List of American films of 1944

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A list of American films released in 1944.
Going My Way won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The 957th Day			Short War Propaganda	Produced by the US Navy
The Adventures of Mark Twain	Irving Rapper	Fredric March, Alexis Smith	Adventure
And Now Tomorrow	Irving Pichel	Alan Ladd, Susan Hayward	Drama	based on Rachel Field book
And the Angels Sing	George Marshall	Fred MacMurray, Betty Hutton	Musical
Arsenic and Old Lace	Frank Capra	Cary Grant, Raymond Massey	Screwball Comedy	based on Joseph Kesselring play
Attack! Battle of New Britain			War Propaganda Short
Barbary Coast Gent	Roy Del Ruth		Comedy Western	MGM
The Barber of Seville	James Culhane		Animated Short	Walter Lantz Productions and Universal Pictures
Bathing Beauty	George Sidney	Esther Williams, Red Skelton	Musical	MGM
The Battle of China	Frank Capra		War Propaganda
Between Two Worlds	Edward A. Blatt	John Garfield, Paul Henreid	Mystery	Warner Bros.
The Big Noise	Malcolm St. Clair	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy	20th Century Fox
Bluebeard	Edgar G. Ulmer	John Carradine	Thriller
The Bodyguard	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short	MGM
The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Rowland V. Lee	Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff	Drama	based on Thornton Wilder book
Broadway Rhythm	Roy Del Ruth	George Murphy, Lena Horne	Musical	MGM
Buffalo Bill	William A. Wellman	Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara	Western Biopic	20th Century Fox
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips	I. Freleng	Merrie Melodies	Animated War	Warner Bros.
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears	Chuck Jones	Merrie Melodies	Animated	Warner Bros.
Busy Buddies	Del Lord	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Can't Help Singing	Frank Ryan	Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige	Musical
The Canterville Ghost	Jules Dassin	Charles Laughton	Comedy Fantasy	MGM
Captain America	Elmer Clifton, John English		serial	Republic Pictures
Casanova Brown	Sam Wood	Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright	Comedy	RKO Pictures
Christmas Holiday	Robert Siodmak	Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly	Film noir	Universal Pictures
The Climax	George Waggner	Boris Karloff	Horror	Universal Pictures
Cobra Woman	Robert Siodmak	Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu	Adventure	Universal Pictures
The Conspirators	Jean Negulesco	Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid	Spy	Warner Bros.
Cover Girl	Charles Vidor	Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers	Musical	Columbia Pictures
Crash Goes the Hash	Jules White	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Cry of the Werewolf	Henry Levin	Nina Foch	Horror	Columbia Pictures
The Curse of the Cat People	Robert Wise	Simone Simon, Jane Randolph	Horror	RKO Pictures

D-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Dancing Romeo	Cyril Endfield	Our Gang	Comedy Short	MGM
Days of Glory	Jacques Tourneur	Gregory Peck	Romantic Drama	RKO Pictures
Dead Man's Eyes	Reginald Le Borg	Lon Chaney, Jr.	Mystery	Universal Pictures
Delinquent Daughters	Albert Herman		Exploitation
Double Exposure	William A. Berke	Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly	Crime Comedy	Paramount Pictures
Double Indemnity	Billy Wilder	Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson	Film noir	7 Oscar nominations
Dragon Seed	Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway	Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston	Film noir	MGM
Enter Arsène Lupin	Ford Beebe	Charles Korvin, Ella Raines	Crime	Universal
Experiment Perilous	Jacques Tourneur	Hedy Lamarr, George Brent	Film noir	RKO Pictures
Farewell, My Lovely	Edward Dmytryk	Dick Powell, Claire Trevor	Film noir	aka Murder, My Sweet
The Fighting Lady	Edward Steichen		War Propaganda
The Fighting Seabees	Edward Ludwig	John Wayne, Susan Hayward	War	Republic Pictures
The Fighting Sullivans	Lloyd Bacon	Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell	Biopic, Drama	20th Century Fox
Frenchman's Creek	Mitchell Leisen	Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone	Adventure	Paramount Pictures
Gambler's Choice	Frank McDonald	Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly	Crime	Paramount Pictures
Gaslight	George Cukor	Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury	Film noir	Oscar for Bergman
Gents Without Cents	Jules White	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Going My Way	Leo McCarey	Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald	Musical Comedy	won 7 Academy Awards
The Great Alaskan Mystery	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor		Serial	Universal
The Great Moment	Preston Sturges	Joel McCrea, Betty Field	Biopic	Paramount Pictures
Hail the Conquering Hero	Preston Sturges	Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest	Comedy	Paramount Pictures
Hare Force	Friz Freleng	Bugs Bunny	Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Haunted Harbor	Spencer Gordon Bennet		Serial	Republic Pictures
To Have and Have Not	Howard Hawks	Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Walter Brennan	Film noir	Warner Bros.
Hell-Bent for Election	Charles M. Jones		Animated War
Hollywood Canteen			Documentary	Warner Bros.
Home in Indiana	Henry Hathaway	Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, Ward Bond	Drama	20th Century Fox
The Hour Before Dawn	Frank Tuttle	Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, Binnie Barnes	Drama	Paramount
House of Frankenstein	Erle C. Kenton	Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr.	Horror	Universal Pictures
How to Play Golf	Jack Kinney		Animated	Disney distributed by RKO
Hymn of the Nations	Alexander Hammid		War Documentary

