# List of American films of 1944

Below is a list of American films released in 1944. Going My Way won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Since You Went Away and Wilson.

## A

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abroad with Two Yanks | Allan Dwan | William Bendix, Helen Walker, Dennis O'Keefe | Comedy | United Artists |
| Accent on Crime | Albert Herman | June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, Teala Loring | Crime drama | PRC |
| Action in Arabia | Leonide Moguy | George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert | Spy thriller | RKO |
| Address Unknown | William Cameron Menzies | Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Paul Lukas | Drama | Columbia |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Irving Rapper | Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Alaska | George Archainbaud | Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine | Crime adventure | Monogram |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arthur Lubin | Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey | Adventure | Universal |
| Allergic to Love | Edward C. Lilley | Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr., David Bruce | Musical comedy | Universal |
| An American Romance | King Vidor | Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel | Drama | MGM |
| And the Angels Sing | George Marshall | Fred MacMurray, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| And Now Tomorrow | Irving Pichel | Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward | Drama | Paramount; based on Rachel Field book |
| Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Are These Our Parents? | William Nigh | Helen Vinson, Lyle Talbot, Ivan Lebedeff | Romantic drama | Monogram |
| Arizona Whirlwind | Robert Emmett Tansey | Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele | Western | Monogram |
| Army Wives | Phil Rosen | Elyse Knox, Marjorie Rambeau, Rick Vallin | Romance | Monogram |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Frank Capra | Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Josephine Hull | Comedy | Warner Bros.; based on Joseph Kesselring play |
| Atlantic City | Ray McCarey | Constance Moore, Jerry Colonna, Charley Grapewin | Musical romance | Republic |

## B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Babes on Swing Street | Edward C. Lilley | Ann Blyth, Peggy Ryan, Andy Devine | Musical comedy | Universal |
| Barbary Coast Gent | Roy Del Ruth | Wallace Beery, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine | Western comedy | MGM |
| Bathing Beauty | George Sidney | Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone | Musical | MGM |
| Beautiful but Broke | Charles Barton | Joan Davis, John Hubbard, Jane Frazee | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Belle of the Yukon | William A. Seiter | Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore | Western comedy | RKO |
| Beneath Western Skies | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Frank Jaquet | Western | Republic |
| Bermuda Mystery | Benjamin Stoloff | Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Helene Whitney | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Between Two Worlds | Edward A. Blatt | John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Bonanza | George Archainbaud | Jane Frazee, Richard Arlen, Lynne Roberts | Western | Republic |
| The Big Noise | Malcolm St. Clair | Laurel and Hardy, Doris Merrick, Veda Ann Borg | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Black Magic | Phil Rosen | Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Jacqueline deWit | Mystery | Monogram |
| The Black Parachute | Lew Landers | John Carradine, Osa Massen, Larry Parks | War | Columbia |
| Block Busters | Wallace Fox | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Blonde Fever | Richard Whorf | Philip Dorn, Mary Astor, Gloria Grahame | Comedy drama | MGM |
| Bluebeard | Edgar G. Ulmer | John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther | Thriller | PRC |
| Bordertown Trail | Lesley Selander | Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Weldon Heyburn | Western | Republic |
| Boss of Boomtown | Ray Taylor | Rod Cameron, Tom Tyler, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| Bowery Champs | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Crime comedy | Monogram; East Side Kids |
| Bowery to Broadway | Charles Lamont | Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster | Comedy | Universal |
| Brand of the Devil | Harry Fraser | Dave O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Brazil | Joseph Santley | Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton | Musical comedy | Republic; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Bride by Mistake | Richard Wallace | Alan Marshal, Laraine Day, Marsha Hunt | Comedy | RKO |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Rowland V. Lee | Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer | Drama | United Artists; based on Thornton Wilder book |
| Broadway Rhythm | Roy Del Ruth | George Murphy, Ginny Simms, Nancy Walker, Lena Horne | Musical | MGM |
| Buffalo Bill | William A. Wellman | Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell | Western biography | 20th Century Fox |

## C

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Call of the Jungle | Phil Rosen | Ann Corio, James Bush, John Davidson | Adventure | Monogram |
| Call of the Rockies | Lesley Selander | Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Harry Woods | Western | Republic |
| Call of the South Seas | John English | Janet Martin, Allan Lane, William Henry | Action comedy | Republic |
| Can't Help Singing | Frank Ryan | Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff | Musical | Universal |
| The Canterville Ghost | Jules Dassin | Charles Laughton, Margaret O'Brien, Robert Young | Comedy fantasy | MGM |
| Career Girl | Wallace Fox | Frances Langford, Edward Norris, Iris Adrian | Musical | PRC |
| Carolina Blues | Leigh Jason | Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore | Musical | Columbia |
