List of American films of 1946

A list of American films released in 1946.
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Studio
Abilene Town	Edwin L. Marin	Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges	Western
Accomplice		Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan	Crime
Angel on My Shoulder	Archie Mayo	Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains	Fantasy	United Artists
Anna and the King of Siam	John Cromwell	Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell	Comedy	20th Century Fox
Baby Bottleneck	Robert Clampett	Looney Tunes	Animated	Warner Bros.
Bad Bascomb	S. Sylvan Simon	Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish	Western
Baseball Bugs	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes	Animated	Warner Bros.
The Beast with Five Fingers	Robert Florey	Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish	Horror	Warner Bros.
Beer Barrel Polecats	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short	Columbia Pictures
Bedlam	Mark Robson	Boris Karloff, Anna Lee	Thriller
The Best Years of Our Lives	William Wyler	Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell	Drama	Academy Award for Best Picture
Beware	Bud Pollard	Louis Jordan, Franbk L. Wilson
The Big Sleep	Howard Hawks	Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers	Film noir	Warner Bros.
A Bird in the Head	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short	Columbia Pictures
Black Angel	Roy William Neill	Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford	Film noir	Universal Pictures
The Blue Dahlia	George Marshall	Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Hugh Beaumont	Film noir	Paramount Pictures
Blue Skies	Stuart Heisler	Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield	Musical	Paramount Pictures
Book Revue	Robert Clampett		Animated	Warner Bros.
The Bride Wore Boots	Irving Pichel	Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings	Comedy	Paramount Pictures
The Brute Man	Jean Yarbrough	Rondo Hatton, Jane Adams, Tom Neal	Horror	Universal
Bunker Hill Bunny	I. Freleng	Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Canyon Passage	Jacques Tourneur	Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc	Western	Universal
The Cat Concerto	William Hanna	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM
Centennial Summer	Otto Preminger	Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan	Musical	20th Century Fox
The Chase	Arthur Ripley	Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran	Film noir	United Artists
Cloak and Dagger	Fritz Lang	Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda	Thriller
Cluny Brown	Ernst Lubitsch	Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford	Comedy	20th Century Fox
Crack-Up	Irving Reis	Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall	Film noir	RKO Pictures
The Crimson Ghost	Fred C. Brannon, William Witney		Serial	Republic Pictures
Cuban Pete	Jean Yarbrough	Desi Arnaz, Joan Fulton, Don Porter	Musical	Universal Pictures

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Dark Corner	Henry Hathaway	Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix	Film noir
The Dark Mirror	Robert Siodmak	Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell	Thriller	Universal Pictures
Daughter of Don Q	Spencer Gordon Bennet		Serial	Republic
Deadline at Dawn	Harold Clurman	Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams	Film noir	RKO
Deception	Irving Rapper	Bette Davis, Paul Henreid	Film noir	Warner Bros.
Decoy	Jack Bernhard	Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong	Film noir
Devotion	Curtis Bernhardt	Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland	Biography	Warner Bros.
The Diary of a Chambermaid	Jean Renoir	Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield	Drama	United Artists
Dragonwyck	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Jessica Tandy	Drama	Fox
Dressed to Kill	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison	Mystery	Sherlock Holmes
Duel in the Sun	King Vidor	Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Lionel Barrymore	Western	Selznick International Pictures
The Fabulous Suzanne	Steve Sekely	Barbara Britton, Rudy Vallée	Romantic comedy	Republic Pictures
Fear	Alfred Zeisler	Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne	Drama	Monogram
From This Day Forward	John Berry	Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens	Drama	RKO
G.I. Wanna Home	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia
Gallant Bess	Harry Rapf	Marshall Thompson, George Tobias	Family, Western	MGM
Gallant Journey	William A. Wellman	Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charlie Ruggles	Historical	Columbia
The Gay Cavalier	William Nigh	Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga	Western	Monogram
Gilda	Charles Vidor	Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth	Film noir	Columbia Pictures
God's Country	Robert Emmett Tansey	Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert, Buster Keaton	Comedy western
The Great Morgan	Nat Perrin	Frank Morgan, Tommy Dorsey	Musical
The Green Years	Victor Saville	Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler	Comedy, Drama	MGM
Hair-Raising Hare	Charles M. Jones	Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
Hare Remover	Frank Tashlin	Bugs Bunny	Animated	Warner Bros.
The Harvey Girls	George Sidney	Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury	Musical	Academy Award Best Song
The Hoodlum Saint	Norman Taurog	William Powell, Esther Williams, Lewis Stone	Drama	MGM
House of Horrors	Jean Yarbrough	Rondo Hatton, Robert Lowery, Virginia Grey	Horror	Universal
Humoresque	Jean Negulesco	John Garfield, Joan Crawford	Melodrama	Warner Bros.

