Top Movies of 1946


The top movies of 1946 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

21. Duel in the Sun

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston
Plot: Pearl Chavez movies in with distant Texas relatives after her father shoots her mother and her lover. Once there, here mere presence disrupts an already tense family situation as the finds acceptance, resentment and is drawn towards the unruly Lewt.

22. The Seventh Veil

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Compton Bennett
Actors: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lieven, Yvonne Owen
Plot: The once world-famous pianist Francesca Cunningham has been confined to a hospital room and, attempting escape and suicide, is examined by Dr. Larsen who is keen to analyze her past and figure out how it led to her current plight.

23. Five Women Around Utamaro aka Utamaro and His Five Women ( Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna )

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô, Hiroko Kawasaki, Toshiko Iizuka, Kyôko Kusajima

24. Anna and the King of Siam

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Cromwell
Actors: Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard, Richard Lyon

25. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen

26. Dead of Night

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Actors: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Googie Withers, Frederick Valk, Anthony Baird

27. Crisis ( Kris )

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Inga Landgré, Marianne Löfgren, Signe Wirff, Stig Olin, Ernst Eklund, Allan Bohlin
Plot: Bergman's story revolves around a small-town piano teacher, Ingeborg, raising her foster daughter Nelly the best she can. When she turns 18, Nelly is surprised when her "Aunt" Jenny - in actuality her mother, shows up with the intent of taking her to the city. With Ingeborg ailing and nearing death, and 30-year-old Ulf in love with Nelly (who considers him too old) - she finds herself drawn to Jack, a young man - who happens to be her mother's lover.

28. The Diary of a Chambermaid

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield, Francis Lederer, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates

29. The Razor's Edge

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall
Plot: A adventuresome young man goes off to find himself, leaving his fiancé and social high life behind.

30. Ziegfeld Follies

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters
Actors: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Red Skelton
Plot: From Heaven above, the great Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down and wishes he could create one more magical revue as he did with his first production in 1907. As he imagines his great production, several luminaries - including the likes of Fred Astaire, Esther Williams, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Red Skelton - show up to help, along with a bevy of beautiful women.

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