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Films of the Early 20th Century: 1944-45 (2020 edition)

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Welcome to the third part of films of the early 20th century. This time we are focusing on years 1944-1945.

1. 1948-1949
2. 1946-1947
3. 1944-1945
4. 1942-1943
5. 1939-1941
6. 1936-1938
7. 1933-1935
8. 1930-1932
9. 1927-1929
10. 1924-1926
11. 1921-1923
12. 18xx-1920



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You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the period we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the IMDb list and the top 15 of each period will go on to the final top 180. The deadline is December 31. New rounds will be posted on the 16th and first day of each month.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

If you vote for 4 movies or less, this is the adjusted scores:
4 votes
1. Movie 40 p
2. 35 p
3. 30 p
4. 25 p

3 votes
1. Movie 35 p
2. 30 p
3. 25 p

2 votes
1. Movie 30 p
2. 25 p

1 vote
1. Movie 25 p
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  1. Double Indemnity
  2. Gaslight
  3. Spellbound
  4. Brief Encounter
  5. Arsenic and Old Lace
  6. The Body Snatcher
  7. And Then There Were None
  8. To Have and Have Not
  9. Hets [Torment]
  10. Lifeboat
  11. At Land [short]
  12. Scarlet Street
  13. Mildred Pierce
  14. Anchors Aweigh
  15. Meet Me in St. Louis
  16. Going My Way
  17. A Canterbury Tale
  18. Les Enfants du Paradis [Children of Paradise]
  19. I Bambini Ci Guardano [The Children Are Watching Us]
  20. Dead of Night
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1. Children of Paradise
2. Double Indemnity
3. Rome, Open City
4. Meet Me in St. Louis
5. Detour
6. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
7. Ivan the Terrible, Part 1
8. A Canterbury Tale
9. Mildred Pierce
10. I Know Where I'm Going
11. At Land
12. Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
13. Hail the Conquering Hero
14. Arsenic and Old Lace
15. To Have and Have Not
16. Brief Encounter
17. They Were Expendable
18. The Lost Weekend
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All the 1944-45 films I've seen according to RYM. Count the top 11:

Awesome

1. Arsenic and Old Lace - Frank Capra

Very Good

2. Иван Грозный I [Ivan the Terrible, Part I] - Sergei M. Eisenstein
3. Les enfants du paradis [Children of Paradise] - Marcel Carné
4. Gaslight - George Cukor
5. Die Feuerzangenbowle [The Punch Bowl] - Helmut Weiss
6. To Have and Have Not - Howard Hawks
7. Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock
8. Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder

Good

9. The Canterville Ghost - Jules Dassin
10. Große Freiheit Nr. 7 [Great Freedom No. 7] - Helmut Käutner

OK

11. Meet Me in St. Louis - Vincente Minnelli

Meh

12. Confidential Agent - Herman Shumlin

Bad

13. The House I Live In - Mervyn LeRoy
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1. Laura (Otto Preminger)
2. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
3. The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang)
4. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang)
5. Les enfants du paradis [Children of Paradise] (Marcel Carné)
6. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
7. Roma città aperta [Rome, Open City] (Roberto Rossellini)
8. The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise)
9. Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer)
10. Gaslight (George Cukor)
11. The Suspect (Robert Siodmak)
12. Brief Encounter (David Lean)
13. Иван Грозный I [Ivan the Terrible, Part I] (Sergei Eisenstein)
14. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
15. The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise / Gunther von Fritsch)
16. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Albert Lewin)
17. Dead of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden / Robert Hamer)
18. Falbalas (Jacques Becker)
19. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
20. Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger)
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1. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
2. Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise, Marcel Carné, 1945)
3. Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City, Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
4. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
5. Ivan Groznyy (Ivan the Terrible, Part I, Sergei Eisenstein, 1944)
6. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
7. Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
8. I Know Where I'm Going! (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945)
9. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
10. Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
11. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944)
12. Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944)
13. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945)
14. Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (Robert Bresson, 1945)
15. They Were Expendable (John Ford & Robert Montgomery, 1945)
16. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
17. The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945)
18. The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, 1944)
19. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, 1944)
20. Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944)
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1. Les enfants du paradis [Children of Paradise]
2. Brief Encounter
3. Scarlet Street
4. Roma città aperta [Rome, Open City]
5. Double Indemnity
6. The Woman in the Window
7. Laura
8. Hets [Torment]
9. The Spiral Staircase
10. Dead of Night
11. The Lost Weekend
12. Spellbound
13. Lifeboat
14. To Have and Have Not
15. Mordets melodi [Murder Melody]
16. The Body Snatcher
17. Detour
18. Strange Illusion
19. Arsenic and Old Lace
20. Opfergang [The Great Sacrifice]
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1. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, USA 1945)
2. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, USA 1944)
3. Witch's Cradle (Maya Deren, USA 1944) [short]
4. "I Know Where I'm Going!" (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK 1945)
5. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, USA 1944)

