This movie page looks at 1943 Top Box Office Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1943 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 33,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1943 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1943. Obviously many movies made in 1942 earned box office dollars in 1943. On the other side many movies made in 1943 made money in 1943 and later. This page will looks at 123 1943 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1943 that are in our database. Since we are constantly adding new movies to our database….this page will quickly become obsolete. We will try and update this page on a regular basis.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1943
1943 Top Box Office Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1943 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
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- Sort 1943 Top Box Office Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1943 Top Box Office Movies received.
- Sort 1943 Top Box Office Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: Variety Magazine – January 6th 1943
Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions
Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio
Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 7: Wikipedia
Source 8: IMDb.com
Source 9: “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy
Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds
But Wait…Do You Want More Stats?….Well We Have More Stats For You….Adjusted Worldwide Grosses on 43 1943 Movies
- Action in the North Atlantic (1943) $277.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Air Force (1943) $331.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Background to Danger (1943) $139.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Bataan (1943) $250.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Behind The Rising Sun (1943) $224.40 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Best Foot Forward (1943) $216.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Cabin In The Sky (1943) $157.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Constant Nymph, The (1943) $282.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Cross of Lorraine, The (1943) $100.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Destination Tokyo (1943) $367.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case (1943) $62.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) $280.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Edge of Darkness (1943) $294.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Fallen Sparrow, The (1943) $138.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Forever And A Day (1943) $156.30 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Girl Crazy (1943) $280.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Government Girl (1943) $157.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- ‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (1943) $193.50
- Guy Named Joe, A (1943) $402.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Human Comedy, The (1943) $306.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- I Dood It (1943) $173.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943) $227.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Lassie Come Home (1943) $362.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Madame Curie (1943) $370.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Man From Down Under, The (1943) $85.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- More the Merrier, The (1943) $211.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Mr. Lucky (1943) $291.40 North Star (1943) $244.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Northern Pursuit (1943) $260.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Old Acquaintance (1943) $293.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Pilot #5 (1943) $77.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Presenting Lily Mars (1943) $260.90 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Princess O’Rourke (1943) $248.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Sky’s The Limit, The (1943) $175.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Tarzan Triumphs (1943) $213.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943) $160.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Tender Comrade (1943) $212.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) $290.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- They Got Me Covered (1943) $269.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- This is the Army (1943) $854.40 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Thousands Cheer (1943) $472.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Watch on the Rhine (1943) $271.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- We’ve Never Been Licked (1943) $96.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Youngest Profession, The (1943) $124.30 million in adjusted worldwide gross
Box Office Grosses From The Awesome Research From Mike
A Scream in the Night $3,500.00 Lon Chaney Jr. John Ince
Adventure in Iraq $142,250.00 Ruth Ford John Loder
Adventures of a Rookie $398,200.00 Margaret Landry Wally Brown
Alaska Highway $244,050.00 Jean Parker Richard Arlen
All by Myself $221,100.00 Rosemary Lane Patric Knowles
Always a Bridesmaid $329,650.00 Grace McDonald Patric Knowles
Appointment in Berlin $298,058.00 Marguerite Chapman George Sanders
Arizona Trail $650.00 Janet Shaw Tex Ritter
Around the World $498,900.00 Joan Davis Mischa Auer
Bar 20 $2,275.00 Robert Mitchum William Boyd
Beyond the Last Frontier $550.00 Robert Mitchum Eddie Dew
Black Market Rustlers $1,394.00 Evelyn Finley Ray Corrigan
Blazing Frontier $600.00 Marjorie Manners Buster Crabbe
Bomber’s Moon $415,250.00 Annabella George Montgomery
Bordertown Gun Fighters $388.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
Boss of Rawhide $650.00 Nell O’Day Dave O’Brien
California Joe $600.00 Helen Talbot Don ‘Red’ Barry
Calling Dr. Death $184,720.00 Patricia Morison Lon Chaney, Jr.
