1944

1. Double Indemnity- Billy Wilder
2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek- Preston Sturges
3. Laura- Otto Preminger
4. Hail the Conquering Hero- Preston Sturges
5. Phantom Lady- Robert Siodmak
6. Henry V- Laurence Olivier
7. Torment- Alf Sjöberg
8. Meet Me In St. Louis- Vincente Minnelli
9. To Have and Have Not- Howard Hawks
10. [The Great Moment- Preston Sturges]
11. A Canterbury Tale- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
12. Murder, My Sweet- Edward Dmytryk

Ripe for re-appraisal: Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)

Need to see: At Land (Maya Deren), Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra), Bon Voyage (Alfred Hitchcock), C’est L’Aviron (Norman McLaren), The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica), The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch), Going My Way (Leo McCarey), Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway), The Immortal Battalion (Carol Reed), Jammin’ the Blues (Gjon Mili), The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco), Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang), On Approval (Clive Brook), Summer Storm (Douglas Sirk), The Three Caballeros (Norman Ferguson), Under the Bridges (Helmut Kautner), The Uninvited (Lewis Allen), The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang),

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Going My Way