Brief Encounter
Mildred Pierce
Rome, Open City
Detour
…That’s it for me.
Brief Encounter (David Lean)
Draftee Daffy (Bob Clampett)
A Study in Choreography for Camera (Maya Deren)
Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz)
Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang)
There are some classics from 1945 I haven’t seen, though – most notably Children of Paradise
I Know Where I’m Going
The Lost Weekend
Les dames de Bois de Boulogne
Scarlet Street
Les Enfants du Paradise
My Name Is Julia Ross
1. Children of Paradise
Fallen Angel
Detour
Leave Her to Heaven
Scarlet Street
Mildred Pierce
My Name Is Julia Ross
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rome, Open City
The Body Snatcher
Dead of Night
Hangover Square
I Know Where I’m Going!
Strange Illusion
Isle of the Dead
Salome Where She Danced
Dillinger
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Swing Shift Cinderella
Enchanted Cottage
Blithe Spirit
Brief Encounter
Children of Paradise
Christmas in Connecticut
The Clock
The Corn is Green
Dead of Night
Detour
Isle of the Dead
The Lost Weekend
Mildred Pierce
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rome, Open City
The Seventh Veil
A Song to Remember
The Southerner
Spellbound
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Walk in the Sun
Putting a personal favorite (as opposed to cinephile favorite) on top. Why? Because Enchanted Cottage (for all its dated hokiness now) is still one of the greatest romantic films ever made. Discovered and loved it as a kid and still do. You can catch it perennially on TCM.
The Clock – V. Minnelli
Children of Paradise – M. Carné
Circus Cavalcade – M. Soffici, E. Boneo
The Lost Weekend – B. Wilder
Mildred Pierce – M. Curtiz
Odor-Able Kitty – C. Jones
Rome, Open City – R. Rossellini
1) Children of Paradise
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
Scarlet Street
Anchors Away
Rome, Open City
The Body Snatcher
1. Rome, Open City – Rossellini
The Spiral Staircase – Siodmak
Mildred Pierce – Curtiz
Les Enfants du Paradis – Carne
Hangover Square – Brahm
Spellbound – Hitchcock
The Story of GI Joe – Wellman
I have only seen one great movie from 1945
1. Dillinger
detour
children of paradise
mildred pierce
fallen angel
hangover square
i know where i’m going
leave her to heaven
the lost weekend
rome, open city
brief encounter
the picture of dorian gray
scarlet street
i’ll go with a personal fave too xD too many great movies
and i’ll admit that lawrence tierney was a great dillinger.
hmmm. wasn’t this the year all the innocent american liberators filmed the camps? that’s quite important, no?
ahh yes, that film is on archive.org. i confess i’m afraid to watch it :\
I kinda wanna see it.
be careful dude
my dad had a horrifying picture book when i was a curious kid. that was enough for me
I’ve seen Salo; I may survive that.
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Bresson)
A Study in Choreography For Camera (Deren)
Children of Paradise (Carne)
Brief Encounter (Lean)
Rome, Open City (Rossellini)
Scarlet Street (Lang)
Spellbound (Hitchcock)
Mildred Pierce (Curtiz)
Ashamed to say I’ve yet to see “The Lost Weekend”.
1.) Rome, Open City
2.) Brief Encounter
3.) Children of the Paradise
4.) They Were Expendable
5.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6.) Dead of Night
7.) Mildred Pierce
8.) Hangover Square
9.) Leave Her to Heaven
10.) Blithe Spirit
1.) Scarlet Street
I Know Where I’m Going!
Leave Her to Heaven
Detour
Dead of Night
Brief Encounter
Mildred Pierce
The Spiral Staircase
Children of Paradise
Spellbound
The Lost Weekend
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
The Woman in Green
Pursuit to Algiers
The Story of G.I. Joe
Blithe Spirit
Wow! I don’t know how I came to see so many films from ‘45. I can’t possibly have been spending so much time in movie theatres that year! A couple of the lists here led me to suspect I had already posted, perhaps in my sleep. But Dutch, THREE Sherlock Holmes!?
