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| 1 |  | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |  3.6399 100 reviews | PG | Drama, Christmas, Classic |
$9.99
| George Bailey is a selfless man in turmoil. When he misplaces $8000 he feels it's the end and ...more about It's a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart and Donna Reed |
| 2 |  | Notorious (1946) | 3.6021 28 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Film-Noir |
$39.95
| After her father is convicted of treason and commits suicide Alicia is asked by the U.S. government ...more about Notorious starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
| 3 |  | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) | 3.5152 47 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance |
$4.86
| Three American servicemen return home to Boone City after the war, to find their lives irrevocably ...more about Best Years of Our Lives starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March |
| 4 |  | Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946) |  3.1748 34 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.68
| Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a ...more about Postman Always Rings Twice starring Lana Turner and John Garfield |
| 5 |  | Great Expectations (1946) | 3.1734 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$27.95
| Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows ...more about Great Expectations starring Anthony Wager and Valerie Hobson |
| 6 |  | Gilda (1946) | 3.0103 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Film-Noir |
$10.23
| Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by ...more about Gilda starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford |
| 7 |  | Anna and the King of Siam (1946) | 2.9841 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$4.86
| In 1862, young English widow Anna Owens accepts the job of teaching the royal children of Siam. On ...more about Anna and the King of Siam starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison |
| 8 |  | Spiral Staircase, The (1946) | 2.9809 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.99
| Beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for old ailing Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren's two sons, ...more about Spiral Staircase starring Dorothy McGuire and George Brent |
| 9 |  | Yearling, The (1946) | 2.9519 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Family |
$4.49
| After the American Civil War, a rebel soldier and his wife become pioneer farmers in Florida. Their ...more about Yearling starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman |
| 10 |  | Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946) | 2.8499 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir |
$3.95
| In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in ...more about Strange Love of Martha Ivers starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin |
| 11 |  | Stranger, The (1946) | 2.8368 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$1.99
| Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has ...more about Stranger starring Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young |
| 12 |  | Black Angel (1946) | 2.8100 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$8.89
| Kirk Bennett is falsely sentenced to death for killing blackmailer Mavis Marlowe, ex-wife of ...more about Black Angel starring Dan Duryea and June Vincent |
| 13 |  | Bedlam (1946) | 2.8035 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$12.71
| Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of ...more about Bedlam starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee |
| 14 |  | Duel in the Sun (1946) | 2.7711 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$5.79
| When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chevez goes to live ...more about Duel in the Sun starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten |
| 15 |  | Dark Corner, The (1946) |  2.7416 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved to New York from San Fransisco after serving a jail ...more about Dark Corner starring Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb |
| 16 |  | Humoresque (1946) | 2.7222 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Film-Noir |
$8.68
| Helen Wright, a neurotic society woman, sets her sights on ambitious young violinist Paul Boray, ...more about Humoresque starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield |
| 17 |  | Blue Dahlia, The (1946) | 2.7183 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend ...more about Blue Dahlia starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake |
| 18 |  | Devotion (1946) | 2.6391 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte vie for the affection of the Reverend ...more about Devotion starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid |
| 19 |  | To Each His Own (1946) | 2.6391 4 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. ...more about To Each His Own starring Mary Anderson and Roland Culver |
| 20 |  | Jolson Story, The (1946) | 2.6346 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$11.99
| This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson. A little Jewish boy comes up against ...more about Jolson Story starring Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes |
| 21 |  | I See a Dark Stranger (1946) | 2.6260 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$5.99
| Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are ...more about I See a Dark Stranger starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard |
| 22 | | Just Before Dawn (1946) | 2.5113 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner ...more about Just Before Dawn starring Warner Baxter and Adele Roberts |
| 23 | | Night Editor (1946) | 2.5113 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | ...more about Night Editor starring William Gargan and Janis Carter |
| 24 | | Men of Two Worlds (1946) | 2.5113 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Men of Two Worlds starring Robert Adams and Eric Portman |
| 25 | | Sister Kenny (1946) | 2.5052 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for ...more about Sister Kenny starring Rosalind Russell and Alexander Knox |