Calling Wild Bill Elliott $167.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
Campus Rhythm $104,725.00 Gale Storm Johnny Downs
Canyon City $600.00 Helen Talbot Don ‘Red’ Barry
Captive Wild Woman $211,350.00 Evelyn Ankers John Carradine
Cinderella Swings It $179,700.00 Gloria Warren Guy Kibbee
Colt Comrades $1,850.00 Robert Mitchum William Boyd
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher Gale Storm Edgar Kennedy
Cowboy Commandos $866.00 Evelyn Finley Ray Corrigan
Cowboy in Manhattan $303,538.00 Frances Langford Robert Paige
Crime Doctor $303,200.00 Margaret Lindsay Warner Baxter
Danger! Women at Work $106,310.00 Patsy Kelly-10 Addison Randall
Dangerous Blondes $267,950.00 Evelyn Keyes Allyn Joslyn
Days of Old Cheyenne $4,320.00 Lynn Merrick Don ‘Red’ Barry
Dead Men Walk $92,125.00 Mary Carlisle George Zucco
Death Valley Manhunt $1,575.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
Death Valley Rangers $5,500.00 Linda Brent Ken Maynard
Devil Riders $2,000.00 Patti McCarty Buster Crabbe
Doughboys in Ireland $261,700.00 Robert Mitchum Kenny Baker
False Colors $2,700.00 Robert Mitchum William Boyd
False Faces $138,137.00 Veda Ann Borg Stanley Ridges
Fighting Frontier $15,716.00 Ann Summers Tim Holt
Fired Wife $318,200.00 Diana Barrymore Robert Paige
Follies Girl $101,475.00 Wendy Barrie Gordon Oliver
Footlight Glamour $381,400.00 Penny Singleton Arthur Lake
Frontier Badmen $318,233.00 Anne Gwynne Robert Paige
Frontier Law $1,300.00 Jennifer Holt Russell Hayden
Gals, Incorporated $288,361.00 Harriet Hilliard Leon Errol
Gangway for Tomorrow $396,850.00 Robert Ryan John Carradine
Get Going $229,000.00 Grace McDonald Robert Paige
Gildersleeve on Broadway $232,250.00 Billie Burke Harold Peary
Gildersleeve’s Bad Day $224,850.00 Jane Darwell Harold Peary
Girls in Chains $22,438.00 Arline Judge Roger Clark
Good Luck, Mr. Yates $244,100.00 Claire Trevor Jess Barker
Good Morning, Judge $314,770.00 Louise Allbritton Dennis O’Keefe
Harvest Melody $76,150.00 Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs
Headin’ for God’s Country $30,775.00 Virginia Dale William Lundigan
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House $301,200.00 Olive Blakeney Jimmy Lydon
Henry Aldrich Swings It $459,075.00 Olive Blakeney Jimmy Lydon
Here Comes Elmer $95,900.00 Dale Evans Al Pearce
Here Comes Kelly $113,125.00 Joan Woodbury Eddie Quillan
Hi Diddle Diddle $537,000.00 Martha Scott Adolphe Menjou
Hitler’s Madman $421,500.00 Patricia Morison John Carradine
Hi’ya, Sailor $221,925.00 Elyse Knox Donald Woods
Honeymoon Lodge $386,300.00 Harriet Hilliard David Bruce
I Escaped from the Gestapo $62,100.00 John Carradine Dean Jagger
Is Everybody Happy? $226,200.00 Nan Wynn Ted Lewis
It’s a Great Life $287,300.00 Penny Singleton Arthur Lake
Jive Junction $31,883.00 Tina Thayer Dickie Moore
Kid Dynamite $23,300.00 Pamela Blake Leo Gorcey
Klondike Kate $244,600.00 Ann Savage Tom Neal
Larceny with Music $198,925.00 Kitty Carlisle Leo Carrillo
Law of the Northwest $1,500.00 Shirley Patterson Charles Starrett
Leather Burners $2,108.00 Robert Mitchum William Boyd
Melody Parade $205,750.00 Mary Beth Hughes Eddie Quillan
Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event $333,725.00 Lupe Velez Leon Errol
Minesweeper $307,133.00 Jean Parker Richard Arlen
Moonlight in Vermont $319,800.00 Gloria Jean Ray Malone
Mr. Muggs Steps Out $70,960.00 Joan Marsh Leo Gorcey
Mystery Broadcast $147,925.00 Ruth Terry Frank Albertson
Mystery of the 13th Guest $76,850.00 Helen Parrish Dick Purcell
Nazty Nuisance $25,500.00 Jean Porter Bobby Watson
Nearly Eighteen $41,375.00 Gale Storm Rick Vallin
Never a Dull Moment $272,668.00 Frances Langford Ritz Brothers
Nobody’s Darling $223,025.00 Mary Lee Louis Calhern
Outlaws of Stampede Pass $870.00 Ellen Hall Johnny Mack Brown
Over My Dead Body $192,875.00 Mary Beth Hughes Milton Berle
Overland Mail Robbery $525.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
Paris After Dark $293,050.00 Brenda Marshall George Sanders
Passport to Suez $261,175.00 Lloyd Bridges Warren William
