1945 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJoan CrawfordJack CarsonZachary ScottA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.10/10*
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsRay MillandJane WymanPhillip TerryThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.10/10
- DirectorElia KazanStarsDorothy McGuireJoan BlondellJames DunnEncouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.10/10
- DirectorAlbert LewinStarsGeorge SandersHurd HatfieldDonna ReedA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.10/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsBilly BletcherWilliam HannaHarry LangJerry Mouse gets tired of living the country life and decides to head to the big city. However, the experience doesn't turn out quite like Jerry had expected.10/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigBored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical powers to help achieve her ends.10/10
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsHumphrey BogartAlexis SmithSydney GreenstreetAn engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.9/10
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.9/10
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsDwight D. EisenhowerOmar N. BradleyGeorge S. PattonProduced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs Bunny tricks Elmer Fudd into believing his house has been quarantined for something called "rabbititus."9/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsBilly BletcherWilliam HannaHarry LangThe bulldog wants to take a nap. Tom wants to chase Jerry around the house. Naps and noise don't mix, and so the bulldog threatens Tom to keep quiet or else.9/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.9/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancDaffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.9/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryBea BenaderetThis starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.9/10
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGene TierneyCornel WildeJeanne CrainA writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.8/10
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.8/10
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.8/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceRobert ClampettPorky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.8/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsSara BernerBilly BletcherPinto ColvigScrewy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaWhile golfing, Tom puts Jerry to work as a tee, but Jerry intentionally messes things up.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerAnita BrownWilliam HannaTom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom, mostly involving the tip of Tom's tail, which ends up in a sandwich, inside a dessert, and in a candle-holder. Meanwhile, Toots isn't too happy about Tom getting fresh with her. There's a chase, of course, featuring Tom stabbing a turkey while Jerry, safely outside, makes sounds of pain. Tom ends up with his tail stuck up like a mast as Jerry paints "S.S. Drip" on his side and Toots launches him into the punchbowl with a bottle of champagne.8/10
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsWilliam EytheLloyd NolanSigne HassoBill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.7/10
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettDan DuryeaA man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.7/10
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIngrid BergmanGregory PeckMichael ChekhovA psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.7/10
- DirectorWalter LangStarsJeanne CrainDana AndrewsDick HaymesEach member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.7/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsSara BernerMel BlancKent RogersA bashful buzzard has a hard time keeping up with the rest of his siblings when it comes to bringing back food.7/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancYosemite Sam means to hold up the Superchief and Bugs is out to stop him.7/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDave BarryDick NelsonBugs is working as part of an outdoor display in a department store window when the store manager decides to have him stuffed as part of the Taxidermy department.7/10
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsAlice FayeDana AndrewsLinda DarnellA slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.6/10
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyIngrid BergmanHenry TraversAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.6/10
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsJoel McCreaGail RussellHerbert MarshallA secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.6/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsSara BernerMel BlancFrank GrahamWhen Tokyo Rose begins spewing her anti-American propaganda over the airwaves, Seaman Hook is inspired to fight back, using War Bonds as literal weapons against her.6/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonAnn Pickard RheaTex AveryThe Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.6/10
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancSara BernerRobert C. BruceA pet duckling grows up to be Daffy. His antics soon grate on the family, culminating in a fencing match at the breakfast table fought with butter knives. But the daughter defends Daffy.6/10
- DirectorJack KingStarsGloria BlondellHarry LangClarence NashDonald has a date with Daisy, but no money. He raids his nephews' piggy bank, but his guilty conscience catches up with him.6/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsFrank GrahamWilliam HannaTom is all set to eat Jerry when a hawk swoops down and grabs Jerry. To get Jerry back, Tom poses as a female hawk and quickly finds his new lover to be more than he bargained for.6/10
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsJames CagneySylvia SidneyPorter HallA dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.5/10
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsCharles LaughtonRandolph ScottBarbara BrittonThe unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.5/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryFrank GrahamLeone Le DouxA Pilgrim ventures out to procure a turkey for the first Thanksgiving.5/10
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsMel BlancHans ConriedBen HardawayWoody is hungry because all the restaurants are closed; and when he sees a place that stuffs birds, he goes there - only to learn he's gone to a taxidermist.5/10
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsBilly BletcherHarry LangMary LenahanDonald Duck becomes a suspect in a whodunit of his own imagination.5/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamIn his master's eyes, "good old Shep" is the perfect dog, but the cat knows he's really a two-faced mutt who can be bought off with a bone by a burglar, and then take credit for it when the cat chases the crook off. But then Shep becomes obsessed by a newspaper story proclaiming a real canine hero the nation's "No. 1 Dog."4/10
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanTedd PierceAs a surveyor, Elmer Fudd is disturbing Bugs Bunny's peace. So Bugs harasses Fudd, who is also trying to get revenge.4/10
- Operation Titanic (code name Frantic - 1944) in WWII. Western Allies planes on bombing missions (raids) over Germany shuttle between their bases in England resp. Italy and bases in Russia.4/10
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsDean AchesonGeneral BergeretAdolf A. BerlePart VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.3/10
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancSara BernerA dog, starved for meat, goes to different lengths to get a steak back from a little dog that keeps out-smarting him.3/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPrivate Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.2/10
- DirectorIzzy SparberNick TafuriStarsFrank GallopJack MercerPurv PullenDepressed by the antics of the other ghosts, Casper leaves home to make friends. After unintentionally scaring several potential pals, Casper befriends two young children. They take him home, where Casper frightens their mother. Casper is again upset because he believes that he will always scare away his potential buddies. However, Casper scares away a banker who is coming to foreclose on the woman's house, and this wins her heart for Casper.2/10
- DirectorConnie RasinskiStarsBetty JaynesTom MorrisonA Mighty Mouse cartoon which sees Mighty Mouse protect a group of gypsy travelling mice from a colony of bats.2/10