Pick your favourite movies of 1944 (according to IMDB), up to 20 films.
20-film ballots must be ranked as follows (with point totals assigned):
Five tiers 5-4-3-2-1
Four tiers 4.5-3.5-2.5-1.5
Three tiers 5-3-1
Two tiers 4-2
One tier (aka unranked) 3
Ballot totals that aren't divisible by the number of tiers must be unranked. So 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 film ballots are unranked.
1944 Poll 2.0
The Great Sacrifice 1944 Opfergang Directed by Veit Harlan
The Enchanted Day 1944 Der verzauberte Tag Directed by Peter Pewas
Port of Freedom 1944 Große Freiheit Nr. 7 Directed by Helmut Käutner
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit 1944 Directed by Teuvo Tulio
On Approval 1944 Directed by Clive Brook
Phantom Lady 1944 Directed by Robert Siodmak
Voice in the Wind 1944 Directed by Arthur Ripley
Tall in the Saddle 1944 Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Murder, My Sweet 1944 Directed by Edward Dmytryk
At Land 1944 Directed by Maya Deren
To Have and Have Not 1944 Directed by Howard Hawks
Laura 1944 Directed by Otto Preminger
Cobra Woman 1944 Directed by Robert Siodmak
Jammin’ the Blues 1944 Directed by Gjon Mili
The Gulls 1944 Trut! Directed by Arne Sucksdorff
The Enchanted Day 1944 Der verzauberte Tag Directed by Peter Pewas
Port of Freedom 1944 Große Freiheit Nr. 7 Directed by Helmut Käutner
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit 1944 Directed by Teuvo Tulio
On Approval 1944 Directed by Clive Brook
Phantom Lady 1944 Directed by Robert Siodmak
Voice in the Wind 1944 Directed by Arthur Ripley
Tall in the Saddle 1944 Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Murder, My Sweet 1944 Directed by Edward Dmytryk
At Land 1944 Directed by Maya Deren
To Have and Have Not 1944 Directed by Howard Hawks
Laura 1944 Directed by Otto Preminger
Cobra Woman 1944 Directed by Robert Siodmak
Jammin’ the Blues 1944 Directed by Gjon Mili
The Gulls 1944 Trut! Directed by Arne Sucksdorff
meet me in st louis 
a canterbury tale
summer storm
grobe freiheit nr7
phantom lady
murder my sweet
none shall escape
lifeboat
the lodger
ministry of fear
swapped eisenstein for de toth thx flip
a canterbury tale
summer storm
grobe freiheit nr7
phantom lady
murder my sweet
none shall escape
lifeboat
the lodger
ministry of fear
swapped eisenstein for de toth thx flip
None Shall Escape (Andre de Toth)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
Laura (Otto Preminger)
When Strangers Marry (William Castle)
Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
The Lodger (John Brahm)
Christmas Holiday (Robert Siodmak)
Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco)
It Happened Tomorrow (Rene Clair)
Experiment Perilous (Jacques Tourneur)
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
Dark Waters (Andre de Toth)
A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell)
Standing Room Only (Sidney Lanfield)
Can't Help Singing (Frank Ryan)
The Great Moment (Preston Sturges)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
Laura (Otto Preminger)
When Strangers Marry (William Castle)
Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
The Lodger (John Brahm)
Christmas Holiday (Robert Siodmak)
Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco)
It Happened Tomorrow (Rene Clair)
Experiment Perilous (Jacques Tourneur)
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
Dark Waters (Andre de Toth)
A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell)
Standing Room Only (Sidney Lanfield)
Can't Help Singing (Frank Ryan)
The Great Moment (Preston Sturges)
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St. Gloede
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Ivan Groznyy I / Ivan the Terrible part I (1944, Sergei M. Eisenstein)
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944, Laurence Olivier)
Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (1944, Henri Storck & Maurice Delattre)
On Approval (1944, Clive Brook)
A Canterbury Tale (1944, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
To Have and Have Not (1944, Howard Hawks)
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, Frank Capra)
Pocestné paní Pardubické / The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944, Martin Fric)
Gaslight (1944, George Cukor)
Die Feuerzangenbowle / The Punch Bowl (1944, Helmut Weiss)