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
It's a Wonderful Life	Frank Capra	James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore	Fantasy	RKO Pictures
The James Brothers of Missouri	Fred C. Brannon	Keith Richards, Noel Neill	Western	Republic Pictures
The Jolson Story	Alfred E. Green	Larry Parks, William Demarest	Biography	Columbia Pictures
Just Before Dawn	William Castle	Warner Baxter	Mystery
The Kid from Brooklyn	Norman Z. McLeod	Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen	Comedy	Remake of The Milky Way 1936
The Killers	Robert Siodmak	Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien	Film noir	Universal Pictures
King of the Forest Rangers	Spencer Gordon Bennet	Larry Thompson	Serial	RKO Pictures
Kitty Kornered	Robert Clampett		Animated	Warner Bros.
Lady Luck	Edwin L. Marin	Robert Young, Barbara Hale	Comedy	RKO Pictures
Little Giant	William A. Seiter	Abbott and Costello	Comedy	Universal Pictures
The Locket	John Brahm	Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum	Film noir	RKO Pictures
Lost City of the Jungle		Russell Hayden	Serial	Universal Pictures
Make Mine Music	Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi	Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters	Animated film	Walt Disney
The Man Who Dared	John Sturges	George Macready, Forrest Tucker	Drama	Columbia Pictures
The Milky Waif	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM
Miss Susie Slagle's	John Berry	Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Lillian Gish	Romance	Paramount Pictures
Monkey Businessmen	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Mr. Ace	Edwin L. Marin	George Raft, Sylvia Sydney	Crime
Murder in the Music Hall	John English	Nancy Kelly, Vera Ralston	Musical
My Darling Clementine	John Ford	Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond	Western	20th Century Fox
My Reputation	Curtis Bernhardt	Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent	Romance	Warner Bros.
The Mysterious Mr. M	Lewis Collins, V. Keays		Serial	Universal Pictures
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine	Philip Ford	William Henry, Linda Stirling, Virginia Christine	Film noir	Republic Pictures
Night and Day	Michael Curtiz	Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman	Musical	Biography of Cole Porter
Night Editor	Henry Levin	William Gargan, Janis Carter	Film noir	Columbia Pictures
A Night in Casablanca	Archie Mayo	Marx Brothers, Sig Ruman	Comedy	United Artists
Night in Paradise	Arthur Lubin	Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard	Comedy drama	Universal Pictures
Nobody Lives Forever	Jean Negulesco	John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald	Film noir	Warner Bros.
Nocturne	Edwin L. Marin	George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston	Film noir	RKO Pictures
Notorious	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains	Suspense	RKO Pictures

