1948 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1948

25.        THE NAKED CITY

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                THE BOY 

24.    WITH GREEN HAIR

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23.             RAW DEAL

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22.         BERLIN EXPRESS

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21.           I WALK ALONE

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20.          IN THE STREET

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19.            LE CORBEAU

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18.          FORCE OF EVIL

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17.               MACBETH

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16.     HE WALKED BY NIGHT

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15.     UNFAITHFULLY YOURS

                       

14.             LETTER 

FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN

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13.         LA TERRA TREMA

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12.      I REMEMBER MAMA

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11.                HAMLET

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THEY CAUGHT THE FERRY

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-tie-10.     DAY OF WRATH

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9.       PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

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8.      QUAI DES ORFEVRES

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7.         ABBOTT & COSTELLO

     MEET FRANKENSTEIN

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6.

THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

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5.

PECOS BILL [MELODY TIME]

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4.               RED RIVER

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 3.      THE TREASURE

     OF THE SIERRA MADRE

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2.

SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN

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1.           THE RED SHOES

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 ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.   
(other titles of 1948 I loved that almost placed)

 3 GODFATHERS

DRUNKEN ANGEL

KEY LARGO

FORT APACHE

LOUISIANA STORY

ROPE

ANNA KARENINA

FOGHORN LEGHORN

EASTER PARADE

THE AMAZING MR. X

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1948

TOP 25

1. THE RED SHOES (Powell)
2. SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (Mu Fei)
3. TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Huston)
4. RED RIVER (Hawks)
5. MELODY TIME: PECOS BILL (Disney)
6. LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Welles)
7. ABBOTT & COSTELLO FRANKENSTEIN (Barton)
8. HEADQUARTERS (Clouzot)
9. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (Dieterle)
10. DAY OF WRATH (Dreyer)                                             -tie-THEY CAUGHT THE FERRY (Dreyer)
11. HAMLET (Olivier)
12. I REMEMBER MAMA (Stevens)
13. THE EARTH TREMBLES (Visconti)
14. LETTER FROM UNKNOWN WOMAN (Ophüls)
15. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (Preston Sturges)
16. HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Werker/A.Mann)
17. MACBETH (Welles)
18. FORCE OF EVIL (Polonsky)
19. THE RAVEN (Clouzot)
20. IN THE STREET (Agee)
21. I WALK ALONE (Haskin)
22. BERLIN EXPRESS (Tourneur)
23. RAW DEAL (Mann)
24. BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (Losey)
25. THE NAKED CITY (Dassin)

RUNNER-UP:
 3 GODFATHERS (Ford), DRUNKEN ANGEL (Kurosawa), KEY LARGO (Huston), FORT APACHE (Ford), LOUISIANA STORY (Flaherty), ROPE (Hitchcock), ANNA KARENINA (Duvivier), FOGHORN LEGHORN (Robert McKimson), EASTER PARADE (Charles Waters), THE SPIRITUALIST (Vorhaus)