This is a list of American films that were released in 1945. In that year, the film The Lost Weekend won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott and Costello in Hollywood | Comedy | MGM | |||
| Adventure | Adventure | MGM | |||
| Adventures of Kitty O'Day | Mystery | Monogram
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| Adventures of Rusty | Paul Burnford | Drama | Columbia | ||
| The Affairs of Susan | Comedy | Paramount | |||
| Allotment Wives | Drama | Monogram | |||
| Along Came Jones | Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest | Western | RKO | ||
| Along the Navajo Trail | Western | Republic | |||
| An Angel Comes to Brooklyn | Comedy | Republic | |||
| Anchors Aweigh | Musical | MGM | |||
| And Then There Were None | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. Written by Agatha Christie | |||
| Apology for Murder | Crime drama | PRC | |||
| Arson Squad | Crime | PRC |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Bataan | War | RKO | |||
| Bad Men of the Border | Western | Universal | |||
| Bandits of the Badlands | Western | Republic | |||
| Bedside Manner | Comedy | United Artists | |||
| Behind City Lights | Drama | Republic | |||
| A Bell for Adano | War Drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Bells of Rosarita | Western | Republic | |||
| The Bells of St. Mary's | Drama | RKO. Sequel to Going My Way | |||
| Betrayal from the East | War | RKO | |||
| Between Two Women | Drama | ||||
| Bewitched | Drama | MGM | |||
| Beyond the Pecos | Western | Universal | |||
| The Big Show-Off | Comedy | Republic | |||
| Black Market Babies | Drama | Monogram | |||
| Blazing the Western Trail | Western | Columbia | |||
| Blonde from Brooklyn | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Blonde Ransom | Drama | Universal | |||
| Blood on the Sun | Thriller | United Artists | |||
| The Body Snatcher | Horror | RKO | |||
| Border Badmen | Western | PRC | |||
| Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion | Mystery | Columbia | |||
| Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Mystery | Columbia | |||
| Both Barrels Blazing | Western | Columbia | |||
| Brewster's Millions | Comedy | United Artists | |||
| The Brighton Strangler | Crime drama | ||||
| Bring on the Girls | Comedy | Paramount | |||
| The Bullfighters | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota | Western | Republic | |||
| The Daltons Ride Again | Western | Universal | |||
| Dangerous Intruder | Crime | PRC | |||
| Dangerous Partners | Crime | MGM | |||
| Danger Signal | Crime | Warner Bros. | |||
| Delightfully Dangerous | Musical | United Artists | |||
| Detour | PRC | ||||
| Diamond Horseshoe | Musical | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Dick Tracy | Mystery | RKO. Based on comic strip | |||
| Dillinger | Crime biopic | Monogram | |||
| Divorce | Drama | Monogram | |||
| Docks of New York | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| Doll Face | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | |||
| The Dolly Sisters | Musical | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Don Juan Quilligan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Don't Fence Me In | Western | Republic | |||
| Duffy's Tavern | Comedy | Paramount | |||
| Eadie Was a Lady | Musical | Columbia | |||
| Earl Carroll Vanities | Musical | Republic | |||
| Easy to Look At | Musical | Universal | |||
| The Enchanted Cottage | RKO | ||||
| The Enchanted Forest | Family | PRC | |||
| Enemy of the Law | Western | PRC | |||
| Escape in the Desert | Edward A. Blatt | Drama | Warner Bros. | ||
| Escape in the Fog | Film noir | ||||
| Eve Knew Her Apples | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Falcon in San Francisco | Mystery | RKO | ||
| Fallen Angel | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Fashion Model | Monogram | |||
| The Fatal Witness | Crime | Republic | ||
