List of American films of 1945

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A list of American films released in 1945.
The Lost Weekend won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
6th Marine Division on Okinawa		Harlon Block	Documentary	Oscar nominated film on Battle of Okinawa
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood	S. Sylvan Simon	Abbott and Costello, Lucille Ball, Rags Ragland	Comedy
Adventure	Victor Fleming	Clark Gable, Greer Garson	Adventure
Along Came Jones	Stuart Heisler	Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea	Western
Anchors Aweigh	George Sidney	Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly	Musical
And Then There Were None	René Clair	Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young	Mystery	A mystery by Agatha Christie
Appointment in Tokyo	Jack Hively		Documentary	Produced by Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps

B-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Back to Bataan	Edward Dmytryk	John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi	War
The Battle of San Pietro	John Huston	Mark W. Clark, John Huston (narrator)	Documentary	Short subject
A Bell for Adano	Henry King	Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix	War Drama
The Bells of St. Mary's	Leo McCarey	Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman	Drama	Sequel to Going My Way
Betrayal from the East	William A. Berke	Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly	War
Blood on the Sun	Frank Lloyd	James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney	Drama
The Body Snatcher	Robert Wise	Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi	Horror
Booby Dupes	Del Lord	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Brewster's Millions	Allan Dwan	Dennis O'Keefe	Comedy
The Bullfighters	Malcolm St. Clair	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy
Caesar and Cleopatra	Gabriel Pascal	Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh	Romantic comedy
Captain Kidd	Rowland V. Lee	Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton	Adventure
Captain Tugboat Annie	Phil Rosen	Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy	Comedy
The Cheaters	Joseph Kane	Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke	Drama
Christmas in Connecticut	Peter Godfrey	Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet	Comedy
The Clock	Vincente Minnelli	Judy Garland, Robert Walker	Drama
Confidential Agent	Herman Shumlin	Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall	Spy
Conflict	Curtis Bernhardt	Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet	Suspense
The Corn Is Green	Irving Rapper	Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, John Dall	Drama
Cornered	Edward Dmytryk	Dick Powell, Walter Slezak	Film noir
Crime, Inc.	Lew Landers	Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal	Crime Thriller

D-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Death Mills	Billy Wilder		Documentary
Detour	Edgar G. Ulmer	Tom Neal, Ann Savage	Film noir
Diamond Horseshoe	George Seaton	Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers	Musical
Dillinger	Max Nosseck	Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys	Biopic, Crime
Docks of New York	Wallace Fox	Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall	Comedy
The Dolly Sisters	Irving Cummings	Betty Grable, June Haver, John Payne	Musical
Draftee Daffy	Bob Clampett	Daffy Duck	Animated	Warner Bros.
The Enchanted Cottage	John Cromwell	Robert Young, Dorothy McGuire	Romantic comedy
Fallen Angel	Otto Preminger	Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell	Film noir
Federal Operator 99		Helen Talbot	Serial	Republic Pictures
Flame of Barbary Coast	Joseph Kane	John Wayne, Ann Dvorak	Western
Flirty Birdy			Animated
Follow That Woman	Lew Landers	William Gargan, Nancy Kelly	Comedy
The Friendly Ghost	I. Sparber	Casper	Animated
The Frozen Ghost	Harold Young	Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Douglas Dumbrille	Horror
Fury in the Pacific			Documentary	U.S. Armed Forces
God Is My Co-Pilot	Robert Florey	Dennis Morgan, Dane Clark, Raymond Massey	War
The Great Flamarion	Anthony Mann	Eric von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes	Film noir
Guest Wife	Sam Wood	Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche	Comedy
Hangover Square	John Brahm	Linda Darnell, George Sanders	Drama
Hare Tonic		Bugs Bunny	Animated
Hare Trigger		Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Here Come the Co-Eds	Jean Yarbrough	Abbott and Costello, Peggy Ryan, Lon Chaney, Jr.	Comedy
Here Is Germany	Frank Capra		Documentary	U.S. military propaganda
Herr Meets Hare		Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Hockey Homicide	Jack Kinney	Goofy	Animated	Walt Disney
The Horn Blows at Midnight	Raoul Walsh	Jack Benny, Alexis Smith	Comedy
Hotel Berlin	Peter Godfrey	Faye Emerson, Raymond Massey	Drama
The House I Live In	Mervyn LeRoy	Frank Sinatra	Documentary	10 minutes
House of Dracula	Erle C. Kenton	Lon Chaney, John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll	Horror
The House on 92nd Street	Henry Hathaway	Lloyd Nolan, William Eythe	Drama

