# List of American films of 1946

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

## A

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abie's Irish Rose | A. Edward Sutherland | Michael Chekhov, Joanne Dru, J.M. Kerrigan | Comedy | United Artists. Remake of 1928 film |
| Abilene Town | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Rhonda Fleming, | Western | United Artists |
| Accomplice | Walter Colmes | Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan | Crime | PRC |
| Affairs of Geraldine | George Blair | Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Walburn | Comedy | Republic |
| Alias Billy the Kid | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Alias Mr. Twilight | John Sturges | Trudy Marshall, Gigi Perreau, Lloyd Corrigan | Drama | Columbia |
| Ambush Trail | Harry L. Fraser | Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Charles King | Western | PRC |
| 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 | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Avalanche | Irving Allen | Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Karns, Helen Mowery | Crime | PRC |

## B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Bachelor's Daughters | Andrew L. Stone | Claire Trevor, Gail Russell, Ann Dvorak | Comedy | United Artists |
| Bad Bascomb | S. Sylvan Simon | Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main | Western | MGM |
| Badman's Territory | Tim Whelan | Randolph Scott, Ann Richards, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | RKO |
| The Bamboo Blonde | Anthony Mann | Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Iris Adrian | Musical | RKO |
| The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | George Sherman, Henry Levin | Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Beast with Five Fingers | Robert Florey | Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre | Horror | Warner Bros. |
| Beauty and the Bandit | William Nigh | Gilbert Roland, Ramsay Ames, Martin Garralaga | Western | Monogram |
| Because of Him | Richard Wallace | Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone | Musical | Universal |
| Bedlam | Mark Robson | Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Richard Fraser | Thriller | RKO |
| Behind Green Lights | Otto Brower | Carole Landis, William Gargan, Mary Anderson | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Behind the Mask | Phil Karlson | Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Dorothea Kent | Mystery | Monogram |
| Below the Deadline | William Beaudine | Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley | Drama | Monogram |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | William Wyler | Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews | Drama | RKO. Academy Award for Best Picture |
| Betty Co-Ed | Arthur Dreifuss | Jean Porter, Shirley Mills, Jackie Moran | Musical | Columbia |
| Beware | Bud Pollard | Louis Jordan, Frank H. Wilson, Emory Richardson | Drama | Astor |
| The Big Sleep | Howard Hawks | Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Black Angel | Roy William Neill | Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre | Film noir | Universal |
| Black Beauty | Max Nosseck | Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers | Family | 20th Century Fox |
| Blonde Alibi | Will Jason | Tom Neal, Martha O'Driscoll, Donald MacBride | Thriller | Universal |
| Blonde for a Day | Sam Newfield | Hugh Beaumont, Kathryn Adams, Cy Kendall | Crime | PRC |
| Blondie Knows Best | Abby Berlin | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Steven Geray | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie's Lucky Day | Abby Berlin | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Blue Dahlia | George Marshall | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Hugh Beaumont | Film noir | Paramount |
| Blue Skies | Stuart Heisler | Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield | Musical | Paramount |
| Border Bandits | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Rosa del Rosario | Western | Monogram |
| Boston Blackie and the Law | D. Ross Lederman | Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling | Mystery | Columbia |
| Bowery Bombshell | Phil Karlson | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Teala Loring | Comedy | Monogram. The Bowery Boys |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Dog | Herbert Kline | Sharyn Moffett, Harry Davenport, Lionel Stander | Drama | Film Classics |
| Boys' Ranch | Roy Rowland | Butch Jenkins, James Craig, Dorothy Patrick | Family | MGM |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Harold D. Schuster | Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Bride Wore Boots | Irving Pichel | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn | Comedy | Paramount |
| Bringing Up Father | Edward F. Cline | Joe Yule, Renie Riano, Tim Ryan | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Brute Man | Jean Yarbrough | Rondo Hatton, Jan Wiley, Tom Neal | Horror | Universal |

