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Best Movies of 1949 by Director

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2457
33
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
Bing Crosby, Eric Blore, Basil Rathbone, J. Pat O'Malley, Colin Campbell
Family / Animation / Fantasy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2538
37
Une si jolie petite plage
Yves Allégret
Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, André Valmy
Drama / Crime / Film-Noir
France / Netherlands
French
2.5 Stars
2233
30
Occupe-Toi d'Amélie
Claude Autant-Lara
Danielle Darrieux, Jean Desailly, Louise Conte, Julien Carette
Comedy / Romance
France
French
2.5 Stars
2758
51
Bad Luck Blackie
Tex Avery
Tex Avery
Family / Animation / Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2758
51
Little Rural Riding Hood
Tex Avery
Daws Butler, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig
Animation / Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
42
It Happens Every Spring
Lloyd Bacon
Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Sports / Fantasy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
The Joe McDoakes Collection
Richard L. Bare
George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates
Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Africa Screams
Charles Barton
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Max Baer, Buddy Baer
Action / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
44
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Busby Berkeley
Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold
Comedy / Musical / Sports / Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1270
16
Intruder in the Dust
Clarence Brown
David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez
Drama
USA
English
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2542
38
The Walls of Malapaga
René Clément
Isa Miranda, Jean Gabin, Andrea Checchi, Vera Talchi
Drama / Crime / Romance
France / Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2783
52
Not Wanted
Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino
Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2684
46
Manon
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cécile Aubrey, Gabrielle Dorziat, Michel Auclair
Drama / Crime / Romance
France
French
3.5 Stars
1540
19
Passport to Pimlico
Henry Cornelius
Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis, John Slater
Comedy
UK
English
4.5 Stars
714
9
Adam's Rib
George Cukor
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2758
51
Thieves' Highway
Jules Dassin
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
3 Stars
2064
25
Samson and Delilah
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury
Drama / Romance / Religion / Epic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2157
27
The Queen of Spades
Thorold Dickinson
Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold
Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2543
39
Sands of Iwo Jima
Allan Dwan
John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker
Action / Drama / War / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2314
31
Alias Nick Beal
John Farrow
Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready, Fred Clark
Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Fantasy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
44
The Threat
Felix E. Feist
Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop, Frank Conroy
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2702
47
La Malquerida
Emilio Fernández
Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez
Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Follow Me Quietly
Richard Fleischer
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva, Charles D. Brown
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Trapped
Richard Fleischer
Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd, Russ Conway
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
4.5 Stars
957
12
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
John Ford
John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Western / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2744
50
Le sang des bêtes
Georges Franju
Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral
Documentary / Short / Drama
France
French
2.5 Stars
2630
43
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Tay Garnett
Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix, Murvyn Vye
Comedy / Fantasy / Musical / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2702
47
Cielo sulla palude
Augusto Genina
Inés Orsini, Rubi D'Alma, Michele Malaspina
Drama / Biography / Religion
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2591
42
Everybody Does It
Edmund Goulding
Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, Charles Coburn, Millard Mitchell
Comedy
USA
English
5 Stars
181
2
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Robert Hamer
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness
Comedy / Drama / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Walt Disney Treasures - The Chronological Donald, Volume Three (1947 - 1950)
Jack Hannah, Jack King
Clarence Nash, Ronald Colman, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Dessie Flynn
Animation / Family / Comedy / Documentary / Serial
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Too Late for Tears
Byron Haskin
Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1928
22
I Was a Male War Bride
Howard Hawks
Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, Bill Neff
Comedy / Romance / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2538
37
Under Capricorn
Alfred Hitchcock
Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker
Drama / Romance / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Ragtime Bear
John Hubley
Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Animation / Family / Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
For Scent-imental Reasons
Chuck Jones
Mel Blanc
Animation / Family / Short / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Six
Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Rudolf Ising, Hugh Harman, Robert Clampett, Tom Palmer, Jack King, Robert McKimson, Norm McCabe, Abe Levitow
Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher, Stan Freberg, Arthur Q. Bryan
Animation / Comedy / Family / Short / Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
So Much for So Little
Chuck Jones
Frank Graham
Animation / Short / Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2475
35
Pinky
Elia Kazan, John Ford
Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
523
6
On the Town
Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller
Musical / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2783
52
Andaz
Mehboob Khan
Nargis, Dilip Kumar, V.H. Desai, Cuckoo, Raj Kapoor
Musical / Drama / Crime / Romance
India
Hindi
4.5 Stars
698
8
Twelve O'Clock High
Henry King
Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Drama / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
44
Prince of Foxes
Henry King
Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane
Adventure / Drama / History
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2550
41
Come to the Stable
Henry Koster
Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester
Drama / Religion
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1892
21
Stray Dog
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Drama / Thriller / Film-Noir / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2630
43
The Blue Lagoon
Frank Launder
Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Susan Stranks, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell
Adventure / Romance
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
Jolson Sings Again
Henry Levin
Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath, Bill Goodwin
Biography / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
Christopher Columbus
David MacDonald
Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Kathleen Ryan, Derek Bond
Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama
UK
English
4.5 Stars
767
10
Whisky Galore!