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Of Human Bondage	Edmund Goulding	Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Janis Paige	Drama	Warner Bros.
Outlaws of the Plains	Sam Newfield	Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Bud Osborne	Western	PRC
The Phantom Rider	Spencer Gordon Bennet	Robert Kent	Serial	Republic Pictures
The Postman Always Rings Twice	Tay Garnett	Lana Turner, John Garfield	Film noir	MGM
Quentin Quail	Chuck Jones		Animation	Warner Bros.
Racketeer Rabbit	Friz Freleng	Bugs Bunny	Animation	Warner Bros.
The Razor's Edge	Edmund Goulding	Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney	Drama	20th Century Fox
Rhapsody Rabbit	I. Freleng	Bugs Bunny	Animation	Warner Bros.
Rhythm and Weep	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Road to Utopia	Hal Walker	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour	Musical comedy	Paramount Pictures
The Scarlet Horseman	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor		Serial	Universal Pictures
The Secret Heart	Robert Z. Leonard	Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon	Drama	MGM
The Secret of the Whistler	George Sherman	Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks	Crime drama	Colombia Pictures
Sentimental Journey	Walter Lang	Maureen O'Hara, John Payne	Drama	20th Century Fox
She-Wolf of London	Jean Yarbrough	June Lockhart, Don Porter	Horror	Universal
Shock	Alfred L. Werker	Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore	Film noir	20th Century Fox
Sister Kenny	Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage	Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox	Biography	RKO Pictures
So Dark the Night	Joseph H. Lewis	Steven Geray	Film noir
Solid Serenade	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animation	MGM
Somewhere in the Night	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan	Film noir	20th Century Fox
Song of the South	Wilfred Jackson		Animated film	RKO Pictures
Special Delivery			Propaganda	Air Force
The Spiral Staircase	Dore Schary	Dorothy McGuire, George Brent	Thriller	RKO Pictures
Springtime for Thomas	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animation	MGM
A Stolen Life	Curtis Bernhardt	Bette Davis, Glenn Ford	Drama	Warner Bros.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers	Lewis Milestone	Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott	Film noir	Paramount
The Stranger	Orson Welles	Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles	Film noir	RKO
Suspense	Frank Tuttle	Barry Sullivan, Belita, Albert Dekker	Film noir	Monogram
Swing Parade of 1946	Phil Karlson	Three Stooges, Gale Storm	Musical Comedy	Monogram

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Tale of Two Cities			Propaganda	Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tangier	George Waggner	Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu	Thriller	Universal Pictures
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman	Kurt Neumann	Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce	Adventure	RKO Pictures
Terror by Night	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery	Universal Pictures
That Justice Be Done			Propaganda	Office of War Information
They Made Me a Killer	William C. Thomas	Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton	Film noir	Paramount Pictures
Three Little Pirates	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Three Loan Wolves	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Three Strangers	Jean Negulesco	Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre	Crime	Warner Bros.
The Three Troubledoers	Edward Bernds	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Till the Clouds Roll By	Richard Whorf	Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra	Biography, Musical	MGM
The Time of Their Lives	Charles Barton	Abbott and Costello, Marjorie Reynolds	Comedy	Universal Pictures
To Each His Own	Mitchell Leisen	Olivia de Havilland, John Lund	Drama	Paramount Pictures
Tomorrow Is Forever	Irving Pichel	Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles	Film noir	RKO Pictures
The Trap	Howard Bretherton	Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler	Crime
Trap Happy	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM
Two Smart People	Jules Dassin	Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan	Crime	MGM
Two Years Before the Mast	John Farrow	Alan Ladd, Barry Fitzgerald, Esther Fernandez	Adventure	MGM
Undercurrent	Vincente Minnelli	Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum	Film noir	MGM
Uncivil War Birds	Jules White	Three Stooges	Short subject	Columbia Pictures
Vacation in Reno	Leslie Goodwins	Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys	Comedy	RKO Pictures
The Verdict	Don Siegel	Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet	Film noir
The Virginian	Stuart Gilmore	Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy	Western	Paramount Pictures
Wake Up and Dream	Lloyd Bacon	John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood	Drama
Walky Talky Hawky	Robert McKimson		Animated	Warner Bros.
Whistle Stop	Léonide Moguy	George Raft, Ava Gardner	Film noir	United Artists
Without Reservations	Mervyn LeRoy	Claudette Colbert, John Wayne	Comedy	RKO Pictures
The Yearling	Clarence Brown	Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr.	Family, Drama	MGM

External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1946 films at the Internet Movie Database