## C

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| California Gold Rush | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Robert Blake | Western | Republic |
| Canyon Passage | Jacques Tourneur | Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward | Western | Universal |
| The Caravan Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Lash La Rue, Jean Carlin | Western | PRC |
| The Cat Creeps | Erle C. Kenton | Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly | Thriller | Universal |
| The Catman of Paris | Lesley Selander | Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara | Horror | Republic |
| Centennial Summer | Otto Preminger | Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Chase | Arthur Ripley | Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran | Film noir | United Artists |
| Child of Divorce | Richard Fleischer | Sharyn Moffett, Regis Toomey, Madge Meredith | Drama | RKO |
| Cinderella Jones | Busby Berkeley | Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Claudia and David | Walter Lang | Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Mary Astor | Drama | Fox |
| Cloak and Dagger | Fritz Lang | Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia |
| Cluny Brown | Ernst Lubitsch | Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Cockeyed Miracle | S. Sylvan Simon | Audrey Totter, Cecil Kellaway, Frank Morgan | Fantasy | MGM |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | Irving Pichel | Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Colorado Serenade | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Forrest Taylor | Western | PRC |
| Conquest of Cheyenne | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Alice Fleming | Western | Republic |
| Courage of Lassie | Fred M. Wilcox | Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine McLeod, Frank Morgan | Family | MGM |
| Cowboy Blues | Ray Nazarro | Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Guy Kibbee | Western | Columbia |
| Crack-Up | Irving Reis | Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall | Film noir | RKO |
| Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | William Castle | Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley | Mystery | Columbia. Part of Crime Doctor series |
| Crime of the Century | Philip Ford | Stephanie Bachelor, Martin Kosleck, Ray Walker | Crime | Republic |
| Criminal Court | Robert Wise | Martha O'Driscoll, Tom Conway, June Clayworth | Crime | RKO |
| Cross My Heart | John Berry | Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | Paramount |
| Cuban Pete | Jean Yarbrough | Desi Arnaz, Joan Fulton, Don Porter | Musical | Universal |

## D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Danger Woman | Lewis D. Collins | Don Porter, Brenda Joyce, Patricia Morison | Film noir | Universal |
| Dangerous Business | D. Ross Lederman | Forrest Tucker, Lynn Merrick, Gerald Mohr | Comedy | Columbia |
| Dangerous Millions | James Tinling | Kent Taylor, Dona Drake, Tala Birell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Dangerous Money | Terry O. Morse | Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| Danny Boy | Terry O. Morse | Charles Bates, Ace the Wonder Dog, Ralph Lewis | Drama | PRC |
| Dark Alibi | Phil Karlson | Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Teala Loring | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| The Dark Corner | Henry Hathaway | Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The Dark Horse | Will Jason | Phillip Terry, Ann Savage, Allen Jenkins | Drama | Universal |
| The Dark Mirror | Robert Siodmak | Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell | Horror | Universal |
| Days of Buffalo Bill | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London | Western | Republic |
| Deadline at Dawn | Harold Clurman | Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams | Film noir | RKO |
| Deadline for Murder | James Tinling | Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Death Valley | Lew Landers | Robert Lowery, Nat Pendleton, Barbara Read | Western | Lippert |
| Deception | Irving Rapper | Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Decoy | Jack Bernhard | Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong | Film noir | Monogram |
| The Desert Horseman | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, John Merton | Western | Columbia |
| Devil Bat's Daughter | Frank Wisbar | Rosemary La Planche, Molly Lamont, Nolan Leary | Horror | PRC |
| The Devil's Mask | Henry Levin | Anita Louise, Jim Bannon, Mona Barrie | Crime | Columbia |
| The Devil's Playground | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Elaine Riley, Andy Clyde | Western | United Artists |
| Devotion | Curtis Bernhardt | Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | Jean Renoir | Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield | Drama | United Artists |
| Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Gordon Douglas | Morgan Conway, Esther Howard, Anne Jeffreys | Mystery | RKO |
| Ding Dong Williams | William Berke | Glen Vernon, Marcy McGuire, Anne Jeffreys | Comedy | RKO |
| Don't Gamble with Strangers | William Beaudine | Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Gloria Warren | Drama | Monogram |
| Do You Love Me | Gregory Ratoff | Maureen O'Hara, Harry James, Dick Haymes | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Don Ricardo Returns | Terry O. Morse | Lita Baron, Martin Garralaga, Fred Coby | Adventure | PRC |
| Down Missouri Way | Josef Berne | Martha O'Driscoll, John Carradine, Eddie Dean | Musical | PRC |
| Dragonwyck | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price | Drama | 20th Century Fox. From book by Anya Seton |
| Dressed to Kill | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison | Mystery | Universal. Sherlock Holmes |
| Drifting Along | Derwin Abrahams | Johnny Mack Brown, Lynne Carver, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Driftin' River | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Shirley Patterson, Roscoe Ates | Western | PRC |
| Duel in the Sun | King Vidor | Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones | Western | Selznick |

## E

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Albert S. Rogell | Constance Moore, Edward Everett Horton, Hillary Brooke | Musical | Republic |
| Easy to Wed | Edward Buzzell | Lucille Ball, Esther Williams, Van Johnson | Comedy | MGM |
| The El Paso Kid | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Marie Harmon, Edmund Cobb | Western | Republic |