Petticoat Larceny $340,700.00 Ruth Warrick Walter Reed
Pistol Packin’ Mama $200,800.00 Ruth Terry Robert Livingston
Prairie Chickens $243,810.00 Marjorie Woodworth Jimmy Rogers
Quiet Please, Murder $298,150.00 Gail Patrick George Sanders
Raiders of San Joaquin $727.00 Jennifer Holt Johnny Mack Brown
Redhead from Manhattan $169,370.00 Lupe Velez Michael Duane
Return of the Vampire $180,550.00 Frieda Inescort Bela Lugosi
Revenge of the Zombies $85,050.00 Gale Storm John Carradine
Riders of the Deadline $2,525.00 Robert Mitchum William Boyd
Riders of the Rio Grande $160.00 Lorraine Miller Bob Steele
Rookies in Burma $433,000.00 Joan Barclay Wally Brown
Saddles and Sagebrush $320.00 Ann Savage Russell Hayden
Sarong Girl $109,650.00 Ann Corio Tim Ryan
Seeds of Freedom $5,500.00 Aline MacMahon Aleksandr Antonov
Shantytown $235,720.00 Mary Lee John Archer
She’s for Me $208,600.00 Grace McDonald David Bruce
Silver City Raiders $600.00 Alma Carroll Russell Hayden
Silver Spurs $76,180.00 Phyllis Brooks Roy Rogers
Six Gun Gospel $1,075.00 Inna Gest Johnny Mack Brown
Sleepy Lagoon $191,525.00 Judy Canova Dennis Day
Smart Guy $71,750.00 Veda Ann Borg Rick Vallin
So This is Washington $116,575.00 Mildred Coles Chester Lauck
Son of Dracula $263,353.00 Louise Allbritton Lon Chaney, Jr.
Song of Texas $100,850.00 Sheila Ryan Roy Rogers
So’s Your Uncle $153,818.00 Billie Burke Donald Woods
Spy Train $47,740.00 Catherine Craig Richard Travis
Squadron Leader X $165,725.00 Ann Dvorak Eric Portman
Submarine Alert $344,950.00 Wendy Barrie Richard Arlen
Submarine Base $37,400.00 Fifi D’Orsay John Litel
Suspected Person $18,000.00 Patricia Roc Clifford Evans
Swing Out the Blues $316,600.00 Lynn Merrick Bob Haymes
Swing Shift Maisie $581,700.00 Ann Sothern James Craig
Swingtime Johnny $332,350.00 Andrew Sisters Peter Cookson
Teen Age $50,500.00 Sylvia Stanton Herbert Heyes
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground $1,242.00 Jennifer Holt Johnny Mack Brown
The Avenging Rider $1,575.00 Ann Summers Tim Holt
The Black Raven $7,625.00 Wanda McKay George Zucco
The Chance of a Lifetime $256,875.00 Jeanne Bates Chester Morris
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case $254,400.00 Lynn Merrick Warner Baxter
The Deerslayer $48,050.00 Jean Parker Bruce Kellogg
The Falcon and the Co-eds $331,900.00 Jean Brooks Tom Conway
The Falcon in Danger $256,650.00 Jean Brooks Tom Conway
The Gang’s All Here $2,500.00 Alice Faye Phil Baker
The Ghost and the Guest $8,061.00 Florence Rice James Dunn
The Ghost Ship $257,368.00 Edith Barrett Richard Dix
The Girl from Monterrey $87,425.00 Armida Edgar Kennedy
The Good Fellows $249,950.00 Helen Walker Cecil Kellaway
The Great Mr. Handel $2,500.00 Elizabeth Allan Wilfrid Lawson
The Kansan $211,950.00 Jane Wyatt Richard Dix
The Leopard Man $220,100.00 Margo Dennis O’Keefe
The Lone Star Trail $825.00 Robert Mitchum Johnny Mack Brown
The Mad Ghoul $159,301.00 Evelyn Ankers David Bruce
The Man from Thunder River $695.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
The Renegade $1,075.00 Lois Ranson Buster Crabbe
The Saint Meets the Tiger $154,025.00 Jean Gillie Hugh Sinclair
The Seventh Victim $199,850.00 Jean Brooks Tom Conway
The Spider Woman $300,400.00 Gale Sondergaard Basil Rathbone
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler $162,768.00 Gale Sondergaard
The Stranger from Pecos $312.00 Christine McIntyre Johnny Mack Brown
The Sultan’s Daughter $132,825.00 Ann Corio Charles Butterworth
The Texas Kid $2,200.00 Shirley Patterson Johnny Mack Brown
The Underdog $8,850.00 Jan Wiley Barton MacLane
The Unknown Guest $244,800.00 Pamela Blake Victor Jory
The Vigilantes Ride $600.00 Shirley Patterson Russell Hayden
The West Side Kid $112,733.00 Dale Evans Don ‘Red’ Barry
There’s Something About a Soldier $249,750.00 Evelyn Keyes Tom Neal
They Came to Blow Up America $308,050.00 Anna Sten George Sanders
Three Russian Girls $268,450.00 Anna Sten Kent Smith
Tiger Fangs $28,860.00 June Duprez Frank Buck
Time to Kill $199,750.00 Heather Angel Lloyd Nolan
Tornado $200,193.00 Nancy Kelly Chester Morris
