Editing 1945 in film

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The year '''1945 in film''' involved some significant events. With 1945 being the last year of [[World War II]], the many films released this year had themes of patriotism, sacrifices, and peace.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Affron |first=Charles |title=Best Years : Going to the Movies, 1945-1946 |last2=Affron |first2=Mirella Jona |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9786613588685 |location=New Brunswick, NJ |pages=1-9}}</ref> In the United States, there were more than eighteen thousand movie theatres operating in 1945, a figure that grew by a third from a decade earlier.<ref>Film Daily Year Book (Reading, UK: Research Publications, 1947), microfilm, 59.</ref> 

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1945 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1945
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''
| [[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO]]
| $8,000,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite magazine|title=All-Time Top Grossers|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1965-01-06_237_7/page/39 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=6 January 1965 |page=39 |access-date=29 December 2022 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $5,550,000<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3''' 
| ''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $4,975,000<ref name=AllTime2>{{cite magazine|title=All-Time Top Grossers|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1965-01-06_237_7/page/67|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=6 January 1965 |page=67 |access-date=29 December 2022 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| ''[[The Valley of Decision]]''
| rowspan="4"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $4,566,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]''
| $4,498,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[Week-End at the Waldorf]]''
| $4,364,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| ''[[Thrill of a Romance]]''
| $4,338,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
| ''[[The Lost Weekend]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $4,300,000<ref name=AllTime2/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''
| 20th Century Fox
| $4,050,000<ref name=AllTime2/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]''
| MGM
| $3,678,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|}

==Events==
* January 26 – The film ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'', starring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Donald Crisp]] and [[Anne Revere]], is released nationally in the United States. The film is an instant critical and commercial success, propelling 12-year-old Taylor to stardom and earning Revere the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].
* January 30 – Restricted release of ''[[Kolberg (film)|Kolberg]]'', an historical epic which is one of the last [[Nazi Germany]] propaganda pieces, in war-torn Berlin. Given its cast of 187,000 (including serving military personnel), probably fewer people watched it than appeared in it.
* April 20 – Release of ''[[Son of Lassie]]'', the 2nd [[Lassie]] film and the first film ever to be filmed using the [[Technicolor#The introduction of Eastman color and decline|Technicolor monopack]] method, where a single magazine of [[Photographic film|film]] is used to record all of the [[primary color]]s. Prior to this method, the most popular recording method was [[Technicolor#Three-strip Technicolor|3-Strip Technicolor]], which simultaneously used 3 individual film magazines to record the primary colors.
* August 10 – Animated [[Donald Duck]] short ''[[Duck Pimples]]'' is released.
* September 27 – Release of [[Roberto Rossellini]]'s ''[[Rome, Open City|Roma Città aperta]]'' marks the beginning of [[Italian neorealism]] in film.
* October 5 – A strike between the set decorators' union and the studios boils over and becomes known as the [[Hollywood Black Friday]].
* October 31 – ''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]'', a psychological thriller directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], premieres in New York City.
* November 16 – [[Paramount Pictures]] releases theatrical short [[cartoon]] titled ''[[The Friendly Ghost]]'', introducing a ghost named [[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper]].
* November 29 – At the [[Nuremberg trials]] a documentary on the [[Nazi concentration camps]] directed by [[John Ford]] is exhibited as evidence.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! style="width:250px;"| [[18th Academy Awards]]<br> March 7, 1946 !!" style="width:250px;"| [[3rd Golden Globe Awards]]<br>March 30, 1946
|-
| Best Film || colspan="2" | '''''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Billy Wilder]]<br/>'''''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || colspan="2" | [[Ray Milland]]<br/>'''''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Joan Crawford]]<br/>'''''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''''' || [[Ingrid Bergman]]<br/>'''''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]]<br/>'''''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]''''' || [[J. Carrol Naish]]<br/>'''''[[A Medal for Benny]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || [[Anne Revere]]<br/>'''''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]''''' || [[Angela Lansbury]]<br/>'''''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'''''
|}

==1945 film releases==
===January–March===
*January 1945
**4 January
***''This Man's Navy''
**8 January
***''Frenchman's Creek''
**18 January
***''A Song to Remember''
**26 January
***''National Velvet''
*February 1945
**2 February
***''Here Come the Co-eds''
**15 February
***''The Seventh Veil''
*March 1945
**3 March
***''The Picture of Dorian Gray''
**16 March
***''The House of Fear''

===April–June===
*April 1945
**7 April
***''Brewster's Millions''
**17 April
***''[[Rockin' in the Rockies]]''
**20 April
***''[[The Horn Blows at Midnight]]''
**29 April
***''[[Tarzan and the Amazons]]''
*May 1945
**25 May
***''The Clock''
*June 1945
**1 June
***''That's the Spirit''
**23 June
***''Murder, He Says''
**30 June
***''Conflict''

