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Best Movies of 1945

The highest-rated films released in 1945, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

๐Ÿ“Š A century of movies in numbers 5 titlesavg โ˜… 7.64 avg 100 min DramaRomanceWarHistory

Most watched in 1945

SpellboundSpellbound1945 ยท โ˜… 7.4 ยท 1h 51m Rome, Open CityRome, Open City1945 ยท โ˜… 8.0 ยท 1h 44m Brief EncounterBrief Encounter1945 ยท โ˜… 7.7 ยท 1h 26m The Lost WeekendThe Lost Weekend1945 ยท โ˜… 7.6 ยท 1h 41m To Have and Have NotTo Have and Have Not1945 ยท โ˜… 7.5 ยท 1h 40m
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  1. #1 Rome, Open City (1945) ยท โ˜… 8.0 ยท 996 votes ยท 1h 44m ยท drama, history, war

    During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.โ€ฆ

  2. #2 Brief Encounter (1945) ยท โ˜… 7.7 ยท 729 votes ยท 1h 26m ยท romance, drama

    Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their cโ€ฆ

  3. #3 The Lost Weekend (1945) ยท โ˜… 7.6 ยท 689 votes ยท 1h 41m ยท drama

    Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by hโ€ฆ

  4. #4 To Have and Have Not (1945) ยท โ˜… 7.5 ยท 587 votes ยท 1h 40m ยท adventure, romance, war

    A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.โ€ฆ

  5. #5 Spellbound (1945) ยท โ˜… 7.4 ยท 1,012 votes ยท 1h 51m ยท thriller, romance, drama

    When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually anโ€ฆ

Questions

What is the best movie of 1945?
By TMDB user rating among films with at least 500 votes, Rome, Open City leads 1945 with 8.0/10, followed by Brief Encounter (7.7).
What was the most watched film of 1945?
Measured by TMDB vote count, Spellbound drew the most engagement with 1,012 votes.
How many notable films came out in 1945?
This index counts 5 films from 1945 with 500 or more TMDB votes; their average rating is 7.64 and average runtime 100 minutes.
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