| Casanova Brown | Sam Wood | Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan | Comedy | RKO |
| Casanova in Burlesque | Leslie Goodwins | Joe E. Brown, June Havoc, Dale Evans | Comedy | Republic |
| Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat | Phil Rosen | Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland | Crime comedy | Monogram; Charlie Chan |
| Charlie Chan in the Secret Service | Phil Rosen | Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Arthur Loft | Crime comedy | Monogram; Charlie Chan |
| Cheyenne Wildcat | Lesley Selander | Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming | Western | Republic |
| Chip Off the Old Block | Charles Lamont | Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth | Musical comedy | Universal |
| Christmas Holiday | Robert Siodmak | Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf | Film noir | Universal |
| The Climax | George Waggner | Susanna Foster, Boris Karloff, Turhan Bey | Horror | Universal |
| Cobra Woman | Robert Siodmak | Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Edgar Barrier | Adventure | Universal |
| Code of the Prairie | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| The Conspirators | Jean Negulesco | Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet | Spy thriller | Warner Bros. |
| The Contender | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Arline Judge, Julie Gibson | Western | PRC |
| Cover Girl | Charles Vidor | Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers | Musical | Columbia |
| Cowboy and the Senorita | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| Cowboy Canteen | Lew Landers | Jane Frazee, Tex Ritter, Barbara Jo Allen | Musical | Columbia |
| Cowboy from Lonesome River | Benjamin H. Kline | Charles Starrett, Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| Crazy Knights | William Beaudine | Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom | Romantic comedy | Monogram |
| Crime by Night | William Clemens | Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Eleanor Parker | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Cry of the Werewolf | Henry Levin | Nina Foch | Horror | Columbia |
| The Curse of the Cat People | Robert Wise | Simone Simon, Jane Randolph | Horror | RKO |
| Cyclone Prairie Rangers | Benjamin H. Kline | Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Constance Worth | Western | Columbia |

## D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Dancing in Manhattan | Henry Levin | Fred Brady, Jeff Donnell, William Wright | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Dangerous Passage | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt | Film noir | Paramount |
| Dark Mountain | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey | Crime drama | Paramount |
| Dark Waters | Andre de Toth | Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell | Film noir | United Artists |
| Days of Glory | Jacques Tourneur | Gregory Peck | Romantic drama | RKO |
| Dead Man's Eyes | Reginald Le Borg | Lon Chaney Jr., Jean Parker | Horror | Universal |
| Dead or Alive | Elmer Clifton | Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Delinquent Daughters | Albert Herman | June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, Teala Loring | Crime, Drama | PRC |
| Destiny | Reginald Le Borg | Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven | Crime drama | Universal |
| Detective Kitty O'Day | William Beaudine | Jean Parker, Peter Cookson | Mystery | Monogram |
| Dixie Jamboree | Christy Cabanne | Frances Langford, Guy Kibbee, Eddie Quillan | Musical | PRC |
| Double Exposure | William A. Berke | Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly | Crime comedy | Paramount |
| Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson | Film noir | Paramount. 7 Oscar nominations; remade in 1973 |
| The Doughgirls | James V. Kern | Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Dragon Seed | Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway | Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Akim Tamiroff, Agnes Moorhead, Henry Travers | Film noir | MGM |
| The Drifter | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John | Western | PRC |

## E-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| End of the Road | George Blair | Edward Norris, John Abbott, June Storey | Crime drama | Republic |
| Enemy of Women | Alfred Zeisler | Claudia Drake, Paul Andor, Donald Woods | Drama | Monogram |
| Enter Arsène Lupin | Ford Beebe | Charles Korvin, Ella Raines | Crime | Universal |
| The Eve of St. Mark | John M. Stahl | Anne Baxter, Michael O'Shea, Vincent Price | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on the play |
| Ever Since Venus | Arthur Dreifuss | Ina Ray Hutton, Hugh Herbert, Ann Savage | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Experiment Perilous | Jacques Tourneur | Hedy Lamarr, George Brent | Film noir | RKO |
| Faces in the Fog | John English | Jane Withers, Paul Kelly, Lee Patrick | Drama | Republic |
| The Falcon in Hollywood | Gordon Douglas | Tom Conway, Rita Corday | Mystery | RKO; Falcon series |
| The Falcon in Mexico | William Berke | Tom Conway, Mona Maris | Mystery | RKO; Falcon series |
| The Falcon Out West | William Clemens | Tom Conway, Barbara Hale | Mystery | RKO; Falcon series |
| A Fig Leaf for Eve | Don Brodie | Jan Wiley, Eddie Dunn, Betty Blythe | Drama | Monogram |
| The Fighting Seabees | Edward Ludwig | John Wayne, Susan Hayward, William Frawley | War | Republic |
| The Fighting Sullivans | Lloyd Bacon | Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond | Biography, drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Firebrands of Arizona | Lesley Selander | Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Follow the Boys | A. Edward Sutherland | George Raft, Vera Zorina, Jeanette MacDonald | War comedy | Universal |
| Follow the Leader | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Adventure | Monogram |
| Forty Thieves | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers | Western | United Artists |
