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A list of American films released in 1946.
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Contents

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes/Studio
Accomplice Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan Crime
Angel on My Shoulder Archie Mayo Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains Fantasy United Artists
Anna and the King of Siam John Cromwell Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell Romantic comedy 20th Century Fox
Baby Bottleneck Robert Clampett Looney Tunes Warner Bros.
Bad Bascomb S. Sylvan Simon Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish Western
Baseball Bugs Friz Freleng Looney Tunes Animation Warner Bros.
The Beast with Five Fingers Robert Florey Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish Warner Bros.
Beer Barrel Polecats Jules White Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Bedlam Boris Karloff, Anna Lee Thriller
The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell WWII drama Academy Award for Best Picture
The Big Sleep Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers Film noir Warner Bros.
A Bird in the Head Edward Bernds Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Black Angel Roy William Neill Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford Film noir Universal Pictures
The Blue Dahlia George Marshall Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Hugh Beaumont Film noir Paramount Pictures
Blue Skies Stuart Heisler Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby Musical comedy Paramount Pictures
Book Revue Robert Clampett Animated short Warner Bros.
The Bride Wore Boots Irving Pichel Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings Romantic comedy Paramount Pictures
Bunker Hill Bunny I. Freleng Animated short Warner Bros.
The Cat Concerto William Hanna Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
The Chase Arthur Ripley Robert Cummings Film noir United Artists
Cloak and Dagger Fritz Lang Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer Thriller
Crack-Up Irving Reis Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall Film noir RKO Pictures
The Crimson Ghost Fred C. Brannon, William Witney Adventure serial Republic Pictures
Cuban Pete Jean Yarbrough Desi Arnaz Musical comedy Universal Pictures

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Dark Corner Henry Hathaway Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix Film noir
The Dark Mirror Robert Siodmak Olivia de Havilland Psychological thriller Universal Pictures
Daughter of Don Q Spencer Gordon Bennet Adventure serial Republic
Deadline at Dawn Harold Clurman Susan Hayward Film noir RKO
Deception Irving Rapper Bette Davis, Paul Henreid Film noir Warner Bros.
Dragonwyck Joseph L. Mankiewicz Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Jessica Tandy Film noir Fox
Dressed to Kill Roy William Neill Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison Film noir Sherlock Holmes
Duel in the Sun King Vidor Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Lionel Barrymore Western Selznick International Pictures
Fear Alfred Zeisler Peter Cookson Drama
Gallant Bess Harry Rapf Marshall Thompson, George Tobias Family western MGM
The Gay Cavalier William Nigh Gilbert Roland Western
G.I. Wanna Home Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia
The Great Morgan Nat Perrin Frank Morgan, Tommy Dorsey Musical
The Green Years Victor Saville Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler Comedy-drama MGM
Hair-Raising Hare Charles M. Jones Animated short Warner Bros.
Hare Remover Frank Tashlin Animated short Warner Bros.
The Harvey Girls George Sidney Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury Musical Academy Award Best Song
House of Horrors Jean Yarbrough Horror Universal
Humoresque Jean Negulesco John Garfield, Joan Crawford Melodrama Warner Bros.

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers Christmas romance RKO Pictures
The James Brothers of Missouri Fred C. Brannon Keith Richards, Noel Neill Western Republic Pictures
The Jolson Story Alfred E. Green Larry Parks, William Demarest Musical Columbia Pictures
Just Before Dawn William Castle Warner Baxter Crime mystery
The Kid from Brooklyn Norman Z. McLeod Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen Comedy Remake of 1936 film The Milky Way
The Killers Robert Siodmak Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien Film noir Universal Pictures
King of the Forest Rangers Spencer Gordon Bennet Adventure serial RKO Pictures
Kitty Kornered Robert Clampett Animated short Warner Bros.
Lady Luck Edwin L. Marin Robert Young, Barbara Hale Comedy RKO Pictures
Little Giant William A. Seiter Abbott and Costello Comedy Universal Pictures
The Locket John Brahm Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum Film noir RKO Pictures
Lost City of the Jungle Adventure serial Universal Pictures
Make Mine Music Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters Animated feature Walt Disney
The Man Who Dared John Sturges George Macready, Forrest Tucker Drama Columbia Pictures
The Milky Waif Hanna Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Monkey Businessmen Edward Bernds Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Mr. Ace Edwin L. Marin George Raft, Sylvia Sydney Crime
Murder in the Music Hall John English Nancy Kelly, Vera Ralston Musical
My Darling Clementine John Ford Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond 20th Century Fox
My Reputation Curtis Bernhardt Barbara Stanwyck War Romance Warner Bros.
The Mysterious Mr. M Lewis Collins, V. Keays Adventure serial Universal Pictures
Night Editor Henry Levin William Gargan Film noir Columbia Pictures
Night and Day Michael Curtiz Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman Biography Cole Porter bio
A Night in Casablanca Archie Mayo Marx Brothers Comedy United Artists
Nobody Lives Forever Jean Negulesco John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald Film noir Warner Bros.
Nocturne Edwin L. Marin George Raft Film noir RKO Pictures
Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains Film noir RKO Pictures

