1943 Recap — Ten Favorite Films

I watched 84 films that were released in 1943, including some shorts, documentaries, and “B” movies that were not reviewed here.  You can see the full list on IMDb here or at Letterboxd, with some short reviews not published on the blog, here. 1943 was the first year in a long time, maybe ever, that I was able to view all the nominees in the major categories (Picture, Director, four Acting categories, and 3 Writing categories).

After a long hiatus, I thought I’d bring back my Top Ten list.  For purposes of this exercise, I have considered both Casablanca and In Which We Serve to be 1942 films.

Here are my favorite films of 1943 in reverse order.

10.  So Proudly We Hail! (directed by Marc Sandrich)

9.  Ossessione (directed by Lucino Visconte)

8.  The More the Merrier (directed by George Stevens)

7.  Hangmen Also Die! (directed by Fritz Lang)

6.  The Song of Bernadette (directed by Henry King)

5.  Shadow of a Doubt (directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

4.  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

3.  The Ox-Bow Incident (directed by William A. Wellman)

2.  Le Corbeau: The Raven (directed by Henri Georges Clouzot)

1.  Day of Wrath (Directed by Carl Theodor Dryer)