| Four Jills in a Jeep | William A. Seiter | Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye | War musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Frenchman's Creek | Mitchell Leisen | Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce | Adventure | Paramount |
| Frontier Outlaws | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Marin Sais | Western | PRC |
| Fuzzy Settles Down | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John | Action | PRC |

## G-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gambler's Choice | Frank McDonald | Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly | Crime | Paramount |
| Gangsters of the Frontier | Elmer Clifton | Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Gaslight | George Cukor | Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury | Film noir | MGM; Oscar for Bergman |
| Gentle Annie | Andrew Marton | James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main | Romantic western | MGM |
| Ghost Catchers | Edward F. Cline | Olsen and Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll | Comedy, horror | Universal |
| Ghost Guns | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Finley | Western | Monogram |
| The Ghost That Walks Alone | Lew Landers | Arthur Lake, Janis Carter, Lynne Roberts | Mystery/comedy | Columbia |
| Gildersleeve's Ghost | Gordon Douglas | Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand | Comedy/fantasy | RKO; last in series |
| Girl in the Case | William Berke | Edmund Lowe, Janis Carter | Mystery | Columbia |
| Girl Rush | Gordon Douglas | Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford | Comedy western | RKO |
| The Girl Who Dared | Howard Bretherton | Lorna Gray, Peter Cookson, Veda Ann Borg | Mystery | Republic |
| Goin' to Town | Leslie Goodwins | Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Hale | Comedy | RKO |
| Going My Way | Leo McCarey | Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Gene Lockhart | Musical comedy | Paramount; won 7 Oscars |
| Goodnight, Sweetheart | Joseph Santley | Robert Livingston, Ruth Terry, Henry Hull | Musical comedy | Republic |
| The Great Mike | Wallace Fox | Stuart Erwin, Marion Martin | Comedy | PRC |
| The Great Moment | Preston Sturges | Joel McCrea, Betty Field | Biopic | Paramount |
| Greenwich Village | Walter Lang | Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Guest in the House | John Brahm | Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon | Film noir | United Artists |
| Guns of the Law | Elmer Clifton | Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Gunsmoke Mesa | Harry Fraser | Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Gypsy Wildcat | Roy William Neill | Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Peter Coe | Adventure | Universal |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | Preston Sturges | Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Hairy Ape | Alfred Santell | William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder | Drama | United Artists; based on play by Eugene O'Neill |
| Hands Across the Border | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Trigger, Ruth Terry | Western | Republic |
| Harmony Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Ken Maynard, Eddie Dean, Gene Alsace | Western | Astor |
| Hat Check Honey | Edward F. Cline | Leon Errol, Grace McDonald, Walter Catlett | Musical comedy | Universal |
| The Heavenly Body | Alexander Hall | William Powell, Hedy Lamarr | Comedy | MGM |
| Heavenly Days | Howard Estabrook | Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Barbara Hale | Comedy | RKO; Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel | Comedy | Paramount |
| Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel | Comedy | Paramount |
| Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel | Comedy | Paramount |
| Her Primitive Man | Charles Lamont | Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Robert Benchley | Comedy | Universal |
| Here Come the Waves | Mark Sandrich | Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Hey, Rookie | Charles Barton | Ann Miller, Joe Besser, Larry Parks | Musical | Columbia |
| Hi, Beautiful | Leslie Goodwins | Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr., Hattie McDaniel | Comedy | Universal |
| Hi, Good Lookin'! | Edward C. Lilley | Harriet Hilliard, Eddie Quillan, Kirby Grant | Musical comedy | Universal |
| Hidden Valley Outlaws | Howard Bretherton | Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys | Western | Republic |
| Higher and Higher | Tim Whelan | Michele Morgan, Frank Sinatra | Musical | RKO |
| The Hitler Gang | John Farrow | Robert Watson, Roman Bohnen, Victor Varconi | Dreama | Paramount |
| Hollywood Canteen | Delmer Daves | Robert Hutton, Joan Leslie | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Home in Indiana | Henry Hathaway | Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hot Rhythm | William Beaudine | Dona Drake, Robert Lowery, Irene Ryan | Musical | Monogram |
| The Hour Before the Dawn | Frank Tuttle | Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, Binnie Barnes | Drama | Paramount |
| House of Frankenstein | Erle C. Kenton | Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Glenn Strange | Horror | Universal |

## I-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Accuse My Parents | Sam Newfield | Mary Beth Hughes, Vivienne Osborne | Crime drama | PRC |
| I Love a Soldier | Mark Sandrich | Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts | Drama | Paramount |
| I'll Be Seeing You | William Dieterle | Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple | Drama | Selznick |
| I'm from Arkansas | Lew Landers | Slim Summerville, Iris Adrian | Comedy | PRC |
| The Impatient Years | Irving Cummings | Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Impostor | Julien Duvivier | Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Ellen Drew | Drama | Universal |
| In the Meantime, Darling | Otto Preminger | Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Gale Robbins | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| In Our Time | Vincent Sherman | Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| In Society | Jean Yarbrough | Abbott and Costello, Marion Hutton | Comedy | Universal |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | Ford Beebe | Jon Hall, John Carradine | Science fiction | Universal |
| Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Gregory Ratoff | Monty Woolley, June Haver | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| It Happened Tomorrow | Rene Clair | Dick Powell, Linda Darnell | Fantasy, Comedy | United Artists; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Jam Session | Charles Barton | Ann Miller, Jess Barker | Musical | Columbia |
| Jamboree | Joseph Santley | Ruth Terry, Paul Harvey | Comedy | Republic |
| Janie | Michael Curtiz | Joyce Reynolds, Ann Harding | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Joe May | Simone Simon, James Ellison | Romance | Monogram |
| Jungle Woman | Reginald Le Borg | Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish | Horror | Universal |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kansas City Kitty | Del Lord | Joan Davis, Bob Crosby, Jane Frazee | Musical | Columbia |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | John M. Stahl | Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Roddy McDowall | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Kismet | William Dieterle | Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig | Historical | MGM |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | Harry Joe Brown | Constance Dowling, Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn | Comedy | United Artists |
| Ladies Courageous | John Rawlins | Loretta Young, Diana Barrymore, Anne Gwynne, Geraldine Fitzgerald | War | Universal |
| Ladies of Washington | Louis King | Trudy Marshall, Anthony Quinn, Sheila Ryan | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Lady and the Monster | George Sherman | Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen | Science fiction | Republic |
| Lady in the Dark | Kurt Weill | Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Jon Hall | Musical | Paramount |
| Lady in the Death House | Steve Sekely | Jean Parker, Lionel Atwill | Drama | PRC |
| Lady, Let's Dance | Frank Woodruff | Belita, James Ellison | Musical | Monogram |
| Lake Placid Serenade | Steve Sekely | Vera Ralston, Eugene Pallette | Drama | Republic |
| Land of the Outlaws | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| The Laramie Trail | John English | Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Last Horseman | William Berke | Russell Hayden, Ann Savage | Western | Columbia |
| The Last Ride | D. Ross Lederman | Eleanor Parker, Richard Travis | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Laura | Otto Preminger | Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson | Film noir | 20th Century Fox; from Vera Caspary novel; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Law Men | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Jan Wiley | Western | Monogram |
| Law of the Valley | Howard Bretherton | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver | Western | Monogram |
| Leave It to the Irish | William Beaudine | James Dunn, Wanda McKay | Comedy crime | Monogram |
| Lifeboat | Alfred Hitchcock | Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix | War, drama | 20th Century Fox; Oscar for script |
| Lights of Old Santa Fe | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| The Lodger | John Brahm | Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Lost in a Harem | Charles Reisner | Abbott and Costello, Marilyn Maxwell | Comedy | MGM |
| Louisiana Hayride | Charles Barton | Judy Canova, Ross Hunter | Comedy | Columbia |
| Lumberjack | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Ellen Hall | Western | United Artists |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Machine Gun Mama | Harold Young | Armida | Musical | PRC |
| Mademoiselle Fifi | Robert Wise | Simone Simon, Kurt Kreuger | Drama | RKO |
| Maisie Goes to Reno | Harry Beaumont | Ann Sothern, John Hodiak | Comedy | MGM |
| Make Your Own Bed | Peter Godfrey | Jane Wyman, Jack Carson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Man from Frisco | Robert Florey | Michael O'Shea, Anne Shirley | Spy film | Republic |
| Marine Raiders | Harold D. Schuster | Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey | War | RKO |
| The Mark of the Whistler | William Castle | Richard Dix, Janis Carter | Mystery | Columbia |
| Marked Trails | John P. McCarthy | Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Veda Ann Borg | Western | Monogram |
| Marriage Is a Private Affair | Robert Z. Leonard | Lana Turner, John Hodiak | Comedy | MGM |
| Marshal of Gunsmoke | Vernon Keays | Tex Ritter, Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| Marshal of Reno | Wallace Grissell | Wild Bill Elliott, Alice Fleming | Western | Republic |
| The Mask of Dimitrios | Jean Negulesco | Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre | Film noir | Warner Bros.; from Eric Ambler novel |
| The Master Race | Herbert Biberman | George Coulouris | Drama | RKO |
| Meet Me in St. Louis | Vincente Minnelli | Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor | Musical | MGM; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Meet Miss Bobby Socks | Glenn Tryon | Bob Crosby, Lynn Merrick | Musical | Columbia |
| Meet the People | Charles Reisner | Lucille Ball, Dick Powell | Musical | MGM |
| Men on Her Mind | Wallace Fox | Mary Beth Hughes, Edward Norris | Musical | PRC |
| The Merry Monahans | Charles Lamont | Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie | Comedy | Universal |
| Million Dollar Kid | Wallace Fox | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Louise Currie | Comedy | Monogram |
| Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond | Film noir | Paramount |
| Minstrel Man | Joseph H. Lewis | Benny Fields, Gladys George | Musical | PRC; 2 Oscar nominations |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Preston Sturges | Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Missing Juror | Oscar Boetticher, Jr. | Jim Bannon, Janis Carter | Mystery | Columbia |
| Mojave Firebrand | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys | Western | Republic |