| Fighting Bill Carson | Western | PRC | ||
| First Yank into Tokyo | War | RKO | ||
| Flame of Barbary Coast | Western | Republic | ||
| Flame of the West | Western | Monogram | ||
| Flaming Bullets | Western | PRC | ||
| Fog Island | Mystery | PRC | ||
| Follow That Woman | Comedy | Paramount | ||
| Forever Yours | Drama | Monogram | ||
| Frisco Sal | Western | Universal | ||
| Frontier Feud | Western | Monogram | ||
| Frontier Fugitives | Western | PRC | ||
| Frontier Gal | Western | Universal | ||
| The Frozen Ghost | Horror | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Game of Death | Horror | RKO | |||
| Gangs of the Waterfront | Crime | Republic | |||
| Gangster's Den | Western | PRC | |||
| The Gay Senorita | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| G. I. Honeymoon | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| George White's Scandals | Musical | RKO | |||
| Getting Gertie's Garter | Comedy | United Artists | |||
| The Girl of the Limberlost | Drama | Columbia | |||
| Girls of the Big House | Crime drama | Republic | |||
| God Is My Co-Pilot | War | Warner Bros. | |||
| The Great Flamarion | Republic | ||||
| The Great John L. | Biopic | United Artists | |||
| Great Stagecoach Robbery | Western | Republic | |||
| Grissly's Millions | Mystery | Republic | |||
| Guest Wife | Comedy | United Artists | |||
| Gun Smoke | Western | Monogram | |||
| A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Comedy | Columbia |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangover Square | Drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Having Wonderful Crime | Comedy | RKO | |||
| Here Come the Co-Eds | Comedy | Universal | |||
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | Romantic comedy | MGM | |||
| Her Lucky Night | Musical | Universal | |||
| The Hidden Eye | Mystery | MGM | |||
| High Powered | Drama | Paramount | |||
| His Brother's Ghost | Western | PRC | |||
| Hit the Hay | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Hitchhike to Happiness | Musical | Republic | |||
| Hold That Blonde | Comedy | Paramount | |||
| Hollywood and Vine | Alexis Thurn-Taxis | Comedy | PRC | ||
| Honeymoon Ahead | Comedy | ||||
| The Horn Blows at Midnight | Comedy | Warner Bros. | |||
| Hotel Berlin | Drama | Warner Bros. | |||
| House of Dracula | Horror | ||||
| The House on 92nd Street | Drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| How Doooo You Do!!! | Comedy | PRC |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love a Bandleader | Musical comedy | Columbia | |||
| I Love a Mystery | Drama | Columbia | |||
| Identity Unknown | Drama | Republic | |||
| I'll Remember April | Comedy crime | Universal | |||
| I'll Tell the World | Comedy | Universal | |||
| In Old New Mexico | Western | Monogram. Cisco Kid series. | |||
| Incendiary Blonde | Biography | Paramount. Story of Texas Guinan | |||
| Isle of the Dead | Horror | RKO | |||
| It's a Pleasure | Musical | RKO | |||
| It's in the Bag! | Comedy | United Artists | |||
| The Jade Mask | Mystery | ||||
| Jealousy | Thriller | Republic | |||
| Johnny Angel | Drama | RKO | |||
| The Jungle Captive | Horror | Universal | |||
| Junior Miss | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Your Powder Dry | Drama | MGM | |||
| The Kid Sister | Comedy | PRC | |||
| Kiss and Tell | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Kitty | Drama | Paramount | |||
| The Lady Confesses | PRC | ||||
| Lady on a Train | Universal | ||||
| Lawless Empire | Western | Columbia | |||
| Leave Her to Heaven | 20th Century Fox
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| Leave It to Blondie | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Let's Go Steady | Musical | Columbia | |||
| Life with Blondie | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Lightning Raiders | Western | PRC | |||
| Lone Texas Ranger | Western | Republic | |||
