A list of American films released in 1946 .
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
A list of American films released in 1946 .
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Albert S. Rogell | Constance Moore, Edward Everett Horton, Hillary Brooke | Musical | Republic |
| Easy to Wed | Edward Buzzell | Lucille Ball, Esther Williams, Van Johnson | Comedy | MGM |
| The El Paso Kid | Thomas Carr | Sunset Carson, Marie Harmon, Edmund Cobb | Western | Republic |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janie Gets Married | Vincent Sherman | Joan Leslie, Ann Harding, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Warner Bros. Sequel to 1944 film |
| Joe Palooka, Champ | Reginald Le Borg | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Sports | Monogram |
| Johnny Comes Flying Home | Benjamin Stoloff | Richard Crane, Faye Marlowe, Martha Stewart | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Jolson Story | Alfred E. Green | Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest | Biography | Columbia |
| Junior Prom | Arthur Dreifuss | Freddie Stewart, Judy Clark, Noel Neill | Drama | Monogram |
| Just Before Dawn | William Castle | Warner Baxter, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie | Mystery | Columbia. Part of Crime Doctor series |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Norman Z. McLeod | Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen | Comedy | RKO. Remake of The Milky Way |
| The Killers | Robert Siodmak | Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien | Film noir | Universal; Remade in 1964 |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Human Bondage | Edmund Goulding | Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Janis Paige | Drama | Warner Bros. Somerset Maugham book; remake of 1934 film |
| One Exciting Week | William Beaudine | Al Pearce, Jerome Cowan, Arlene Harris | Comedy | Republic |
| One More Tomorrow | Peter Godfrey | Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| One Way to Love | Ray Enright | Marguerite Chapman, Chester Morris, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| O.S.S. | Irving Pichel | Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles | Suspense | Paramount |
| Our Hearts Were Growing Up | William D. Russell | Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Brian Donlevy | Comedy | Paramount |
| Out California Way | Lesley Selander | Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Roy Rogers | Western | Republic |
| Outlaws of the Plains | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Bud Osborne | Western | PRC [1] |
| Overland Riders | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty | Western | PRC |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Time | William Nigh | Chester Lauck, Pamela Blake, Teala Loring | Comedy | RKO |
| Passkey to Danger | Lesley Selander | Kane Richmond, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara | Thriller | Republic |
| People Are Funny | Sam White | Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallée | Comedy | Paramount |
| Perilous Holiday | Edward H. Griffith | Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Audrey Long | Crime | Columbia |
| Personality Kid | George Sherman | Anita Louise, Ted Donaldson, Barbara Brown | Drama | Columbia |
| The Phantom Thief | D. Ross Lederman | Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia. Boston Blackie series |
| Plainsman and the Lady | Joseph Kane | Wild Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick | Western | Republic |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Tay Garnett | Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway | Film noir | MGM. From book by James M. Cain |
| Prairie Badmen | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Charles King | Western | PRC |
| Queen of Burlesque | Sam Newfield | Evelyn Ankers, Carleton G. Young, Marion Martin | Drama | PRC |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacation in Reno | Leslie Goodwins | Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Iris Adrian | Comedy | RKO |
| Valley of the Zombies | Philip Ford | Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith | Horror | Republic |
| The Verdict | Don Siegel | Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, George Coulouris | Film noir | Warner Bros. Siegel's first film |
| The Virginian | Stuart Gilmore | Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Barbara Britton | Western | Paramount. From book by Owen Wister |
Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in films and television series. He was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and he also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds. It is one of the earliest films to address issues encountered by returning veterans in the post World War II era.
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas supernatural drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift" self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams in order to help others in his community and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed.
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr. was an American screenwriter. A member of the "Hollywood Ten", he was blacklisted by the Hollywood film studios during the late 1940s and 1950s after his appearance as an "unfriendly" witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) leading to Lardner being found guilty of contempt of Congress.
Cornel Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker.
Talia Rose Shire is an American actress, best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky, Shire was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role in Rocky.
Jean Negulesco was a Romanian-American film director and screenwriter. He first gained notice for his film noirs and later made such notable films as Johnny Belinda (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Titanic (1953), and Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947,, was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The operation was organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN, Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by Rear Admiral Ethan Erik Larson, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68. Operation HIGHJUMP commenced 26 August 1946 and ended in late February 1947. Task Force 68 included 4,700 men, 70 ships, and 33 aircraft.
Forbidden Games is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel Les Jeux Interdits.
The Ariel Award is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Mexican film industry. The purpose of the Ariel recognition is to stimulate and increase the excellence of Mexican cinema, favor the growth of the industry, and promote the meeting and strengthening of the national film community. It is regarded as the most prestigious award in the Mexican film industry and considered Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars of the United States.
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His films include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). In 2013 and 2018, respectively, The Magnificent Seven and Bad Day at Black Rock were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Vincent Canby was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there.
In art, neorealism refers to a few movements.
Luis Adalberto Puenzo is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has also worked in the United States.
Seeds of Destiny is a 1946 short propaganda film about the despairing situation faced by millions of children in the wake of the Holocaust who were homeless, parentless, orphaned, and in poor health. The film was produced by the Defense Department of The U.S. Army War Department to keep the world's attention focused on the suffering of displaced and orphaned refugee children in transit and displaced persons camps in Europe and to champion the work of UNRRA. It was the winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1946. It was directed by accomplished short film — and later feature film — director David Miller.
Star in the Night is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Oscar in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, set on Christmas Eve at a desert motel in the Southwestern United States.
The 7th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 15 September 1946. It is the first edition after the suspension, from 1943 to 1945, for the Second World War. This edition is regarded as a second foundation of Venice Film Festival. The prizes for the Best actor and other official prizes were not awarded: The prize for the Best film has lost the name of Mussolini Cup and above were unified into a single premium of the two . This edition marks the return of the films of the United States that were absent since 1939.