I-N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
I Accuse My Parents	Sam Newfield	Mary Beth Hughes	Crime Drama
Idle Roomers	Del Lord	Three Stooges	Comedy, Short	Columbia Pictures
I'll Be Seeing You	William Dieterle	Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple	Drama	Selznick International Pictures
In Our Time	Vincent Sherman	Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid	Romance	Warner Bros.
In Society	Jean Yarbrough	Abbott and Costello	Comedy	Universal Pictures
The Invisible Man's Revenge	Ford Beebe	Jon Hall, John Carradine	Sci-Fi, Horror	Universal Pictures
It Happened Tomorrow	René Clair	Dick Powell, Linda Darnell	Fantasy, Comedy	2 Academy Award nominations
Jammin' the Blues	Gjon Mili		Short
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
The Lady and the Monster	George Sherman	Vera Ralston	Sci-Fi, Horror	Republic Pictures
Lady in the Dark	Kurt Weill	Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland	Musical
Lady, Let's Dance	Frank Woodruff	Belita	Musical	Monogram Pictures
Laura	Otto Preminger	Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price	Film noir	from Vera Caspary novel
Lifeboat	Alfred Hitchcock	Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix	War, Drama	Academy Award Best Script
Little Red Riding Rabbit	Friz Freleng		Animated, Short	Warner Bros.
The Lodger	John Brahm	Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar	Horror	20th Century Fox
Lost in a Harem	Charles Reisner	Abbott and Costello	Comedy	MGM
Man from Frisco	Robert Florey	Michael O'Shea, Anne Shirley	Spy	Republic
The Mask of Dimitrios	Jean Negulesco	Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre	Film noir
Meet Me in St. Louis	Vincente Minnelli	Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor	Musical	4 Oscar nominations
Meet the People	Charles Reisner	Lucille Ball, Dick Powell	Musical	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress	William Wyler		Documentary	Paramount Pictures
The Million Dollar Cat	Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera		Animated Short	MGM
Ministry of Fear	Fritz Lang	Ray Milland	Film noir	Paramount Pictures
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek	Preston Sturges	Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest	Comedy	Paramount Pictures
The Monster Maker	Sam Newfield	J. Carrol Naish	Sci-Fi
Mouse Trouble	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short	MGM
Mr. Skeffington	Vincent Sherman	Bette Davis, Claude Rains	Drama	Warner Bros.
Mrs. Parkington	Tay Garnett	Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold	Drama
The Mummy's Curse	Leslie Goodwins	Lon Chaney	Horror	Universal Pictures
The Mummy's Ghost	Reginald Le Borg	Lon Chaney, John Carradine	Horror	Universal Pictures
Murder, My Sweet	Edward Dmytryk	Dick Powell, Claire Trevor	Film noir	RKO Pictures
Mystery of the River Boat	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor		Serial	Universal Pictures
National Velvet	Clarence Brown	Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor	Drama	MGM; won 2 Oscars
The Negro Soldier	Stuart Heisler		War Propaganda
Nevada	Edward Killy	Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys	Western	RKO Pictures
No Dough Boys	Jules White	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
None But the Lonely Heart	Clifford Odets	Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore	Drama	Oscar for Barrymore
None Shall Escape	André De Toth	Marsha Hunt, Henry Travers	War Drama	Columbia Pictures
Nothing But Trouble	Sam Taylor	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy	MGM

