Most Popular Movies 1944
This chart shows the 1944 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1944 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1944 - Top 1944 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1945 → |
1
| Wilson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 1, 1944 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $2,000,000 |
2
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 15, 1944 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
3
| The White Cliffs of Dover |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 19, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
4
| Since You Went Away |
| Director: John Cromwell |
| Lead Roles: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 20, 1944 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Romance, War |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
5
| Mr. Skeffington |
| Director: Vincent Sherman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 25, 1944 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Madame Curie |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy |
| Lead Roles: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February, 1944 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
7
| The Hour Before Dawn |
| Director: Frank Tuttle |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 10, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
8
| Going My Way |
| Director: Leo McCarey |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 3, 1944 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Comedy Drama, Religious, Generational Conflict, Catholic, Juvenile Delinquent, Singers, Opera |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $16,300,000 |
9
| Double Indemnity |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff, Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, Porter Hall as Mr. Jackson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 6, 1944 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Erotic Drama |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $9,939 |
10
| Tender Comrade |
| Director: Edward Dmytryk |
| Lead Roles: Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 1, 1944 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
11
| Gaslight |
| Director: George Cukor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 4, 1944 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
12
| Jane Eyre |
| Director: Robert Stevenson |
| Lead Roles: Joan Fontaine as Jane, Orson Welles as Edward Rochester |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 7, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
13
| Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 |
| Director: Helmut Käutner |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 1944 (Limited) (Czech/Slovakia) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
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| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
| Director: Arthur Lubin |
| Lead Roles: Maria Montez as Amara, Jon Hall as Ali Baba, Turhan Bey as Jamiel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 14, 1944 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
15
| Cry, Havoc |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 7, 1944 (Limited), released as Aurora de sangre (Mexico) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
16
| The Woman in the Window |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Lead Roles: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 25, 1944 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
17
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
| Director: Vincente Minnelli |
| Lead Roles: Judy Garland as Esther Smith, Margaret O'Brien as 'Tootie' Smith, Mary Astor as Mrs. Anna Smith, Tom Drake as John Truett |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 28, 1944 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Comedy Musical, 1900s, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Set in St. Louis, MO, Halloween, Christmas |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $12,800,000 |
|
International BO: $83,122 |
18
| Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 27, 1944 (Limited) |
|
Domestic BO: $3,500,000 |
19
| Phantom Lady |
| Director: Robert Siodmak |
| Lead Roles: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 28, 1944 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
20
| Bluebeard |
| Director: Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 11, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale, Horror, Live Action |
21
| Can’t Help Singing |
| Director: Frank Ryan |
| Lead Roles: Deanna Durbin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 29, 1944 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
22
| Bell Bottom George |
| Director: Marcel Varnel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 7, 1944 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
23
| Lifeboat |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Lead Roles: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 28, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $99 |
24
| Cowboy And The Senorita |
| Director: Joseph Kane |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 13, 1944 (Limited) by Republic Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
25
| Oath Of Vengeance |
| Director: Sam Newfield |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 9, 1944 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |