The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Mom and Dad* |
Hallmark |
$16,000,000 |
| 2. |
The Bells of St. Mary's(#1 for year itself)[1] |
RKO |
$8,000,000 |
| 3. |
Leave Her to Heaven (#2 for year itself)[1] |
20th Century Fox |
$5,505,000 |
| 4. |
Spellbound(#3 for year itself)[1] |
United Artists |
$4,971,000 |
| 5. |
Anchors Aweigh(#4 for year itself)[1] |
MGM |
$4,779,000 |
| 6. |
The Valley of Decision(#5 for year itself) [1] |
MGM |
$4,567,000 |
| 7. |
Week-End at the Waldorf |
MGM |
$4,366,000 |
| 8. |
Thrill of a Romance |
MGM |
$4,338,000 |
| 9. |
The Lost Weekend |
Paramount |
$4,300,000 |
| 10. |
Saratoga Trunk |
Warner Brothers |
$4,250,000 |
(*) Road show revenue from several continuous years; figure is approximate
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1945.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Lost Weekend - Paramount
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
- Best Supporting Actor: James Dunn - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere - National Velvet
Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Picture: The Lost Weekend
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's
- Best Film for Promoting International Good Will: The House I Live In (short film)
Films released in 1945
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Along Came Jones, starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young
- Anchors Aweigh
- Back to Bataan, directed by Edward Dmytryk, with John Wayne
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noel Coward
- Blood on the Sun
- Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
- Caesar and Cleopatra
- Captain Kidd
- Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, released following the liberation of France
- The Clock
- Conflict
- The Corn Is Green
- Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
- Detour
- Dillinger
- The Dolly Sisters
- The Enchanted Cottage
- Fallen Angel
- Flame of Barbary Coast
- Guest Wife
- Here Come The Co-Eds, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- The House I Live In (short film)
- House of Dracula
- The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont
- Incendiary Blonde
- Lady on a Train
- Leave Her to Heaven
- The Lost Weekend
- Love Letters
- A Medal for Benny
- Mildred Pierce
- Mom and Dad
- The Naughty Nineties, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Objective, Burma!
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Pride of the Marines
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Rome, Open City (Roma Città aperta) by Rossellini
- San Antonio
- Saratoga Trunk
- Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
- Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green
- Son of Lassie
- A Song to Remember
- The Southerner
- The Spanish Main
- Spellbound
- State Fair
- The Story of G.I. Joe
- The Three Caballeros
- They Were Expendable
- Thrill of a Romance, directed by Richard Thorpe
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- The Valley of Decision
- A Walk in the Sun
- The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan
- The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason
- Wonder Man, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
Serials
Short film series
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