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Of Human Bondage Edmund Goulding Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker Drama Warner Bros.
The Phantom Rider Spencer Gordon Bennet Adventure serial Republic Pictures
The Postman Always Rings Twice Tay Garnett Lana Turner, John Garfield Film noir MGM
Quentin Quail Chuck Jones Animation Warner Bros.
Racketeer Rabbit Friz Freleng Bugs Bunny Animation Warner Bros.
The Razor's Edge Edmund Goulding Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney Drama 20th Century Fox
Rhapsody Rabbit I. Freleng Animaation Warner Bros.
Rhythm and Weep Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Road to Utopia Hal Walker Bing Crosby, Bob Hope Musical comedy Paramount Pictures
Saratoga Trunk Sam Wood Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman Period drama Warner Bros.
The Scarlet Horseman Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor Western serial Universal Pictures
The Secret Heart Robert Z. Leonard Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon Drama MGM
Shock Alfred L. Werker Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore Film noir 20th Century Fox
Sister Kenny Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage Rosalind Russell Biography RKO Pictures
So Dark the Night Joseph H. Lewis Steven Geray Film noir
Solid Serenade Hanna Barbera Tom and Jerry Animation MGM
Somewhere in the Night Joseph L. Mankiewicz John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan Film noir 20th Century Fox
Song of the South Wilfred Jackson Animated feature RKO Pictures
Special Delivery WWII propaganda short Produced by the US Air Force
The Spiral Staircase Dore Schary Dorothy McGuire, George Brent Psychological thriller RKO Pictures
Springtime for Thomas Hanna Barbera Tom and Jerry Animation MGM
A Stolen Life Curtis Bernhardt Bette Davis, Glenn Ford Drama Warner Bros.

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Lewis Milestone Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas Film noir Paramount Pictures
The Stranger Orson Welles Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles Suspense RKO Pictures
Suspense Frank Tuttle Barry Sullivan Film noir
Swing Parade of 1946 Phil Karlson Three Stooges, Gale Storm, Phil Regan Musical comedy Monogram Pictures
A Tale of Two Cities Propaganda short Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman Kurt Neumann Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce Action RKO Pictures
Terror by Night Roy William Neill Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce Mystery Universal Pictures
That Justice Be Done Propaganda Office of War Information
They Made Me a Killer William C. Thomas Robert Lowery Film noir Paramount Pictures
Three Little Pirates Edward Bernds Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Three Loan Wolves Jules White Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
The Three Troubledoers Edward Bernds Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Till the Clouds Roll By Richard Whorf Judy Garland, Lena Horne Musical biography MGM
The Time of Their Lives Charles Barton Abbott and Costello Comedy Universal Pictures
To Each His Own Mitchell Leisen Olivia de Havilland Drama Paramount Pictures
Tomorrow Is Forever Irving Pichel Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles Film noir RKO Pictures
Trap Happy Hanna Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Undercurrent Vincente Minnelli Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum Film noir MGM
Uncivil War Birds Jules White Three Stooges Short subject Columbia Pictures
Vacation in Reno Leslie Goodwins Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys Comedy RKO Pictures
The Verdict Don Siegel Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet Film noir
The Virginian Stuart Gilmore Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy Western Paramount Pictures
Walky Talky Hawky Robert McKimson Animated short Warner Bros.
Whistle Stop Léonide Moguy George Raft, Ava Gardner Film noir United Artists
Without Reservations Mervyn LeRoy Claudette Colbert, John Wayne Comedy RKO Pictures
The Yearling Clarence Brown Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Family drama MGM
Ziegfeld Follies Roy Del Ruth, Vincente Minnelli Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice Musical comedy MGM

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