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[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Mom and Dad
- Leave Her to Heaven
- The Lost Weekend
- State Fair (musical remake of 1933 film)
- The Dolly Sisters
- The Valley of Decision
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- Spellbound
- Anchors Aweigh
- Thrill of a Romance
- Dillinger
- Mildred Pierce
- The Clock
[edit] Awards
ACADEMY AWARDS:
- Best Picture: The Lost Weekend - Paramount
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
- Best Supporting Actor: James Dunn - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere - National Velvet
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:
- Best Picture: The Lost Weekend
- Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's
- Best Film for Promoting International Good Will: The House I Live In (short film)
[edit] Films released in 1945
- Anchors Aweigh
- Back to Bataan, directed by Edward Dmytryk, with John Wayne
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noel Coward
- Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
- Caesar and Cleopatra
- Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, released following the liberation of France
- The Clock
- Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
- Detour
- Dillinger
- The Dolly Sisters
- The House I Live In (short film)
- The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont
- Leave Her to Heaven
- The Lost Weekend
- Mildred Pierce
- Mom and Dad
- Rome, Open City -(Roma Città aperta) by Rossellini
- Saratoga Trunk
- The Spanish Main
- Spellbound
- State Fair
- The Three Caballeros
- Thrill of a Romance
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- The Valley of Decision
- The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan
- The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason
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