| The Monster Maker | Sam Newfield | J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell | Science fiction | PRC |
| Moon Over Las Vegas | Jean Yarbrough | Anne Gwynne, Barbara Jo Allen | Comedy | Universal |
| Moonlight and Cactus | Edward F. Cline | The Andrews Sisters, Leo Carrillo | Musical | Universal |
| Mr. Skeffington | Vincent Sherman | Bette Davis, Claude Rains | Drama | Warner Bros.; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Alfred E. Green | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick | Comedy | Columbia |
| Mrs. Parkington | Tay Garnett | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold | Drama | MGM |
| The Mummy's Curse | Leslie Goodwins | Lon Chaney, Virginia Christine | Horror | Universal |
| The Mummy's Ghost | Reginald LeBorg | Lon Chaney, John Carradine, Ramsay Ames | Horror | Universal |
| Murder in the Blue Room | Leslie Goodwins | Anne Gwynne, John Litel | Mystery | Universal |
| Murder, My Sweet | Edward Dmytryk | Dick Powell, Claire Trevor | Film noir | RKO |
| Music for Millions | Henry Koster | Jimmy Durante, June Allyson | Musical | MGM |
| Music in Manhattan | John H. Auer | Anne Shirley, Dennis Day | Musical | RKO |
| My Best Gal | Anthony Mann | Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon | Comedy | Republic |
| My Buddy | Steve Sekely | Ruth Terry, Donald Barry | Drama | Republic |
| My Gal Loves Music | Edward C. Lilley | Bob Crosby, Grace McDonald | Musical | Universal |
| My Pal Wolf | Alfred L. Werker | Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Claire Carleton | Family | RKO |
| Mystery Man | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart | Western | United Artists |
| Nabonga | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Julie London | Sci-fi | PRC |
| The National Barn Dance | Hugh Bennett | Jean Heather, Charles Quigley | Comedy | Paramount |
| National Velvet | Clarence Brown | Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor | Drama | MGM; won 2 Oscars |
| The Navy Way | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, Bill Henry | Drama | Paramount |
| Nevada | Edward Killy | Bob Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys | Western | RKO |
| Nine Girls | Leigh Jason | Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes | Mystery | Columbia |
| A Night of Adventure | Gordon Douglas | Tom Conway, Audrey Long, John Carradine, Dean Jagger | Crime mystery | RKO |
| None but the Lonely Heart | Clifford Odets | Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore | Drama | RKO. Oscar for Barrymore |
| None Shall Escape | Andre DeToth | Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers | War drama | Columbia |
| Nothing but Trouble | Sam Taylor | Laurel and Hardy | Comedy | MGM |

## O-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Oath of Vengeance | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| Oh, What a Night | William Beaudine | Jean Parker, Edmund Lowe | Crime Drama | Monogram |
| Oklahoma Raiders | Lewis D. Collins | Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| The Old Texas Trail | Lewis D. Collins | Rod Cameron, Virginia Christine | Western | Universal |
| Once Upon a Time | Alexander Hall | Cary Grant, Janet Blair | Comedy | Columbia |
| One Body Too Many | Frank McDonald | Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Bela Lugosi | Horror comedy | Paramount |
| One Mysterious Night | Oscar Boetticher, Jr. | Chester Morris, Janis Carter | Crime drama | Columbia |
| Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Lewis Allen | Gail Russell, Diana Lynn | Comedy | Paramount |
| Outlaw Roundup | Harry Fraser | Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Outlaw Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele | Western | Monogram |
| Outlaws of Santa Fe | Howard Bretherton | Don "Red" Barry, Helen Talbot | Western | Republic |
| Pardon My Rhythm | Felix E. Feist | Gloria Jean, Patric Knowles, Evelyn Ankers, Marjorie Weaver | Musical | Universal |
| Partners of the Trail | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre | Western | Monogram |
| Passage to Marseille | Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre | War | Warner Bros. |
| Passport to Destiny | Ray McCarey | Elsa Lanchester, Gordon Oliver | Drama | RKO |
| The Pearl of Death | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers | Crime | Universal; Sherlock Holmes |
| Phantom Lady | Robert Siodmak | Franchot Tone, Ella Raines | Film noir | Universal |
| Pin Up Girl | William LeBaron | Betty Grable, Martha Raye | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Pinto Bandit | Elmer Clifton | Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| The Port of 40 Thieves | John English | Stephanie Bachelor, Tom Keene | Drama | Republic |
| Practically Yours | Mitchell Leisen | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray | Comedy | Paramount |
| Pride of the Plains | Wallace Fox | Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Princess and the Pirate | David Butler | Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan | Comedy | RKO |
| The Purple Heart | Lewis Milestone | Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger | War | 20th Century Fox |
| The Racket Man | D. Ross Lederman | Hugh Beaumont, Tom Neal, Jeanne Bates | Crime | Columbia |
| Raiders of the Border | John P. McCarthy | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Rainbow Island | Ralph Murphy | Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Paramount |
| Range Law | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Rationing | Willis Goldbeck | Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main | Comedy | MGM |
| Reckless Age | Felix E. Feist | Gloria Jean, Henry Stephenson | Drama | Universal |
| Return of the Ape Man | Phil Rosen | Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Frank Moran | Horror | Monogram |
| The Return of the Vampire | Lew Landers | Bela Lugosi, Nina Foch | Horror | Columbia |
| Riders of the Santa Fe | Wallace Fox | Rod Cameron, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| Riding West | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Shirley Patterson | Western | Columbia |