===July–September===
*July 1945
**13 July
***''[[The Story of G.I. Joe]]''
**19 July
***''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]''
**27 July
***''[[The Woman in Green]]''
*August 1945
**11 August
***''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]''
**30 August
***''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''
*September 1945
**22 September
***''[[Rhapsody in Blue (film)|Rhapsody in Blue]]''

===October–December===
*October 1945
**20 October
***''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
**26 October
***''[[Love Letters (1945 film)|Love Letters]]''
**31 October
***''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]''
***''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]''
*November 1945
**1 November
***''[[Vacation from Marriage (1945 film)|Vacation from Marriage]]''
**10 November
***''[[Confidential Agent]]''
*December 1945
**7 December
***''[[House of Dracula]]''
**8 December
***''[[The Enchanted Forest (1945 film)|The Enchanted Forest]]''
**20 December
***''[[Dick Tracy (1945 film)|Dick Tracy]]''
**25 December
***''[[A Walk in the Sun (1945 film)|A Walk in the Sun]]''
**28 December
***''[[Scarlet Street]]''
**31 December
***''[[They Were Expendable]]''

==Notable films released in 1945==
[[List of American films of 1945|United States]] unless stated

===A===
*''[[Las Abandonadas|The Abandoned]]'' (Las Abandonadas), starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Pedro Armendáriz]] – ([[Mexican films of 1945|Mexico]])
*''[[Abbott and Costello in Hollywood]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]
*''[[Allotment Wives]]'', starring [[Kay Francis]]
*''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Loretta Young]]
*''[[Amok (1945 film)|Amok]]'' – ([[Mexican films of 1945|Mexico]])
*''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'', starring [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]
*''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'', starring [[Barry Fitzgerald]], [[Walter Huston]], [[Louis Hayward]], [[Judith Anderson]]
===B===
*''[[Back to Bataan]]'', directed by [[Edward Dmytryk]], with [[John Wayne]]
*''[[A Bell For Adano]]'', starring [[Gene Tierney]] and [[John Hodiak]]
*''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]]
*''[[Blithe Spirit (1945 film)|Blithe Spirit]]'', directed by [[David Lean]], starring [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Constance Cummings]], based on the play by [[Noël Coward]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[Blood on the Sun]]'', starring [[James Cagney]]
*''[[The Body Snatcher (1945 film)|The Body Snatcher]]'', directed by [[Robert Wise]], starring [[Boris Karloff]]
*''[[Boule de suif (film)|Boule de suif]]'' (Angel and Sinner) – ([[French films of 1945|France]])
*''[[Bugambilia|Bougainvillea]]'' (Bugambilia), starring [[Pedro Armendariz]] and [[Dolores del Río]] – ([[Mexican films of 1945|Mexico]])
*''[[Brewster's Millions (1945 film)|Brewster's Millions]]'', starring [[Dennis O'Keefe]]
*''[[Brief Encounter]]'', directed by [[David Lean]], starring [[Celia Johnson]] and [[Trevor Howard]]- ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
===C===
*''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (1945 film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', directed by [[Gabriel Pascal]], starring [[Vivien Leigh]] and [[Claude Rains]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[Captain Kidd (1945 film)|Captain Kidd]]'', starring [[Charles Laughton]]
*''[[The Cheaters (1945 film)|The Cheaters]]'', starring [[Joseph Schildkraut]] and [[Billie Burke]]
*''[[The Cherokee Flash]]'', starring [[Sunset Carson]] and [[Linda Stirling]]
*''[[Children of Paradise]]'' (Les Enfants du Paradis), by [[Marcel Carné]], starring [[Arletty]],  released following the liberation of [[French films of 1945|France]]
*''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]'', starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]]
*''[[La cabalgata del circo|Circus Cavalcade]]'' (La cabalgata del circo) – ([[List of Argentine films of the 1940s|Argentina]])
*''[[The Clock (1945 film)|The Clock]]'', starring [[Judy Garland]]
*''[[Confidential Agent]]'', starring [[Charles Boyer]] and [[Lauren Bacall]]
*''[[Conflict (1945 film)|Conflict]]'', starring [[Humphrey Bogart]]
*''[[Counter-Attack]]'', starring [[Paul Muni]] and [[Marguerite Chapman]]
*''[[The Corn Is Green (1945 film)|The Corn Is Green]]'', starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[John Dall]]
*''[[Cornered (1945 film)|Cornered]]'', directed by [[Edward Dmytryk]], starring [[Dick Powell]]
===D===
*''[[Dakota (1945 film)|Dakota]]'', starring [[John Wayne]]
*''[[Les dames du Bois de Boulogne]]'', directed by [[Robert Bresson]] – ([[French films of 1945|France]])
*''[[Dead of Night]]'', [[Ealing Studios]] chiller compendium starring [[Mervyn Johns]] and [[Googie Withers]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]]) 
*''[[Death Mills]]'', directed by [[Billy Wilder]]
*''[[Detour (1945 film)|Detour]]'', starring [[Tom Neal]] and [[Ann Savage (actress)|Ann Savage]]
*''[[Diamond Horseshoe]]'', starring [[Betty Grable]]
*''[[Dick Tracy (1945 film)|Dick Tracy]]'', starring [[Morgan Conway]] and [[Mike Mazurki]]
*''[[Dillinger (1945 film)|Dillinger]]'', starring [[Lawrence Tierney]]
*''[[The Dolly Sisters (film)|The Dolly Sisters]]'', starring [[Betty Grable]]
===E===
*''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'', starring [[Dorothy McGuire]] and [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]]
*''[[The Enchanted Forest (1945 film)|The Enchanted Forest]]'', starring [[Harry Davenport (actor)|Harry Davenport]] 
*''[[Escape in the Fog]]'', starring [[Otto Kruger]] and [[Nina Foch]] 
===F===
*''[[Fallen Angel (1945 film)|Fallen Angel]]'', directed by [[Otto Preminger]], starring [[Alice Faye]] in her last major film role, [[Dana Andrews]] and [[Linda Darnell]]
*''[[Flame of Barbary Coast]]'', starring [[John Wayne]]

===G===
*''[[The Great Flamarion]]'', directed by [[Anthony Mann]], starring [[Erich von Stroheim]]
*''[[Guest Wife]]'', starring [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Don Ameche]]
*''[[Gun Smoke (1945 film)|Gun Smoke]]'', starring [[Johnny Mack Brown]] and [[Jennifer Holt]]
===H===
*''[[Hangover Square (film)|Hangover Square]]'', starring [[Laird Cregar]], [[Linda Darnell]] and [[George Sanders]]
*''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]
*''[[High Powered]]'', starring [[Phyllis Brooks]] and [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]]
*''[[The Horn Blows at Midnight]]'', starring [[Jack Benny]]
*''[[Hotel Berlin]]'', starring [[Faye Emerson]] and [[Raymond Massey]]
*''[[The House I Live In (1945 film)|The House I Live In]]'', a short film starring [[Frank Sinatra]], awarded a special Oscar for its message of tolerance<ref name=":0" />
*''[[House of Dracula]]'', starring [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] and [[John Carradine]]
*''[[The House of Fear (1945 film)]]'', a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson
*''[[The House on 92nd Street]]'', produced by [[Louis de Rochemont]], starring [[Lloyd Nolan]] and [[Signe Hasso]]
*''[[Humayun (film)|Humayun]]'', starring [[Ashok Kumar]] – ([[List of Bollywood films of 1945|India]])

===I===
*''[[I Know Where I'm Going!]]'', directed by [[Michael Powell]] and [[Emeric Pressburger]], starring [[Wendy Hiller]] and [[Roger Livesey]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[I Live in Grosvenor Square]]'', starring [[Anna Neagle]], [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Robert Morley]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'', directed by [[Val Guest]], starring [[Margaret Lockwood]] ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[Incendiary Blonde]]'', starring [[Betty Hutton]]
*''[[The Invisible Army]]'' (Den usynlige hær) – ([[Danish films of the 1940s|Denmark]])
*''[[Isle of the Dead (film)|Isle of the Dead]]'', starring [[Boris Karloff]] and [[Ellen Drew]]
*''[[It's in the Bag!]]'', starring [[Fred Allen]], [[Jack Benny]], [[Don Ameche]]
*''[[Ivan the Terrible (1945 film)|Ivan the Terrible]]'' (Ivan Grozniy), directed by [[Sergei Eisenstein]], starring [[Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov|Nikolai Cherkasov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1945|U.S.S.R.]])

