1947 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1947









30.         BODY AND SOUL

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29.        LIFE WITH FATHER

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28.             THE EXILE

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27.           THE FUGITIVE

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         CARNIVAL OF SINNERS

26.[LA MAIN DU DIABLE]

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25.               PURSUED

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24. A BALL AT THE ANJO HOUSE

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23.          KISS OF DEATH

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22.          A DOUBLE LIFE

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21.  IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART 1

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20.       THIS HAPPY BREED

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19.      GREEN FOR DANGER

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18.                  T-MEN

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17.           DAISY KENYON

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          THE DEVIL'S ENVOYS
16.   [LES VISITEURS DU SOIR]

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15.           DARK PASSAGE

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      MICKEY & THE BEANSTALK

14.      [Theatrical cut]

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13. I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!

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12.     GREAT EXPECTATIONS

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11.           BRUTE FORCE

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10.            ODD MAN OUT

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                  LITTLE TORA,

9.THE ABANDONED CAT

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8.         MONSIEUR VERDOUX

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                   RECORD OF 

7.     A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN

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6.           THE RED HOUSE

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                 THE CHILDREN

5.   ARE WATCHING US

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4.      BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

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3.            OUT OF THE PAST

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2.                SHOESHINE

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1.          BLACK NARCISSUS

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles of '47 that almost placed)

THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR

RAILROADED

CROSSFIRE

THE SCHOOL FOR POSTMEN

[L'ECOLE DES FACTEURS]

LA OTRA

KING-SIZE CANARY

THE CAT CONCERTO

THE SECRET

LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

GOOD NEWS

THE CZECH YEAR [ŠPALÍČEK]

GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

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THE PARADINE CASE

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1947
TOP 30

1. BLACK NARCISSUS (Powell)
2. SCIUSCIÀ (De Sica)
3. OUT OF THE PAST (Tourneur)
4. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Cocteau)
5. CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US (De Sica)
6. THE RED HOUSE (Daves)
7. RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMEN (Ozu)
8. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Chaplin)
9. LITTLE TORA, ABANDONED CAT (Masaoka)
10. ODD MAN OUT (Reed)
11. BRUTE FORCE (Dassin)
12. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Lean)
13. I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (Powell)
14. FUN AND FANCY FREE (Disney)
15. DARK PASSAGE (Daves)
16. LES VISITEURS DU SOIR (Carné)
17. DAISY KENYON (Preminger)
18. T-MEN (Mann)
19. GREEN FOR DANGER (Gilliat)
20. THIS HAPPY BREED (Lean)
21. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PT.1 (Eisenstein)
22. A DOUBLE LIFE (Cukor)
23. KISS OF DEATH (Hathaway)
24. BALL AT ANJO HOUSE (Kôzaburô Yoshi)
25. PURSUED (Walsh)
26. THE DEVIL'S HAND (M.Tourneur)
27. THE FUGITIVE (Ford)
28. THE EXILE (Max Ophüls)
29. LIFE WITH FATHER (Curtiz)
30. BODY & SOUL (Rossen)

RUNNER UP
GHOST & MRS. MUIR (Mankiewicz), RAILROADED (Mann), CROSSFIRE (Dmytryk), L'ECOLE DES FACTEURS (Tati), LA OTRA (Gavaldón), KING-SIZE CANARY (Quimby), CAT CONCERTO (Hanna/Barbera), SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (McLeod), GOOD NEWS (Walters), ŠPALÍČEK (Jiří Trnka), GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (Kazan), NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Goulding), THE PARADINE CASE (Hitchcock)