I-N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Idiots Deluxe	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
If a Body Meets a Body	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Incendiary Blonde	George Marshall	Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald	Biopic	Story of Texas Guinan
Intelligence and the Japanese Civilian			Propaganda
Isle of the Dead	Mark Robson	Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew	Horror
It's in the Bag!	Richard Wallace	Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche	Comedy
Johnny Angel	Edwin L. Marin	George Raft, Claire Trevor	Drama
Jungle Queen	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor	Ruth Roman	Adventure Serial
Kiss and Tell	Richard Wallace	Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel	Comedy
Know Your Enemy: Japan			Propaganda
Lady on a Train	Charles David	Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy	Mystery
The Last Bomb			Documentary	U.S. military propaganda
Leave Her to Heaven	John M. Stahl	Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde	Film noir
Life with Feathers	Friz Freleng	Tweety, Sylvester	Animated
The Lost Letter			Animated	Russia
The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder	Ray Milland, Jane Wyman	Drama	4 Academy Awards
Love Letters	William Dieterle	Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten	Drama
The Man in Half Moon Street	Ralph Murphy	Helen Walker, Nils Asther	Drama
Manhunt of Mystery Island	3 directors	Richard Bailey	Serial	15 parts
The Master Key	Lewis Collins, Ray Taylor	Milburn Stone	Serial
A Medal for Benny	Irving Pichel	Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova	Drama
Micro-Phonies	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Midnight Manhunt	William C. Thomas	William Gargan, Ann Savage	Film noir
Mildred Pierce	Michael Curtiz	Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Ann Blyth	Film noir	Oscar for Crawford
Mom and Dad			Documentary	Hygiene film
The Mouse Comes to Dinner	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM
Mr. and Mrs. America			Documentary	Produced by U.S. Treasury
My Japan			Propaganda
My Name Is Julia Ross	Joseph H. Lewis	Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty	Film noir
The Naughty Nineties	Jean Yarbrough	Abbott and Costello, Alan Curtis	Comedy	Includes Who's on First?
Nob Hill	Henry Hathaway	George Raft, Joan Bennett, Vivian Blaine	Drama

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Objective, Burma!	Raoul Walsh	Errol Flynn	Adventure
Okinawa Bulletins			War propaganda
Our Job in Japan			War propaganda
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Roy Rowland	Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien	Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Albert Lewin	George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield	Suspense
Pillow of Death	Wallace Fox	Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce	Mystery
Pride of the Marines	Delmer Daves	John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark	War Biopic
The Purple Monster Strikes		Dennis Moore	Adventure Serial
Pursuit to Algiers	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery	Sherlock Holmes
Quiet Please!	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated
Remember These Faces			War propaganda	Filmed by U.S. Navy
Rhapsody in Blue	Irving Rapper	Robert Alda, Alexis Smith	Biopic	Story of George Gershwin
Rockin' in the Rockies	Vernon Keays	Three Stooges	Short subject
A Royal Scandal	Otto Preminger	Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter	Comedy
The Royal Mounted Rides Again	Lewis Collins, Ray Taylor	Bill Kennedy, Milburn Stone	Serial
Saga of the Franklin			War, Documentary	U.S. Navy production
San Antonio	Robert Florey	Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall	Western
Saratoga Trunk	Sam Wood	Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson	Drama
Scarlet Street	Fritz Lang	Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett	Film noir
Secret Agent X-9	Lewis Collins, Ray Taylor	Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke	Serial
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery
Son of Lassie	S. Sylvan Simon	June Lockhart, Peter Lawford	Family, Drama
Song of the Sarong	Harold Young	William Gargan, Nancy Kelly	Adventure
A Song to Remember	Charles Vidor	Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Paul Muni	Biopic	Story of Frederic Chopin
The Southerner	Jean Renoir	Zachary Scott	Drama
The Spanish Main	Frank Borzage	Maureen O'Hara, Paul Henreid	Adventure
Spellbound	Alfred Hitchcock	Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman	Suspense
The Spider	Robert D. Webb	Richard Conte, Cara Williams	Film noir
State Fair	Walter Lang	Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes	Musical comedy
The Stilwell Road		Narrated by Ronald Reagan	War propaganda
The Story of G.I. Joe	William Wellman	Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum	War
The Story of the 14th Air Force
Strange Confession	John Hoffman	Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce	Serial
Swing Out, Sister	Edward C. Lilley	Rod Cameron, Billie Burke	Musical
Swing Shift Cinderella	Tex Avery		Animated	MGM

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Tale of Two Mice	Frank Tashlin		Animated
Target Invisible			Documentary	U.S. Treasury film
Tee for Two	Hanna Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated
They Were Expendable	John Ford	John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed	War
The Thin Man Goes Home	Richard Thorpe	William Powell, Myrna Loy	Mystery, Comedy
This Man's Navy	William Wellman	Wallace Beery, Tom Drake	Drama
Three Pests in a Mess	Del Lord	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Thrill of a Romance	Richard Thorpe	Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford	Romance
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka	Louis King	Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson	Family, Drama
To the Shores of Iwo Jima			War Documentary
Tonight and Every Night	Victor Saville	Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair	Drama
Topaz			War documentary
The Town			War propaganda
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Elia Kazan	Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn	Drama
The True Glory	Carol Reed		War documentary
The Unseen	Lewis Allen	Gail Russell, Joel McCrea	Thriller
The Valley of Decision	Tay Garnett	Greer Garson, Gregory Peck	Drama
A Walk in the Sun	Lewis Milestone	Dana Andrews, Richard Conte	War drama
War Comes to America			War documentary
Week-End at the Waldorf	Robert Z. Leonard	Lana Turner, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon	Romantic comedy
Wings for This Man		Narrated by Ronald Reagan	War propaganda
Without Love	Harold S. Bucquet	Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn	Comedy
The Woman in Green	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery	Sherlock Holmes
The Woman in the Window	Fritz Lang	Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett	Drama
The Woman Who Came Back	Walter Colmes	Nancy Kelly	Comedy
Wonder Man	H. Bruce Humberstone	Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo	Comedy
Yolanda and the Thief	Vincente Minnelli	Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer	Musical comedy
Your Job In Germany			War, Documentary
Ziegfeld Follies	Vincente Minnelli	Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland	Musical revue
Zombies on Broadway	Gordon Douglas	Bela Lugosi, Anne Jeffreys	Horror comedy

External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1945 films at the Internet Movie Database