| The Lonesome Trail | Western | Monogram | |||
| The Lost Trail | Western | Monogram | |||
| The Lost Weekend | Drama | Paramount
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| Love, Honor and Goodbye | Comedy | Republic | |||
| Love Letters | Drama | Paramount |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street After Dark | Drama | MGM | |||
| Mama Loves Papa | Comedy | RKO | |||
| Man Alive | Comedy | RKO | |||
| The Man in Half Moon Street | Drama | Paramount | |||
| The Man from Oklahoma | Western | Republic | |||
| The Man Who Walked Alone | Mystery | PRC | |||
| Marked for Murder | Western | PRC | |||
| Marshal of Laredo | Western | Republic | |||
| Masquerade in Mexico | Musical | Paramount | |||
| A Medal for Benny | Drama | Paramount | |||
| Men in Her Diary | Comedy | Universal | |||
| Mexicana | Musical | Republic | |||
| Midnight Manhunt | Paramount | ||||
| Mildred Pierce | Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson | Warner Bros. From book by James M. Cain; Oscar for Crawford | |||
| The Missing Corpse | Mystery | PRC | |||
| Molly and Me | Musical comedy | ||||
| Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| Murder, He Says | Mystery | Paramount | |||
| My Name Is Julia Ross | Columbia |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo Kid | Western | PRC | |||
| The Navajo Trail | Western | Monogram | |||
| The Naughty Nineties | Comedy | Universal | |||
| Night Club Girl | Comedy | Universal | |||
| Nob Hill | Drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Northwest Trail | Western | Lippert | |||
| Objective, Burma! | War | Warner Bros. | |||
| On Stage Everybody | Musical | Universal | |||
| Oregon Trail | Western | Republic | |||
| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Drama | MGM | |||
| Out of the Depths | War | Columbia | |||
| Out of This World | Comedy | Paramount | |||
| Outlaws of the Rockies | Western | Columbia | |||
| Over 21 | Comedy | Columbia |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Americana | Romance | RKO | |||
| Pardon My Past | Comedy | Columbia | |||
| Paris Underground | Drama | United Artists | |||
| Patrick the Great | Comedy | Universal | |||
| Penthouse Rhythm | Comedy | Universal | |||
| The Phantom of 42nd Street | Mystery | PRC | |||
| Phantom of the Plains | Western | Republic | |||
| The Phantom Speaks | Horror | Republic | |||
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | MGM | ||||
| Pillow of Death | Horror | Universal | |||
| Pillow to Post | Comedy | Warner Bros. | |||
| The Power of the Whistler | Mystery | Columbia | |||
| Prairie Rustlers | Western | PRC | |||
| Pride of the Marines | War Biography | Warner Bros. | |||
| Prison Ship | War | Columbia | |||
| Pursuit to Algiers | Mystery | Universal. Sherlock Holmes |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Stars on Parade | Comedy | RKO | |||
| Renegades of the Rio Grande | Western | Universal | |||
| The Return of the Durango Kid | Western | Columbia | |||
| Rhapsody in Blue | Biography | Warner Bros. Story of George Gershwin | |||
| Rhythm Round-Up | Western musical | Columbia | |||
| Riders of the Dawn | Western | Monogram | |||
| River Gang | Crime | Universal | |||
| Road to Alcatraz | Crime | Republic | |||
| Rockin' in the Rockies | Western musical | Columbia | |||
| Rough Riders of Cheyenne | Western | Republic | |||
| Rough Ridin' Justice | Western | Columbia | |||
| Roughly Speaking | Comedy drama | Warner Bros. | |||
| Rough, Tough and Ready | Chester Morris, Victor McLaglen, Jean Rogers | Action | Columbia | ||
| A Royal Scandal | Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Rustlers' Hideout | Western | PRC | |||
| Rustlers of the Badlands | Western | Columbia |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Western Skies | Western | Universal | |||
| The Unseen | Thriller | Paramount | |||
| Utah | Western | Republic | |||
| The Valley of Decision | Drama | MGM | |||
