Most Popular Movies 1943
This chart shows the 1943 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1943 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1943 - Top 1943 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1944 → |
1
| A Guy Named Joe |
| Director: Victor Fleming |
| Lead Roles: Spencer Tracy as Major Peter 'Pete' Sandidge, Irene Dunne as Dorinda Durston |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 24, 1943 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Romantic Drama, Romance, 1940s, Supernatural, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend, One Last Job, In a Plane, Haunting, Friendly Ghost, Love Triangle, Remade, Heaven and Hell |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $5,363,000 |
2
| Casablanca |
| Director: Michael Curtiz |
| Lead Roles: Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund Laszlo |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 23, 1943 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: World War II, Film Noir, War, Romance, Resistance Fighter, Nazis, Immigration, Corrupt Cops, Romantic Drama |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $10,462,500 |
|
International BO: $105,746 |
3
| Background to Danger |
| Director: Raoul Walsh |
| Lead Roles: George Raft as Joe Barton, Sydney Greenstreet as Colonel Robinson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 3, 1943 (Limited) |
| Classification: Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
4
| Lassie Come Home |
| Director: Fred M Wilcox |
| Lead Roles: Roddy McDowall as Joe Carraclough |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1943 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Multiple Genres, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
5
| The Outlaw |
| Director: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 5, 1943 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
6
| The Leopard Man |
| Director: Jacques Tourneur |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 19, 1943 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
7
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
| Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 11, 1943 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
International BO: $58,808 |
8
| Jitterbugs |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 25, 1943 (Wide) |
|
Domestic BO: $1,100,000 |
9
| Saludos Amigos |
| Director: Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Roberts |
| Lead Roles: Jose Oliveira as Joe Carioca, Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Pinto Colvig as Goofy |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 6, 1943 (Wide) |
| Classification: Compilation, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
10
| It Aint Hay |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 19, 1943 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |