1945 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. Mildred Pierce (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
Votes: 28,695
10/10*
2. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 40,216 | Gross: $9.46M
10/10
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 8,413
10/10
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 14,457
10/10
5. Mouse in Manhattan (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry Mouse gets tired of living the country life and decides to head to the big city. However, the experience doesn't turn out quite like Jerry had expected.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Harry Lang
Votes: 1,733
10/10
6. Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 914
10/10
7. Conflict (1945)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart
Votes: 4,613
9/10
8. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,230
9/10
9. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, History
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, George S. Patton, Hayden Sears
Votes: 1,651
9/10
10. Hare Tonic (1945)
TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs Bunny tricks Elmer Fudd into believing his house has been quarantined for something called "rabbititus."
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 1,294
9/10
11. Quiet Please! (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The bulldog wants to take a nap. Tom wants to chase Jerry around the house. Naps and noise don't mix, and so the bulldog threatens Tom to keep quiet or else.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, Harry Lang
Votes: 2,253
9/10
12. Herr Meets Hare (1945)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 753
9/10
13. Draftee Daffy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 881
9/10
14. The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
Votes: 731
9/10
15. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,786
8/10
16. And Then There Were None (1945)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young
Votes: 16,658
8/10
17. Detour (1945)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald
Votes: 19,730 | Gross: $0.02M
8/10
18. Wagon Heels (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Western, Animation, Family
Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Robert Clampett
Votes: 364
8/10
19. The Screwy Truant (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Screwy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, William Hanna
Votes: 566
8/10
20. Tee for Two (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While golfing, Tom puts Jerry to work as a tee, but Jerry intentionally messes things up.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 1,406
8/10
21. The Mouse Comes to Dinner (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, Anita Brown, William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,363
8/10
22. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 3,296
7/10
23. Scarlet Street (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 19,215
7/10
24. Spellbound (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 52,271 | Gross: $7.00M
7/10
25. State Fair (1945)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 4,501
7/10
26. The Bashful Buzzard (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A bashful buzzard has a hard time keeping up with the rest of his siblings when it comes to bringing back food.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers
Votes: 626
7/10
27. Hare Trigger (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Yosemite Sam means to hold up the Superchief and Bugs is out to stop him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 806
7/10
28. Hare Conditioned (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs is working as part of an outdoor display in a department store window when the store manager decides to have him stuffed as part of the Taxidermy department.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dave Barry, Dick Nelson
Votes: 989
7/10
29. Fallen Angel (1945)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford
Votes: 6,519
6/10
30. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan
Votes: 9,373 | Gross: $21.30M
6/10
31. The Unseen (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Horror
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks
Votes: 612
6/10
32. Tokyo Woes (1945)
4 min | Short, Animation
When Tokyo Rose begins spewing her anti-American propaganda over the airwaves, Seaman Hook is inspired to fight back, using War Bonds as literal weapons against her.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Frank Graham, Arthur Lake
Votes: 201
6/10
33. Wild and Woolfy (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Ann Pickard Rhea, Tex Avery, Sara Berner
Votes: 688
6/10
34. Nasty Quacks (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A pet duckling grows up to be Daffy. His antics soon grate on the family, culminating in a fencing match at the breakfast table fought with butter knives. But the daughter defends Daffy.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 550
6/10
35. Donald's Crime (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald has a date with Daisy, but no money. He raids his nephews' piggy bank, but his guilty conscience catches up with him.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Gloria Blondell, Harry Lang, Clarence Nash
Votes: 905
6/10
36. Flirty Birdy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom is all set to eat Jerry when a hawk swoops down and grabs Jerry. To get Jerry back, Tom poses as a female hawk and quickly finds his new lover to be more than he bargained for.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Frank Graham, William Hanna
Votes: 1,205
6/10
37. Blood on the Sun (1945)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, John Emery
Votes: 2,274
5/10
38. Captain Kidd (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine
Votes: 2,070
5/10
39. Jerky Turkey (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Frank Graham, Leone Le Doux, Wally Maher
Votes: 642
5/10
40. Woody Dines Out (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Woody is hungry because all the restaurants are closed; and when he sees a place that stuffs birds, he goes there - only to learn he's gone to a taxidermist.
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Mel Blanc, Hans Conried, Ben Hardaway
Votes: 158
5/10
41. Duck Pimples (1945)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck becomes a suspect in a whodunit of his own imagination.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Harry Lang, Mary Lenahan, Jack Mather
Votes: 551
5/10
42. Fresh Airedale (1945)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
In his master's eyes, "good old Shep" is the perfect dog, but the cat knows he's really a two-faced mutt who can be bought off with a bone by a burglar, and then take credit for it when the... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham
Votes: 317
4/10
43. The Unruly Hare (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
As a surveyor, Elmer Fudd is disturbing Bugs Bunny's peace. So Bugs harasses Fudd, who is also trying to get revenge.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Tedd Pierce, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 474
4/10
44. Operation Titanic (1945)
Documentary, Short
Operation Titanic (code name Frantic - 1944) in WWII. Western Allies planes on bombing missions (raids) over Germany shuttle between their bases in England resp. Italy and bases in Russia.
4/10
45. War Comes to America (1945)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, War
Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Dean Acheson, General Bergeret, Adolf A. Berle, Arno Breker
Votes: 839
3/10
46. Behind the Meat-Ball (1945)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A dog, starved for meat, goes to different lengths to get a steak back from a little dog that keeps out-smarting him.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner
Votes: 199
3/10
47. No Buddy Atoll (1945)
3 min | Animation, Short
Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 148
2/10
48. Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945)
TV-G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Depressed by the antics of the other ghosts, Casper leaves home to make friends. After unintentionally scaring several potential pals, Casper befriends two young children. They take him ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Nick Tafuri | Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack Mercer, Purv Pullen, Mae Questel
Votes: 529
2/10
49. Gypsy Life (1945)
6 min | Animation, Short
A Mighty Mouse cartoon which sees Mighty Mouse protect a group of gypsy travelling mice from a colony of bats.
Director: Connie Rasinski | Stars: Betty Jaynes, Tom Morrison
Votes: 202
2/10
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