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Theme: Films of 1944

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

8 July 199921 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Grand Guignol Comedy/Murderous Old Ladies

Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre, Jean Adair, …
Category: Horror

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

3 February 200120 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Ghost Comedy

Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Reginald Owen
Category: Fantasy

Captain America (1944)

30 August 201321 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Serial

Director: Elmer Clifton, John English
Actors: Dick Purcell, Lionel Atwill, Lorna Gray, Charles Trowbridge, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Climax (1944)

11 August 202111 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Mad Doctor Fixates on an Opera Singer

Director: George Waggner
Actors: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

2 March 20015 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Invisible Friend

Director: Gunther V. Fritsch, Robert Wise
Actors: Ann Carter, Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, …
Category: Horror

The Halfway House (1944)

12 November 200228 May 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Inn

Director: Basil Dearden
Actors: Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Esmond Knight
Category: Fantasy

House of Frankenstein (1944)

15 February 200122 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Universal Monster Bash

Director: Erle C. Kenton
Actors: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, …
Category: Horror

The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)

26 August 20008 May 2023

Rating: ★★★

Universal Invisible Man Sequel

Director: Ford Beebe
Actors: Jon Hall, John Carradine, Lester Matthews, Evelyn Ankers, …
Category: Science Fiction

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

31 December 202431 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Newspaper That Predicts Tomorrow’s Headlines Comedy

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Edgar Kennedy, George Cleveland
Category: Fantasy

Jungle Woman (1944)

14 June 200222 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Were-Ape Woman

Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Acquanetta, J. Carrol Naish, Lois Collier, Milburn Stone, …
Category: Horror

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

21 January 201629 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Evil Disembodied Brain/Mad Scientist Film

Director: George Sherman
Actors: Erich von Stroheim, Vera Hruba Ralston, Richard Arlen, Sidney Blackmer, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

The Lodger (1944)

8 May 200111 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Jack the Ripper Thriller

Director: John Brahm
Actors: Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke
Category: Horror

The Monster Maker (1944)

6 June 200111 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist

Director: Sam Newfield
Actors: J. Carrol Naish, Wanda McKay, Ralph Morgan, Terry Frost
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Curse (1944)

26 January 20018 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Leslie Goodwins
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Virginia Christine, Dennis Moore, Martin Kosleck, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)

31 May 200118 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Barton MacLane, Frank Reicher, …
Category: Horror

The Uninvited (1944)

18 December 20101 November 2023

Rating: ★★½

Ghost Story

Director: Lewis Allen
Actors: Ray Milland, Gail Russell, Donald Crisp, Alan Napier
Category: Horror

Weird Woman (1944)

12 March 202029 November 2022

Rating: ★★½

Witchcraft in Academia

Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Elizabeth Russell, …
Category: Horror

Wonder Man (1944)

19 November 200110 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Twin Brother/Screwball Comedy

Director: Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, …
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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