1949 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1949

25.

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON

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24.      MIGHTY JOE YOUNG

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23.    COLORADO TERRITORY

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22.           THE WINDOW

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21.    THE RECKLESS MOMENT

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20.     TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH

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19.       BEGONE DULL CARE

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18.        REIGN OF TERROR

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17.             STRAY DOG

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16.          THE FALLEN IDOL

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15.              ADAM'S RIB

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14.            ON THE TOWN

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13.      KNOCK ON ANY DOOR

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12.                PAISAN

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11.     A HOMETOWN IN HEART

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10.

  KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS

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       THE SMALL BACK ROOM

9.   [HOUR OF GLORY]

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                   THE LEGEND

8.  OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

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7.         THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

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6.              LATE SPRING

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5.          THIEVES' HIGHWAY

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4.                WHITE HEAT

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3.       BEYOND THE FOREST

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2.       GERMANY YEAR ZERO

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1.           BICYCLE THIEVES

 ***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of 1949 I loved that almost placed)

THE SET-UP

THE QUEEN OF SPADES

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SANDS OF IWO JIMA

CHAMPION

CAUGHT

THE SILENCE OF THE SEA

[LE SILENCE DE LA MER]

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INSPIRATION

BATTLEGROUND

BLOOD OF THE BEASTS

ALL THE KING'S MEN

WHISKY GALORE!

BAD LUCK BLACKIE

I SHOT JESSE JAMES

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1949
TOP 25

1. THE BICYCLE THIEF (De Sica)
2. GERMANY YEAR ZERO (Rossellini)
3. BEYOND THE FOREST (Vidor)
4. WHITE HEAT (Walsh)
5. THIEVES HIGHWAY (Dassin)
6. LATE SPRING (Ozu)
7. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray)
8. LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (Disney)
9. SMALL BACK ROOM (Powell)
10. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Hamer)
11. A HOMETOWN IN HEART (Yong-Kyu Yoon)
12. PAISAN (Rossellini)
13. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Nicholas Ray)
14. ON THE TOWN (Donen/Kelly)
15. ADAM'S RIB (Cukor)
16. THE FALLEN IDOL (Reed)
17. STRAY DOG (Kurosawa)
18. REIGN OF TERROR (A.Mann)
19. BEGONE DULL CARE (McLaren)
20. 12 O'CLOCK HIGH (Henry King)
21. THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Ophüls)
22. THE WINDOW (Tetzlaff)
23. COLORADO TERRITORY (Walsh)
24. MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (Schoedsack)
25. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (Ford)

RUNNER UP
THE SET-UP (Wise), QUEEN OF SPADES (Dickinson), SANDS OF IWO JIMA (Dwan), CHAMPION (Robson), CAUGHT (Ophüls),  LE SILENCE DE LA MER (Melville), INSPIRACE (Zeman), BATTLEGROUND (Wellman), LE SANG DES BETES (Franju), ALL THE KING'S MEN (Rossen), WHISKY GALORE! (Mackendrick), BAD LUCK BLACKIE (Tex Avery), I SHOT JESSE JAMES (Fuller)