## F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Fabulous Suzanne | Steve Sekely | Barbara Britton, Rudy Vallée, Otto Kruger | Romantic comedy | Republic |
| The Face of Marble | William Beaudine | John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne | Horror | Monogram |
| Faithful in My Fashion | Sidney Salkow | Donna Reed, Tom Drake, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | MGM |
| The Falcon's Adventure | William Berke | Tom Conway, Myrna Dell, Madge Meredith | Mystery | RKO |
| The Falcon's Alibi | Ray McCarey | Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Jane Greer | Mystery | RKO |
| Fear | Alfred Zeisler | Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne | Drama | Monogram |
| The Fighting Frontiersman | Derwin Abrahams | Charles Starrett, Helen Mowery, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Fighting Guardsman | Henry Levin | Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter, John Loder | Adventure | Columbia |
| Flight to Nowhere | William Rowland | Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel | Film Noir | Lippert |
| The Flying Serpent | Sam Newfield | George Zucco, Eddie Acuff, Wheaton Chambers | Horror | PRC |
| Freddie Steps Out | Arthur Dreifuss | Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill | Comedy | Monogram |
| The French Key | Walter Colmes | Albert Dekker, Mike Mazurki, Evelyn Ankers | Mystery | Republic |
| From This Day Forward | John Berry | Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp | Drama | RKO |
| Frontier Gunlaw | Derwin Abrahams | Charles Starrett, Jack Rockwell, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |

## G

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| G.I. War Brides | George Blair | Anna Lee, James Ellison, Harry Davenport | Comedy | Republic |
| Gallant Bess | Andrew Marton | Marshall Thompson, George Tobias, Clem Bevans | Family western | MGM |
| Gallant Journey | William A. Wellman | Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charlie Ruggles | Historical | Columbia |
| Galloping Thunder | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Merle Travis | Western | Columbia |
| Gas House Kids | Sam Newfield | Robert Lowery, Billy Halop, Teala Loring | Comedy | PRC |
| Gay Blades | George Blair | Jean Rogers, Allan Lane, Frank Albertson | Comedy | Republic |
| The Gay Cavalier | William Nigh | Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga, Ramsay Ames | Western | Monogram |
| Genius at Work | Leslie Goodwins | Anne Jeffreys, Wally Brown, Alan Carney | Comedy | RKO |
| The Gentleman from Texas | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Claudia Drake, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Gentleman Joe Palooka | Cy Endfield | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Sports | Monogram |
| The Gentleman Misbehaves | George Sherman | Bob Haymes, Osa Massen, Hillary Brooke | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Gentlemen with Guns | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Steve Darrell | Western | PRC |
| Ghost of Hidden Valley | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Jean Carlin | Western | PRC |
| Gilda | Charles Vidor | Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, George Macready | Film noir | Columbia |
| Ginger | Oliver Drake | Frank Albertson, Barbara Read, Janet Burston | Drama | Monogram |
| Girl on the Spot | William Beaudine | Lois Collier, Jess Barker, George Dolenz | Musical crime | Universal |
| The Glass Alibi | W. Lee Wilder | Maris Wrixon, Anne Gwynne, Paul Kelly | Drama | Republic |
| God's Country | Robert Emmett Tansey | Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert, Buster Keaton | Western | Lippert |
| The Great Morgan | Nat Perrin | Frank Morgan, Tommy Dorsey, Leon Ames | Musical | MGM |
| The Green Years | Victor Saville | Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler | Comedy, Drama | MGM |
| Gun Town | Wallace Fox | Kirby Grant, Claire Carleton, Lyle Talbot | Western | Universal |
| Gunman's Code | Wallace Fox | Kirby Grant, Jane Adams, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| Gunning for Vengeance | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lane Chandler | Western | Columbia |
| A Guy Could Change | William K. Howard | Allan Lane, Jane Frazee, Wallace Ford | Drama | Republic |

## H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Haunted Mine | Derwin Abrahams | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Riley Hill | Western | Monogram |
| The Harvey Girls | George Sidney | Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury | Musical | MGM. Academy Award for Best Song |
| Heading West | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Doris Houck, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Heartbeat | Sam Wood | Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou | Comedy | RKO |
| Heldorado | William Witney | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| Her Adventurous Night | John Rawlins | Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, Fuzzy Knight | Comedy | Universal |
| Her Kind of Man | Frederick de Cordova | Janis Paige, Zachary Scott, Dane Clark | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Her Sister's Secret | Edgar G. Ulmer | Nancy Coleman, Margaret Lindsay, Phillip Reed | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| High School Hero | Arthur Dreifuss | Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill | Comedy | Monogram |
| Holiday in Mexico | George Sidney | Jane Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Roddy McDowall | Musical | MGM |
| Home in Oklahoma | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Carol Hughes | Western | Republic |
| Home on the Range | R. G. Springsteen | Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan | Western | Republic |
| Home Sweet Homicide | Lloyd Bacon | Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott, Lynn Bari | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Norman Taurog | William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM |
| Hot Cargo | Lew Landers | Jean Rogers, William Gargan, Phillip Reed | Drama | Paramount |
| House of Horrors | Jean Yarbrough | Rondo Hatton, Robert Lowery, Virginia Grey | Horror | Universal |
| Humoresque | Jean Negulesco | John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Oscar Levant | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |

## I

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Ring Doorbells | Frank R. Strayer | Anne Gwynne, Robert Shayne, Roscoe Karns | Mystery | PRC |
| Idea Girl | Will Jason | Jess Barker, Julie Bishop, Alan Mowbray | Comedy | Universal |
| If I'm Lucky | Lewis Seiler | Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| In Fast Company | Del Lord | Bowery Boys, Jane Randolph, Judy Clark | Comedy | Monogram |
| In Old Sacramento | Joseph Kane | Bill Elliott, Constance Moore, Ruth Donnelly | Western | Republic |
| The Inner Circle | Philip Ford | Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, Ricardo Cortez | Mystery | Republic |
| Inside Job | Jean Yarbrough | Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis | Crime | Universal |
| The Invisible Informer | Philip Ford | Linda Stirling, William Henry, Adele Mara | Crime | Republic |
| It's Great to Be Young | Del Lord | Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Jimmy Lloyd | Musical | Columbia |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Frank Capra | James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore | Fantasy | RKO. Nominated for five Academy Awards |
| It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Herbert I. Leeds | Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Margo Woode | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| I've Always Loved You | Frank Borzage | Catherine McLeod, Philip Dorn, Maria Ouspenskaya | Romance | Republic |

## J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Janie Gets Married | Vincent Sherman | Joan Leslie, Ann Harding, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Warner Bros. Sequel to 1944 film |
| Joe Palooka, Champ | Reginald Le Borg | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Sports | Monogram |
| Johnny Comes Flying Home | Benjamin Stoloff | Richard Crane, Faye Marlowe, Martha Stewart | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Jolson Story | Alfred E. Green | Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest | Biography | Columbia |
| Junior Prom | Arthur Dreifuss | Freddie Stewart, Judy Clark, Noel Neill | Musical | Monogram |
| Just Before Dawn | William Castle | Warner Baxter, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie | Mystery | Columbia. Part of Crime Doctor series |

## K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Norman Z. McLeod | Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen | Comedy | RKO. Remake of The Milky Way |
| The Killers | Robert Siodmak | Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien | Film noir | Universal; Remade in 1964 |

## L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Lady Chaser | Sam Newfield | Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Frank Ferguson | Mystery | PRC |
| Lady Luck | Edwin L. Marin | Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Frank Morgan | Comedy | RKO |
| Landrush | Vernon Keays | Charles Starrett, Doris Houck, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Larceny in Her Heart | Sam Newfield | Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn | Mystery | PRC |
| The Last Crooked Mile | Philip Ford | Don "Red" Barry, Ann Savage, Adele Mara | Crime | Republic |
| Lawless Breed | Wallace Fox | Kirby Grant, Jane Adams, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| A Letter for Evie | Jules Dassin | Marsha Hunt, John Carroll, Hume Cronyn | Comedy | MGM |
| Little Giant | William A. Seiter | Abbott and Costello, Brenda Joyce, Elena Verdugo | Comedy | Universal |
| Little Iodine | Reginald Le Borg | Irene Ryan, Hobart Cavanaugh, Leon Belasco | Comedy | United Artists. Based on comic strip |
| Little Miss Big | Erle C. Kenton | Fay Holden, Frank McHugh, Dorothy Morris | Comedy drama | Universal |
| Little Mister Jim | Fred Zinnemann | James Craig, Butch Jenkins, Frances Gifford | Drama | MGM |
| Live Wires | Phil Karlson | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Claudia Drake | Comedy | Monogram. The Bowery Boys |
| The Locket | John Brahm | Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum | Film noir | RKO |
| Lone Star Moonlight | Ray Nazarro | Ken Curtis, Joan Barton, Guy Kibbee | Western | Columbia |
| Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Willis Goldbeck | Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Bonita Granville | Comedy | MGM |
| Lover Come Back | William A. Seiter | George Brent, Lucille Ball, Vera Zorina | Comedy | Universal |

