American films of 1946

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The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives

A list of American films released in 1946.
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.















Contents

[edit] A-C

Title Director Cast Genre Notes/Studio
1946
Accomplice Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan Crime
Angel on My Shoulder (film) Archie Mayo Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens Fantasy United Artists
Anna and the King of Siam John Cromwell (director) Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell 20th Century Fox
Baby Bottleneck Robert Clampett Looney Tunes Warner Bros.
Bad Bascomb S. Sylvan Simon Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main , J. Carrol Naish Western
Baseball Bugs Friz Freleng Looney Tunes Animation Warner Bros.
The Beast with Five Fingers Robert Florey Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish Warner Bros.
Beer Barrel Polecats Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Bedlam Boris Karloff, Anna Lee Thriller
The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael WWII drama Academy Award:Best Picture
The Big Sleep Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone Film noir - Crime Warner Bros.
A Bird in the Head Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Black Angel Roy William Neill Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford Film noir Universal Pictures
The Blue Dahlia George Marshall Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix Film noir Paramount Pictures
Blue Skies Stuart Heisler Musical comedy Paramount Pictures
Book Revue Robert Clampett Animated short Warner Bros.
The Bride Wore Boots Irving Pichel Romantic comedy Paramount Pictures
Bunker Hill Bunny I. Freleng Animated short Warner Bros.
The Cat Concerto William Hanna Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
The Chase Arthur Ripley Film noir United Artists
Cloak and Dagger Fritz Lang Adventure war thriller
Crack-Up Irving Reis Film noir RKO Pictures
The Crimson Ghost Fred C. Brannon, William Witney Adventure serial Republic Pictures
Cuban Pete Jean Yarbrough Musical comedy Universal Pictures

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Dark Corner Henry Hathaway Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens, Kurt Kreuger Film noir
The Dark Mirror Robert Siodmak Psychological thriller Universal Pictures
Daughter of Don Q Spencer Gordon Bennet Adventure serial Republic Pictures
Deadline at Dawn Harold Clurman Film noir RKO Pictures
Deception Irving Rapper Film noir Warner Bros.
Dragonwyck Joseph L. Mankiewicz Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy Film noir 20th Century Fox
Dressed to Kill Roy William Neill Film noir Universal Pictures -Sherlock Holmes
Duel in the Sun Frank Tashlin Bugs Bunny Animated short Warner Bros.
Fear
Gallant Bess Family western MGM. Based on a true story.
The Gay Cavalier
G.I. Wanna Home Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
The Great Morgan
The Green Years Victor Saville Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, and Jessica Tandy Comedy-drama MGM
Hair-Raising Hare Charles M. Jones Animated short Warner Bros.
Hare Remover Frank Tashlin Animated short Warner Bros.
The Harvey Girls George Sidney Musical Academy Award Best Song MGM
House of Horrors Jean Yarbrough Horror Universal Pictures
Humoresque Jean Negulesco Melodrama Warner Bros.

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[edit] I-N

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers Christmas romance RKO Pictures
The James Brothers of Missouri Fred C. Brannon Western Republic Pictures
The Jolson Story Alfred E. Green Musical Columbia Pictures
Just Before Dawn William Castle Crime mystery
The Kid from Brooklyn Norman Z. McLeod Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran Comedy RKO Pictures, remake of the 1936 film The Milky Way
The Killers Robert Siodmak Film noir Universal Pictures
King of the Forest Rangers Spencer Gordon Bennet Action adventure serial RKO Pictures
Kitty Kornered Robert Clampett Animated short Warner Bros.
Lady Luck Edwin L. Marin Comedy RKO Pictures
Little Giant William A. Seiter Abbott and Costello Comedy Universal Pictures
The Locket John Brahm Film noir RKO Pictures
Lost City of the Jungle Adventure serial Universal Pictures
Make Mine Music Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, Nelson Eddy, The Andrews Sisters Animated feature Walt Disney
The Man Who Dared John Sturges Drama Columbia Pictures
The Milky Waif William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Monkey Businessmen Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Mr. Ace George Raft, Sylvia Sydney Crime
Murder in the Music Hall John English Musical
My Darling Clementine John Ford Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond 20th Century Fox, on the National Film Registry
My Reputation Curtis Bernhardt War Romance Warner Bros.
The Mysterious Mr. M Lewis D. Collins, Vernon Keays Adventure serial Universal Pictures
Night Editor Henry Levin Film noir Columbia Pictures
Night and Day Michael Curtiz Biography Warner Bros.
A Night in Casablanca Archie Mayo Marx Brothers Comedy United Artists
Nobody Lives Forever Jean Negulesco Film noir Warner Bros.
Nocturne Edwin L. Marin Film noir RKO Pictures
Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman Film noir RKO Pictures

