YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1946

 

1. THE BIG SLEEP
2. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
3. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
4. NOTORIOUS
5. PAISAN
6. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
7. THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE
8. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
9. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH
10. GILDA
11. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
12. THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
13. UNDERCURRENT
14. THE BLUE DAHLIA
15. THE KILLERS
16. THE OVERLANDERS
17. TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
18. THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
19. THE GHOST OF RASHMON HALL
20. I SEE A DARK STRANGER
21. EASY TO WED
22. A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA
23. THE CHASE
24. CANYON PASSAGE
25. SO DARK THE NIGHT
26. SONG OF THE SOUTH
27. THE STRANGER
28. THE VERDICT
29. DECOY
30. GREEN FOR DANGER
31. TERROR BY NIGHT
32. MAKE MINE MUSIC
33. STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP
34. THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS
35. THREE STRANGERS
36. DARK ALIBI
37. DRAGONWYCK
38. HOUSE OF HORRORS
39. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
40. BEDLAM
41. THEY MADE ME A KILLER
42. LITTLE GIANT
43. THE FACE OF MARBLE
44. SHOCK
45. DUEL IN THE SUN
46. MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER
47. DRESSED TO KILL
48. THE TRAP
49. DANGEROUS MONEY
50. BLONDIE KNOWS BEST
51. BLONDIE'S LUCKY DAY
52. THE BRUTE MAN
53. TALL, TAN AND TERRIFIC
54. MIDNIGHT MENACE
55. BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD
56. LONDON TOWN
57. GENIUS AT WORK
58. BLACK ANGEL
59. LADY IN THE LAKE
60. DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL
61. SHE-WOLF OF LONDON