1944 in film
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Events
Top grossing films
- North America
- Going My Way starring Bing Crosby
- Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
- Hollywood Canteen
- A Guy Named Joe
- The White Cliffs of Dover
Other movies released
Movies released in 1944 include:
- Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby
- Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
- Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn
- Gaslight
- Laura
- Since You Went Away
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount
- Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Births
- January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
- January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor
- February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
- April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress
- May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer
- August 8 - Peter Weir, film director
- September 2 - Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002)
Deaths
- December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress
- December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actorde:Filmjahr 1944