Trail of Terror $1,400.00 Patricia Knox Dave O’Brien
Two Señoritas from Chicago $238,524.00 Joan Davis Bob Haymes
Wagon Tracks West $883.00 Anne Jeffreys Bill Elliott
Western Cyclone $1,100.00 Marjorie Manners Buster Crabbe
Where Are Your Children? $526,900.00 Gale Storm Jackie Cooper
Whispering Footsteps $205,133.00 Rita Quigley John Hubbard
Women in Bondage $371,400.00 Gail Patrick William Henry
Yanks Ahoy $246,950.00 Marjorie Woodworth William Tracy
You Can’t Beat the Law $9,900.00 Joan Woodbury Edward Norris
You’re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith $209,600.00 Evelyn Ankers Allan Jones
I didn’t see any films that should be in the $100m level: Hitler’s Children; Claudia; Stage Door Canteen; Mission To Moscow; Holy Matrimony; Happy Land; The Hard Way and of course Casablanca
Should Background to Danger be in the $100m level from a $1.3m in B.o. rental reported in Variety 1943 top grossers?
Hey Kevin.
1. Casablanca is listed as a 1942 movie….somehow (the way it was originally was released) got to compete with the 1943 movies for Best Picture….I thought I had included it in my 1942 page….but a quick review shows that I did not…..so I went and added it into this page.
2. Not sure why Stage Door Canteen did not make the transfer when movie the movies from our database to our website…..seems our database needs to go to the shop for some maintenance as errors like this have become more frequent of late. But I add it to the table.
3. The other movies you mentioned….have not been added to my database….this list of 110 movies…..is just the ones in my database…that have been researched 100%…..looking at the database…there are 53 more movies that only have box office gross…..which did not get included….I know I have been a slacker….lol.
4. Background to Danger is listed as 1.3 million according to Variety…..but from the Warner Brothers ledgers….the numbers are $487,000 domestically and $1,250,000 internationally….meaning it did almost 3 times better overseas than in America.
Thanks as always for your attention to the numbers….it keeps me on my toes…:)
Cogerson
I think movies are eligible for the Academy Awards in the year they opened in Los Angeles. Casablanca opened in the fall of 1942, but didn’t play LA until 1943. I have a theory why, but with absolutely no proof. I think Warner Brothers held it back from LA for one year so it didn’t have to compete with Mrs. Miniver, and perhaps also their own hit, Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Just on Casablanca, I noticed in re-watching it recently that for all it strong suits, it is rather Hollywoodish, for want of a better term. Highly romantic and unrealistic. All kinds of folks are fleeing Europe. What is it that none of them have to take with them? Children. No one is burdened with a family. Just couples fleeing with mainly romantic problems. Mrs. Miniver probably connected more with average folks in that period when what most thought about first was what is going to happen to my family.
Don’t get me wrong. Casablanca is more fun to watch today. But I can see how a film about a mother and father worrying about their son dying in the war was more likely to touch a nerve at that moment than a romantic triangle movie, no matter how well done.
Also,I like to add My Friend Flicka; The Moon is Down; and White Savage are also in the $100m adj. dollar range.
Hey Kevin all of those movies are now included in the table….which means all the Top Grossers in Variety are listed.
I have seen 48 of these movies.
I noticed that you did not share a link for Shadow of A Doubt which you can add a Directed by Hitchcock link.
Favourite Films of mine from 1943 are:
Shadow of a Doubt
A Guy Named Joe
Destination Tokyo
The Ox-Bow Incident
The More The Merrier
Phantom of the Opera
Lassie Come Home
Jane Eyre
The Outlaw
Cabin in the Sky
Hey Flora….my tally is 12…since your comment….I have added in Casablanca and Stage Door Canteen….so I know your tally is either 49 or 50….as I know you have seen Casablanca….not sure about Stage Door Canteen.
