Year by Year Polls: 1944 (Nominations) [CLOSED]

RogerTheMovieManiac88 · #41

Hi there max and thanks for hosting!

20 favourites from 1944 (unranked):

The Woman in the Window (1944, Fritz Lang)
La torre de los siete jorobados (1944, Edgar Neville)
Standing Room Only (1944, Sidney Lanfield)
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel (1944, Heinz Rühmann)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944, William Dieterle)

Zhila-byla devochka (1944, Viktor Eysymont)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, Vincente Minnelli)
Besættelse (1944, Bodil Ipsen)
Le ciel est à vous (1944, Jean Grémillon)
Jammin' the Blues (1944, Gjon Mili)

Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier)
Die Frau meiner Träume (1944, Georg Jacoby)
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
The Curse of the Cat People (1944, Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise)
Boerensymfonie (1944, Maurice Delattre, Henri Storck)

Sorelle Materassi (1944, Ferdinando Maria Poggioli)
Cover Girl (1944, Charles Vidor)
A Canterbury Tale (1944, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
One Exciting Night (1944, Walter Forde)
English Without Tears (1944, Harold French)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037469/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037387/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037310/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036792/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036940/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037479/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037059/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125672/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035737/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036968/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036838/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036733/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215228/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035363/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036723/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036695/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037152/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036793/

I think I'm going to leave out 'Laura', 'To Have and Have Not', 'Arsenic and Old Lace', 'Murder, My Sweet' and 'Lifeboat', as I could do with re-watching them all. Plus, they probably won't really need all that much help from me to place well...

Most wanted: Probably Rafael Gil's 'El clavo'

viktor-vaudevillain · #42

1. Meet Me In St. Louis
2. At Land
3. The Woman In the Window
4. Ivan Groznyy
5. To Have and Have Not
6. Double Indemnity

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037059/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036618/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037469/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037824/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/?ref_=adv_li_tt

Dolwphin · #43

I will probably add more titles later.

Unranked

At Land (Deren)
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel (Rühmann)
Der verzauberte Tag (Pewas)
Double Indemnity (Wilder)
Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (Käutner)
Hets (Sjöberg)
Ivan Groznyy (Eisenstein)
Lifeboat (Hitchcock)
Symphonie paysanne (Storck)

Spoiler

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036618/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036792/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230944/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036882/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036914/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037824/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215228/

lynchs · #44

only liked 4 titles I'm afraid,

Boerensymfonie
Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit
A Menina da Rádio
Opfergang

kongs_speech · #45

I don't have time to watch anything else before the deadline. I have exactly 10 features at a 4/5 or higher.

01. Port of Freedom (Helmut Kautner)
02. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
03. The Great Sacrifice (Veit Harlan)
04. The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise & Gunther von Fritsch)
05. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (Sergei Eisenstein)
06. Laura (Otto Preminger)
07. Zhila-byla devochka (Viktor Eisymont)
08. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
09. Gaslight (George Cukor)
10. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)

Spoiler

Dolwphin · #46

I don't understand what is supposed to be good about The Great Sacrifice. It must be somewhat universally appraised since it also managed to make the DTC. Fascinating!

Mysterious Dude · #47

Dolwphin wrote: ↑December 12th, 2020, 11:37 pm I don't understand what is supposed to be good about The Great Sacrifice. It must be somewhat universally appraised since it also managed to make the DTC. Fascinating!

I watched it two weeks ago and I've already forgotten most of it.

Rufus-T · #48

1. Double Indemnity
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
3. Laura
4. This Happy Breed
5. Going My Way
6. Henry V
7. Ivan the Terrible, Part I
8. Meet Me in St. Louis
9. Lifeboat
10. The Uninvited
11. The Woman in the Window
12. Since You Went Away
13. To Have and Have Not
14. A Canterbury Tale
15. Gaslight
16. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
17. The Curse of the Cat People
18. Bon Voyage
19. Wilson
20. The Thin Man Goes Home

IMDb links

Leopardi · #49

1. Double Indemnity
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
3. The Woman in the Window
4. Ivan the Terrible Part I (AKA Ivan Groznyy)
5. A Canterbury Tale
6. To Have and Have Not
7. Mr. Winkle Goes to War
8. Laura
9. Mr. Skeffington
10. An American Romance
11. Lifeboat
12. The Great Moment
13. The Thin Man Goes Home
14. Murder, My Sweet
15. The Pearl of Death
16. The Uninvited
17. Meet Me in St. Louis
18. The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
19. THe Mask of Dimitrios
20. The Sky is Yours (AKA Le ciel est à vous)

