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Theme: Films of 1943

The Ape Man (1943)

19 April 200425 November 2024

Rating: ★

Mad Scientist Becomes Ape Man

Director: William Beaudine
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie, Henry Hall, …
Category: Horror

Batman (1943)

26 November 200027 October 2024

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Superhero/Serial

Director: Lambert Hillyer
Actors: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, …
Category: Science Fiction, Fantasy

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

13 March 201913 February 2023

Rating: ★★½

Were-Ape Woman

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: John Carradine, Acquanetta, Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone, …
Category: Horror

Day of Wrath (1943)

2 July 200527 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Witchcraft/Psychological Ambiguity

Director: Carl Dreyer
Category: Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

12 April 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Fantasy Anthology

Director: Julien Duvivier
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Benchley, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

15 February 200128 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Universal Monster Bash

Director: Roy William Neill
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Ilona Massey, Maria Ouspenskaya, …
Category: Horror

The Ghost Ship (1943)

15 November 201027 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Psychological Horror/Murderous Sea Captain

Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Russell Wade, Richard Dix, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, …
Category: Horror

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

8 April 200125 November 2024

Rating: ★

Idiots in a Sinister House

Director: William Beaudine
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Rick Vallin, …
Category: Horror

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

7 January 20004 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Man Becomes Guardian Angel

Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Irene Dunne, Barry Nelson, …
Category: Fantasy

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

25 January 20035 July 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Womaniser Tells His Life Story to The Devil

Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Allyn Joslyn, …
Category: Fantasy

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

30 August 200112 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Voodoo/Psychological Ambiguity

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Ellison, …
Category: Horror

The Mad Ghoul (1943)

18 November 20132 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist Invents Zombie Gas

Director: James Hogan
Actors: George Zucco, Evelyn Ankers, Turhan Bey, Robert Armstrong, …
Category: Horror

Münchausen (1943)

31 January 201012 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Josef von Baky
Actors: Hans Albers, Hubert von Meyerinck
Category: Fantasy

The Mysterious Doctor (1943)

6 July 200030 January 2024

Rating: ★½

Haunted Mine

Director: Ben Stoloff
Actors: Eleanor Parker, Lester Matthews, John Loder, Forrester Harvey
Category: Horror

The Phantom (1943)

25 October 20228 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Serial/Comic-Book Superhero

Director: B. Reeves Eason
Actors: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, Kenneth MacDonald, Frank Shannon, …
Category: Fantasy

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

1 September 20134 February 2025

Rating: ★

Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House

Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Edgar Barrier, Steven Geray, …
Category: Horror

The Seventh Victim (1943)

20 November 200012 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Satanist Cult/Psychological Horror

Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Hugh Beaumont, …
Category: Horror

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

18 January 200112 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Psycho-Thriller/Friendly Uncle Might Be a Killer

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Henry Travers, MacDonald Carey, …
Category: Horror

Son of Dracula (1943)

25 June 200912 March 2020

Rating: ★½

Universal Dracula Sequel

Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Louise Albritton, Frank Craven, Robert Paige, …
Category: Horror

Tarzan Triumphs (1943)

17 August 200631 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: William Thiele
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford, Philip Van Zandt, …
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943)

17 March 20027 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: William Thiele
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Nancy Kelly, Otto Krueger, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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