The Woman in the Window (1944, Fritz Lang)
Le ciel est à vous / The Sky Is Yours (1944, Jean Grémillon)
The Suspect (1944, Robert Siodmak)
Félicie Nanteuil (1944, Marc Allégret)
Lifeboat (1944, Alfred Hitchcock)
Zhila-byla devochka / Once There Was a Girl (1944, Viktor Eysymont)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944, Preston Sturges)
At Land (1944, Maya Deren)
Passage to Marseille (1944, Michael Curtiz)
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944, Laurence Olivier)
Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (1944, Henri Storck & Maurice Delattre)
On Approval (1944, Clive Brook)
A Canterbury Tale (1944, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
To Have and Have Not (1944, Howard Hawks)
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, Frank Capra)
Pocestné paní Pardubické / The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944, Martin Fric)
Gaslight (1944, George Cukor)
Die Feuerzangenbowle / The Punch Bowl (1944, Helmut Weiss)
The Woman in the Window (1944, Fritz Lang)
Le ciel est à vous / The Sky Is Yours (1944, Jean Grémillon)
The Suspect (1944, Robert Siodmak)
Félicie Nanteuil (1944, Marc Allégret)
Lifeboat (1944, Alfred Hitchcock)
Zhila-byla devochka / Once There Was a Girl (1944, Viktor Eysymont)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944, Preston Sturges)
At Land (1944, Maya Deren)
Passage to Marseille (1944, Michael Curtiz)
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CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US is a 1943 IMDb.
Not a great year, but I may see one or two.
Not a great year, but I may see one or two.
Have a look at all the picnics of the intellect: These conceptions! These discoveries! Perspectives! Subtleties! Publications! Congresses! Discussions! Institutes! Universities! Yet: one senses nothing but stupidity. - Gombrowicz, Diary
um.....
the way you wanted me - tulio
summer storm - sirk
days of glory - tourneur
the tower of the seven hunchbacks - neville
bluebeard - ulmer
the way you wanted me - tulio
summer storm - sirk
days of glory - tourneur
the tower of the seven hunchbacks - neville
bluebeard - ulmer
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Pretentious Hipster
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Unranked
Jammin' the Blues
Laura
La donna della montagna [The Mountain Woman]
The Hitler Gang
Symphonie paysanne [Peasant Symphony]
At Land
Le ciel est à vous [The Sky Is Yours]
The Curse of the Cat People
Große Freiheit Nr. 7 [Great Freedom No. 7]
House of Frankenstein
Phantom Lady
The Suspect
The Uninvited
The Woman in the Window
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Jammin' the Blues
Laura
La donna della montagna [The Mountain Woman]
The Hitler Gang
Symphonie paysanne [Peasant Symphony]
At Land
Le ciel est à vous [The Sky Is Yours]
The Curse of the Cat People
Große Freiheit Nr. 7 [Great Freedom No. 7]
House of Frankenstein
Phantom Lady
The Suspect
The Uninvited
The Woman in the Window
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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St. Gloede
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Lencho of the Apes
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OK, there's twenty of 'em; the order's inexact but I'll clean it up later. Good thing I have other peoples' lists to work from, Because I was only really enthusiastic about 8 or 9 of my own.
Ivan The Terrible pt 1
Grosse Freiheit Nr 7
Curse Of The Cat People
Lifeboat
Maria Candelaria
To Have And Have Not
Voice In The wind
Address Unknown
Gaslight
It Happened Tomorrow - Clair
The Materassi Sisters
La Vida Inutil De Pito Perez - Contreras Torres
Four Hearts - Yudin
Hail The Conquering Hero
The Lodger
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
Ramshastri - Jagirdar
Canterbury Tale
Bluebeard
Meet Me In St Louis
Ivan The Terrible pt 1
Grosse Freiheit Nr 7
Curse Of The Cat People
Lifeboat
Maria Candelaria
To Have And Have Not
Voice In The wind
Address Unknown
Gaslight
It Happened Tomorrow - Clair
The Materassi Sisters
La Vida Inutil De Pito Perez - Contreras Torres
Four Hearts - Yudin
Hail The Conquering Hero
The Lodger
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
Ramshastri - Jagirdar
Canterbury Tale
Bluebeard
Meet Me In St Louis
The opposite of 'reify' is... ?