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Oath of Vengeance	Sam Newfield	Buster Crabbe, Al St. John	Western	PRC
The Old Grey Hare	Robert Clampett		Animated Short	MGM
One Body Too Many	Frank McDonald	Bela Lugosi	Comedy	Paramount Pictures
Passage to Marseille	Michael Curtiz	Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre	War	Warner Bros.
The Pearl of Death	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Crime	Sherlock Holmes
Phantom Lady	Robert Siodmak	Franchot Tone	Film noir	Universal Pictures
Pin Up Girl	William LeBaron	Betty Grable, Martha Raye	Musical	20th Century Fox
Practically Yours	Mitchell Leisen	Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray	Comedy	Paramount Pictures
The Price of Rendova			War Propaganda
The Princess and the Pirate	David Butler	Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan	Comedy Adventure	RKO
The Purple Heart	Lewis Milestone	Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger	War	20th Century Fox
Puttin' on the Dog	Hanna Barbera		Animated Short	MGM
Raiders of Ghost City	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor		Western Serial	Universal Pictures
Rationing	Willis Goldbeck	Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main	Comedy	MGM
The Return of the Vampire	Lew Landers	Bela Lugosi, Nina Foch	Horror	Columbia Pictures
Return to Guam			Short War Propaganda	Produced by the U.S. Navy
Russian Rhapsody	Robert Clampett	Looney Tunes	Animated Short	Warner Bros.
The Scarlet Claw	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Crime	Sherlock Holmes
Sensations of 1945	Andrew Stone	Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe	Musical Comedy	United Artists
The Seventh Cross	Fred Zinnemann	Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn	Drama, War	MGM
Show Business	Edwin L. Marin	Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis	Musical
Since You Went Away	John Cromwell	Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten	Romance	United Artists
Song of Russia	Gregory Ratoff	Robert Taylor, Susan Peters	War	MGM
Song of the Open Road	S. Sylvan Simon	Jane Powell	Musical Comedy	United Artists
The Spider Woman	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard	Mystery	Sherlock Holmes
Stage Door Cartoon	Friz Freleng		Animated Short	Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies
The Story of Dr. Wassell	Cecil B. DeMille	Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso	War Drama
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier	Lloyd Bacon	Anne Baxter, John Hodiak	Romance
The Suspect	Robert Siodmak	Charles Laughton, Ella Raines	Film noir	Universal

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Tall in the Saddle	Edwin L. Marin	John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond	Western	RKO Pictures
Target for Today	William Keighley		Documentary	Eighth Air Force in Poland
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo	Mervyn LeRoy	Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson	War Drama	MGM
The Three Caballeros	Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney		Animated	Walt Disney, RKO
Tick Tock Tuckered	Bob Clampett		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
The Tiger Woman	Spencer Bennet	Allan Lane, Linda Stirling	Action Adventure Serial	Republic Pictures
Tomorrow The World! [1] [2]
Tunisian Victory	Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston		War Propaganda	MGM
The Uninvited	Lewis Allen	Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp	Mystery, Horror	Paramount Pictures
Voodoo Man	William Beaudine	Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco	Horror	Monogram
Waterfront	Steve Sekely	J. Carrol Naish	War, Drama
Weird Woman	Reginald Le Borg	Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Gwynne	Horror	Inner Sanctum
What Makes a Battle			War Propaganda Short	Taking of Marshall Islands
What's Cookin' Doc?	Bob Clampett	Bugs Bunny	Animated, Short	Warner Bros.
When Strangers Marry	William Castle	Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger	Film noir	aka Betrayed
Wilson	Henry King	Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell	Bio-pic	20th Century Fox
With the Marines at Tarawa	Louis Hayward		War Propaganda	Battle of Tarawa
The Woman in the Window	Fritz Lang	Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey	Film noir	RKO
The Yellow Rose of Texas	Joseph Kane	Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger	Western	Republic
The Yoke's on Me	Jules White	Three Stooges	Comedy, Short	Columbia Pictures
The Zoot Cat	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated, short	MGM
Zorro's Black Whip	Spencer Gordon Bennet		Western, Serial	Republic Pictures

External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1944 films at the Internet Movie Database