Top Movies of 1942


The top movies of 1942 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

51. The Undying Monster

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Brahm
Actors: James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher, Heather Thatcher, Aubrey Mather

52. Reap the Wild Wind

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman

53. Wake Island

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Farrow
Actors: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel
Plot: In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes everything. Soon the island is attacked and the Marines pull together day by day; but how long can they hold out?

54. Captains of the Clouds

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner
Plot: A bunch of excellent pilots enter into the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2... for different reasons, though.

55. Who Done It?

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, Mary Wickes, William Gargan, Louise Allbritton

56. The Navy Comes Through

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Actors: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Desi Arnaz, Max Baer

57. Mr. and Mrs. North

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Actors: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart, Virginia Grey, Tom Conway

58. The Strange Case of Dr. Rx

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Nigh
Actors: Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds, Mona Barrie, Shemp Howard

59. Boot Hill Bandits

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: S. Roy Luby
Actors: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Jean Brooks, I. Stanford Jolley, Glenn Strange

60. The Magnificent Dope

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Frank Orth

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