===J===
*''[[Johnny Angel]]'', starring [[George Raft]] and [[Claire Trevor]]
===K===
*''[[Kiss and Tell (1945 film)|Kiss and Tell]]'', starring [[Shirley Temple]]
*''[[Kitty (1945 film)|Kitty]]'', directed by [[Mitchell Leisen]], starring [[Paulette Goddard]] and [[Ray Milland]]
*''[[Kolberg (film)|Kolberg]]'' – ([[List of German films of 1945|Nazi Germany]])

===L===
*''[[Lady on a Train]]'', starring [[Deanna Durbin]] and [[Ralph Bellamy]]
*''[[The Last Chance (1945 film)|The Last Chance]]'' (Die letzte Chance) – ([[List of Swiss films#1940s|Switzerland]])
*''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]'', starring [[Gene Tierney]] and [[Cornel Wilde]]
*''[[Life Begins Anew]]'', directed by [[Mario Mattoli]] starring [[Alida Valli]], [[Fosco Giachetti]] (Italy)
*''[[The Lost Letter (1945 film)|The Lost Letter]]'' (Propavshaya gramota) – ([[Soviet films of 1945|USSR]])
*''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'', directed by [[Billy Wilder]], starring [[Ray Milland]] and [[Jane Wyman]]
*''[[Love Letters (1945 film)|Love Letters]]'', starring [[Jennifer Jones]] and [[Joseph Cotten]]

===M===
*''[[Madonna of the Seven Moons]]'', starring [[Phyllis Calvert]] and [[Stewart Granger]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[The Man in Half Moon Street]]'', starring [[Nils Asther]]
*''[[A Medal for Benny]]'', starring [[Dorothy Lamour]]
*''[[The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail|The Men who Tread on the Tiger's Tail]]'' (Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi), directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]] – ([[Japanese films of the 1940s|Japan]])
*''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Joan Crawford]], [[Ann Blyth]], [[Jack Carson]], [[Zachary Scott]], [[Eve Arden]]
*''[[Mom and Dad (1945 film)|Mom and Dad]]'', a hygiene documentary
*''[[Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei|Momotaro, Sacred Sailors]]'' (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei), the first feature-length animated film from Japan
*''[[My Name is Julia Ross]]'', starring [[Nina Foch]]
===N===
*''[[The Naughty Nineties]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]
===O===
*''[[Objective, Burma!]]'', starring [[Errol Flynn]]
*''[[Our Vines Have Tender Grapes]]'', starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Margaret O'Brien]]
===P===
*''[[Pardon My Past]]'', starring [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Marguerite Chapman]]
*''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'', starring [[Robert Donat]] and [[Deborah Kerr]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', starring [[George Sanders]] and [[Hurd Hatfield]]
*''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'', starring [[Googie Withers]] and [[Mervyn Johns]] – (GB)
*''[[La porta del cielo]]'' (The Gate of Heaven), directed by [[Vittorio De Sica]] – ([[Italian films of 1945|Italy]])
*''[[Pride of the Marines]]'', starring [[John Garfield]]
*''[[Pursuit to Algiers]]'', a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson

===R===
*''[[The Rake's Progress (film)|The Rake's Progress]]'', starring [[Rex Harrison]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[The Red Meadows]]'' (De røde enge) – ([[Danish films of the 1940s|Denmark]])
*''[[Rhapsody in Blue (film)|Rhapsody in Blue]]'', a [[biopic]] of [[George Gershwin]] starring [[Robert Alda]]
*''[[Rockin' in the Rockies]]'', starring the [[Three Stooges]]
*''[[Cuando en el cielo pasen lista|Roll Call in Heaven]]'' (Cuando en el cielo pasen lista) – ([[List of Argentine films of 1945|Argentina]])
*''[[Rome, Open City]]'' (Roma Città aperta), directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]], starring [[Anna Magnani]] and [[Aldo Fabrizi]] – (Italy)
*''[[A Royal Scandal (1945 film)|A Royal Scandal]]'', starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*''[[Rustlers' Hideout]]'', starring [[Buster Crabbe]] and [[Al St. John]]
===S===
*''[[Salome Where She Danced]]'', starring [[Yvonne De Carlo]] 
*''[[San Antonio (film)|San Antonio]]'', starring [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Alexis Smith]]
*''[[Saratoga Trunk]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]]
*''[[Scarlet Street]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Joan Bennett]]
*''[[La selva de fuego]] (The Forest Fire), starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Arturo de Córdova]] – ([[Mexican films of 1945|Mexico]])''
*''[[The Seventh Veil]]'', starring [[James Mason]] and [[Ann Todd]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[Son of Lassie]]'', starring [[Peter Lawford]]
*''[[A Song to Remember]]'', a biopic of [[Frédéric Chopin]] starring [[Cornel Wilde]]
*''[[The Southerner (1945 film)|The Southerner]]'', starring [[Zachary Scott]]
*''[[The Spanish Main]]'', starring [[Maureen O'Hara]] and [[Paul Henreid]]
*''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Gregory Peck]]
*''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'', starring [[Dana Andrews]] and [[Jeanne Crain]]
*''[[The Stork Club (1945 film)|The Stork Club]]'', starring [[Betty Hutton]]
*''[[The Story of G.I. Joe]]'', directed by [[William Wellman]], starring [[Burgess Meredith]] and [[Robert Mitchum]]
*''[[The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry]]'', starring [[George Sanders]]