6. Roma città aperta [Rome, Open City] (Roberto Rossellini, Italy 1945)
7. Brief Encounter (David Lean, UK 1945)
8. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK 1944)
9. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, USA 1945)
10. The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, USA 1945)

11. At Land (Maya Deren, USA 1944) [short]
12. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, USA 1944)
13. Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1945)
14. Since You Went Away (John Cromwell, USA 1944)
15. Die Feuerzangenbowle [The Punch Bowl] (Helmut Weiss, Germany 1944)

16. Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, USA 1945)
17. Jammin' the Blues (Gjon Mili, USA 1944) [short]
18. The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, USA 1944)
19. Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery, USA 1944) [short]
20. The Southerner (Jean Renoir, USA 1945)

21. The Bells of St. Mary's (Leo McCarey, USA 1945)
22. A Study in Choreography for Camera (Maya Deren, USA 1945) [short]
23. Tiger Trouble (Jack Kinney, USA 1945) [short]
24. The Canterville Ghost (Jules Dassin, USA 1944)
25. C'est l'aviron (Norman McLaren, Canada 1944) [short]
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1) The Picture of Dorian Grey
2) Double Indemnity
3) Brief Encounter
4) Laura
5) Gaslight
6) Screwball Squirrel (short)
7) The Lost Weekend
8) Barber of Seville (Short)
9) Going My Way
10) Three Caballeros
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1. Arsenic and Old Lace – Frank Capra (USA, 1944)
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Albert Lewin (USA, 1945)
3. Scarlet Street – Fritz Lang (USA, 1945)
4. Brief Encounter – David Lean (UK, 1945)
5. The Lost Weekend – Billy Wilder (USA, 1945)
6. Double Indemnity – Billy Wilder (USA, 1944)
7. The Woman in the Window – Fritz Lang (USA, 1944)
8. Spellbound – Alfred Hitchcock (USA, 1945)
9. Objective, Burma! – Raoul Walsh (USA, 1945)
10. Lifeboat – Alfred Hitchcock (USA, 1944)
11. Laura – Otto Preminger (USA, 1944)
12. To Have and Have Not – Howard Hawks (USA, 1945)
13. Gaslight – George Cukor (USA, 1944)
14. Detour – Edgar Ullmer (USA, 1945)
15. La torre de los siete jorobados (Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks) – Edgar Neville (Spain, 1944)
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1 | Иван Грозный I (Ivan the Terrible, Part I) | Сергей Эйзенштейн (Sergei Eisenstein) | U.S.S.R. | 1944
2 | Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise) | Marcel Carné | France | 1945
3 | Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | 1945
4 | The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder | U.S. | 1945
5 | Murder, My Sweet | Edward Dmytryk | U.S. | 1944
6 | Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | U.S. | 1944
7 | To Have and Have Not | Howard Hawks | U.S. | 1944
8 | Spellbound | Alfred Hitchcock | U.S. | 1945
9 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Preston Sturges | U.S. | 1944
10 | A Canterbury Tale | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | U.K. | 1944
11 | Scarlet Street | Fritz Lang | U.S. | 1945
12 | The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | U.S. | 1944
13 | I bambini ci guardano (The Children Are Watching Us) | Vittorio de Sica | Italy | 1944
14 | Isle of the Dead | Mark Robson | U.S. | 1945
15 | I Know Where I'm Going! | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | U.K. | 1945
16 | The Southerner | Jean Renoir | U.S. | 1945
17 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Frank Capra | U.S. | 1944
18 | Les dames du bois de Boulogne (Ladies of the Park) | Robert Bresson | France | 1945
19 | The Body Snatcher | Robert Wise | U.S. | 1945
20 | Laura | Otto Preminger | U.S. | 1944

21 | Mildred Pierce | Michael Curtiz | U.S. | 1945
22 | Fallen Angel | Otto Preminger | U.S. | 1945
23 | Lifeboat | Alfred Hitchcock | U.S. | 1944
24 | Dead of Night | Alberto Cavalcanti / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden / Robert Hamer | U.K. | 1945
25 | Gaslight | George Cukor | U.S. | 1944
26 | Brief Encounter | David Lean | U.K. | 1945
27 | Hail the Conquering Hero | Preston Sturges | U.S. | 1944
28 | Hangover Square | John Brahm | U.S.| 1945
29 | Experiment Perilous | Jacques Tourneur | U.S. | 1944
30 | They Were Expendable | John Ford | U.S. | 1945
31 | Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | U.S. | 1945
32 | Le ciel est à vous (The Sky Is Yours) | Jean Grémillon | France | 1944
33 | The Lodger | John Brahm | U.S. | 1944
34 | The Suspect | Robert Siodmak | U.S. | 1944
35 | Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | U.S. | 1944
36 | Leave Her to Heaven | John M. Stahl | U.S. | 1945
37 | The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth With His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France | Laurence Olivier | U.K. | 1944
38 | Phantom Lady | Robert Siodmak | U.S. | 1944
39 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Vincente Minnelli | U.S. | 1944
40 | My Name is Julia Ross | Joseph H. Lewis | U.S. | 1945
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Happy new year 2021!

