Top five big screen hits of 1945

These are five hit films of 1945.

1 Brief Encounterwith Celia Johnson and Trevor HowardBritish romantic drama film, directed by David Lean, about a passionate extramarital affair in pre-World War Two England. The protagonist is Laura Johnson, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated following a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger with whom she subsequently falls in love, a doctor played by Howard.The film stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey. The screenplay is by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life.The soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff with Eileen Joyce on piano.Available on stream services and DVD

2 Spellboundwith Ingrid Bergman and Gregory PeckAmerican film noir psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims.The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G Carroll.Dr Constance Petersen is a psychoanalyst at Green Manors, a therapeutic community mental hospital in Vermont. The director of the hospital, Dr Murchison, is being forced into retirement. His replacement is Dr Anthony Edwardes, who turns out to be surprisingly young and not what he seems.Available on stream service and DVD