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A list of American films released in 1946.
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
A-C
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes/Studio |
| Accomplice |
|
Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan |
Crime |
|
| Angel on My Shoulder |
Archie Mayo |
Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains |
Fantasy |
United Artists |
| Anna and the King of Siam |
John Cromwell |
Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Baby Bottleneck |
Robert Clampett |
Looney Tunes |
|
Warner Bros. |
| Bad Bascomb |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
|
| Baseball Bugs |
Friz Freleng |
Looney Tunes |
Animation |
Warner Bros. |
| The Beast with Five Fingers |
Robert Florey |
Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish |
|
Warner Bros. |
| Beer Barrel Polecats |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Bedlam |
|
Boris Karloff, Anna Lee |
Thriller |
|
| The Best Years of Our Lives |
William Wyler |
Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell |
WWII drama |
Academy Award for Best Picture |
| The Big Sleep |
Howard Hawks |
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers |
Film noir |
Warner Bros. |
| A Bird in the Head |
Edward Bernds |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Black Angel |
Roy William Neill |
Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| The Blue Dahlia |
George Marshall |
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Hugh Beaumont |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Blue Skies |
Stuart Heisler |
Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby |
Musical comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Book Revue |
Robert Clampett |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Bride Wore Boots |
Irving Pichel |
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings |
Romantic comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Bunker Hill Bunny |
I. Freleng |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Cat Concerto |
William Hanna |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Chase |
Arthur Ripley |
Robert Cummings |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Cloak and Dagger |
Fritz Lang |
Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer |
Thriller |
|
| Crack-Up |
Irving Reis |
Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| The Crimson Ghost |
Fred C. Brannon, William Witney |
|
Adventure serial |
Republic Pictures |
| Cuban Pete |
Jean Yarbrough |
Desi Arnaz |
Musical comedy |
Universal Pictures |
D-H
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Dark Corner |
Henry Hathaway |
Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix |
Film noir |
|
| The Dark Mirror |
Robert Siodmak |
Olivia de Havilland |
Psychological thriller |
Universal Pictures |
| Daughter of Don Q |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
|
Adventure serial |
Republic |
| Deadline at Dawn |
Harold Clurman |
Susan Hayward |
Film noir |
RKO |
| Deception |
Irving Rapper |
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid |
Film noir |
Warner Bros. |
| Dragonwyck |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Jessica Tandy |
Film noir |
Fox |
| Dressed to Kill |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison |
Film noir |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Duel in the Sun |
King Vidor |
Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Lionel Barrymore |
Western |
Selznick International Pictures |
| Fear |
Alfred Zeisler |
Peter Cookson |
Drama |
|
| Gallant Bess |
Harry Rapf |
Marshall Thompson, George Tobias |
Family western |
MGM |
| The Gay Cavalier |
William Nigh |
Gilbert Roland |
Western |
|
| G.I. Wanna Home |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy, short subject |
Columbia |
| The Great Morgan |
Nat Perrin |
Frank Morgan, Tommy Dorsey |
Musical |
|
| The Green Years |
Victor Saville |
Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler |
Comedy-drama |
MGM |
| Hair-Raising Hare |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Hare Remover |
Frank Tashlin |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Harvey Girls |
George Sidney |
Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury |
Musical |
Academy Award Best Song |
| House of Horrors |
Jean Yarbrough |
|
Horror |
Universal |
| Humoresque |
Jean Negulesco |
John Garfield, Joan Crawford |
Melodrama |
Warner Bros. |
I-N
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| It's a Wonderful Life |
Frank Capra |
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers |
Christmas romance |
RKO Pictures |
| The James Brothers of Missouri |
Fred C. Brannon |
Keith Richards, Noel Neill |
Western |
Republic Pictures |
| The Jolson Story |
Alfred E. Green |
Larry Parks, William Demarest |
Musical |
Columbia Pictures |
| Just Before Dawn |
William Castle |
Warner Baxter |
Crime mystery |
|
| The Kid from Brooklyn |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen |
Comedy |
Remake of 1936 film The Milky Way |
| The Killers |
Robert Siodmak |
Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| King of the Forest Rangers |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
|
Adventure serial |
RKO Pictures |
| Kitty Kornered |
Robert Clampett |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Lady Luck |
Edwin L. Marin |
Robert Young, Barbara Hale |
Comedy |
RKO Pictures |
| Little Giant |
William A. Seiter |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| The Locket |
John Brahm |
Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Lost City of the Jungle |
|
|
Adventure serial |
Universal Pictures |
| Make Mine Music |
Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi |
Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters |
Animated feature |
Walt Disney |
| The Man Who Dared |
John Sturges |
George Macready, Forrest Tucker |
Drama |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Milky Waif |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Monkey Businessmen |
Edward Bernds |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Mr. Ace |
Edwin L. Marin |