I have also added the link to Sir Alfred in the Shadow of a Doubt co-star column…thanks for pointing that out. Our your favorites…I have seen 5 of them…with Shadow of a Doubt (I need to do a Joseph Cotten page) and The Ox-Bow Incident.
Thanks for the headsup, the visit and the comment….all are greatly appreciated.
I’ve seen both Casablanca and Stage Door Canteen, so my total is 50.
I would love you to do a Joseph Cotten page.
Hey Flora…. I will put Mr. Cotten on the request list.
Thank-you for adding Joseph Cotten to the Request list.
Lots of great movies here. My favorite would be Lady Takes A Chance and Slightly Dangerous
Hey SteinHOF…..thanks for stopping by. I liked Lady Takes A Chance as well. I will have to check out Slightly Dangerous.
Wow, over 70 movies making over 100 million! I never really liked For Whom The Bells Toll, apart from it being in color, i couldn’t see what the fuss was about. I suppose Hollywood was in the middle of Bergman fever and she could do no wrong.
I always liked The Song Of Bernadette, although not everybody’s cup of tea. Jennifer Jones was superb in the role. My favourite Hitchcock movie, Shadow of Doubt, although it didn’t do great box office which is a pity as it is one of his best.
A good year for Davis with Watch on the Rhine and Old Acquaintances. As I’ve said before i cant understand the Anomaly of Casablanca being a 1942 movie but winning for 1943.
Hey Chris the 1940s was the peak decade for movie admissions….I think the newsreels really helped ticket sales…. as I am sure that is where many got their WW2 news from. That helped many movies cross that $100 milllion mark.
I agree with you about For Whom The Bell Tolls….I thought it was a decent movie but have never wanted to watch it again. But like you I really enjoyed The Song of Bernadette.
Hitch was still a few years from becoming a huge box office draw…..he did get a great performance out of Joseph Cotten. Cotten had it tough ….having to work with those unknown young directors like Hitchcock and Welles….lol.
This was the final year of Davis’ dominance….she still had some decent movies but not like she did from 1937-1943. Thanks for the feedback….it is greatly appreciated.
Cogerson
I think a very astute point about newsreels. I am certain most knew what was happening off radio and newspapers, but actually seeing the dramatic films must have been a great draw. I never really considered that until you pointed it out.
What seems to be the case, off the chart on movie attendance I posted a while back, is that the WWII years were an aberration. 16 million out of a 131 million population in the service created a unique social situation. Movies might have been the favored entertainment for those who didn’t have anyone to date. And the draw of the newsreels had to be a big factor.
Here are the 127 1943 films I’ve seen since December 1992 when I had hit film 8000 that I had seen. Key – title, studio, top 1 or 2 cast members if listed, date seen and source (TV channel, tape or DVD)
ADVENTURES OF TARTU (U.K.) 1943 MGM ROBERT DONAT VALERIE HOBSON 3/28 1994 55
ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS 1943 UNI JOHNNY DOWNS 1/26 1993 TAPE
AERIAL GUNNER 1943 PAR RICHARD ARLEN CHESTER MORRIS 9/5 1994 CUNY
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE 1943 COL CHESTER MORRIS RICHARD LANE 4/21 2012 TCM