The results
1. Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | U.S. | 1944|306 points | 10 votes | 2 #1 votes
2. Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise) | Marcel Carné | France | 1945|243 points | 7 votes | 2 #1 votes
3. Arsenic and Old Lace | Frank Capra | U.S. | 1944|220 points | 9 votes | 2 #1 votes
4. Brief Encounter (David Lean, UK 1945)|197 points | 8 votes | 0 #1 votes
5. Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City) | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | 1945|173 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 votes
6. Иван Грозный I (Ivan the Terrible, Part I) | Сергей Эйзенштейн (Sergei Eisenstein) | U.S.S.R. | 1944|141 points | 5 votes | 1 #1 votes
7. Scarlet Street | Fritz Lang | U.S. | 1945|138 points | 7 votes | 0 #1 votes
8. Laura | Otto Preminger | U.S. | 1944|127 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 votes
9. Gaslight – George Cukor (USA, 1944)|116 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 votes
10. To Have and Have Not | Howard Hawks | U.S. | 1944|106 points | 9 votes | 0 #1 votes
11. Spellbound | Alfred Hitchcock | U.S. | 1945|102 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 votes
11. The Lost Weekend | Billy Wilder | U.S. | 1945|102 points | 7 votes | 0 #1 votes
13. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Albert Lewin (USA, 1945)|95 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 votes
14. The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | U.S. | 1944|88 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 votes
15. Detour – Edgar Ullmer (USA, 1945)|67 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 votes

16. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)|66 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 votes
17. I Know Where I'm Going! | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | U.K. | 1945|64 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 votes
18. A Canterbury Tale | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | U.K. | 1944|58 points | 5 votes | 0 #1 votes
19. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, USA 1945)|50 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote
20. The Body Snatcher | Robert Wise | U.S. | 1945|43 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 votes
21. Witch's Cradle (Maya Deren, USA 1944) [short]|35 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
22. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Preston Sturges | U.S. | 1944|34 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
23. Lifeboat – Alfred Hitchcock (USA, 1944)|32 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 votes
24. Die Feuerzangenbowle [The Punch Bowl] (Helmut Weiss, Germany 1944)|31 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
25. At Land (Maya Deren, USA 1944) [short]|30 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 votes
25. Hets [Torment]|30 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
25. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945)|30 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 votes
28. Murder, My Sweet | Edward Dmytryk | U.S. | 1944|27 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
29. Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery, USA 1944) [short]|22 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
30. Going My Way|19 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
30. Les dames du bois de Boulogne (Ladies of the Park) | Robert Bresson | France | 1945|19 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 votes
32. And Then There Were None|18 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
33. Dead of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden / Robert Hamer)|17 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 votes
34. Barber of Seville (Short)|16 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
35. Objective, Burma! – Raoul Walsh (USA, 1945)|14 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
35. The Canterville Ghost - Jules Dassin|14 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
35. The Spiral Staircase|14 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
38. Große Freiheit Nr. 7 [Great Freedom No. 7] - Helmut Käutner|12 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
38. Three Caballeros|12 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
40. I bambini ci guardano (The Children Are Watching Us) | Vittorio de Sica | Italy | 1944|10 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
40. The Suspect (Robert Siodmak)|10 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
40. They Were Expendable (John Ford & Robert Montgomery, 1945)|10 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
43. Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944)|9 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
44. Hail the Conquering Hero|8 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
45. Anchors Aweigh|7 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
45. Isle of the Dead | Mark Robson | U.S. | 1945|7 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
45. Since You Went Away (John Cromwell, USA 1944)|7 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
48. La torre de los siete jorobados (Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks) – Edgar Neville (Spain, 1944)|6 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
48. Mordets melodi [Murder Melody]|6 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
48. The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise / Gunther von Fritsch)|6 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
48. The Southerner | Jean Renoir | U.S. | 1945|6 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 votes
52. Jammin' the Blues (Gjon Mili, USA 1944) [short]|4 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
53. Falbalas (Jacques Becker)|3 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
53. Strange Illusion|3 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
55. Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger)|1 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
55. Opfergang [The Great Sacrifice]|1 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
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1 Laura (Otto Preminger)
2 Brief Encounter (David Lean)
3 Ivan Groznyy I (Sergei M. Eisenstein)
4 The Suspect (Robert Siodmak)
5 Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 / Port of Freedom (Helmut Käutner)
6 Les enfants du paradis (Marcel Carné)
7 To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
8 The Southerner (Jean Renoir)
9 Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang)
10 Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
11 Roma città aperta (Roberto Rossellini)
12 La vida en un hilo (Edgar Neville)
13 Hangover Square (John Brahm)
14 The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang)
15 The Picture of Dorian Gray (Albert Lewin)
16 Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
17 KItty (Mitchell Leisen)
18 Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak)
19 Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer)
20 Gaslight (George Cukor)
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