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.

31. The Ghost Talks

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules White
Actors: Shemp Howar, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Phil Arnold
Plot: The Stooges come across a cursed suit of armor at an old castle.

32. Criss Cross

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi
Plot: A man falls back in love with ex-wife only to find out that she's seeing someone else, a gangster.

33. Crows and Sparrows ( Wuya yu maque )

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Junli Zheng
Actors: Dan Zhao, Yinyan Wu, Daolin Sun, Yunzhu Shangguan, Heling Wei, Tianji Li

34. Singing Princess, The ( rosa di Bagdad, La )

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anton Gino Domenighini
Actors: Stefano Sibaldi, Germana Calderini, Giulio Panicali, Olinto Cristina, Mario Besesti, Giovanna Scotto
Plot: When a beautiful princess is stolen by a cruel sultan, her childhood friend and three wise men must set out to save her.

35. In the Good Old Summertime

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Actors: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton, Lillian Bronson, S.Z. Sakall, Marcia Van Dyke

36. The Set-Up

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton

37. Holiday Affair

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Hartman
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert, Griff Barnett, Esther Dale
Plot: In this bit of Christmastime romance, a sales clerk finds himself out of a
job thanks to a widowed commercial spy but may find something much better
when the two connect on a date.

38. The Window

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Actors: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman
Plot: Young boy witnesses a murder through a window, but no adult will believe
him.

39. Devil's Wanton, The ( Fängelse )

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Irma Christenson

40. The Reckless Moment

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, David Bair

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