Films seen: 30+
Final List
two tiers
Gaslight (George Cukor, USA)
Laura (Otto Preminger, USA)
Tall in the Saddle (Edwin L. Marin, USA)
Der verzauberte Tag (Peter Pewas, Germany)
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel (Heinz Rühmann, Germany)
The Suspect (Robert Siodmak, USA)
The Uninvited (Lewis Allen, USA)
Träumerei (Harald Braun, Germany)
Eine kleine Sommermelodie (Volker von Collande, Germany)
Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 "Great Freedom No. 7" (Helmut Käutner, Germany)
Final List
two tiers
Gaslight (George Cukor, USA)
Laura (Otto Preminger, USA)
Tall in the Saddle (Edwin L. Marin, USA)
Der verzauberte Tag (Peter Pewas, Germany)
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel (Heinz Rühmann, Germany)
The Suspect (Robert Siodmak, USA)
The Uninvited (Lewis Allen, USA)
Träumerei (Harald Braun, Germany)
Eine kleine Sommermelodie (Volker von Collande, Germany)
Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 "Great Freedom No. 7" (Helmut Käutner, Germany)
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
Doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm for 1944, but I highly recommend one I've seen recently: Louis Daquin's Swiss mountaineers flick Premier de cordée. It'll end up close to the top of the list.
Have a look at all the picnics of the intellect: These conceptions! These discoveries! Perspectives! Subtleties! Publications! Congresses! Discussions! Institutes! Universities! Yet: one senses nothing but stupidity. - Gombrowicz, Diary
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connordenney
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Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
Laura (Otto Preminger)
Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
Going My Way (Leo McCarey)
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
Strangers in the Night (Anthony Mann)
The Suspect (Robert Siodmak)
When Strangers Marry (William Castle)
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
Laura (Otto Preminger)
Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
Going My Way (Leo McCarey)
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
Strangers in the Night (Anthony Mann)
The Suspect (Robert Siodmak)
When Strangers Marry (William Castle)
Double Indemnity
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Laura
Meet Me in St. Louis
Port of Freedom
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lifeboat
Phantom Lady
The Woman in the Window
The Woman Who Dared
A Canterbury Tale
Gaslight
Going My Way
Murder, My Sweet
To Have and Have Not
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Laura
Meet Me in St. Louis
Port of Freedom
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lifeboat
Phantom Lady
The Woman in the Window
The Woman Who Dared
A Canterbury Tale
Gaslight
Going My Way
Murder, My Sweet
To Have and Have Not
Der verzauberte Tag (The Enchanted Day)
El clavo (The Nail)
Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 (Great Freedom No. 7)
Hets (Torment)
Ichiban utsukushiku (The Most Beautiful)
Janie
La torre de los siete jorobados (The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks)
Le ciel est à vous (The Woman Who Dared)
Les petites du quai aux fleurs (The Little Ones of the Flower Platform)
Opfergang (The Great Sacrifice)
Raduga (Rainbow)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Sullivans
The Whistler
The White Cliffs of Dover
Till We Meet Again
Two Thousand Women
V shest chasov vechera posle voyny (Six P.M.)
Valamit visz a víz (Something Is in the Water)
Zhila-byla devochka (Once There Was a Girl)
El clavo (The Nail)
Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 (Great Freedom No. 7)
Hets (Torment)
Ichiban utsukushiku (The Most Beautiful)
Janie
La torre de los siete jorobados (The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks)
Le ciel est à vous (The Woman Who Dared)
Les petites du quai aux fleurs (The Little Ones of the Flower Platform)
Opfergang (The Great Sacrifice)
Raduga (Rainbow)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Sullivans
The Whistler
The White Cliffs of Dover
Till We Meet Again
Two Thousand Women
V shest chasov vechera posle voyny (Six P.M.)
Valamit visz a víz (Something Is in the Water)
Zhila-byla devochka (Once There Was a Girl)