My Top 20 by Year - 1943
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 87 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(May 2023)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Goupi mains rouges (It Happened at the Inn, Becker, 1943)
L'éternel retour (Love Eternal, Delannoy, 1943)
Les anges du péché (Angels of the Streets, Bresson, 1943)
Lumière d'été (Summer Light, Grémillon, 1943)
Edge of Darkness (Milestone, 1943)
The Man in Grey (Arliss, 1943)
Ordet (The Word, Molander, 1943)
Air Force (Hawks, 1943)
Jane Eyre (R. Stevenson, 1943)
Mission to Moscow (Curtiz, 1943)
Holy Matrimony (Stahl, 1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (Bacon, 1943)
Old Acquaintance (V. Sherman, 1943)
The Human Comedy (C. Brown, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (Sandrich, 1943)
Bataan (Garnett, 1943)
Destination Tokyo (D. Daves, 1943)
Mr. Lucky (H.C. Potter, 1943)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 87 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(May 2023)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Goupi mains rouges (It Happened at the Inn, Becker, 1943)
L'éternel retour (Love Eternal, Delannoy, 1943)
Les anges du péché (Angels of the Streets, Bresson, 1943)
Lumière d'été (Summer Light, Grémillon, 1943)
Edge of Darkness (Milestone, 1943)
The Man in Grey (Arliss, 1943)
Ordet (The Word, Molander, 1943)
Air Force (Hawks, 1943)
Jane Eyre (R. Stevenson, 1943)
Mission to Moscow (Curtiz, 1943)
Holy Matrimony (Stahl, 1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (Bacon, 1943)
Old Acquaintance (V. Sherman, 1943)
The Human Comedy (C. Brown, 1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (Sandrich, 1943)
Bataan (Garnett, 1943)
Destination Tokyo (D. Daves, 1943)
Mr. Lucky (H.C. Potter, 1943)
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- DirectorTex AveryStarsKent RogersTex AverySara BernerA man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.OL. 10/10.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsThorkild RooseLisbeth MovinSigrid NeiiendamThe young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonFrank GrahamThe Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.OL.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsArthur Q. BryanRobert ClampettBea BenaderetElmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.OL.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsTsumasaburô BandôKeiko SonoiYasushi NagataMatsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.OL.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettBugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.OL.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsPinto ColvigDessie FlynnNorma SwankPluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale, making their debut, using the cannon-like gun as their own personal nutcracker.OL. 9/10.
- DirectorMaya DerenAlexander HammidStarsMaya DerenAlexander HammidA woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.OL. 8/10.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.OL.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsRoger LiveseyDeborah KerrAnton WalbrookFrom the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.TV.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGene TierneyDon AmecheCharles CoburnAn old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.TV.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsEmilio CigoliLuciano De AmbrosisIsa PolaFour-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.PC.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël RoquevertRoland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world, and after one year, the devil comes and asks for his due.OL.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaPat McGeehanTwo buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.OL.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBea BenaderetSara BernerMel BlancThe story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.OL.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaIn honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.OL.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsPierre FresnayGinette LeclercMicheline FranceyA French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.TV.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsJennifer JonesCharles BickfordWilliam Eythe14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.OL.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.PC.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsJean ArthurJoel McCreaCharles CoburnDuring the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.OL.
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsAnthony VeillerIon AntonescuNikolay CherkasovDocumentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.OL.
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsGeneral BergeretKarl BrandtWinston ChurchillThe World War II US Government account of the European theatre of the war from after the English and French entry to the fall of France.OL.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsHumphrey BogartBruce BennettJ. Carrol NaishAfter the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.TV. 8/10.
