My Top 20 by Year - 1946
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 102 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Sep 2023)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna (Utamaro and His Five Women, Mizoguchi, 1946)
La bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails, Clément, 1946)
Somewhere in the Night (Mankiewicz, 1946)
Un revenant (A Lover's Return, Christian-Jaque, 1946)
Det regnar på vår kärlek (It Rains on Our Love, Bergman, 1946)
The Verdict (Siegel, 1946)
Undercurrent (Minnelli, 1946)
To Each His Own (Leisen, 1946)
Deception (Rapper, 1946)
Anna and the King of Siam (Cromwell, 1946)
Nobody Lives Forever (Negulesco, 1946)
The Captive Heart (B. Dearden, 1946)
My Reputation (C. Bernhardt, 1946)
A Stolen Life (C. Bernhardt, 1946)
Abbasso la ricchezza! (Peddlin' in Society, Righelli, 1946)
The Jolson Story (A. E. Green, 1946)
From This Day Forward (J. Berry, 1946)
The Time of Their Lives (C. Barton, 1946)
L'homme au chapeau rond (The Eternal Husband, Billon, 1946)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 102 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Sep 2023)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna (Utamaro and His Five Women, Mizoguchi, 1946)
La bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails, Clément, 1946)
Somewhere in the Night (Mankiewicz, 1946)
Un revenant (A Lover's Return, Christian-Jaque, 1946)
Det regnar på vår kärlek (It Rains on Our Love, Bergman, 1946)
The Verdict (Siegel, 1946)
Undercurrent (Minnelli, 1946)
To Each His Own (Leisen, 1946)
Deception (Rapper, 1946)
Anna and the King of Siam (Cromwell, 1946)
Nobody Lives Forever (Negulesco, 1946)
The Captive Heart (B. Dearden, 1946)
My Reputation (C. Bernhardt, 1946)
A Stolen Life (C. Bernhardt, 1946)
Abbasso la ricchezza! (Peddlin' in Society, Righelli, 1946)
The Jolson Story (A. E. Green, 1946)
From This Day Forward (J. Berry, 1946)
The Time of Their Lives (C. Barton, 1946)
L'homme au chapeau rond (The Eternal Husband, Billon, 1946)
List activity
141 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
- 23 titles
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsRinaldo SmordoniFranco InterlenghiAnnielo MeleTwo shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsCarmela SazioGar MooreWilliam TubbsAmerican military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorNorman McLarenShort Black and White animated film. Arnold Böcklin painting, Isle of the Dead is used as the backdrop for the entire film.OL.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsSylvia BatailleJane MarkenGeorges D'ArnouxThe family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.Cinema.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsFrank GrahamBilly BletcherWilliam HannaTom's love song (Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby) to his girlfriend Toots wakes up Jerry, so he unties Spike (Tom had tied him up).OL.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsSterling HollowayIvanMischaAnimated version of the fairy tale of the Russian boy Peter and his hunt for a raiding wolf, presented to the music of Sergei Prokofiev.PC.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryFrank GrahamA wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.OL.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetFrank GrahamBugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas.OL.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancAfter reading a Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is a P.I. pursuing an army of grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.OL.
- DirectorPaul GrimaultAn encounter on a rooftop between two policemen and a thief who specializes in lightning conductors.OL.
- DirectorHarry SmithAn experimental film from artist Harry Smith and part of his Number series of various animated scenes.OL.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerAs the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.OL.
- DirectorDick LundyWoody Woodpecker and Andy Panda give a piano performance for an audience of barnyard animals.OL. 9/10.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.TV. 8/10.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert CooteA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.OL.
- DirectorMaya DerenStarsRita ChristianiMaya DerenAnaïs NinAn experiment with editing techniques that distort space and time in order to further contextualize an image.OL.
- DirectorJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila ParélyA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.PC.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsHildegard KnefElly BurgmerErna SellmerAfter returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.OL.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.TV.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCharles BoyerJennifer JonesPeter LawfordA free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.PC.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.PC.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsWalter HustonBenjamin SimonA group of mentally traumatized veteran patients is followed as they go through psychiatric treatment.OL.
Note:
Made in 1946 so it belongs here. - DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaLinda DarnellVictor MatureAfter their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.PC. 8/10.