George Raft, Sylvia Sydney |
Crime |
|
| Murder in the Music Hall |
John English |
Nancy Kelly, Vera Ralston |
Musical |
|
| My Darling Clementine |
John Ford |
Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond |
|
20th Century Fox |
| My Reputation |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Barbara Stanwyck |
War Romance |
Warner Bros. |
| The Mysterious Mr. M |
Lewis Collins, V. Keays |
|
Adventure serial |
Universal Pictures |
| Night Editor |
Henry Levin |
William Gargan |
Film noir |
Columbia Pictures |
| Night and Day |
Michael Curtiz |
Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman |
Biography |
Cole Porter bio |
| A Night in Casablanca |
Archie Mayo |
Marx Brothers |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| Nobody Lives Forever |
Jean Negulesco |
John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Film noir |
Warner Bros. |
| Nocturne |
Edwin L. Marin |
George Raft |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Notorious |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
O-S
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Of Human Bondage |
Edmund Goulding |
Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Phantom Rider |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
|
Adventure serial |
Republic Pictures |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Tay Garnett |
Lana Turner, John Garfield |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Quentin Quail |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animation |
Warner Bros. |
| Racketeer Rabbit |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animation |
Warner Bros. |
| The Razor's Edge |
Edmund Goulding |
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Rhapsody Rabbit |
I. Freleng |
|
Animaation |
Warner Bros. |
| Rhythm and Weep |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy, short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Road to Utopia |
Hal Walker |
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope |
Musical comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Saratoga Trunk |
Sam Wood |
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman |
Period drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Scarlet Horseman |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
|
Western serial |
Universal Pictures |
| The Secret Heart |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon |
Drama |
MGM |
| Shock |
Alfred L. Werker |
Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox |
| Sister Kenny |
Dudley Nichols, Jack Gage |
Rosalind Russell |
Biography |
RKO Pictures |
| So Dark the Night |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Steven Geray |
Film noir |
|
| Solid Serenade |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animation |
MGM |
| Somewhere in the Night |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox |
| Song of the South |
Wilfred Jackson |
|
Animated feature |
RKO Pictures |
| Special Delivery |
|
|
WWII propaganda short |
Produced by the US Air Force |
| The Spiral Staircase |
Dore Schary |
Dorothy McGuire, George Brent |
Psychological thriller |
RKO Pictures |
| Springtime for Thomas |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animation |
MGM |
| A Stolen Life |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Bette Davis, Glenn Ford |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
T-Z
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers |
Lewis Milestone |
Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Stranger |
Orson Welles |
Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles |
Suspense |
RKO Pictures |
| Suspense |
Frank Tuttle |
Barry Sullivan |
Film noir |
|
| Swing Parade of 1946 |
Phil Karlson |
Three Stooges, Gale Storm, Phil Regan |
Musical comedy |
Monogram Pictures |
| A Tale of Two Cities |
|
|
Propaganda short |
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Tarzan and the Leopard Woman |
Kurt Neumann |
Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce |
Action |
RKO Pictures |
| Terror by Night |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce |
Mystery |
Universal Pictures |
| That Justice Be Done |
|
|
Propaganda |
Office of War Information |
| They Made Me a Killer |
William C. Thomas |
Robert Lowery |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Three Little Pirates |
Edward Bernds |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Three Loan Wolves |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Three Troubledoers |
Edward Bernds |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Till the Clouds Roll By |
Richard Whorf |
Judy Garland, Lena Horne |
Musical biography |
MGM |
| The Time of Their Lives |
Charles Barton |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| To Each His Own |
Mitchell Leisen |
Olivia de Havilland |
Drama |
Paramount Pictures |
| Tomorrow Is Forever |
Irving Pichel |
Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Trap Happy |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Undercurrent |
Vincente Minnelli |
Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Uncivil War Birds |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Short subject |
Columbia Pictures |
| Vacation in Reno |
Leslie Goodwins |
Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys |
Comedy |
RKO Pictures |
| The Verdict |
Don Siegel |
Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet |
Film noir |
|
| The Virginian |
Stuart Gilmore |
Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy |
Western |
Paramount Pictures |
| Walky Talky Hawky |
Robert McKimson |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Whistle Stop |
Léonide Moguy |
George Raft, Ava Gardner |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Without Reservations |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Claudette Colbert, John Wayne |
Comedy |
RKO Pictures |
| The Yearling |
Clarence Brown |
Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. |
Family drama |
MGM |
| Ziegfeld Follies |
Roy Del Ruth, Vincente Minnelli |
Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice |
Musical comedy |
MGM |
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