Well, it was what it was. I saw 83 movies released in 1945, including shorts, documentaries and B movies that I reviewed here. Although there was a lot of dross, the following favorites were anything but.
10. The Lost Weekend (Directed by Billy Wilder)
9. They Were Expendable (Directed by John Ford)
8. The Clock (Directed by Vicente Minnelli)
7. I Know Where I’m Going! (Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
6. Mildred Pierce (Directed by Michael Curtiz)
5. Scarlet Street (Directed by Fritz Lang)
4. Rome, Open City (Directed by Roberto Rossellini)
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Directed by Elia Kazan)
2. Children of Paradise (Directed by Marcel Carné)
1. Brief Encounter (Directed by David Lean)
A complete list of the movies I saw can be found on IMDb or Letterboxd.
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