List of American films of 1945

This is a list of American films that were released in 1945. In that year, the film 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	MGM
Adventure	Victor Fleming	Clark Gable, Greer Garson	Adventure	MGM
Adventures of Kitty O'Day	William Beaudine	Jean Parker, Peter Cookson	Mystery	Monogram; sequel to 1944 film
Allotment Wives	William Nigh	Kay Francis, Otto Kruger	Drama	Monogram
Along Came Jones	Stuart Heisler	Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea	Western	RKO
Along the Navajo Trail	Frank McDonald	Roy Rogers, Dale Evans	Western	Republic
Anchors Aweigh	George Sidney	Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly	Musical	MGM
And Then There Were None	René Clair	Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young	Mystery	written by Agatha Christie
Apology for Murder	Sam Newfield	Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont	Crime drama
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	RKO
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	20th Century Fox
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	RKO
Blood on the Sun	Frank Lloyd	James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney	Drama	United Artists
The Body Snatcher	Robert Wise	Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi	Horror	RKO
Booby Dupes	Del Lord	Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia
Brenda Starr, Reporter	Wallace Fox	Joan Woodbury	Serial	Columbia
Brewster's Millions	Allan Dwan	Dennis O'Keefe	Comedy	United Artists
The Bullfighters	Malcolm St. Clair	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy
Captain Eddie	Lloyd Bacon	Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari	Drama	20th Century Fox
Captain Kidd	Rowland V. Lee	Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton	Adventure	United Artists
Captain Tugboat Annie	Phil Rosen	Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy	Comedy
The Cheaters	Joseph Kane	Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke	Drama
The Cherokee Flash	Thomas Carr	Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Tom London	Western
Christmas in Connecticut	Peter Godfrey	Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Reginald Gardiner, Sydney Greenstreet	Comedy	Warner Bros.
The Clock	Vincente Minnelli	Judy Garland, Robert Walker	Drama	MGM
Come Out Fighting	William Beaudine	Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Benedict	Comedy
Confidential Agent	Herman Shumlin	Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall	Spy	Warner Bros.
Conflict	Curtis Bernhardt	Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet	Suspense	Warner Bros.
The Corn Is Green	Irving Rapper	Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, John Dall	Drama	Warner Bros.
Cornered	Edward Dmytryk	Dick Powell, Walter Slezak	Film noir	RKO
Crime, Inc.	Lew Landers	Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal	Thriller

D-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Dakota	Joseph Kane	John Wayne, Vera Ralston	Western	Republic
Death Mills	Billy Wilder		Documentary
Detour	Edgar G. Ulmer	Tom Neal, Ann Savage	Film noir	PRC
Diamond Horseshoe	George Seaton	Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers	Musical	20th Century Fox
Dick Tracy	William A. Berke	Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki	Mystery	RKO
Dillinger	Max Nosseck	Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys	Biography, Crime	Monogram
Docks of New York	Wallace Fox	Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall	Comedy
Doll Face	Lewis Seiler	Vivian Blaine, Carmen Miranda	Comedy	20th Century Fox
The Dolly Sisters	Irving Cummings	Betty Grable, June Haver, John Payne	Musical	20th Century Fox
Don't Fence Me In	John English	Roy Rogers, Dale Evans	Western	Republic
Draftee Daffy	Bob Clampett	Daffy Duck	Animated	Warner Bros.
The Enchanted Cottage	John Cromwell	Robert Young, Dorothy McGuire	Romantic comedy	RKO
The Falcon in San Francisco	Joseph H. Lewis	Tom Conway, Rita Corday	Mystery	RKO
Fallen Angel	Otto Preminger	Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell	Film noir	20th Century Fox
Fashion Model	William Beaudine	Robert Lowery, Marjorie Weaver, Tim Ryan	Film noir	Monogram
Federal Operator 99		Helen Talbot	Serial	Republic
Flame of Barbary Coast	Joseph Kane	John Wayne, Ann Dvorak	Western
Flirty Birdy			Animated
Follow That Woman	Lew Landers	William Gargan, Nancy Kelly	Comedy	Paramount
The Friendly Ghost	I. Sparber	Casper	Animated
The Frozen Ghost	Harold Young	Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Douglas Dumbrille	Horror	Universal
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	United Artists
Gun Smoke	Howard Bretherton	Johnny Mack Brown, Jennifer Holt	Western
Hangover Square	John Brahm	Linda Darnell, George Sanders	Drama	20th Century Fox
Hare Tonic		Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Hare Trigger		Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Here Come the Co-Eds	Jean Yarbrough	Abbott and Costello, Peggy Ryan	Comedy	Universal
Here Is Germany	Frank Capra		Documentary	U.S. military propaganda
Herr Meets Hare		Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Hockey Homicide	Jack Kinney	Goofy	Animated	Disney
The Horn Blows at Midnight	Raoul Walsh	Jack Benny, Alexis Smith	Comedy	Warner Bros.
Hotel Berlin	Peter Godfrey	Faye Emerson, Raymond Massey	Drama	Warner Bros.
The House I Live In	Mervyn LeRoy	Frank Sinatra	Documentary	10 minutes
House of Dracula	Erle C. Kenton	Lon Chaney, John Carradine, Onslow Stevens Martha O'Driscoll, Glenn Strange, Skelton Knaggs	Horror	Universal
The House on 92nd Street	Henry Hathaway	Lloyd Nolan, William Eythe	Drama	20th Century Fox

