Best Movies of 1944

The highest-rated films from 1944 according to MovieMagicScore. Rankings based purely on what viewers actually think.

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Double Indemnity

1944 · 2,036 ratings

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

8.1

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · 990 ratings

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

7.6

Laura

1944 · 863 ratings

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

7.6

Gaslight

1944 · 527 ratings

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

7.5

Lifeboat

1944 · 458 ratings

During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.

7.4

The Woman in the Window

1944 · 367 ratings

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

7.4

Obsession

1944 · 262 ratings

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

7.5

Murder, My Sweet

1944 · 242 ratings

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

7.2

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

1944 · 213 ratings

Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.

7.3

#10

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · 404 ratings

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

7.0

#11

The Punch Bowl

1944 · 143 ratings

Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled.

7.2

#12

At Land

1944 · 102 ratings

A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

7.2

#13

The Uninvited

1944 · 222 ratings

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

#14

Phantom Lady

1944 · 133 ratings

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

7.0

#15

Ministry of Fear

1944 · 185 ratings

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

6.9

#16

A Canterbury Tale

1944 · 121 ratings

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

6.9

#17

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944 · 116 ratings

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

6.7

#18

Going My Way

1944 · 186 ratings

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

6.7

#19

Henry V

1944 · 124 ratings

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

6.6

#20

The Curse of the Cat People

1944 · 144 ratings

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

6.2

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About 1944 Movies

These are the best-rated movies released in 1944 according to MovieMagicScore. Our ranking system aggregates genuine viewer ratings to give you an honest picture of what audiences actually think about these films.

From blockbusters to indie gems, discover what made 1944 memorable in cinema based on the collective opinion of movie lovers worldwide.

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