===T===
*''[[That's the Spirit (1945 film)|That's the Spirit]]'', starring [[Jack Oakie]] 
*''[[They Were Expendable]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] and [[John Wayne]]
*''[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]'', starring [[William Powell]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[This Man's Navy]]'', starring [[Wallace Beery]]
*''[[The Three Caballeros]]'', a [[Walt Disney]] animated film starring [[Donald Duck]] and Dora Luz
*''[[Thrill of a Romance]]'', directed by [[Richard Thorpe]], starring [[Esther Williams]] and [[Van Johnson]]
*''[[Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (film)|Thunderhead, Son of Flicka]]'', starring [[Roddy McDowall]]
*''[[Tonight and Every Night]]'', starring [[Rita Hayworth]]
*''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)|A Tree Grows In Brooklyn]]'', directed by [[Elia Kazan]], starring [[Dorothy McGuire]]
*''[[Twice Blessed (1945 film)|Twice Blessed]]'', starring [[Lee and Lyn Wilde]]
*''[[Two O'Clock Courage]]'', starring [[Ann Rutherford]] and [[Tom Conway]]
===U===
*''[[The Unseen (1945 film)|The Unseen]]'', starring [[Joel McCrea]] and [[Gail Russell]]
===V===
*''[[The Valley of Decision]]'', starring [[Greer Garson]] and [[Gregory Peck]]
*''[[La vida en un hilo]]'' (Life on a Wire) – ([[Spanish films of the 1940s|Spain]])
===W===
*''[[A Walk in the Sun (1945 film)|A Walk in the Sun]]'', starring [[Dana Andrews]]
*''[[War Comes to America]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]] and [[Anatole Litvak]]
*''[[Waterloo Road (film)|Waterloo Road]]'', starring [[John Mills]] and [[Stewart Granger]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[The Way to the Stars]]'', starring [[John Mills]] and [[Michael Redgrave]], written by [[Terence Rattigan]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[The Wicked Lady]]'', starring [[Margaret Lockwood]] and [[James Mason]] – ([[British films of 1945|GB]])
*''[[Without Love (film)|Without Love]]'', starring [[Spencer Tracy]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Lucille Ball]]
*''[[The Woman in Green]]'', a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson, co-starring Hillary Brook and Henry Daniell
*''[[Wonder Man (film)|Wonder Man]]'', starring [[Danny Kaye]] and [[Virginia Mayo]]

===Y===
*''[[Yolanda and the Thief]]'', starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Lucille Bremer]]
===Z===
*''[[Ziegfeld Follies (film)|Ziegfeld Follies]]'', with an [[MGM]] all-star cast

==Serials==
*''[[Brenda Starr, Reporter]]'', starring [[Joan Woodbury]]
*''[[Federal Operator 99]]'', starring [[Marten Lamont]]
*''[[Jungle Queen (serial)|Jungle Queen]]'', starring Edward Norris and [[Eddie Quillan]]
*''[[Jungle Raiders (serial)|Jungle Raiders]]''
*''[[Manhunt on Mystery Island]]'', starring [[Richard Bailey (actor)|Richard Bailey]] and [[Linda Stirling]]
*''[[The Master Key (1945 serial)|The Master Key]]'', starring [[Dennis Moore (actor)|Dennis Moore]]
*''[[The Monster and the Ape]]'', starring [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]]
*''[[The Purple Monster Strikes]]'', starring [[Dennis Moore (actor)|Dennis Moore]] and [[Linda Stirling]]
*''[[The Royal Mounted Rides Again]]''
*''[[Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial)|Secret Agent X-9]]'', starring [[Lloyd Bridges]]
*''[[Who's Guilty?]]''

