1942 (Features/shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.10/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsBilly BletcherWilliam HannaHarry LangTom and Jerry put their adversarial relationship on hold after their cat-and-mouse shenanigans awaken a sleeping bulldog.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBud CollyerJoan AlexanderJackson BeckSuperman versus a thawed-out Tyrannosaurus.10/10
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.9/10*
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeRobert PrestonWhen assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.9/10
- DirectorJack KinneyBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigCharles JudelsBilly BletcherDonald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.9/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsWilliam HannaBob LaztnyJack SabelAs the title implies, Tom and Jerry are in a bowling alley. Both spend a lot of time sliding on the well-polished lanes. Eventually, Jerry takes up residence among the pins and Tom tries to bowl him down.9/10
- 19429mApproved7.1 (1.8K)ShortDirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetJohn McLeishThree fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.9/10
- DirectorDan GordonDave FleischerJames TyerStarsJack MercerPopeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.8/10
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.8/10
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent SmithAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.8/10
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsEdward G. RobinsonJane WymanBroderick CrawfordThree ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...8/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsMargie HinesJack MercerLee RoyceShore leave in South America; Bluto muscles in on Popeye's girl, Olivia Oyla. Popeye muscles him out, but when they get to the conga club, he doesn't care to dance, so Bluto wins again. But a fortuitous can of spinach fixes that, until the shore patrol has their own little conga line.8/10
- DirectorSeymour KneitelDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJoan AlexanderJackson BeckJack MercerSuperman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.8/10
- DirectorArchie MayoFritz LangStarsJean GabinIda LupinoThomas MitchellIn California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.7/10
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.7/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancSara BernerKent RogersMama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest. He's told to at least bring back a rabbit.7/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangJerry takes advantage of a rather mean tempered hen (that looks suspiciously like a rooster) to hide from Tom.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsJack MercerPopeye's unconventional torpedo-loading technique gets him a mild punishment: he's ordered to stand at attention. Just then, the enemy attacks. He remains at attention, even as a bomb throws him to the top of the mast, where his commander finally notices and orders him to get the planes. Popeye fires on them, but this only draws return fire. He eats his spinach, then turns into a plane himself and attacks.7/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPorky tries to relax on a hunting and fishing trip, but Daffy, smugly pointing out the "No Duck Hunting" signs, subjects him to constant irritation. Then the "Duck Hunting Season Open" signs start going up.7/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsPinto ColvigWilliam HannaHarry LangTom is playing with Jerry when someone delivers a cute lady cat for Mammy to take care of. Tom is smitten at first sight, and primps a bit. He offers a fish and a canary, but she's not interested. He then retrieves Jerry (filed under "M" in a filing cabinet), again proving unusually competent. He does several magic tricks with Jerry, producing him in a box of chocolates and Toots' bow, and finally tucking Jerry behind him. While trapped there, Jerry grabs a hat and uses the hat pin to even the score a bit. He runs away to a record changer, and gets Tom caught up in the machinery. With Tom thoroughly defeated (and the machine thoroughly broken), Jerry primps a bit himself, kisses Toots, and sashays into his hole.7/10
- DirectorIzzy SparberAl EugsterStarsDave BarryJack MercerIn a shipyard, Popeye and Bluto compete in each building a ship for a potential exclusive military contract.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerAfter disgracing himself in artillery training, Popeye must save his ship from an enemy submarine.7/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherDon BrodieClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck gets into trouble when he performs his camouflage painting duty too well with experimental paint that makes anything painted invisible.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMargie HinesJack MercerTedd PiercePopeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about 5 seconds, until Olive comes on board ship for a tour. The boys vie for her attention.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsMargie HinesJack MercerOlive is going shopping and drops Swee'pea off for Popeye to watch. Popeye carves a sailboat for him, but the tyke spots Popeye's battleship, and the puny toy boat will no longer do. He climbs aboard, and there's the expected mayhem. Notable sequences include a stint on the ship's cannon's control board, with Popeye caught on the barrel, then in the gears; also, at the end, Swee'Pea hitches a ride atop a torpedo just as Olive is returning and Popeye's out cold.7/10
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsBetty GrableCarmen MirandaJohn PayneBroadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.6/10
- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardDavid NivenRosamund JohnAircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.6/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsRobert ClampettFrank GrahamKent RogersHorton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after standing (and sitting) guard 100-percent faith-fully through rain and snow, Horton and the egg are captured by three hunters and put in a circus. Coincidentally, Maisie happen to fly by just as the egg is about to hatch and demands that Horton give it back to her.6/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherThe King's MenJohn McLeishDonald Fauntleroy Duck gets his draft notice and goes in, past all the amazingly enticing recruiting posters, to sign up. First he has to pass the physical. Despite his flat feet, he makes it. Donald wants to fly, but first he has to make it through Sergeant Pete's boot camp. He has a terrible time with close-order drills, and standing at attention without moving when he's over an ant-hill proves a real challenge. Eventually, Donald ends up on endless KP.6/10
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancDick NelsonKent RogersWoody Woodpecker is at a U.S. Army Air Corps military air base and is dreaming of taking one of the aircraft up in the air. His enthusiasm in this respect gets him into a lot of trouble with his sergeant.6/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamDick NelsonThe early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for the cat.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJoan AlexanderJackson BeckJulian NoaSuperman must face the threat of an erupting volcano.6/10
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsLeo GorceyBobby JordanHuntz HallImpoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.5/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanThis time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.5/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer Fudd and his dogs are hunting for Bugs Bunny in the woods. As Fudd is about to shoot Bugs, he receives a telegram telling him that his uncle is leaving him three million dollars on the condition he doesn't harm any animals.5/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs arrives in the desert to find Elmer prospecting for gold. Fudd is finally driven to pull his own gold tooth.5/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck finally gets a chance to go up in the air, only to find he's less than enthusiastic for the real thing.5/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBugs' home in a hollow tree is marred when the magician, Ala Bahma, plasters his show posters all over it. Bugs goes to the show to heckle.5/10
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsJames EllisonHeather AngelJohn HowardSurviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights.4/10
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsTyrone PowerJoan FontaineThomas MitchellAlthough she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.4/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRudolf IsingStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaHarry LangTom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerOrestes CalpiniStarsBud CollyerJoan AlexanderJackson BeckSuperman versus extortionists with a super-powerful rocket car.4/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerA cat-about-town fancies himself such an irresistible "hunk" he momentarily resembles Victor Mature. His wooing of a cute kitten gets derailed by a prankster dog using a cat hand puppet to trap him.4/10
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsRegis ToomeyAdele LongmireHoward Da SilvaGangster Frank Dillon abducts Dr. Steven Bishop to treat wounded Joe Madison. Dillon also takes Joe's nurse sister. Dillon threatens Bishop's life if Joe dies, but Bishop knows Dillon will kill him anyway.3/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanThe Sportsmen QuartetIn the Canadian North Woods, Bugs is wanted dead or alive and Elmer is out to bring him in.3/10
- DirectorNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancMichael MalteseJohn McLeishHitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.3/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton LuskeStarsFred ShieldsJosé OliveiraLee BlairDisney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.2/10