11. The Woman in the Window
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson
Plot: A college professor and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in a nearby men's club. When admiring the picture, the actual subject of the painting shows up and he winds up in her apartment. When her boyfriend shows up, he thinks something sinister is going on and attempts to rough up the professor but, fighting back, the boyfriend winds up dead. He and the woman agree to cover up the death by dumping the body - but the police come closer the the truth as they lean on the woman.
12. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Preston Sturges
Actors: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Brian Donlevy
Plot: A midwest girl can't remember the name of the soldier that she married during one night of partying. She tries to find a husband before the stork arrives with a rather big bundle.
Preston Sturgess at his best.
13. Going My Way
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Gene Lockhart, Jean Heather, Frank McHugh, James Brown
Plot: A new delightfully understanding priest arrives a stern Parish to lighten up both the Priests and the students.
14. Jane Eyre
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Agnes Moorehead, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather
Plot: Based on the classic novel, the plain, poor Jane Eyre comes to work as the governess for Thornhill Hall and finds herself falling for the debonaire Mr. Rochester. Yet the arrival of the wealthy Blanche Ingram means her love may be short-lived - especially as the secrets of Thornhill Hall come to light.
15. Cover Girl
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Vidor
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden
Plot: Rita Hayworth in beautiful outfits, in beautiful settings, being wooed by two men, and having to choose one of them.
16. National Velvet
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Clarence Brown
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Plot: Mi Taylor, a wanderer, and former jockey, finds himself in a small English town where he becomes involved with the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and wins the spirited steed Pie in a lottery. Encouraged by her family, she enlist the help of Taylor to train the horse for England's Grand National, the premiere racing event in the country.
17. Ministry of Fear
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke, Percy Waram, Dan Duryea
Plot: A man released from an asylum stumbles into a WWII Nazi plot by accident and must convince someone to help him stop it.
18. The Keys of the Kingdom
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John M. Stahl
Actors: Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Roddy McDowall, Anne Revere, Rose Stradner
Plot: This film covers the life of a Catholic priest who is a missionary in China. It covers the struggles and the triumphs during his many years ministering to his congregation.
19. The Canterville Ghost
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan, Reginald Owen, Frank Faylen
20. Mr. Skeffington
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincent Sherman
Actors: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, Marjorie Riordan
Plot: Fanny marries Mr. Skeffington to repay her brother's debt and save the family name, but will she ever truly find love?
