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Best films, sorted by production date
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Clandestine (1946)
, 1h16Directed by André Chotin
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Actors Suzy Carrier, Constant Remy, Samson Fainsilber, André Reybaz, Howard Vernon
Une dramatique histoire d'amour entre la fille d'un collaborateur et un journaliste résistant durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Destiny (1946)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Pottier
Origin France
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey, Mila Parély, Marcelle Géniat, Armand Bernard, Paul Azaïs
André Cartier se retrouve confronté à son frère jumeau tout juste sorti de prison. C'est dans ce film qu'est apparu la chanson "PETIT PAPA NOEL" le film est tombé dans l'oubli et la chanson est toujours là !
Le gardian (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Jean de Marguenat, Lou Tchimoukow
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Tino Rossi, Loleh Bellon, Catherine Fonteney, Gaston Gabaroche, Édouard Delmont, Jenny Hélia
Un gardian de Camargue, Renaud, fiancé à Livette, la fille d'un riche fermier, se laisse envoûter par une bohémienne.
The Spanish Main (1945)
, 1h40Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane
Dutch sea captain Laurent van Horn (Henreid) is shipwrecked off the coast of the Spanish settlement of Cartagena. After being held and sentenced to death, van Horn and his crew manage to escape. Five years later, van Horn has established himself as the mysterious pirate known only by the name of his ship: The Barracuda. After infiltrating the vessel ferrying her to her wedding, they capture Francisca Alvarado (O'Hara) who has been arranged to marry the corrupt governor (Slezak). Wishing to avoid further bloodshed aboard the escort ship, Francisca offers to marry van Horn if he will spare the escort, to which he agrees. Over time Francisca and van Horn become attracted to each other and set out to defeat the villainous governor Don Juan Alvarado and treacherous pirates Du Billar and Capt.
Rome, Open City (1945)
, 1h40Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Alberto Tavazzi, Nando Bruno
In occupied Rome (an open city after 14 August 1943), German SS troops are trying to arrest the engineer Giorgio Manfredi, a communist and a leader of the Resistance against the Nazis and Fascists, who is staying in a rooming house. The landlady warns him in time of the Germans' arrival, so that he can elude them by jumping across the rooftops. He goes to the home of another Resistance fighter, Francesco. There he encounters Pina who lives in the next apartment. Pina is Francesco’s fiancée, and is visibly pregnant. She first suspects Giorgio of being a cop and gives him a rough time, but when he makes it clear he is not, she welcomes him into Francesco’s apartment to wait for him. With Pina’s help (she is also part of the Resistance), Giorgio contacts Don Pietro Pellegrini, a Catholic priest who is also helping the Resistance, and asks him to transfer messages and money to a group of Resistance fighters outside the city: because Giorgio is now known to the Gestapo, he cannot do it himself.
The Lost Weekend (1945)
, 1h41Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Terry, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen
Thursday - An alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam, is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick, who is trying to discourage his drinking. When Don’s girlfriend Helen comes to see them off, she mentions in passing that she has two tickets for a concert, to which Don urges Wick to accompany her. Don heads for Nat’s Bar, deliberately missing his train, and then sneaks back into the flat to drink some cheap whisky he has bought, avoiding Helen who is worried about him being left alone.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
, 1h49Directed by Albert Lewin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Peinture
Actors George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Lowell Gilmore
Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) is a handsome, wealthy young man living in 19th century London. While generally intelligent, he is naive and easily manipulated. These faults lead to his spiral into sin and, ultimately, misery.
San Antonio (1945)
, 1h49Directed by David Butler, Raoul Walsh, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Victor Francen, Paul Kelly, S.Z. Sakall, John Litel
Rustlers are running rampant in Texas, but at least one rancher, Charlie Bell, isn't pulling up stakes yet, particularly with the news that old friend Clay Hardin is en route from Mexico back home to San Antonio.
The King of Dodgers (1945)
, 1h40Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Rellys, Jean Tissier, Raymond Cordy, Suzanne Dehelly, André Gabriello, René Génin
Deux chanteurs très connus séduisent deux femmes, et pour cela, ils vont même jusqu'à faire la resquille dans les milieux sportifs pour être agréables à ces dames.
Mildred Pierce (1945)
, 1h51Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Moroni Olsen
While the novel is told by a third-person narrator in strict chronological order, the film uses voice-over narration (the voice of Mildred). The story is framed by Mildred's interrogation by police after they discover the body of her second husband, Monte Beragon. The film, in noir fashion, opens with Beragon (Zachary Scott) having been shot. He murmurs the name "Mildred" before he dies. The police tell Mildred (Joan Crawford) that they believe the murderer is her first husband, Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett). Bert has already been interrogated, and confessed to the crime. Mildred protests that he is too kind and gentle to commit murder, and goes on to relate her life story in flashback.
The Seventh Veil (1945)
, 1h34Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lieven, Yvonne Owen
Francesca Cunningham (Ann Todd) is a silent, suicidal mental patient under the care of Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom). Via hypnosis, Larsen leads her to describe her life history so he can investigate the events that brought her to attempt suicide. The film largely consists of a series of flashbacks in which Francesca talks about her life, removing successive "veils" to recover memories.
Blithe Spirit (1945)
, 1h36Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Ghost films, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Noel Coward
Actors Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Carey, Marie Ault
Seeking background material for a mystery he is working on, novelist Charles Condomine (Harrison) invites eccentric medium Madame Arcati (Rutherford) to his home in Lympne, Kent, to conduct a séance. As Charles, his wife Ruth (Cummings), and their guests the Bradmans barely restrain themselves from laughing, Madame Arcati performs peculiar rituals and finally goes into a trance. Charles then hears the voice of his dead first wife, Elvira (Hammond). When he discovers that the others cannot hear her, he passes off his odd behaviour as a joke. When Arcati recovers, she is certain that something extraordinary has occurred, but everyone denies it.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
, 2h9Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Donaldson
The film covers several months in the life of the Nolans, an Irish American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in 1912. The film is much shorter than the book, which covers the time from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old.
The True Glory (1945)
, 1h27Directed by Carol Reed, Garson Kanin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Leslie Banks, Peter Ustinov, Sam Levene, Richard Attenborough
Un récit documentaire de l'invasion alliée de l'Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale compilé à partir des images tournées par près de 1400 caméramans.
Wonder Man (1945)
, 1h38Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins
Danny Kaye plays a double role as a pair of estranged "super-identical twins", with very similar looks, but very different personalities. Buster Dingle, who goes by the stage name "Buzzy Bellew", is a loud and goofy performer at a classy nightclub (the Pelican Club), while Edwin Dingle is a studious, quiet bookworm writing a history book. The two brothers have not seen each other for years.