APPOINTMENT IN BERLIN 1943 COL GEORGE SANDERS MARGUERITE CHAPMAN 10/29 2012 TCM
ARIZONA TRAIL 1943 UNI 6/3 2012 WEST
ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY 1943 MGM JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT SUSAN PETERS 1/5 2000 TCM
BATTLE OF BRITAIN (DOC.) 1943 WB 12/7 2009 TCM
BELLS GO DOWN (U.K.) 1943 UA TOMMY TRINDER JAMES MASON 12/30 2010 TCM
BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER 1943 REP 8/11 2015 MOVIES
BILLY THE KID IN FUGITIVE OF THE PLAINS 1943 PRC BUSTER CRABBE 11/4 2009 DVD
BLACK RAVEN 1943 PRC XXX XXX 12/25 1994 21
BLAZING FRONTIER 1943 PRC BUSTER CRABBE 9/23 2009 DVD
BLAZING GUNS 1943 MONO HOOT GIBSON KEN MAYNARD 4/16 1995 TNT
BLOCKED TRAIL 1943 REP TOM TYLER BOB STEELE 4/28 2004 WEST
CALABOOSE 1943 UA XXX XXX 3/20 2007 TCM
CALLING DR. DEATH 1943 UNI LON CHANEY JR. 9/19 1997 TAPE
CAMPUS RHYTHM 1943 MONO JOHNNY DOWNS GALE STORM 11/25 2008 TCM
CAPTIVE WILD WOMEN 1943 UNI EVELYN ANKERS 11/5 1995 SCI
CATTLE STAMPEDE 1943 PRC BUSTER CRABBE 12/20 2010 DVD
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME 1943 COL CHESTER MORRIS DOUGLAS FOWLEY 9/1 2007 TCM
CHEYENNE ROUNDUP 1943 UNI JOHNNY MACK BROWN TEX RITTER 12/20 2009 DVD
CITY WITHOUT MEN 1943 COL LINDA DARNELL 6/5 1994 CUNY
COLT COMRADES 1943 UA WILLIAM BOYD VICTOR JORY 3/13 2001 WEST
CONSTANT NYMPH 1943 WB CHARLES BOYER JOAN FONTAINE 9/29 2011 TCM
CORREGIDOR 1943 PRC OTTO KRUEGER ELLISA LANDI 12/11 2012 DVD
CRIME DOCTOR 1943 COL WARNER BAXTER MARGARET LINDSAY 12/9 2008 TCM
CRIME DOCTOR’S STRANGEST CASE 1943 COL WARNER BAXTER LLOYD BRIDGES 3/25 2007 TCM
CRIMES AT DARK HOUSE (U.K.) 1943 EXPLOITION PICTURES TOD SLAUGHTER 4/16 2013 DVD
CROSS OF LORRAINE 1943 MGM JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT GENE KELLY 11/3 1998 TCM
CRYSTAL BALL 1943 UA RAY MILLAND PAULETTE GODDARD 8/2 2011 TCM
DANGEROUS BLONDES 1943 COL ALLYN JOSLYN EVELYN KEYES 5/24 2010 TCM
DARK TOWER (U.K.) 1943 WB 9/26 2012 TCM
DAYS OF OLD CHEYENNE 1943 RE P DON ‘RED’ BARRY LYNN MERRICK 7/18 2005 WEST
DEATH VALLEY MANHUNT 1943 REP BILL ELLIOTT ANNE JEFFREYS 4/24 2000 WEST
DEATH VALLEY RANGERS 1943 MONO KEN MAYNARD HOOT GIBSON 11/7 2007 TCM
DEMI PARADISE (U.K.) 1943 TWO CITIES LAURENCE OLIVIER 11/29 1995 31
DESTINATION TOKYO 1943 WB CARY GRANT JOHN GARFIELD 7/18 1994 TMC
DIVIDE AND CONQUER (DOC.) 1943 WAR DEPT. 12/7 2009 TCM
DON WINSLOW OF THE COAST GUARD 1943 UNI XXX XXX 1/19 1996 TAPE
DR. GILLESPIE’S CRIMINAL CASE 1943 MGM LIONEL BARRYMORE VAN JOHNSON 1/16 2005 TCM
FIGHTING FRONTIER 1943 RKO TIM HOLT CLIFF EDWARDS 6/12 2001 TCM
FIND THE BLACKMAILER 1943 WB GENE LOCKHART FAYE EMERSON 7/10 2001 TCM
GANGWAY FOR TOMORROW 1943 RKO XXX XXX 5/5 1993 AMC
GHOST AND THE GUEST 1943 PRC JAMES DUNN FLORENCE RICE 6/20 2010 DVD
GHOST RIDER 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 1/26 2010 DVD
GHOST SHIP 1943 RKO RICHARD DIX 10/31 1998 TCM
GIRLS IN CHAINS 1943 PRC ARLINE JUDGE ROGER CLARK 7/2 2007 TCM
GOVERNMENT GIRL 1943 RKO OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND SONNY TUFTS 7/4 1993 AMC
GUY NAMED JOE 1943 MGM SPENCER TRACY IRENE DUNNE 1/2 1995 TMC
HANGMEN ALSO DIE 1943 UA BRIAN DONLEVY WALTER BRENNAN 3/10 2003 TCM
HAPPY GO LUCKY 1943 PAR MARY MARTIN DICK POWELL 3/23 1995 AMC
HAPPY LAND 1943 FOX DON AMECHE FRANCES DEE 7/1 2002 FXM
HARRIGAN’S KID 1943 MGM WILLIAM GARGAN BOBBY READICK 5/2 2009 TCM
HEAVENLY BODY 1943 MGM HEDY LAMARR WILLIAM POWELL 10/3 1998 TCM
HI DIDDLE DIDDLE 1943 UA DENNIS O’KEEFE MARTHA SCOTT 4/26 1993 21
HITLER’S MADMAN 1943 MGM PATRICIA MORISON JOHN CARRADINE 10/16 2002 TCM
I DOOD IT 1943 MGM RED SKELTON ELEANOR POWELL 12/21 1998 TCM
IDAHO 1943 REP ROY ROGERS 1/9 1994 21
IMMORTAL SERGEANT 1943 FOX HENRY FONDA THOMAS MITCHELL 7/22 2014 TCM
KID RIDES AGAIN 1943 PRC BUSTER CRABBE 10/24 2010 DVD
LAW MEN 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN RAYMOND HATTON 8/8 2011 DVD
LAW RIDES AGAIN 1943 MONO HOOT GIBSON KEN MAYNARD 7/2 1995 TNT
LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (U.K.) 1943 UA ROGER LIVESEY DEBORAH KERR 1/30 2007 TCM
LOST ANGEL 1943 MGM MARGARET O’BRIEN JAMES CRAIG 7/15 1999 TCM
LOST CANYON 1943 PAR WILLIAM BOYD LOLA LANE 2/11 2001 WEST
MAD GHOUL 1943 UNI XXX XXX 9/10 1997 SCI
MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD 1943 FOX JACK BENNY PRISCILLA LANE 3/28 1993 AMC
MINESWEEPER 1943 PAR RICHARD ARLEN JEAN PARKER 10/18 2012 DVD
MISSION TO MOSCOW 1943 WB WALTER HUSTON ANN HARDING 9/5 1994 TMC
MONSOON 1943 PRC XXX XXX 9/20 2004 TCM
MUNCHHAUSEN (GER.) 1943 UFA XXX XXX 9/17 2005 TCM
MURDER ON THE WATERFRONT 1943 WB WARREN DOUGLAS JOHN LODER 6/27 2003 TCM
MY KINGDOM FOR A COOK 1943 COL CHARLES COBURN MARGUERITE CHAPMAN 1/11 2007 TCM
MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR 1943 WB JOHN LODER ELEANOR PARKER 5/29 2001 TCM
NAZI’S STRIKE (DOC.) 1943 WAR DEPT. 12/7 2009 TCM
NAZTY NUISANCE 1943 UA XXX XXX 10/2 2006 TCM
NEARLY EIGHTEEN 1943 MONO GALE STORM RICK VALLIN 1/9 2007 TCM
OUTLAWS OF STAMPEDE PASS 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN RAYMOND HATTON 1/5 2010 DVD
PASSPORT TO SUEZ 1943 COL WARREN WILLIAM ERIC BLORE 10/22 2007 TCM
PETTICOAT LARCENY 1943 RKO JOAN CARROLL RUTH WARRICK 2/8 2000 TCM
PRAIRIE CHICKENS 1943 UA JIMMY ROGERS NOAH BEERY JR. 3/21 2007 TCM
PRINCESS O’ROURKE 1943 WB OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND ROBERT CUMMINGS 11/8 1998 TCM
RAIDERS OF RED GAP 1943 PRC BOB LIVINGSTON 10/7 2013 DVD
RAIDERS OF SAN JOAQUIN 1943 UNI JOHNNY MACK BROWN TEX RITTER 12/23 2009 DVD
RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE 1943 COL BELA LUGOSI 11/15 1992 TNT
REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES 1943 MONO GALE STORM 12/5 1995 TNT
RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE 1943 REP TOM TYLER BOB STEELE 6/6 2000 WEST
ROOKIES IN BURMA 1943 RKO WALLY BROWN ALAN CARNEY 4/16 2005 TCM
SAGEBRUSH LAW 1943 RKO TIM HOLT 12/6 1993 AMC
SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH 1943 UNI BASIL RATHBONE 3/30 1995 55
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON 1943 UNI BASIL RATHBONE 4/24 1994 7
SILVER SKATES 1943 MONO 1/28 2015 TCM
SILVER SPURS 1943 REP 10/9 2013 DVD
SIX GUN GOSPEL 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 1/2 2010 DVD
SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS 1943 MGM LANA TURNER ROBERT YOUNG 10/20 1998 TCM
SO THIS IS WASHINGTON 1943 RKO XXX XXX 2/20 2005 TCM
SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT 1943 COL 10/8 2015 TCM
SON OF DRACULA 1943 UNI LON CHANEY JR. ROBERT PAIGE 9/10 1995 SCI
SONG OF RUSSIA 1943 MGM ROBERT TAYLOR SUSAN PETERS 3/31 2004 TCM
SPY TRAIN 1943 MONO XXX XXX 4/10 2008 TCM
STRANGER FROM PECOS 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 12/31 2009 DVD
STRANGER IN TOWN 1943 MGM RICHARD CARLSON 12/16 2000 TCM
SUBMARINE BASE 1943 PRC XXX XXX 3/12 2011 DVD
TENTING TONIGHT ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND 1943 UNI JOHNNY MACK BROWN TEX RITTER 12/15 2009 DVD
TEXAS KID 1943 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 8/6 2011 DVD
THE PHANTOM 1943 COL XXX XXX 4/6 1996 TAPE
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER 1943 COL TOM NEAL EVELYN KEYES 5/25 2010 TCM
THEY MET IN THE DARK (U.K.) 1943 HELLMAN JAMES MASON 8/5 2009 TCM
THIS LAND IS MINE 1943 RKO CHARLES LAUGHTON MAUREEN O’HARA 8/18 1993 AMC
THREE HEARTS FOR JULIA 1943 MGM ANN SOTHERN LEE BOWMAN 8/24 2006 TCM
THUNDERING TRAILS 1943 REP XXX XXX 4/21 2007 WEST
THURSDAY’S CHILD (U.K.) 1943 PATHE STEWART GRANGER SALLY ANN HOWES 5/12 1996 21
TITANIC (GER.) 1943 XXX XXX 3/17 2008 TCM
TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS 1943 FOX 5/27 2012 FXM
TWO SENORITAS FROM CHICAGO 1943 COL JOAN DAVIS JINX FALKENBURG 2/13 1997 TAPE
WE DIVE AT DAWN (U.K.) 1943 GAINSBOROUGH ERIC PORTMAN JOHN MILLS 10/10 1995 21
WESTERN CYCLONE 1943 PRC BUSTER CRABBE 11/20 2009 DVD
WHAT A WOMAN 1943 COL ROSALIND RUSSELL BRIAN AHERNE 10/20 2010 TCM
WINGS OVER THE PACIFIC 1943 MONO XXX XXX 7/5 2007 TCM
WINTERTIME 1943 FOX SONJA HENIE CORNEL WILDE 9/16 2000 FXM
WOLVES OF THE RANGE 1943 PRC 10/26 2013 DVD
WOMAN OF THE TOWN 1943 UA CLAIRE TREVOR 7/25 1994 21
YANKS AHOY 1943 UA XXX XXX 1/3 2007 TCM
YELLOW CANARY (U.K.) 1943 RKO ANNA NEAGLE RICHARD GREENE 7/30 1993 AMC
YOUNG IDEAS 1943 MGM SUSAN PETERS HERBERT MARSHALL 6/2 2001 TCM
YOUNGEST PROFESSION 1943 MGM EDWARD ARNOLD 3/3 1999 TCM
These are only the 1943’s I’ve seen since December 1992. I remember seeing The More the Merrier and The Gang’s All Here in 1979 at the Regency revival theater in NYC. Also saw Du Barry Was a Lady and Best Foot Forward there, not necessarily in 1979. Bought Behind the Rising Sun on videotape back in the mid 80’s etc.
Well I certainly have not seen that many movies from 1943, but from what I did see, Shadow of a Doubt, the Ox-Bow Incident and the British classic Life and Death of Colonel Blimp are definitely my favourites, so I’m glad to see they receive the highest critical rating on this page, albeit none was particularly successful at the box office. Even in the UK, Colonel Blimp (in which notably Deborah Kerr had one of her fist major roles) initially had a mixed reception, evoking criticism for portraying a German sympathetically and satirizing the British army to an extent, even though it was clearly pro-Britain. Anyway, it’s a wonderful comedy drama that still seems very fresh and relevant today.
Surprised to see that This is the Army was the highest grossing film of the year, but then again it was the war – and apparently proceeds went to the Army Emergency Relief fund, so at least it served a good cause at the time, even if its success was not long-lasting.
Other titles from 1943 I enjoyed were Jane Eyre, For Whom the Bells Toll, This Land is Mine and an Italian film not on the list, Ossessione, by Luchino Visconti (who later directed Burt Lancaster in The Leopard), a cinematic masterpiece based on the novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, made 3 years before the Hollywood version. Interestingly, it was not shown in the US until later during to copyrights issue.
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