==Short film series==
*''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' ([[1928 in film|1928]]–[[1953 in film|1953]])
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Terrytoons]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–[[1964 in film|1964]])
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' ([[1931 in film|1931]]–[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Scrappy]]'' ([[1931 in film|1931]]–[[1941 in film|1941]])
*''[[Popeye]]'' ([[1933 in film|1933]]–[[1957 in film|1957]])
*''[[Color Rhapsodies]]'' ([[1934 in film|1934]]–[[1949 in film|1949]])
*''[[Donald Duck]]'' ([[1937 in film|1937]]–[[1956 in film|1956]])
*''[[Goofy]]'' ([[1939 in film|1939]]–[[1955 in film|1955]])
*''[[Andy Panda]]'' ([[1939 in film|1939]]–[[1949 in film|1949]])
*''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' ([[1940 in film|1940]]–[[1958 in film|1958]])
*''[[Bugs Bunny]]'' ([[1940 in film|1940]]–[[1962 in film|1962]])
*''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' ([[1941 in film|1941]]–[[1949 in film|1949]])
*''Swing Symphonies'' ([[1941 in film|1941]]-1945)
*''[[The Fox and the Crow (animated characters)|The Fox and the Crow]]'' ([[1941 in film|1941]]–[[1950 in film|1950]])
*''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'' ([[1943 in film|1943]]–[[1949 in film|1949]])
*''[[Droopy]]'' ([[1943 in film|1943]]–[[1958 in film|1958]])
*''[[Screwball Squirrel]]'' ([[1944 in film|1944]]–[[1946 in film|1946]])
*''[[Yosemite Sam]]'' (1945–[[1963 in film|1963]])

==Births==
*January 5 – [[Roger Spottiswoode]], Canadian-British-American director, editor and writer
*January 9 – [[John Doman]], American actor
*January 14 - [[Kathleen Chalfant]], American actress
*January 16 – [[Élisabeth Margoni]], French actress
*January 22
**[[Jophery Brown]], American pitcher, stuntman and actor (died 2014)
**[[Michael Cristofer]], American actor and filmmaker
*January 25 – [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], American actress
*January 28 – [[Marthe Keller]], Swiss actress
*January 29 – [[Tom Selleck]], American actor
*February 1 - [[Don Amendolia]], American actor
*February 3 – [[Marius Weyers]], South African actor
*February 4 – [[Tony Haygarth]], English actor (died 2017)
*February 8 – [[Louis Giambalvo]], American actor
*February 9 – [[Mia Farrow]], American actress
*February 12 – [[Maud Adams]], Swedish actress
*February 16 – [[Jeremy Bulloch]], English actor (died 2020)
*February 17
**[[Brenda Fricker]], Irish actress
**Calvin Jung, American actor
*February 20 – [[Brion James]], American actor (died 1999)
*February 24 – [[Barry Bostwick]], American actor
*February 27 – [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (died 2004)
*February 28 – [[Bubba Smith]], American professional football player and actor (died 2011)
*March 1 – [[Dirk Benedict]], American actor
*March 3
**[[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]], Australian filmmaker
**[[Larry Pine]], American actor
**[[Hattie Winston]], American actress and voice artist
*March 8 – [[Janet Wright]], English-born Canadian actress (died 2016)
*March 13 – [[Whitney Rydbeck]], American actor (died 2024)
*March 24
**[[Curtis Hanson]], American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2016)
**[[Patrick Malahide]], British actor and producer
*March 28 – [[Raine Loo]], Estonian actress (died 2020)
*April 2 – [[Linda Hunt]], American actress
*April 3 – [[Catherine Spaak]], Belgian-Italian actress and singer (died 2022)
*April 4 – [[Caroline McWilliams]], American actress (died 2010)
*April 11 – [[Michael Brandon]], American actor
*April 19 – [[Cleo Sylvestre]], English actress (died 2024)
*May 14 – [[Francesca Annis]], English actress
*May 18 – [[Candice Azzara]], American character actress
*May 24 – [[Priscilla Presley]], American actress
*May 27 – [[Kip Niven]], American actor (died 2019)
*May 30 – [[Makram Khoury]], Israeli-Arab actor
*May 31 – [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], German director, producer and screenwriter (died 1982)
*June 2
**[[Jon Peters]], American producer
**[[Joan Pringle]], American actress
*June 3 – [[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]], Scottish actor
*June 6 – [[David Dukes]], American actor (died 2000)
*June 11 – [[Adrienne Barbeau]], American actress
*June 12 – [[Edwin Neal]], American actor
*July 1 – [[Debbie Harry]], American actress and singer (lead vocalist of [[Blondie (band)]])
*July 3 – [[Mickey Rooney Jr.]], American actor (died 2022)
*July 4 – [[Bruce French (actor)|Bruce French]], American actor
*July 6 – [[Burt Ward]], American actor
*July 15 - [[Jeffrey Kramer]], American actor and producer
*July 19 – [[George Dzundza]], American actor
*July 21 – [[Sergio Calderón]], Mexican-born American actor (died 2023)
*July 23 – [[Edie McClurg]], American actress and voice actress
*July 26 – [[Helen Mirren]], English actress
*August 2 – [[Joanna Cassidy]], American actress
*August 5 – [[Loni Anderson]], American actress
*August 14 
**[[Steve Martin]], American actor and comedian
**[[Wim Wenders]], German director, producer and screenwriter
*August 15
**[[Jill Haworth]], English-American actress (died 2011)
**[[Nigel Terry]], English actor (died 2015)
*August 16 – [[Bob Balaban]], American actor, director, producer and writer
*August 21 – [[Patty McCormack]], American actress
*August 23 – [[Bob Peck]], English actor (died 1999)
*August 24 – [[Cástulo Guerra]], Argentine actor
*August 28 – [[Jeannie Linero]], American actress
*September 10 – [[Dennis Burkley]], American actor (died 2013)
*September 11 – [[Felton Perry]], American actor
*September 15
**[[Roy Brocksmith]], American actor (died 2001)
**[[Clive Merrison]], British actor
*September 17 – [[Bruce Spence]], New Zealand actor
*September 22 – [[Paul Le Mat]], American actor
*October 7 – [[Michael Wallis]], American journalist and voice actor
*October 17 – [[Thomas Kopache]], American actor
*October 18 – [[Huell Howser]], American actor, television personality, host, comedian (died 2013)
*October 19 – [[John Lithgow]], American actor
*October 20 – [[George Wyner]], American actor
*October 21 – [[Everett McGill]], American actor
*October 23 – [[Hugh Fraser (actor)|Hugh Fraser]], English actor
*October 26 – [[Jaclyn Smith]], American actress
*October 27 – [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (died 2004)
*October 30 – [[Henry Winkler]], American actor
*October 31 – [[Brian Doyle-Murray]], American actor and comedian
*November 2 – [[JD Souther]], American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2024)
*November 8 – [[Angela Scoular]], English actress (died 2011)
*November 10
**[[Terence Davies]], English screenwriter and director (died 2023)
**[[Douglas Gresham]], American-British actor and producer
*November 15
**[[Roger Donaldson]], Australian-New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer
**[[Bob Gunton]], American character actor
*November 19 – [[Paula Weinstein]], American producer (died 2024)
*November 21 – [[Goldie Hawn]], American actress
*November 26 – [[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]], American actor
*November 27 – [[James Avery (actor)|James Avery]], American actor (died 2013)
*November 28 – [[John Hargreaves (actor)|John Hargreaves]], Australian actor (died 1996)
*November 30 – [[Billy Drago]], American actor (died 2019)
*December 1 – [[Bette Midler]], American actress, comedian and singer
*December 7 – [[Clive Russell]], Scottish actor
*December 9 – [[Michael Nouri]], American actor
*December 13 – [[Heather North]], American actress (died 2017)
*December 17 – [[Ernie Hudson]],  American actor
*December 21 – [[Mari Lill]], Estonian actress 
*December 24 – [[Nicholas Meyer]],  American screenwriter, director and producer
*December 25
**[[Rick Berman]], American producer and screenwriter
**[[Gary Sandy]], American actor
*December 30 – [[Lloyd Kaufman]], American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
*December 31
**[[Barbara Carrera]], Nicaraguan-born American actress
**[[Vernon Wells (actor)|Vernon Wells]], Australian character actor