| Roger Touhy, Gangster | Robert Florey | Preston Foster, Victor McLaglen, Lois Andrews | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Rogues' Gallery | Albert Herman | Robin Raymond, Frank Jenks | Drama | PRC |
| Rosie the Riveter | Joseph Santley | Frank Albertson, Jane Frazee | Musical | Republic |

## S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Saddle Leather Law | Benjamin H. Kline | Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| Sailor's Holiday | William Berke | Arthur Lake, Shelley Winters | Comedy | Columbia |
| The San Antonio Kid | Howard Bretherton | Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling | Western | Republic |
| San Diego, I Love You | Reginald Le Borg | Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton | Comedy | Universal |
| San Fernando Valley | John English | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| The Scarlet Claw | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Paul Cavanagh | Crime | Universal; Sherlock Holmes |
| Secret Command | A. Edward Sutherland | Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris | Drama | Columbia |
| Secrets of Scotland Yard | George Blair | Edgar Barrier, Stephanie Bachelor, C. Aubrey Smith | Thriller | Republic |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | Wesley Ruggles, Tay Garnett | Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Keenan Wynn | Comedy | MGM |
| Sensations of 1945 | Andrew Stone | Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, W. C. Fields, Sophie Tucker, Cab Callaway, Woody Herman | Musical comedy | United Artists |
| Sergeant Mike | Henry Levin | Larry Parks, Jeanne Bates | Drama | Columbia |
| Seven Days Ashore | John H. Auer | Marcy McGuire, Virginia Mayo | Comedy | RKO |
| Seven Doors to Death | Elmer Clifton | June Clyde, Chick Chandler | Suspense | PRC |
| The Seventh Cross | Fred Zinnemann | Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn | War drama | MGM |
| Shadow of Suspicion | William Beaudine | Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson | Comedy crime | Monogram |
| Shadows in the Night | Eugene Forde | Warner Baxter, Nina Foch | Mystery | Columbia; Crime Doctor series |
| Shake Hands with Murder | Albert Herman | Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks | Mystery | PRC |
| She's a Soldier Too | William Castle | Beulah Bondi, Nina Foch | Drama | Columbia |
| She's a Sweetheart | Del Lord | Jane Frazee, Larry Parks | Musical | Columbia |
| Sheriff of Las Vegas | Lesley Selander | Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Sheriff of Sundown | Lesley Selander | Allan Lane, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Republic |
| Shine On, Harvest Moon | David Butler | Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Show Business | Edwin L. Marin | Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis | Musical | RKO |
| Silent Partner | George Blair | William Henry, Grant Withers | Thriller | Republic |
| Silver City Kid | John English | Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Since You Went Away | John Cromwell | Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten | Romance | United Artists |
| Sing a Jingle | Edward C. Lilley | Allan Jones, June Vincent | Musical | Universal |
| Sing Neighbor Sing | Frank McDonald | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, Rachel, Lulubelle and Scotty, Harry "Pappy" Cheshire | Musical | Republic |
| The Singing Sheriff | Leslie Goodwins | Bob Crosby, Fay McKenzie | Musical western | Universal |
| Slightly Terrific | Edward F. Cline | Leon Errol, Anne Rooney | Musical | Universal |
| Something for the Boys | Lewis Seiler | Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Perry Como | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Song of Nevada | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| Song of the Open Road | S. Sylvan Simon | Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Edgar Bergen | Musical comedy | United Artists |
| Song of Russia | Gregory Ratoff | Robert Taylor, Susan Peters | War | MGM |
| Song of the Range | Wallace Fox | Jimmy Wakely, Dennis Moore | Western | Monogram |
| Sonora Stagecoach | Robert Emmett Tansey | Bob Steele, Hoot Gibson | Western | Monogram |
| The Soul of a Monster | Will Jason | Rose Hobart, George Macready | Horror | Columbia |
| South of Dixie | Jean Yarbrough | Anne Gwynne, Jerome Cowan | Musical | Universal |
| The Spider Woman | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard | Mystery | Universal Pictures. Sherlock Holmes |
| Spook Town | Elmer Clifton | Dave O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| Stagecoach to Monterey | Lesley Selander | Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Standing Room Only | Sidney Lanfield | Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard | Comedy | Paramount |
| Stars on Parade | Lew Landers | Larry Parks, Lynn Merrick, Jeff Donnell | Musical | Columbia |
| Step Lively | Tim Whelan | Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven | Musical | RKO |
| Storm Over Lisbon | George Sherman | Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim | Thriller | Republic |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | Cecil B. DeMille | Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso | War drama | Paramount |
| Strange Affair | Alfred E. Green | Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan | Mystery | Columbia |
| Strangers in the Night | Anthony Mann | William Terry, Virginia Grey | Thriller | Republic |
| Summer Storm | Douglas Sirk | Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee | Drama | United Artists |
| Sunday Dinner for a Soldier | Lloyd Bacon | Anne Baxter, John Hodiak | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| Sundown Valley | Benjamin H. Kline | Charles Starrett, Jeanne Bates | Western | Columbia |
| The Suspect | Robert Siodmak | Charles Laughton, Ella Raines | Film noir | Universal |
| Sweet and Low-Down | Archie Mayo | Linda Darnell, Benny Goodman | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sweethearts of the U.S.A. | Lewis D. Collins | Una Merkel, Harry Parke, Teala Loring | Musical | Monogram |