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Of Human Bondage Edmund Goulding Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker Drama Warner Bros.
The Phantom Rider Spencer Gordon Bennet Adventure serial Republic Pictures
The Postman Always Rings Twice Tay Garnett Lana Turner, John Garfield Film noir MGM
Quentin Quail Chuck Jones Screwball animation Warner Bros.
Racketeer Rabbit Friz Freleng Bugs Bunny Animated short Warner Bros.
The Razor's Edge Edmund Goulding Drama 20th Century Fox
Rhapsody Rabbit I. Freleng Animated short Warner Bros.
Rhythm and Weep Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Road to Utopia Hal Walker Musical comedy Paramount Pictures
Saratoga Trunk Sam Wood Period drama Warner Bros.
The Scarlet Horseman Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor Western serial Universal Pictures
The Secret Heart Robert Z. Leonard Drama MGM
Shock Alfred L. Werker Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore Film noir thriller 20th Century Fox
Sister Kenny Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage Biography RKO Pictures
So Dark the Night Joseph H. Lewis Film noir
Solid Serenade William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Somewhere in the Night Joseph L. Mankiewicz Film noir/ Psychological thriller 20th Century Fox
Song of the South Wilfred Jackson Animated feature RKO Pictures
Special Delivery WWII propaganda short Produced by the US Air Force about Operation Crossroads, when Bikini atoll was evacuated,
The Spiral Staircase Dore Schary Psychological thriller RKO Pictures
Springtime for Thomas William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
A Stolen Life Curtis Bernhardt Drama Warner Bros.

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Lewis Milestone Film noir Paramount Pictures
The Stranger Orson Welles Psychological thriller RKO Pictures
Suspense Frank Tuttle Film noir
Swing Parade of 1946 Phil Karlson Three Stooges,Gale Storm, Phil Regan Musical comedy Monogram Pictures
A Tale of Two Cities (film) WWII propaganda short About the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman Kurt Neumann Action RKO Pictures
Terror by Night Roy William Neill Mystery Universal Pictures
That Justice Be Done Propaganda Office of War Information
They Made Me a Killer William C. Thomas Film noir Paramount Pictures
Three Little Pirates Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Three Loan Wolves Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
The Three Troubledoers Edward Bernds Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Till the Clouds Roll By Richard Whorf Musical biography MGM
The Time of Their Lives Charles Barton Abbott and Costello Comedy Universal Pictures
To Each His Own (film) Mitchell Leisen Drama Paramount Pictures
Tomorrow Is Forever Irving Pichel Film noir RKO Pictures
Trap Happy William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Tom and Jerry Animated short MGM
Undercurrent Vincente Minnelli Film noir MGM
Uncivil War Birds Jules White Three Stooges Comedy, short subject Columbia Pictures
Vacation in Reno Leslie Goodwins Comedy RKO Pictures
The Verdict Don Siegel Film noir
The Virginian Stuart Gilmore Western Paramount Pictures
Walky Talky Hawky Robert McKimson Animated short comedy Warner Bros.
Whistle Stop Léonide Moguy Film noir United Artists
Without Reservations Mervyn LeRoy Comedy RKO Pictures
The Yearling Clarence Brown Family drama MGM
Ziegfeld Follies (film) Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli Fred Astaire Musical comedy MGM

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