1944

1. Ivan the Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein)
2. Going My Way (Leo McCarey)
3. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges)
4. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
5. The Woman In the Window (Fritz Lang)
6. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
7. Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise)
8. Gaslight (George Cukor)
9. Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson)
10. Bluebeard (Edgar G. Ulmer)

Honorable Mentions:
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock), Meet Me In St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli), Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges), Laura (Otto Preminger), Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk), The Uninvited (Lewis Allen), The Fighting Seabees (Edward Ludwig)