==Deaths==
*January 14 – [[Heinrich Schroth]], 73, German actor, ''[[Dr. Hart's Diary]]'', ''[[Melody of a Great City]]'', ''[[Die Entlassung]]'', ''[[Rembrandt (1942 film)|Rembrandt]]''
*February 18 - [[Jimmy Butler (actor)|Jimmy Butler]], 23, American actor
*February 23 – [[Reginald Barker]], 58, American director, ''[[Civilization (film)|Civilization]]'', ''[[The Bargain (1914 film)|The Bargain]]'', ''[[The Coward (1915 film)|The Coward]]'', ''[[The Moonstone (1934 film)|The Moonstone]]''
*March 4 – [[Lucille La Verne]], 72, American actress, ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)|Abraham Lincoln]]'', ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'', ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
*March 4 – [[Mark Sandrich]], 44, American director, ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'', ''[[Follow the Fleet]]'', ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]''
*March 30 – [[Béla Balogh]], 60, Hungarian director
*April 10 – [[Gloria Dickson]], 27, American actress, ''[[Lady of Burlesque]]'', ''[[They Won't Forget]]''
*April 16 – [[Willie Fung]], 49, Chinese-American actor, ''[[Come On, Cowboys]]'', ''[[The Great Profile]]''
*April 29 – [[Malcolm McGregor]], 52, American silent screen star, ''[[Lady of the Night (1925 film)|Lady of the Night]]'', ''[[The Circle (1925 film)|The Circle]]'', ''[[The Whispering Shadow]]'', ''[[The Ladybird (film)|The Ladybird]]''
*May 4 – [[Anna Dodge]], 77, American actress, ''[[The Extra Girl]]'', ''[[Ride for Your Life]]''
*July 13 – [[Alla Nazimova]], 66, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress, ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]'', ''[[Salomé (1923 film)|Salomé]]'', ''[[Since You Went Away]]'', ''[[Madame Peacock]]''
*July 19 – [[George Barbier (actor)|George Barbier]], 80, American actor, ''[[No One Man]]'', ''[[Evenings for Sale]]'', ''[[The Cat's-Paw]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Dope]]''
*August 11 – [[Stefan Jaracz]], 61, Polish actor, ''[[Countess Walewska (1914 film)|Countess Walewska]]''
*September 1 – [[Terry (dog)|Terry]], 11, American performing Cairn Terrier, ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''
*November 11 – [[Jerome Kern]], 60, American composer, ''[[Show Boat (1936 film)|Show Boat]]'', ''[[Swing Time (1936 film)|Swing Time]]''
*November 12 – [[Jaro Fürth]], 74, Austrian actor, ''[[Diary of a Lost Girl]]'', ''[[Joyless Street]]''
*November 21 – [[Robert Benchley]], 56, American writer and actor, ''[[Foreign Correspondent (film)|Foreign Correspondent]]'', ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]'', ''[[Road to Utopia]]''
*December 25 – [[Russell Gleason]], 37, American actor, ''[[Undercover Agent]]'', ''[[The Covered Trailer]]'', ''[[News Is Made at Night]]''

