101. Matter of Life and Death, A ( Stairway to Heaven )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey
Plot: A British aviator returning from a bombing run during WWII barely escapes the wreckage of his burning plane, but not before making contact with Juna, an USAAF radio operator. Waking up on the surf, he meets and falls in love with June only to learn that he was supposed to die, but was overlooked. Pleading for a chance at life, he is granted his wish and must present his case at a celestial trial that will determine his future.
102. A-Haunting We Will Go
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Sheila Ryan, John Shelton, Don Costello
103. Fort Apache
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, George O'Brien
Plot: Owen Thursday is a man who believes he is destined for great things. Posted at the lonesome, desolate Fort Apache, his arrogance and obsession leads him to forming a plan to destroy the Apache chief Cochise across the Mexican border, against the better judgement of his subordinates.
104. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Roger Livesey, Anton Wallbrook, Deborah Kerr, Spencer Trevor, Roland Culver, Eric Maturin
Plot: The WWII and Boer War veteran Major Clive Wynne-Candy (Roger Livesey)
finds himself in charge of a home guard unit under attack from a young
ambitious lieutenant. Wynne-Candy, now a rotund and seemingly blustery
old duffer is outraged when the Lieutenant and his troops invade his
London Club breaking all the rules of fair warfare. The two men argue
then wrestle each other and end up falling into a swimming pool. As
Wynne-Candy emerges from the pool - he has now become a young man and
his life in the military is told in a series of flashbacks.
105. That Hamilton Woman
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Henry Wilcoxon, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper
106. Day in the Country, A ( Partie de campagne )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken, André Gabriello, Jacques B. Brunius, Paul Temps
Plot: The family of a Parisian shop owner spends a day in the countryside. The
daughter comes across a man at an inn and falls in love with the two
spending the day together.
107. Gentleman's Agreement
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Gregory Peck, John Garfield, Dorothy McGuire, Anne Revere, Albert Dekker, Celeste Holm
Plot: Hatred and bigots populates the world while a reporter pretends to be
jewish in order to get a cover story.
108. None But the Lonely Heart
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clifford Odets
Actors: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez, Jane Wyatt, George Coulouris
Plot: A less-than-ambitious Cockney man, who has pretty much lived a purposeless life, comes to self-discovery when is told his mother is dying.
109. Rome, Open City ( Roma, città aperta )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Actors: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno, Harry Feist
Plot: In 1944, resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Gestapo. Realizing his only chance for survival is to flee the city, he enlists the help of a friend - who in turn goes to a priest - in order to facilitate his escape. But a betrayal from someone close to him threatens everything.
110. The Bells of St. Mary's
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Joan Carroll, Rhys Williams
Plot: Father O'Malley, still the unintentional priest, is sent to St. Mary's - a
parochial school that has seen much better days. He joins with Sister
Benedict in trying to save the school even though their differing natures
often lead to good-natured disagreements.