I-N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Idiots Deluxe	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short	Columbia
If a Body Meets a Body	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short	Columbia
Incendiary Blonde	George Marshall	Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald	Biography	story of Texas Guinan
Intelligence and the Japanese Civilian			Propaganda
Isle of the Dead	Mark Robson	Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew	Horror	RKO
It Happened in Harlem	Bud Pollard	Chris Columbus	Musical comedy	All-American News
It's in the Bag!	Richard Wallace	Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche	Comedy	United Artists
Johnny Angel	Edwin L. Marin	George Raft, Claire Trevor	Drama	RKO
Jungle Queen	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor	Ruth Roman	Serial	Universal
Junior Miss	George Seaton	Peggy Ann Garner	Comedy
Kiss and Tell	Richard Wallace	Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel	Comedy	Columbia
Know Your Enemy: Japan			Propaganda
Lady on a Train	Charles David	Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy	Mystery	Universal
The Last Bomb			Documentary	U.S. military propaganda
Leave Her to Heaven	John M. Stahl	Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price	Film noir	20th Century Fox; 4 Oscar nominations
Life with Feathers	Friz Freleng	Tweety, Sylvester	Animated
The Lost Letter			Animated	Russia
The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder	Ray Milland, Jane Wyman	Drama	Paramount; winner of 4 Academy Awards
Love Letters	William Dieterle	Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten	Drama	Paramount
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	Paramount
Mexicana	Alfred Santell	Tito Guízar, Constance Moore	Musical	Republic
Micro-Phonies	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short	Columbia
Midnight Manhunt	William C. Thomas	William Gargan, Ann Savage	Film noir	Paramount
Mildred Pierce	Michael Curtiz	Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden	Film noir	from book by James M. Cain; 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	Columbia
The Naughty Nineties	Jean Yarbrough	Abbott and Costello, Alan Curtis, Lois Collier	Comedy	Includes Who's on First?
Nob Hill	Henry Hathaway	George Raft, Joan Bennett, Vivian Blaine	Drama	20th Century Fox