| 26 | | One More Tomorrow (1946) | 2.4748 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer ...more about One More Tomorrow starring Ann Sheridan and Reginald Gardiner |
| 27 |  | Diary of a Chambermaid, The (1946) | 2.4702 3 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use ...more about Diary of a Chambermaid starring Paulette Goddard and Hurd Hatfield |
| 28 |  | Night and Day (1946) | 2.4611 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical, Music |
$12.71
| The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the ...more about Night and Day starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith |
| 29 |  | Nocturne (1946) | 2.4596 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | Police detective Joe Warne investigates the shooting of womanizing composer Keith Vincent. Evidence ...more about Nocturne starring George Raft and Lynn Bari |
| 30 |  | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) | 2.4382 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$5.14
| Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in ...more about Love Laughs at Andy Hardy starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone |
| 31 | | Three Strangers (1946) | 2.4382 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | According to a legend, if three strangers gather before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of ...more about Three Strangers starring Sydney Greenstreet and Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| 32 | | Crack-Up (1946) | 2.4139 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | George Steele, art curator at a small museum, has an apparent mental breakdown one night, convinced ...more about Crack-Up starring Claire Trevor and Ray Collins |
| 33 |  | Deception (1946) | 2.4131 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Music teacher Christine Radcliffe thought Karel Novak to have been killed in the war. She loves him ...more about Deception starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid |
| 34 |  | Two Years Before the Mast (1946) | 2.2556 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | Charles Stewart, the "Pilgrim" owner's playboy son, finds himself shanghaied on his father's ship ...more about Two Years Before the Mast starring Alan Ladd and Brian Donlevy |
| 35 | | Till the End of Time (1946) |  2.2313 3 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Three former GIs have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of ...more about Till the End of Time starring Dorothy McGuire and Bill Williams |
| 36 |  | Courage of Lassie (1946) | 2.2252 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War, Family |
$4.60
| Bill's separated from his litter and grows up on an island, making friends with the wild creatures ...more about Courage of Lassie starring Elizabeth Taylor and Tom Drake |
| 37 |  | Mask of Diijon, The (1946) | 2.2099 1 reviews | NA | Drama |
$18.99
| ...more about Mask of Diijon starring Erich von Stroheim and Jeanne Bates |
| 38 | | Of Human Bondage (1946) | 2.1871 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Of Human Bondage starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker |
| 39 | | Nobody Lives Forever (1946) | 2.1734 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich young widow, but finds himself falling ...more about Nobody Lives Forever starring John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| 40 |  | My Reputation (1946) | 2.1734 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. ...more about My Reputation starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent |
| 41 | | Captive Heart, The (1946) | 2.1369 6 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | After the evacuation at Dunkirk, June 1940, some thousands of British prisoners are sent to German ...more about Captive Heart starring Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson |
| 42 | | Locket, The (1946) | 2.1241 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir | N/A | Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancée John Willis... until, just before the ceremony, ...more about Locket starring Laraine Day and Brian Aherne |
| 43 |  | Strange Woman, The (1946) | 2.1186 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$21.09
| Beautiful Jenny Hager finds she can always get what she wants from the men in the 1820's port of ...more about Strange Woman starring Hedy Lamarr and George Sanders |
| 44 |  | Stolen Life, A (1946) | 2.1186 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Kate Bosworth and her twin sister Patricia fall in love with Martha's Vineyard lighthouse inspector ...more about Stolen Life starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford |
| 45 | | Curse of the Wraydons, The (1946) | 2.1186 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror | N/A | Based on a "famous" play , Spring-Heeled Jack or The Terror of London by Maurice Sandoz. Opening ...more about Curse of the Wraydons starring Tod Slaughter and Bruce Seton |
| 46 | | Night in Paradise, A (1946) | 1.9908 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Night in Paradise starring Merle Oberon and Ernest Truex |
| 47 | | Decoy (1946) | 1.9679 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Gangster Frank Olins (Robert Armstrong) is to die in the gas chamber much to the dismay of his ...more about Decoy starring Jean Gillie and Robert Armstrong |
| 48 |  | Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) | 1.9634 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir | N/A | Elizabeth and John say good-bye as John leaves to go to war. When the war ends, Elizabeth receives ...more about Tomorrow Is Forever starring Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles |
| 49 | | Strange Impersonation (1946) | 1.9542 4 reviews | NA | Drama |
$20.95
| A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anaesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by ...more about Strange Impersonation starring Brenda Marshall and William Gargan |
| 50 | | Battle of the Rails, The (1946) | 1.9329 3 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Battle of the Rails starring Jean Clarieux |
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