| Swing Hostess | Sam Newfield | Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian | Musical | PRC |
| Swing in the Saddle | Lew Landers | Jane Frazee, Guinn Williams, Sally Bliss | Musical | Columbia |
| Swingtime Johnny | Edward F. Cline | Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews | Comedy, Musical | Universal |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Tahiti Nights | Will Jason | Jinx Falkenburg, Dave O'Brien, Mary Treen | Comedy | Columbia |
| Take It Big | Frank McDonald | Harriet Hilliard, Jack Haley, Ozzie Nelson | Comedy | Paramount |
| Take It or Leave It | Benjamin Stoloff | Phil Baker, Madge Meredith | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Tall in the Saddle | Edwin L. Marin | John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond | Western | RKO |
| Tampico | Lothar Mendes | Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Texas Masquerade | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Andy Clyde | Western | United Artists |
| That's My Baby! | William Berke | Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew | Comedy | Republic |
| They Live in Fear | Josef Berne | Otto Kruger, Clifford Severn | Drama | Columbia |
| Thirty Seconds over Tokyo | Mervyn LeRoy | Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson | War drama | MGM |
| This Is the Life | Felix E. Feist | Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster | Comedy | Universal |
| Thoroughbreds | George Blair | Tom Neal, Adele Mara | Drama | Republic |
| The Thin Man Goes Home | Richard Thorpe | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gloria DeHaven | Mystery, Comedy | MGM, 5th of series |
| The Three Caballeros | Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Aurora Miranda | Animated | Walt Disney, RKO |
| Three Is a Family | Edward Ludwig | Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Ruggles | Comedy | United Artists |
| Three Little Sisters | Joseph Santley | Mary Lee, Ruth Terry, Cheryl Walker | Comedy | Republic |
| 3 Men in White | Willis Goldbeck | Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Marilyn Maxwell | Drama | MGM |
| Three of a Kind | D. Ross Lederman | Billy Gilbert, June Lang | Comedy | Monogram |
| Thundering Gun Slingers | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| Till We Meet Again | Frank Borzage | Barbara Britton, Ray Milland | Drama | Paramount |
| Timber Queen | Frank McDonald | Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Arlen | Drama | Paramount |
| To Have and Have Not | Howard Hawks | Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael | Film noir | Warner Bros.; based on novel by Ernest Hemingway |
| Together Again | Charles Vidor | Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer | Romance | Columbia |
| Tomorrow, the World! | Leslie Fenton | Fredric March, Betty Field, Agnes Moorehead | Drama | United Artists |
| The Town Went Wild | Ralph Murphy | Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon | Comedy | PRC |
| Trail to Gunsight | Vernon Keays | Eddie Dew, Lyle Talbot | Western | Universal |
| Trigger Law | Vernon Keays | Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele | Western | Monogram |
| Trigger Trail | Lewis D. Collins | Rod Cameron, Vivian Austin | Western | Universal |
| Trocadero | William Nigh | Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan | Comedy | Republic |
| Tucson Raiders | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Wild Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Twilight on the Prairie | Jean Yarbrough | Johnny Downs, Vivian Austin | Western musical | Universal |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | Richard Thorpe | Van Johnson, June Allyson | Comedy | MGM |
| Two-Man Submarine | Lew Landers | Tom Neal, Ann Savage | War | Columbia |

## U-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| U-Boat Prisoner | Lew Landers | Bruce Bennett, Erik Rolf | War drama | Columbia |
| The Uninvited | Lewis Allen | Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp | Horror | Paramount |
| Uncertain Glory | Raoul Walsh | Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Faye Emerson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Unwritten Code | Herman Rotsten | Ann Savage, Tom Neal | War | Columbia |
| Up in Arms | Elliott Nugent | Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews | Comedy | RKO |
| Up in Mabel's Room | Allan Dwan | Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Patrick | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Utah Kid | Vernon Keays | Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Beatrice Gray | Western | Monogram |
| Valley of Vengeance | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Finley | Western | PRC |
| The Very Thought of You | Delmer Daves | Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Vigilantes of Dodge City | Wallace Grissell | Wild Bill Elliott, Linda Stirling | Western | Republic |
| Voice in the Wind | Arthur Ripley | Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie | Drama | United Artists |
| Voodoo Man | William Beaudine | Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco | Horror | Monogram |
| Waterfront | Steve Sekely | J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon | War, drama | PRC |
| A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Phil Karlson | Elyse Knox, Ann Gillis, Sally Eilers | Romantic war comedy | Monogram |
| Week-End Pass | Jean Yarbrough | Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr. | Comedy | Universal |
| Weird Woman | Reginald Le Borg | Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne | Horror | Universal; Inner Sanctum series |
| West of the Rio Grande | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre | Western | Monogram |
| Westward Bound | Robert Emmett Tansey | Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele | Western | Monogram |
| What a Man! | William Beaudine | Johnny Downs, Wanda McKay | Comedy | Monogram |
| When Strangers Marry | William Castle | Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger | Film noir | Monogram |