Alexander Mackendrick
Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Wylie Watson
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
4 Stars
1009
14
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Border Incident
Anthony Mann
Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2547
40
Begone Dull Care
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Animation / Short / Music / Experimental
Canada
English (No Dialogue)
2.5 Stars
2210
29
Le Silence de la Mer
Jean-Pierre Melville
Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe
Drama / War
France
French
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Love Happy
David Miller, Leo McCarey
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Marion Hutton
Comedy / Musical / Detective / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
42
Madame Bovary
Vincente Minnelli
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2783
52
My Love Has Been Burning
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2725
49
Pluto's Sweater
Charles A. Nichols
Animation / Comedy / Family / Short
USA
English
4 Stars
1404
17
The Reckless Moment
Max Ophüls
James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime
USA
English
3 Stars
2090
26
Caught
Max Ophüls, John Berry
James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Frank Ferguson, Curt Bois, Ruth Brady
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
USA
English
5 Stars
468
5
Late Spring
Yasujiro Ozu
Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2591
42
The Rocking Horse Winner
Anthony Pelissier
Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills, Hugh Sinclair
Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
The History of Mr. Polly
Anthony Pelissier
John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Gladys Henson
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2663
45
The Lead Shoes
Sidney Peterson
Short / Experimental
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1744
20
The Small Back Room
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Milton Rosmer, Cyril Cusack
Drama / Thriller / War / Film-Noir
UK
English
4.5 Stars
949
11
They Live by Night
Nicholas Ray
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen
Crime / Film-Noir / Romance / Drama
USA
English
5 Stars, Top 100
78
1
The Third Man
Carol Reed
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee
Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Spy
UK
English
4 Stars
1405
18
Champion
Mark Robson
Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart
Drama / Film-Noir / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2471
34
Home of the Brave
Mark Robson
Douglas Dick, Steve Brodie, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges
Drama / War
USA
English
5 Stars
418
4
All the King's Men
Robert Rossen
Broderick Crawford, John Ireland
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
Conspirator
Victor Saville
Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng, Harold Warrender, Honor Blackman
Thriller / Drama / Spy
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
Mighty Joe Young
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley
Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
42
So Dear to My Heart
Harold D. Schuster, Hamilton Luske
Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Beulah Bondi, Raymond Bond, Daniel Haight
Family / Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1951
24
The Hasty Heart
Vincent Sherman
Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd, Anthony Nicholls
Drama / War
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2538
37
Criss Cross
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Caper / Gangster / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
The Cask of Amontillado
Robert Stevens
Bela Lugosi, Romney Brent, Ray Walston
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Preston Sturges
Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Porter Hall
Comedy / Western / Romance
USA
English
4 Stars
1128
15
Jour de fête
Jacques Tati
Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli
Comedy
France
French
2.5 Stars
2194
28
The Window
Ted Tetzlaff
Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2532
36
The Fountainhead
King Vidor
Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2630
43
The Last Illusion
Josef von Báky
Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer, Rosemary Murphy, Lina Carstens, William Sinnigen
Drama
West Germany
German
5 Stars
292
3
White Heat
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2538
37
Colorado Territory
Raoul Walsh
Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer, James Mitchell
Western / Crime / Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1941
23
Battleground
William A. Wellman
Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy
Action / War / Drama / Epic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2713
48
Lost Boundaries
Alfred L. Werker
Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Richard Hylton, Susan Douglas Rubes
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
49
The Secret Garden
Fred M. Wilcox
Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester
Drama / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
4 Stars
1003
13
The Set-Up
Robert Wise
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter
Film-Noir / Drama / Sports / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2392
32
The Stratton Story
Sam Wood
James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
4.5 Stars
529
7
The Heiress
William Wyler
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2783
52
Crows and Sparrows
Junli Zheng
Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan
Drama
China
Mandarin
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Rank
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Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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