| The Vampire's Ghost | Horror | Republic | |||
| Voice of the Whistler | Mystery | Columbia | |||
| Wagon Wheels Westward | Western | Republic | |||
| A Walk in the Sun | War drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | Western | RKO | |||
| Week-End at the Waldorf | MGM | ||||
| West of the Pecos | Western | RKO | |||
| What a Blonde | Comedy | RKO | |||
| What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Comedy | MGM | |||
| Where Do We Go from Here? | Musical | 20th Century Fox | |||
| White Pongo | Adventure | PRC | |||
| Why Girls Leave Home | Drama | PRC | |||
| Wildfire | Western | Lippert | |||
| Within These Walls | Drama | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Without Love | Comedy | MGM | |||
| The Woman in Green | Mystery | Universal. Sherlock Holmes | |||
| The Woman Who Came Back | Comedy | Republic | |||
| Wonder Man | Comedy | RKO |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolanda and the Thief | Musical comedy | MGM | |||
| You Came Along | Comedy | Paramount. Screenplay by Ayn Rand | |||
| Youth on Trial | Drama | Columbia | |||
| Ziegfeld Follies | Musical revue | MGM | |||
| Zombies on Broadway | Horror comedy | RKO |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Marine Division on Okinawa | Documentary | Oscar-nominated film on Battle of Okinawa | ||
| Appointment in Tokyo | Documentary | produced by Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps | ||
| The Battle of San Pietro | Mark W. Clark, John Huston (narrator) | Documentary | Short subject | |
| Death Mills | Documentary | |||
| Fury in the Pacific | Documentary | U.S. Armed Forces | ||
| Here Is Germany | Documentary | U.S. military propaganda | ||
| The House I Live In | Documentary | 10 minutes | ||
| The Last Bomb | Documentary | U.S. military propaganda | ||
| Mom and Dad | Documentary | Hygiene film | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. America | Documentary | produced by U.S. Treasury | ||
| The Nazi Plan | Documentary | |||
| Saga of the Franklin | War, Documentary | U.S. Navy production | ||
| Target Invisible | Documentary | U.S. Treasury film | ||
| To the Shores of Iwo Jima | War Documentary | |||
| Topaz | ||||
| The True Glory | ||||
| War Comes to America | War documentary | |||
| Your Job In Germany | War, Documentary | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Starr, Reporter | Columbia | |||
| Federal Operator 99 | Republic | |||
| Jungle Queen | Universal | |||
| Jungle Raiders | Serial | Universal | ||
| Manhunt of Mystery Island | 3 directors | Linda Stirling, Richard Bailey | 15 parts | |
| The Master Key | ||||
| The Purple Monster Strikes | ||||
| The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Universal | |||
| Secret Agent X-9 | Universal | |||
| Strange Confession | Universal | |||
| Who's Guilty? | Serial | Columbia | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booby Dupes | Columbia | |||
| Draftee Daffy | Warner Bros. | |||
| Flirty Birdy | ||||
| The Friendly Ghost | ||||
| Hare Tonic | Warner Bros. | |||
| Hare Trigger | Warner Bros. | |||
| Herr Meets Hare | Warner Bros. | |||
| Hockey Homicide | Disney | |||
| Idiots Deluxe | Columbia | |||
| If a Body Meets a Body | Columbia | |||
| Intelligence and the Japanese Civilian | ||||
| It Happened in Harlem | Musical comedy | All-American News | ||
| Life with Feathers | ||||
| Micro-Phonies | Columbia | |||
| The Mouse Comes to Dinner | MGM | |||
| My Japan | ||||
| Okinawa Bulletins | ||||
| Our Job in Japan | ||||
| Quiet Please! | ||||
| Remember These Faces | Filmed by U.S. Navy | |||
| The Stilwell Road | ||||
| The Story of the 14th Air Force | ||||
| Swing Shift Cinderella | MGM | |||
| A Tale of Two Mice | ||||
| Tee for Two | ||||
| The Three Caballeros | Animation | RKO, Disney | ||
| Three Pests in a Mess | Columbia Pictures | |||
| The Town | ||||
| Wings for This Man | ||||