Spoiler

sebby · #50

leonor · #51

Gordon_Gekko · #52

1. Double Indemnity
2. Laura
3. Arsenic and old Ladies
4. Murder my Sweet
5 Gaslight
6. Die Feuerzangenbowle
7. Ivan the terrible
8. Lifeboat
9. Suspect
10. Ministery of Fear
11. Woman in the Window
12. To Have and Have not
13. The Uninvited
14 Große Freiheit Nr. 7
15. Phantom Lady
16. The Lodger
17. Meet me in St. Louis
18. Hail the conquering hero
19. The Wistler
20. Christmas Holiday

Spoiler

MoTH · #53

Ranked list:

1. Zhila-byla devochka / Once There Was a Girl (Viktor Eysymont)
2. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
3. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
4. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
5. Ivan Grozny I / Ivan the Terrible, Part I (Sergei Eisenstein)
6. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
7. Laura (Otto Preminger)
8. I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica)
9. The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang)
10. The Old Grey Hare (Robert Clampett)
11. Le ciel est à vous / The Sky is Yours (Jean Grémillon)
12. Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit / The Way You Wanted Me (Teuvo Tulio)
13. Shibaidô / The Way of Drama (Mikio Naruse)
14. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
15. At Land (Maya Deren)
16. Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (Maurice Delattre and Henri Storck)
17. The True Story of Lili Marlene (Humphrey Jennings)
18. Russian Rhapsody (Robert Clampett)
19. Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
20. Gaslight (George Cukor)

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Opio · #54

Ranked:
1. Canterbury Tale, A (Powell)
2. Curse of the Cat People, The (Fritsch, Wise)
3. Laura (Preminger)
4. Children Are Watching Us, The (De Sica)
5. Torment (Sjoberg)
6. Hail the Conquering Hero (Sturges)
7. Gaslight (Cukor)
8. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (Eisenstein)
9. Jammin' the Blues (Mili)
10. At Land (Deren)
11. Most Beautiful, The (Kurosawa)
12. How to Play Football (Kinney)
13. Woman in the Window, The (Lang)
14. It Happened Tomorrow (Clair)
15. Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk)
16. None But the Lonely Heart (Odets)
17. Henry V (Olivier)
18. On Approval (Brook)
19. Double Indemnity (Wilder)
20. Phantom Lady (Siodmak)

Links

AB537 · #55

Not as much depth here for me as in some other years, and also randomly haven't seen that much. That being said, three or four great films and a few others well worth mentioning.

1. Gaslight (George Cukor)
2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
3. To Have or Have Not (Howard Hawks)
4. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
5. Ivan Grozniy - Ivan the Terrible Part I (Sergei Eisenstein)
6. The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco)
7. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. Henry V (Laurence Olivier)
9. Laura (Otto Preminger)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037824
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037055
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008

morrison-dylan-fan · #56

frbrown · #57

Lonewolf2003 · #58

1. Double Indemnity
2. The Woman in the Window
3. Lifeboat
4. Phantom Lady
5. Going My Way
6. Laura
7. Gaslight
8. Murder, My Sweet

Spoiler

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037469/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036260/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036872/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037101/

cayado-coro · #59

maxwelldeux · #60

Last call...

ororama · #61

1. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
2. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
3. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
4. The Uninvited (Lewis Allen)
5. Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
6. Laura (Otto Preminger)
7. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
8. The Curse of the Cat People ( Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise)
9. The Lodger (John Brahm)
10. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)
11. Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
12. The Battle of China (Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak)
13. Christmas Holiday (Robert Siodmak)
14, Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
15. The Scarlet Claw (Roy William Neill)
16. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
17. The Battle of Britain (Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller)
18. Jubilation Street (Keisuke Kinoshita)
19. Strangers in the Night (Anthony Mann)
20. Dead Man's Eyes (Reginald Le Borg)

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sol · #62

Fergenaprido · #63

1. Arsenic and Old Lace
2. Lifeboat
3. Hail the Conquering Hero
4. The Suspect
5. To Have and Have Not
6. Double Indemnity
7. Sharia Muhammad Ali [Muhammad Ali Street]
8. Laura
9. I'll Be Seeing You
10. Meet Me in St. Louis
11. Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 [Port of Freedom]
12. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
13. C'est l'aviron [Rock the Boat]

Links

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036891/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037330/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284480/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036940/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037059/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036882/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036680/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037566/

OldAle1 · #64

Whew, almost missed this.