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Objective, Burma!	Raoul Walsh	Errol Flynn	Adventure	Warner Bros.
Okinawa Bulletins			War propaganda
Our Job in Japan			War propaganda
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Roy Rowland	Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien	Drama	MGM
Pan-Americana	John H. Auer	Phillip Terry, Eve Arden	Romance	RKO
Pardon My Past	Leslie Fenton	Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman	Comedy	Columbia
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Albert Lewin	George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield	Suspense
Pillow of Death	Wallace Fox	Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce	Horror	Universal
Pride of the Marines	Delmer Daves	John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark	War Biography
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	Biography	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, Vincent Price	Comedy	20th Century Fox
The Royal Mounted Rides Again	Lewis Collins, Ray Taylor	Bill Kennedy, Milburn Stone	Serial
Rustlers' Hideout	Sam Newfield	Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty	Western
Salome Where She Danced	Charles Lamont	Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron	Romance
Saga of the Franklin			War, Documentary	U.S. Navy production
San Antonio	Robert Florey	Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall	Western	Warner Bros.
Saratoga Trunk	Sam Wood	Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson	Drama	Warner Bros.
Scarlet Street	Fritz Lang	Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett	Film noir	Universal
Scotland Yard Investigator	George Blair	C. Aubrey Smith, Erich von Stroheim	Crime	Republic Pictures
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	Universal
She Wouldn't Say Yes	Alexander Hall	Rosalind Russell	Comedy
Son of Lassie	S. Sylvan Simon	June Lockhart, Peter Lawford	Family, Drama	MGM
Song of the Sarong	Harold Young	William Gargan, Nancy Kelly	Adventure
A Song to Remember	Charles Vidor	Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Paul Muni	Biography	Story of Frédéric 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	United Artists
The Spider	Robert D. Webb	Richard Conte, Cara Williams	Film noir
State Fair	Walter Lang	Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Fay Bainter	Musical comedy	also filmed in 1933 and 1962
The Stilwell Road		Narrated by Ronald Reagan	War propaganda
The Stork Club	Hal Walker	Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald	Musical	Paramount
The Story of G.I. Joe	William Wellman	Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum	War	4 Oscar nominations
The Story of the 14th Air Force
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry	Robert Siodmak	George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines	Film noir	Universal
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	MGM
The Thin Man Goes Home	Richard Thorpe	William Powell, Myrna Loy	Mystery, Comedy	MGM, 5th of series
This Man's Navy	William Wellman	Wallace Beery, Tom Drake	Drama
Those Endearing Young Charms	Lewis Allen	Robert Young, Laraine Day	Comedy
The Three Caballeros	Norm Ferguson		Animation
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	MGM
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka	Louis King	Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson	Family, Drama	sequel
To the Shores of Iwo Jima			War Documentary
Tonight and Every Night	Victor Saville	Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair	Drama	2 Oscar nominations
Topaz			War documentary
The Town			War propaganda
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Elia Kazan	Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn	Drama	from novel by Betty Smith; Oscar for Dunn
The True Glory	Carol Reed		War documentary
Twice Blessed	Harry Beaumont	Lee and Lyn Wilde, Gail Patrick	Comedy	MGM
Two O'Clock Courage	Anthony Mann	Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford	Film noir
The Unseen	Lewis Allen	Gail Russell, Joel McCrea	Thriller	Paramount
The Valley of Decision	Tay Garnett	Greer Garson, Gregory Peck	Drama	MGM
A Walk in the Sun	Lewis Milestone	Dana Andrews, Richard Conte	War drama	20th Century Fox
War Comes to America			War documentary
Week-End at the Waldorf	Robert Z. Leonard	Lana Turner, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon	Romantic comedy	MGM
Wings for This Man		Narrated by Ronald Reagan	War propaganda
Without Love	Harold S. Bucquet	Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn	Comedy	MGM
The Woman in Green	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery	Sherlock Holmes
The Woman Who Came Back	Walter Colmes	Nancy Kelly, John Loder	Comedy
Wonder Man	H. Bruce Humberstone	Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo	Comedy	RKO
Yolanda and the Thief	Vincente Minnelli	Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer	Musical comedy	MGM
Your Job In Germany			War, Documentary
Ziegfeld Follies	Vincente Minnelli	Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland	Musical revue	MGM
Zombies on Broadway	Gordon Douglas	Bela Lugosi, Anne Jeffreys	Horror comedy

External links

• 1945 films at the Internet Movie Database