==Debuts==
*[[Robert Alda]] – ''[[Rhapsody in Blue (film)|Rhapsody in Blue]]''
*[[Barbara Billingsley]] – ''[[Adventure (1945 film)|Adventure]]'' 
*[[Kathryn Card]] – ''[[Kiss and Tell (1945 film)|Kiss and Tell]]''
*[[Mario Castellani]] – ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1945 film)|Romulus and the Sabines]]''
*[[Jeff Chandler]] – ''[[Thrill of a Romance]]''
*[[Steve Cochran]] – ''[[Booked on Suspicion]]''
*[[William Conrad]] – ''Pillow to Post''
*[[June Foray]] – ''[[Bring on the Girls (film)|Bring on the Girls]]''
*[[Vincent Gardenia]] – ''[[The House on 92nd Street]]''
*[[Vittorio Gassman]] – ''Inconto con Laura''
*[[Maxine Gates]] – ''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]''
*[[Laura Gore]] – ''Romulus and the Sabines''
*[[Coleen Gray]] – ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''
*[[Jane Greer]] – ''[[Pan-Americana]]''
*[[Dwayne Hickman]] – ''[[Captain Eddie]]''
*[[John Ireland]] – ''[[A Walk in the Sun (1945 film)|A Walk in the Sun]]''
*[[David Janssen]] – ''[[It's a Pleasure (film)|It's a Pleasure]]''
*[[Silvana Mangano]] – ''[[The Last Judgment (1945 film)|The Last Judgment]]''
*[[E. G. Marshall]] – ''The House on 92nd Street''
*[[Murray Matheson]] – ''[[The Way to the Stars]]''
*[[Darren McGavin]] – ''[[A Song to Remember]]''
*[[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]] – ''[[What Next, Corporal Hargrove?]]''
*[[Roger Moore]] – ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]''
*[[Phillip Pine]] – ''[[The Sailor Takes a Wife]]''
*[[John Russell (actor)|John Russell]] – ''[[A Royal Scandal (1945 film)|A Royal Scandal]]''
*[[Dean Stockwell]] – ''[[The Valley of Decision]]''
*[[Audrey Totter]] – ''[[Main Street After Dark]]''
*[[Howard Vernon]] – ''[[Boule de Suif (1945 film)|Boule de Suif]]''

== Star ranking according to Motion Picture Herald exhibitor's poll ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Star
|-
|1
|[[Bing Crosby]]
|-
|2
|[[Van Johnson]]
|-
|3
|[[Greer Garson]]
|-
|4
|[[Betty Grable]]
|-
|5
|[[Spencer Tracy]]
|-
|6
|[[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Gary Cooper]]
|-
|7
|[[Bob Hope]]
|-
|8
|[[Judy Garland]]
|-
|9
|[[Margaret O'Brien]]
|-
|10
|[[Roy Rogers]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Source: Best Years Going to the Movies, 1945-1946 <ref>{{Cite book |last=Affron |first=Charles |title=Best Years Going to the Movies, 1945-1946 |last2=Affron |first2=Mirella Jona |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780813548456 |location=New Brunswick, NJ |pages=297}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1945-01-01,1945-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1945 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1945-01-01,1945-12-31&adult=include List of 1945 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1945-01-01,1945-12-31&adult=include List of 1945 births] at [[IMDb]]

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