Category:1946, Top Films

1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945

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1947 -- 1948 -- 1949 -- 1950

Ranking

My Picks

-- #1. It's a Wonderful Life -- #2. Notorious -- #4. Beauty and the Beast -- #7. The Best Years of Our Lives -- #8. A Matter of Life and Death -- #9. Great Expectations -- #10. The Killers -- #11. Paisan -- #13. Shoeshine <Best International> -- #14. The Stranger -- #15. The Postman Always Rings Twice -- #19. The Spiral Staircase -- #21. Green for Danger -- #43. Song of the South

Limbo

-- #3. The Big Sleep -- #5. My Darling Clementine -- #6. Gilda -- #16. Duel in the Sun -- #47. The Yearling

Critical Reception

= MUBI, Best Films (1946)

-- #1. It's a Wonderful Life -- #2. Notorious -- #3. <The Big Sleep> -- #4. Beauty and the Beast -- #5. <My Darling Clementine> -- #6. <Gilda> -- #7. The Best Years of Our Lives -- #8. A Matter of Life and Death -- #9. Great Expectations -- #10. The Killers

-- #11. Paisan -- #12. Ritual in Transfigured Time -- #13. Shoeshine -- #14. The Stranger -- #15. The Postman Always Rings Twice -- #16. <Duel in the Sun> -- #17. Cluny Brown -- #18. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers -- #19. The Spiral Staircase -- #20. No Regrets for Our Youth

-- #21. Green for Danger -- #24. A Night in Casablanca -- #29. <The Diary of a Chambermaid> -- #39. The Razor's Edge

-- #43. Song of the South -- #47. <The Yearling>

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1946)

-- #1. The Jolson Story -- #2. The Best Years of Our Lives -- #3. The Green Years -- #4. Anna and the King of Siam -- #5. The Yearling -- #6. Duel in the Sun -- #7. Saratoga Trunk -- #8. Henry V (1944) -- #9. Notorious -- #10. Night and Day (1946)

-- #11. Brief Encounter -- #12. To Each His Own -- #13. It's a Wonderful Life -- #14. Sister Kenny -- #15. Caesar and Cleopatra -- #16. The Razor's Edge -- #17. The Killers -- #18. Stairway to Heaven -- #19. The Spiral Staircase -- #20. The Seventh Veil -- #21. Gilda -- #22. Tomorrow Is Forever -- #23. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers -- #24. A Stolen Life -- #25. Kitty -- #26. The Big Sleep -- #27. Humoresque -- #28. The Postman Always Rings Twice -- #29. The Harvey Girls -- #30. The Kid from Brooklyn

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Henry V (1944) -- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Razor's Edge -- The Yearling -- Brief Encounter (1945) -- The Killers

[4^] Golden Globe, Best Films

-- The Yearling -- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Sister Kelly -- The Razor's Edge -- The Last Chance

Top Grossing Films

-- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Duel in the Sun -- The Jolson Story -- Blue Skies -- Saratoga Trunk -- The Outlaw -- The Razor's Edge -- Night and Day -- Notorious -- The Yearling

Schneider, Best Films

-- The Postman Always Rings Twice -- The Stranger -- Notorious -- The Killers -- Paisan -- Beauty and the Beast -- Stairway to Heaven -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Great Expectations -- It's a Wonderful Life

-- Gilda -- The Big Sleep -- A Day in the Country -- My Darling Clementine

National Board of Review

-- Henry V (1944) -- Rome, Open City (1945) -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Brief Encounter (1945) -- A Walk in the Sun (1945) -- It Happened at the Inn (1943) -- My Darling Clementine -- The Diary of a Chambermaid -- The Killers -- <Anna and the King of Siam>

National Film Registry

-- The Best Years of Our Lives -- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Killers -- Notorious

-- <My Darling Clementine> -- <The Big Sleep>

-- Gilda -- John Henry and the Inky-Poo <short> -- Let There Be Light <doc> -- The Story of Menstruation <short>

American Film Institute

-- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Best Years of Our Lives

NYT, Best Films

-- The Spiral Staircase -- Shoeshine -- The Postman Always Rings Twice -- Notorious -- The Killers -- Paisan -- Beauty and the Beast -- Stairway to Heaven -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Green for Danger -- Great Expectations -- It's a Wonderful Life

-- My Darling Clementine -- Anna and the King of Siam -- The Big Sleep -- <The Yearling> -- The Overlanders

TSPDT, Best Films

-- It's a Wonderful Life -- Notorious -- Stairway to Heaven -- Paisan -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Beauty and the Beast -- Great Expectations

-- My Darling Clementine -- The Big Sleep -- Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 -- <Duel in the Sun> -- Gilda

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Notorious -- The Killers -- Beauty and the Beast -- Stairway to Heaven -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- It's a Wonderful Life -- Great Expectations

-- My Darling Clementine -- The Big Sleep -- Gilda

Film101, Best Films

-- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Notorious -- Beauty and the Beast -- My Darling Clementine -- Great Expectations -- The Big Sleep -- A Matter of Life and Death -- The Killers -- Paisan -- Gilda -- The Postman Always Rings Twice -- The Spiral Staircase -- Green for Danger

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #5. My Darling Clementine -- #9. Great Expectations -- #10. The Killers

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Boys' Ranch -- Great Expectations (UK) -- The Green Years -- Home, Sweet Homicide -- Irgendwo in Berlin (Germany) -- Paisan (Italy) -- Sciuscià / Shoeshine (Italy) -- Song of the South

-- <Tarzan and the Leopard Woman> -- <The Yearling>

-- A Boy, a Girl and a Dog -- Courage of Lassie -- Ginger -- Home in Oklahoma -- Hop Harrigan -- Hue and Cry (UK) -- Little Mister Jim -- The Mighty McGurk -- My Dog Shep -- Personality Kid -- The Return of Rusty -- Song of Arizona -- Son of the Regiment (Russia) -- Sun Valley Cyclone -- Trouble at Townsend (UK) -- Le visiteur (France)