Top Movies of 1944


The top movies of 1944 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

61. Go Down Death

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spencer Williams
Actors: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston, Spencer Williams, Amos Droughan, Walter McMillion

62. The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Actors: Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern, Donald Woods

63. Applause ( Heirokrotimata )

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Greek
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yorgos Javellas
Actors: Kleon Triantafyllou, Zinet Lakaz, Dimitris Horn, Andreas Evageliou, Marianna Anninou, Giorgos Foundas

64. Strangers in the Night

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: William Terry, Virginia Grey, Helen Thimig, Edith Barrett, Anne O'Neal, Audley Anderson

65. The Princess and the Pirate

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Butler
Actors: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence

66. The Return of the Vampire

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lew Landers
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Miles Mander, Roland Varno, Matt Willis

67. Murder, My Sweet ( Farewell, My Lovely )

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Douglas Walton
Plot: This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent filmgoers mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a seven year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising enquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's.

68. The Lodger

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Brahm
Actors: Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood, Helena Pickard
Plot: A lodger in a boardinghouse falls under suspicion as he is accused of being a strangler, who is terrorizing women in London.

69. The Spider Woman

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy William Neill
Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon, Vernon Downing

70. Buffalo Bill

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Anthony Quinn, Edgar Buchanan

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