## M

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Madonna's Secret | Wilhelm Thiele | Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford | Mystery | Republic |
| Magnificent Doll | Frank Borzage | Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith | Historical | Universal |
| The Magnificent Rogue | Albert S. Rogell | Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Stephanie Bachelor | Comedy | Republic |
| Make Mine Music | Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi | Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, Nelson Eddy, Andrews Sisters | Animated | Disney, RKO |
| Man from Rainbow Valley | R. G. Springsteen | Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Emmett Lynn | Western | Republic |
| The Man Who Dared | John Sturges | Leslie Brooks, George Macready, Forrest Tucker | Drama | Columbia |
| Margie | Henry King | Jeanne Crain, Glenn Langan, Lynn Bari | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mask of Diijon | Lew Landers | Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, Denise Vernac | Film Noir | PRC |
| Meet Me on Broadway | Leigh Jason | Marjorie Reynolds, Jinx Falkenburg, Allen Jenkins | Musical | Columbia |
| The Missing Lady | Phil Karlson | Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Pierre Watkin | Mystery | Monogram. The Shadow series |
| Miss Susie Slagle's | John Berry | Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield | Romance | Paramount |
| Monsieur Beaucaire | George Marshall | Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles | Comedy | Paramount |
| Moon Over Montana | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Jennifer Holt, Jack Ingram | Western | Monogram |
| Mr. Ace | Edwin L. Marin | George Raft, Sylvia Sidney, Jerome Cowan | Crime | United Artists |
| Mr. Hex | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gale Robbins | Comedy | Monogram |
| Murder in the Music Hall | John English | Nancy Kelly, Vera Ralston, William Marshall | Musical | Republic Pictures |
| Murder Is My Business | Sam Newfield | Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot | Mystery | PRC |
| My Darling Clementine | John Ford | Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| My Dog Shep | Ford Beebe | Tom Neal, William Farnum, Sarah Padden | Drama | Lippert |
| My Pal Trigger | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jack Holt | Western | Republic |
| My Reputation | Curtis Bernhardt | Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Eve Arden | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Mysterious Intruder | William Castle | Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Mysterious Mr. Valentine | Philip Ford | William Henry, Linda Stirling, Virginia Christine | Film noir | Republic |

## N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Never Say Goodbye | James V. Kern | Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Night and Day | Michael Curtiz | Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman | Musical | Warner Bros.; biography of Cole Porter |
| Night Editor | Henry Levin | William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell | Film noir | Columbia |
| A Night in Casablanca | Archie Mayo | Marx Brothers, Sig Ruman, Lois Collier | Comedy | United Artists |
| Night in Paradise | Arthur Lubin | Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard | Comedy drama | Universal |
| Night Train to Memphis | Lesley Selander | Roy Acuff, Allan Lane, Adele Mara | Action | Republic |
| Nobody Lives Forever | Jean Negulesco | John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Faye Emerson | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Nocturne | Edwin L. Marin | George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston | Film noir | RKO |
| No Leave, No Love | Charles Martin | Van Johnson, Patricia Kirkwood, Edward Arnold | Musical | MGM |
| Notorious | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains | Film Noir | RKO. Nominated for two Academy Awards |
| The Notorious Lone Wolf | D. Ross Lederman | Gerald Mohr, Janis Carter, Eric Blore | Adventure | Columbia |

## O

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Of Human Bondage | Edmund Goulding | Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Janis Paige | Drama | Warner Bros. Somerset Maugham book; remake of 1934 film |
| One Exciting Week | William Beaudine | Al Pearce, Jerome Cowan, Arlene Harris | Comedy | Republic |
| One More Tomorrow | Peter Godfrey | Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| One Way to Love | Ray Enright | Marguerite Chapman, Chester Morris, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| O.S.S. | Irving Pichel | Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles | Suspense | Paramount |
| Our Hearts Were Growing Up | William D. Russell | Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Brian Donlevy | Comedy | Paramount |
| Out California Way | Lesley Selander | Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Roy Rogers | Western | Republic |
| Outlaws of the Plains | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Bud Osborne | Western | PRC |
| Overland Riders | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty | Western | PRC |

## P–Q

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Partners in Time | William Nigh | Chester Lauck, Pamela Blake, Teala Loring | Comedy | RKO |
| Passkey to Danger | Lesley Selander | Kane Richmond, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara | Thriller | Republic |
| People Are Funny | Sam White | Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallée | Comedy | Paramount |
| Perilous Holiday | Edward H. Griffith | Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Audrey Long | Crime | Columbia |
| Personality Kid | George Sherman | Anita Louise, Ted Donaldson, Barbara Brown | Drama | Columbia |
| The Phantom Thief | D. Ross Lederman | Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia. Boston Blackie series |
| Plainsman and the Lady | Joseph Kane | Wild Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick | Western | Republic |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Tay Garnett | Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway | Film noir | MGM. From book by James M. Cain |
| Prairie Badmen | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Charles King | Western | PRC |
| Queen of Burlesque | Sam Newfield | Evelyn Ankers, Carleton G. Young, Marion Martin | Drama | PRC |

## R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Rainbow Over Texas | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| The Razor's Edge | Edmund Goulding | Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter | Drama | 20th Century Fox; from book by Somerset Maugham |
| The Red Dragon | Phil Rosen | Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Carol Hughes | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| Red River Renegades | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London | Western | Republic |
| Rendezvous with Annie | Allan Dwan | Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick | Comedy | Republic |
| Rendezvous 24 | James Tinling | William Gargan, Maria Palmer, Patrick O'Moore | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Renegade Girl | William Berke | Ann Savage, Alan Curtis, Jack Holt | Western | Lippert |
| Renegades | George Sherman | Evelyn Keyes, Willard Parker, Larry Parks | Western | Columbia |
| The Return of Monte Cristo | Henry Levin | Louis Hayward, Barbara Britton, George Macready | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Return of Rusty | William Castle | Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Barbara Woodell | Drama | Columbia |
| Rio Grande Raiders | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Bob Steele | Western | Republic |
| Riverboat Rhythm | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Glen Vernon, Walter Catlett | Comedy | RKO |
| Road to Utopia | Hal Walker | Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour | Musical comedy | Paramount. Fourth of series |
| Roaring Rangers | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Merle Travis | Western | Columbia |
| Roll on Texas Moon | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Dennis Hoey | Western | Republic |
| Rolling Home | William Berke | Jean Parker, Pamela Blake, Russell Hayden | Drama | Lippert |
| Romance of the West | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Emmett Lynn, Forrest Taylor | Western | PRC |
| The Runaround | Charles Lamont | Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Broderick Crawford | Comedy mystery | Universal |
| Rustler's Round-Up | Wallace Fox | Kirby Grant, Jane Adams, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |

## S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| San Quentin | Gordon Douglas | Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane, Carol Forman | Crime | RKO |
| Santa Fe Uprising | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Martha Wentworth, Barton MacLane | Western | Republic |
| A Scandal in Paris | Douglas Sirk | George Sanders, Carole Landis, Signe Hasso | Historical | United Artists |
| The Searching Wind | William Dieterle | Robert Young, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards | Drama | Paramount |
| The Secret Heart | Robert Z. Leonard | Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, June Allyson | Drama | MGM |
| The Secret of the Whistler | George Sherman | Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Mona Barrie | Mystery | Columbia |
| Sentimental Journey | Walter Lang | Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, William Bendix | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Shadow of a Woman | Joseph Santley | Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Shadowed | John Sturges | Anita Louise, Lloyd Corrigan, Mark Roberts | Crime | Columbia |
| The Shadow Returns | Phil Rosen | Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Joseph Crehan | Mystery | Monogram |
| Shadows on the Range | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jack Perrin | Western | Monogram |
| Shadows Over Chinatown | Terry O. Morse | Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| She-Wolf of London | Jean Yarbrough | June Lockhart, Don Porter, Sara Haden | Horror | Universal |
| She Wrote the Book | Charles Lamont | Joan Davis, Jack Oakie, Mischa Auer | Comedy | Universal |
| Sheriff of Redwood Valley | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Bob Steele | Western | Republic |
| Shock | Alfred L. Werker | Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The Show-Off | Harry Beaumont | Red Skelton, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia O'Brien | Comedy | MGM |
| Silver Range | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Terry Frost | Western | Monogram |
| Sing While You Dance | D. Ross Lederman | Ellen Drew, Bob Haymes, Robert Kellard | Musical | Columbia |
| Singing on the Trail | Ray Nazarro | Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Guy Kibbee | Western | Columbia |
| Singin' in the Corn | Del Lord | Judy Canova, Allen Jenkins, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | Comedy | Columbia |
| Sioux City Sue | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway | Western | Republic |
| Sister Kenny | Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage | Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger | Biography | RKO |
| Six Gun Man | Harry L. Fraser | Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Jean Carlin | Western | PRC |
| Slightly Scandalous | Will Jason | Sheila Ryan, Lita Baron, Paula Drew | Comedy | Universal |
| Smoky | Louis King | Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Bruce Cabot | Western | 20th Century Fox. Remade in 1966 |
| Smooth as Silk | Charles Barton | Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Jane Adams | Film noir | Universal |
| So Dark the Night | Joseph H. Lewis | Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden | Film noir | Columbia |
| So Goes My Love | Frank Ryan | Myrna Loy, Don Ameche, Molly Lamont | Comedy | Universal |
| Somewhere in the Night | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Nancy Guild | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Song of Arizona | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Lyle Talbot | Western | Republic |
| Song of the Sierras | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Jack Baxley, Jean Carlin | Western | Monogram |
| Song of the South | Wilfred Jackson | James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten | Animated | RKO |
| South of Monterey | William Nigh | Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli | Western | Monogram |
| Specter of the Rose | Ben Hecht | Judith Anderson, Michael Chekhov, Lionel Stander | Drama | Republic |
| The Spider Woman Strikes Back | Arthur Lubin | Gale Sondergaard, Kirby Grant, Brenda Joyce | Horror | Universal |
| Spook Busters | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Tanis Chandler | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Spiral Staircase | Robert Siodmak | Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Rhonda Fleming | Thriller | RKO. Remade in 1975 |
| Stagecoach to Denver | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Stars Over Texas | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson | Western | PRC |
| Step by Step | Phil Rosen | Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, Myrna Dell | Crime | RKO |
| A Stolen Life | Curtis Bernhardt | Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Strange Conquest | John Rawlins | Jane Wyatt, Lowell Gilmore, Julie Bishop | Drama | Universal |
| Strange Impersonation | Anthony Mann | Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke | Drama | Republic |
| Strange Journey | James Tinling | Paul Kelly, Osa Massen, Hillary Brooke, Lee Patrick | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Lewis Milestone | Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott | Film noir | Paramount. First film of Kirk Douglas |
| Strange Voyage | Irving Allen | Eddie Albert, Forrest Taylor, Ray Teal | Adventure | Monogram |
| The Stranger | Orson Welles | Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles | Film noir | RKO |
| Strange Triangle | Ray McCarey | Signe Hasso, Preston Foster, Anabel Shaw | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Strange Woman | Edgar G. Ulmer | Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward | Drama | United Artists |
| Strangler of the Swamp | Frank Wisbar | Rosemary La Planche, Blake Edwards, Robert Barrat | Horror | PRC |
| Sun Valley Cyclone | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Alice Fleming, Robert Blake | Western | Republic |
| Sunset Pass | William Berke | James Warren, Nan Leslie, Jane Greer | Western | RKO |
| Susie Steps Out | Reginald Le Borg | David Bruce, Margaret Dumont, Grady Sutton | Comedy | United Artists |
| Suspense | Frank Tuttle | Barry Sullivan, Belita, Albert Dekker | Film noir | Monogram |
| Swamp Fire | William H. Pine | Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, Carol Thurston | Adventure | Paramount |
| Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Jack Bernhard | Phil Regan, Elyse Knox, Ross Hunter | Musical comedy | Monogram |
| Swell Guy | Frank Tuttle | Sonny Tufts, Ann Blyth, Ruth Warrick | Drama | Universal |
| Swing, Cowboy, Swing | Elmer Clifton | Max Terhune, I. Stanford Jolley, Ted Adams | Western | Astor |
| Swing Parade of 1946 | Phil Karlson | Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Three Stooges | Musical comedy | Monogram |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Talk About a Lady | George Sherman | Jinx Falkenburg, Forrest Tucker, Trudy Marshall | Musical | Columbia |
| Tangier | George Waggner | Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu | Thriller | Universal |
| Tars and Spars | Alfred E. Green | Alfred Drake, Janet Blair, Jeff Donnell | Musical | Columbia |
| Tarzan and the Leopard Woman | Kurt Neumann | Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield | Adventure | RKO |
| Temptation | Irving Pichel | Merle Oberon, George Brent, Paul Lukas | Film Noir | Universal |
| Terror by Night | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey | Mystery | Universal |
| Terror Trail | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Barbara Pepper, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Terrors on Horseback | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty | Western | PRC |
| That Brennan Girl | Alfred Santell | Mona Freeman, James Dunn, June Duprez | Drama | Republic |
| That Texas Jamboree | Ray Nazarro | Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Andy Clyde | Western | Columbia |
| They Made Me a Killer | William C. Thomas | Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane | Film noir | Paramount |
| Three Little Girls in Blue | H. Bruce Humberstone | June Haver, Vera-Ellen, Vivian Blaine | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Three Strangers | Jean Negulesco | Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Three Wise Fools | Edward Buzzell | Margaret O'Brien, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone | Comedy drama | MGM |
| The Thrill of Brazil | S. Sylvan Simon | Ann Miller, Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn | Musical | Columbia |
| Throw a Saddle on a Star | Ray Nazarro | Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | Western | Columbia |
| Thunder Town | Harry L. Fraser | Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Ellen Hall | Western | PRC |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | Richard Whorf | Robert Walker, Judy Garland, June Allyson | Musical | MGM. Biography of Jerome Kern |
| Till the End of Time | Edward Dmytryk | Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum | Drama | RKO |
| The Time of Their Lives | Charles Barton | Abbott and Costello, Marjorie Reynolds, Binnie Barnes | Comedy | Universal |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | David Butler | Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| To Each His Own | Mitchell Leisen | Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Roland Culver | Drama | Paramount |
| Tokyo Rose | Lew Landers | Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Keye Luke | Thriller | Paramount |
| Tomorrow Is Forever | Irving Pichel | Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent | Drama | RKO |
| Traffic in Crime | Lesley Selander | Kane Richmond, Anne Nagel, Adele Mara | Action | Republic |
| Trail to Mexico | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White, Julian Rivero | Western | Monogram |
| The Trap | Howard Bretherton | Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| Trigger Fingers | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt | Western | Monogram |
| The Truth About Murder | Lew Landers | Bonita Granville, Rita Corday, Morgan Conway | Mystery | RKO |
| Tumbleweed Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Shirley Patterson, Roscoe Ates | Western | PRC |
| Two-Fisted Stranger | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Doris Houck | Western | Columbia |
| Two Guys from Milwaukee | David Butler | Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Joan Leslie | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Two Sisters from Boston | Henry Koster | Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Peter Lawford | Musical | MGM |
| Two Smart People | Jules Dassin | Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan | Crime | MGM |
| Two Years Before the Mast | John Farrow | Alan Ladd, Barry Fitzgerald, Esther Fernandez | Adventure | Paramount. From book by Richard Henry Dana Jr. |