1. A Canterbury Tale (Powell/Pressburger)
2. Ivan Groznyy (Sergei Eisenstein)
3. None Shall Escape (André De Toth)
4. At Land (Maya Deren)
5. Christmas Holiday (Robert Siodmak)

6. La torre de los siete jorobados (Edgar Neville)
7. The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang)
8. The Old Grey Hare (Robert Clampett)
9. It Happened Tomorrow (René Clair)
10. Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
11. The Lodger (John Brahm)
12. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
13. The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco)
14. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
15. Screwball Squirrel (Tel Avery)
16. Jammin' the Blues (Gjon Mili)
17. The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise)
18. Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang)
19. Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit (Teuvo Tulio)
20. When Strangers Marry (William Castle)

them pesky urls

Special Honorable Mention: Double Indemnity, Laura - both great, but neither needs any help, and to me they're both *slightly* overrated in the noir pantheon. Lots more HMs that are mostly noir and cartoons... I still have a bit to see for this year, though at this point most of it's fairly obscure I suppose. Certainly one of the thinner years out there because of the war, though as with even the weakest of years there are always a few real masterpieces that somehow manage to get made and float to the top.

sol · #65

OldAle1 wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 4:40 am almost missed this.

He's back!

Check out the "where is forum member x" thread at some point.

lineuphere · #66

1. Laura
2. Double Indemnity
3. Zhila-byla devochka | Once There Was a Girl
4. On Approval
5. Rikugun | Army
6. A Canterbury Tale
7. Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel | The Angel and the Lyre
8. Meet Me in St. Louis
9. The Suspect
10. Kanko no machi | Jubilation Street
11. Hets | Torment
12. Le Ciel est Ã vous | The Sky is Yours
13. Lady in the Dark
14. Phantom Lady
15. Gaslight
16. This Happy Breed
17. Der verzauberte Tag | The Enchanted Day
18. Jammin' the Blues
19. I bambini ci guardano | The Children are Watching Us
20. Ivan Groznyy | Ivan the Terrible, Part One

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RogerTheMovieManiac88 · #67

It's wonderfully heartwarming to see the Eysymont film being picked up and appreciated by so many voters. A huge thank you once again to Angel for his promotion/highlighting of the film in this thread.

OldAle1 · #68

sol wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 4:43 am
OldAle1 wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 4:40 am almost missed this.
He's back! Check out the "where is forum member x" thread at some point.

Life sucks and I hate everybody and everything, but I guess I hate all of you a little less than my family, the world and my country at the moment.

Just kidding. Sort of. If you remember from IMDb days, I always seem to need to take a break for a few weeks or months once in a while, and it tends to be a sudden thing.

maxwelldeux · #69

1. Arsenic and Old Lace
2. Laura
3. Gaslight
4. Strangers in the Night
5. Double Indemnity
6. Murder, My Sweet
7. Jammin' the Blues

Spoiler

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037318/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037101/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036968/

maxwelldeux · #70

And let's call this closed. Beginning the tabulation...

Angel Glez · #71

RogerTheMovieManiac88 wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 1:59 pm It's wonderfully heartwarming to see the Eysymont film being picked up and appreciated by so many voters. A huge thank you once again to Angel for his promotion/highlighting of the film in this thread.

This English translation was a fortunate coincidence.

I teamed up with a Russian-Spanish translator some time ago and we are raking some cool movies up. Hope they find an English translator as well.

Dolwphin · #72

Since there are no results yet I added Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel to my ballot just in case max fell asleep or something.

Fergenaprido · #73

Dolwphin wrote: ↑December 20th, 2020, 3:20 am Since there are no results yet I added Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel to my ballot just in case max fell asleep or something.

Results have already been posted.

Dolwphin · #74

Fergenaprido wrote: ↑December 20th, 2020, 3:36 am
Dolwphin wrote: ↑December 20th, 2020, 3:20 am Since there are no results yet I added Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel to my ballot just in case max fell asleep or something.
Results have already been posted.

I missed that because it is not in the purple box above.

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