Top Movies of 1949


The top movies of 1949 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

121. Scott of the Antarctic

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Frend
Actors: John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender, Anne Firth, Derek Bond, Reginald Beckwith

122. Tension

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Berry
Actors: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad, Lloyd Gough

123. The Inspector General

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Rhys Williams

124. Under Capricorn

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea

125. Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Barton
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, Gar Moore, Donna Martell
Plot: Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

126. Wake of the Red Witch

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Ludwig
Actors: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler, Eduard Franz

127. Trapped

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd, Russ Conway, Robert Karnes

128. The Bribe

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Actors: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak, Samuel S. Hinds

129. silence de la Mer, Le

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe, Georges Patrix, Denis Sadier
Plot: A Nazi officer is stationed in a small town in occupied France. The man and his niece refuse to acknowledge him, remaining silent even as he espouses his own views on his idealistic vision of the future, as well as music and culture. When he learns his views are not shared by his fellow Germans, he finally gets a grim reality check on the front lines in Paris.

130. One Woman's Story ( Passionate Friends, The )

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Lean
Actors: Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean, Arthur Howard

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