1945 In Review – Top Ten Favorites

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)

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9.  They Were Expendable (Directed by John Ford)

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8.  The Clock (Directed by Vicente Minnelli)

clock1-e1311695870298 ver. 27.  I Know Where I’m Going!  (Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

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6.  Mildred Pierce (Directed by Michael Curtiz)

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5.  Scarlet Street (Directed by Fritz Lang)

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4.  Rome, Open City (Directed by Roberto Rossellini)

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3.  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Directed by Elia Kazan)

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2.  Children of Paradise (Directed by Marcel Carné)

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1.  Brief Encounter (Directed by David Lean)

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A complete list of the movies I saw can be found on IMDb or Letterboxd.

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