
|
| Since You Went Away |
John Cromwell |
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten |
Romance |
United Artists |
| Song of Russia |
Gregory Ratoff |
Robert Taylor, Susan Peters |
War |
MGM |
| Song of the Open Road |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Jane Powell |
Musical Comedy |
United Artists |
| Stage Door Cartoon |
Friz Freleng |
|
Animated Short |
Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso |
War Drama |
|
| Sunday Dinner for a Soldier |
Lloyd Bacon |
Anne Baxter, John Hodiak |
Romance |
|
| Tall in the Saddle |
Edwin L. Marin |
John Wayne |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| The 957th Day |
|
|
Short War Propaganda |
Produced by the US Navy |
| The Barber of Seville |
James Culhane |
|
Animated Short |
Walter Lantz Productions and Universal Pictures |
| The Purple Heart |
Lewis Milestone |
Dana Andrews |
War |
20th Century Fox |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Target for Today |
William Keighley |
|
Documentary |
Eighth Air Force in Poland |
| Thirty Seconds over Tokyo |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson |
War Drama |
MGM |
| The Three Caballeros |
Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney |
|
Animated |
Walt Disney, RKO |
| Tick Tock Tuckered |
Bob Clampett |
|
Animated Short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Tiger Woman |
Spencer Bennet |
Allan Lane, Linda Stirling |
Action Adventure Serial |
Republic Pictures |
| To Have and Have Not |
Howard Hawks |
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan |
Romantic, War |
Warner Bros. |
| Tomorrow The World! [1] [2] |
|
|
|
|
| Tunisian Victory |
Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston |
|
War Propaganda |
MGM |
| The Uninvited |
Lewis All |
Ray Milland |
Mystery, Horror |
Paramount Pictures |
| Waterfront |
Steve Sekely |
J. Carrol Naish |
War, Drama |
|
| Weird Woman |
Reginald Le Borg |
Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Gwynne |
Horror |
Inner Sanctum |
| What Makes a Battle |
|
|
War Propaganda Short |
Taking of Marshall Islands |
| What's Cookin' Doc? |
Bob Clampett |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated, Short |
Warner Bros. |
| When Strangers Marry |
William Castle |
Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger |
Film noir |
aka Betrayed |
| Wilson |
Henry King |
Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell |
Bio-pic |
20th Century Fox |
| With the Marines at Tarawa |
Louis Hayward |
|
War Propaganda |
Battle of Tarawa |
| The Yoke's on Me |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy, Short |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Zoot Cat |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated, short |
MGM |
| Zorro's Black Whip |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
|
Western, Serial |
Republic Pictures |
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