| When the Lights Go on Again | William K. Howard | Jimmy Lydon, Regis Toomey | Drama | PRC |
| The Whispering Skull | Elmer Clifton | Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson | Western | PRC |
| The Whistler | William Castle | Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, Joan Woodbury | Mystery | Columbia |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | Clarence Brown | Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal | War drama | MGM |
| Wild Horse Phantom | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Kermit Maynard | Western | PRC |
| Wilson | Henry King | Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell | Bio-pic | 20th Century Fox |
| Wing and a Prayer | Henry Hathaway | Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, Cedric Hardwicke | War | 20th Century Fox; nominated for Best Screenplay |
| Winged Victory | George Cukor | Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, Edmond O'Brien, Judy Holliday | War drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey | Film noir | RKO |
| Wyoming Hurricane | William Berke | Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| The Yellow Rose of Texas | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger | Western | Republic |
| You Can't Ration Love | Lester Fuller | Betty Jane Rhodes, Marjorie Weaver, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Paramount |
| Youth Runs Wild | Mark Robson | Bonita Granville, Kent Smith | Drama | RKO |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adventure in Music | Reginald Le Borg, Ernst Matray | José Iturbi, Emanuel Feuermann, Mildred Dilling | Musical | |
| The Fighting Lady | Edward Steichen | | War Documentary | 20th Century Fox |
| Hymn of the Nations | Alexander Hammid | | War documentary | |
| Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress | William Wyler | | Documentary | Paramount |
| Target for Today | William Keighley | | Documentary | Eighth Air Force in Poland |
| Tunisian Victory | Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston | | War Propaganda | MGM |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Black Arrow | Lew Landers | Mark Roberts, Adele Jergens, Robert Williams | Action western | Columbia Pictures serial |
| Captain America | Elmer Clifton, John English | Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray | Serial | Republic |
| The Great Alaskan Mystery | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Milburn Stone, Marjorie Weaver, Edgar Kennedy | Spy serial | Universal |
| Haunted Harbor | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kane Richmond, Kay Aldridge, Roy Barcroft | Serial | Republic |
| Mystery of the River Boat | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Robert Lowery | Serial | Universal |
| Raiders of Ghost City | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Dennis Moore, Lionel Atwill, Wanda McKay | Western serial | Universal |
| The Tiger Woman | Spencer Bennet | Allan Lane, Linda Stirling | Adventure serial | Republic |
| Zorro's Black Whip | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Linda Stirling | Western, serial | Republic |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The 957th Day | | | Propaganda short | produced by the US Navy |
| Attack! Battle of New Britain | | | Propaganda short | |
| The Barber of Seville | James Culhane | | Animated short | Lantz, Universal |
| The Battle of China | Frank Capra | | War propaganda | |
| The Bodyguard | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Chuck Jones | Merrie Melodies | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips | I. Freleng | Merrie Melodies | Animated, war | Warner Bros. |
| Busy Buddies | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| Crash Goes the Hash | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| Dancing Romeo | Cyril Endfield | Our Gang | Comedy Short | MGM |
| Five Were Chosen | Herbert Kline | Victor Kilian, Howard Da Silva, Leonid Kinskey | War drama | |
| Gents Without Cents | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| Hare Force | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Hell-Bent for Election | Charles M. Jones | | Animated, war | |
| How to Play Golf | Jack Kinney | | Animated | Disney, RKO |
| I Won't Play | Crane Wilbur | Janis Paige, Dane Clark | Short subject | Academy Award winner |
| Idle Roomers | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy, short | Columbia |
| Jammin' the Blues | Gjon Mili | Marie Bryant, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet | Short | |
| Little Red Riding Rabbit | Friz Freleng | | Animated, short | Warner Bros. |
| The Million Dollar Cat | Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Mouse Trouble | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Movie Pests | Will Jason | Pete Smith Specialty with Dave O'Brien, Harry Einstein | Comedy Short | MGM |
| The Negro Soldier | Stuart Heisler | | War Propaganda | |
| No Dough Boys | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| The Old Grey Hare | Robert Clampett | | Animated short | MGM |
| The Price of Rendova | | | War Propaganda | |
| Puttin' on the Dog | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Return to Guam | | | Propaganda short | produced by U.S. Navy |
| Russian Rhapsody | Robert Clampett | Looney Tunes | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Safety Sleuth | Will Jason | Pete Smith Specialty with Dave O'Brien | Comedy Short | MGM |
| Sportsman's Memories | | Pete Smith Specialty with Dave O'Brien | Comedy Short | MGM |
| Stage Door Cartoon | Friz Freleng | | Animated short | Merrie Melodies |
| Tick Tock Tuckered | Bob Clampett | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| What Makes a Battle | | | Propaganda short | taking of Marshall Islands |
| What's Cookin' Doc? | Bob Clampett | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| With the Marines at Tarawa | Louis Hayward | | War propaganda | Battle of Tarawa |
| The Yoke's on Me | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy, short | Columbia |
| The Zoot Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |