Top 26 Family Movies Must-Watch Released in 1944

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Look into Meet Me in St. Louis / IMDB / YouTube

A successful writer, home-schooled in his youth, masquerades as a student at a secondary school to experience all the fun and pranks he missed out on. Learn about The Punch Bowl / IMDB / YouTube

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress. Look into The Canterville Ghost / IMDB / YouTube

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war. Get info on The Human Comedy / IMDB / YouTube

The three bears set a trap to catch Goldilocks but their carrot soup attracts Bugs Bunny early on and he grows wise to their plans. Explore Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears / IMDB / YouTube

Square Tom becomes the coolest cat of all when he puts on homemade green and orange zoot suit, Get info on The Zoot Cat / IMDB / YouTube

Tom inherits $1,000,000 from an eccentric aunt on the condition that he not harm any living thing - even a mouse. And guess which mouse keeps following him around and pointing this out to him? Get info on The Million Dollar Cat / IMDB / YouTube

Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post. Learn about How to Play Football / IMDB / YouTube

A screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture. See more about Screwball Squirrel / IMDB / YouTube

A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar. Find out about Once Upon a Time / IMDB / YouTube

Ajax the killer gorilla had escaped from the zoo, As a prank, Donald and three nephews scared each other, But suddenly, the real Ajax appeared, So how can they subdue him? Learn about Donald Duck and the Gorilla / IMDB / YouTube

On a cold snowy night a frozen Bugs gets taken in by a kind old lady and set by the fireplace. The woman's dog can only think of ways to kill the rabbit and a war begins between the two for who gets the boot outside to the shivering cold. Details on Hare Force / IMDB / YouTube

Donald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has. Find out about Commando Duck / IMDB / YouTube

As Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him. Explore Russian Rhapsody / IMDB / YouTube

Six year old Mike joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II. Details on Music for Millions / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II. Get info on Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips / IMDB / YouTube

The screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog. Learn about Happy-Go-Nutty / IMDB / YouTube

A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming Kill the ump! Be careful what you wish for..... Read about Batty Baseball / IMDB / YouTube

Donald's got the day off, and all he can think of is golf until it rains as soon as he sets foot outside. He takes it out on his nephews. When he's sitting around moping, they take revenge by playing off his hypochondria. More about Donald's Off Day / IMDB / YouTube

The stories of Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. More about Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears / IMDB / YouTube

Donald listens to a radio program that tells him how to make a fully-working airplane completely out of plastic. Look into The Plastics Inventor / IMDB / YouTube

Pegleg Pete annoys the gods Jupiter and Vulcan and neighbor Donald with his nightly trombone sessions. Info on Trombone Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

Winter. A duck struggles mightily, and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold, after candling them and seeing the chicks skiing, skating, and otherwise enjoying winter inside the shells. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. She doesn't notice until after the rest of the brood has gone swimming and Robespierre has sprouted legs and run off in search of w. Look into Booby Hatched / IMDB / YouTube

To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees... More about Big Heel-Watha / IMDB / YouTube

Daffy agrees to hide Tom Turk from Porky, until he learns that Porky is planning to serve the turkey for dinner, then turns stool pigeon. More about Tom Turk and Daffy / IMDB / YouTube

A reluctantly-retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son, who thinks his father's entertainment is passe'--audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile, the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show. Find out about Broadway Rhythm / IMDB / YouTube