21. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H.C. Potter
Actors: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Connie Marshall
Plot: A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.
22. 3 Godfathers
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick
Plot: 3 Godfathers follows three horse thieves who have turned to bank robbing. After a narrow escape from the Law, they stumble on a woman about to give birth. She names the child after all three of them and puts her child in their care. With the Law still on their heels they set out for New Jerusalem, with the bible as their guide. It is a sweet allegory for the Christmas story. This movie is a remake of an earlier silent version.
23. terra trema: Episodio del mare, La
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Rosario Galvagno, Lorenzo Valastro, Luchino Visconti, Alfio Fichera, Antonino Valastro, Agnese Giammona
24. Adventures of Don Juan
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincent Sherman
Actors: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Romney Brent, Ann Rutherford
25. Music in Darkness aka Night is My Future ( Musik i mörker )
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Rune Andréasson, Marianne Gyllenhammar, Sven Lindberg, Bibi Skoglund
26. The Three Musketeers
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Angela Lansbury, Vincent Price
27. Quay of the Goldsmiths ( Quai des Orfèvres )
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Jean Daurand, Pierre Larquey
Plot: A jealous pianist married to ambicious singer Jenny Lamour threatens the powerful yet lecherous Georges Brigno after he invites his wife over for dinner and offers her a promising film role. When Brigno winds up dead, Inspector Antoine must piece together the stories and find out who the true culprit is.
28. Joan of Arc
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, Ward Bond, Gene Lockhart, Leif Erickson
Plot: With France all but ruined following the 100 years war - a young farm girl hears a voice - the voice of God, she claims - telling her to lead an army to Orleans and crown Dauphin Charles VII king. Her faith brings many, and her army does indeed take Orleans - and her next target is Paris itself. But the weak-willed Charles sells his country out to England - the army is disbanded and Joan is captured and subjected to a farcical, humiliating trial.
29. Portrait of Jennie
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Dieterle
Actors: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne
30. Women of the Night ( Yoru no onnatachi )
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Mitsuo Nagata, Tomie Tsunoda, Kumeko Urabe, Ken Tanaka