## U

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Under Arizona Skies | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Reno Browne, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Under Nevada Skies | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Undercurrent | Vincente Minnelli | Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum | Film noir | MGM |
| The Undercover Woman | Thomas Carr | Stephanie Bachelor, Robert Livingston, Richard Fraser | Mystery | Republic |
| The Unknown | Henry Levin | Karen Morley, Jeff Donnell, Mark Roberts | Mystery | Columbia |
| Up Goes Maisie | Harry Beaumont | Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Hillary Brooke | Comedy | MGM |

## V

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Vacation in Reno | Leslie Goodwins | Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Iris Adrian | Comedy | RKO |
| Valley of the Zombies | Philip Ford | Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith | Horror | Republic |
| The Verdict | Don Siegel | Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, George Coulouris | Film noir | Warner Bros. Siegel's first film |
| The Virginian | Stuart Gilmore | Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Barbara Britton | Western | Paramount. From book by Owen Wister |

## W–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Wake Up and Dream | Lloyd Bacon | John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Lothar Mendes | Lee Bowman, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready | Crime | Columbia |
| The Well Groomed Bride | Sidney Lanfield | Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts | Comedy | Paramount |
| West of the Alamo | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Ray Whitley, Jack Ingram | Western | Monogram |
| Whistle Stop | Léonide Moguy | George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen | Film noir | United Artists |
| White Tie and Tails | Charles Barton | Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, William Bendix | Comedy | Universal |
| The Wife of Monte Cristo | Edgar G. Ulmer | John Loder, Lenore Aubert, Fritz Kortner | Adventure | PRC |
| Wife Wanted | Phil Karlson | Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Veda Ann Borg | Crime | Monogram |
| Wild Beauty | Wallace Fox | Don Porter, Lois Collier, Jacqueline deWit | Western | Universal |
| Wild West | Robert Emmett Tansey | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Louise Currie | Western | PRC |
| Winter Wonderland | Bernard Vorhaus | Lynne Roberts, Charles Drake, Eric Blore | Drama | Republic |
| Without Reservations | Mervyn LeRoy | Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore | Comedy | RKO |
| The Yearling | Clarence Brown | Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr. | Family, Drama | MGM. From Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book |
| Young Widow | Edwin L. Marin | Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Marie Wilson | Drama | United Artists |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Chick Carter, Detective | Derwin Abrahams | Lyle Talbot, Julie Gibson | Serial | Columbia |
| The Crimson Ghost | Fred C. Brannon, William Witney | Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling | Serial | Republic |
| Daughter of Don Q | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Lorna Gray, Kirk Alyn | Serial | Republic |
| Hop Harrigan | Derwin Abrahams | Jennifer Holt, William Bakewell | Serial | |
| King of the Forest Rangers | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Larry Thompson | Serial | RKO |
| Lost City of the Jungle | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Russell Hayden, Jane Adams | Serial | Universal |
| The Mysterious Mr. M | Lewis D. Collins and Vernon Keays | Richard Martin, Pamela Blake | Serial | Universal |
| The Phantom Rider | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Kent | Serial | Republic |
| The Scarlet Horseman | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Peter Cookson, Paul Guilfoyle | Serial | Universal |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Baby Bottleneck | Robert Clampett | Looney Tunes | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Baseball Bugs | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Beer Barrel Polecats | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short | Columbia |
| A Bird in the Head | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Short | Columbia |
| Book Revue | Robert Clampett | | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Bunker Hill Bunny | I. Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| The Cat Concerto | William Hanna | Tom and Jerry | Animated | MGM |
| G. I. Wanna Home | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Hair-Raising Hare | Charles M. Jones | Bugs Bunny | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Hare Remover | Frank Tashlin | Bugs Bunny | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Kitty Kornered | Robert Clampett | | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| The Milky Waif | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated | MGM |
| Monkey Businessmen | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Quentin Quail | Chuck Jones | | Animation | Warner Bros. |
| Racketeer Rabbit | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animation | Warner Bros. |
| Rhapsody Rabbit | I. Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animation | Warner Bros. |
| Rhythm and Weep | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Solid Serenade | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
| Special Delivery | | | Propaganda | United States Air Force |
| Springtime for Thomas | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
| A Tale of Two Cities | | | Propaganda | on Japan bombings |
| That Justice Be Done | | | Propaganda | Office of War Information |
| Three Little Pirates | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Three Loan Wolves | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| The Three Troubledoers | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Trap Happy | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated | MGM |
| Uncivil War Birds | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject | Columbia |
| Walky Talky Hawky | Robert McKimson | | Animated | Warner Bros. |