1- They Were Expendable
The Southerner
Scarlet Street
Rome. Open City
Detour
Leave Her to Heaven
Brief Encounter
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Objective, Burma
A Walk in the Sun
I know Where I’m Going
The Story of G.I. Joe
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Uncle Harry
Spellbound
And Then There Were None
Fallen Angel
The Clock
I only hope Brief Encounter doesn’t win. Man, I really dislike David Lean. Any of the first three could have been number 1.
1. Detour
Scarlet Street
Leave Her to Heaven
Fallen Angel
My Name is Julia Ross
Rome, Open City
Les Dames du Bois de Bologne
The Lost Weekend
Spellbound
Mildred Pierce
Strange Illusion
The Body Snatcher
Objective, Burma!
I Know Where I’m Going!
The Southerner
The House on 92nd Street
Dillinger
Isle of the Dead
Les Enfants du Paradis
Dead of Night
1. Mildred Pierce Michael Curtiz
and in no particular order whatsoever:
I Know Where I’m Going P & P
Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini
Leave Her to Heaven John Stahl
And Then There Were None Rene Clair
Brief Encounter David Lean
Hangover Square John Brahm
Cornered Edward Dmytryk
The Enchanted Cottage John Cromwell
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Roy Rowland
Herr Meets Hare Friz Freleng
Fallen Angel Otto Preminger
The Story of G.I. Joe “Wild Bill” Wellman
They Were Expendable John Ford
The Picture of Dorian Gray Albert Lewin
National Velvet Clarence Brown (if we are not counting the premiere date as date of full release)
Love Letters William Dieterle
Scarlet Street Fritz Lang
FYI, no sentimental favorites here. I can argue on solid ground for each. Just you try me. ; )
Rome, Open City
Children of Paradise
Scarlet Street
Detour
Two O’Clock Courage
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
Spellbound
The Lost Weekend
Isle of the Dead
The Clock
Fallen Angel
Mildred Pierce
Objective Burma
The Southerner
Leave Her to Heaven
The Bells of St. Mary’s
I Know Where I’m Going
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Nasty Quacks
1. Fallen Angel
Brief Encounter
I Know Where I’m Going!
They Were Expendable
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Dillinger
1. Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carne)
Dead of Night (Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer & Basil Dearden)
Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson)
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Robert Bresson)
The Spiral Staircase (Robert Siodmark)
Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl)
Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer)
The Southerner (Jean Renoir)
Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger)
Brief Encounter (David Lean)
Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz)
Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Brief Encounter
Seventh Veil
The Lost Weekend
Spiral Staircase
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mildred Pierce
I Know Where I’m Going
(1) Les Enfants du Paradis
Runners-up: Pink String and Sealing Wax, Scarlet Street, The Way to the Stars, Dead of Night, Detour and Brief Encounter.
Rome, Open City
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Anchors Aweigh
And Then There Were None
Blithe Spirit
Brief Encounter
Children of Paradise
Dead of Night
Detour
Fallen Angel
Henry V
Leave Her to Heaven
Mildred Pierce
My Name Is Julia Ross
Scarlett Street
Spellbound
The Body Snatcher
The Lost Weekend
The Seventh Veil
They Were Expendable
1° Rome Open City
Spellbound
Scarlet Street
Children of Paradise
Leave Her to Heaven
Brief Encounter
Detour
And Then There Were None
A tree grows in Brooklin
Dead of Night
My Name is Julia Ross
The Seventh Veil
The Clock
Fallen Angel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Our Vines has Tender Grapes
The Lost Weekend
I Know Where I’m Going!
They Were Expandable
The bells of St. Mary
1. Les enfants du paradis “Children of Paradise“ (France / Marcel Carné)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Elia Kazan / USA)
Kolberg (Veit Harlan / Germany)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang / USA)
MovieGuide1
What I’m asking you to do is to fill a ballot with some titles of your own choice. 1945 must be the year of first release (according to IMDb).
- Each person votes for up to 20 movies. Do not feel compelled to fill the maximum allowable number, only true favorites.
– There is no need to rank the films except the number 1, it gets two points.
– You may change your ballot as many times as you’d like.
A certain standardization of the outcome is predictable, but it is not our goal to establish a Canon. It’s just a game and individual votes are the true centers of attraction.
Results will be presented in a specially created Movie List.
Thank you in advance for joining us in this game.