film The Best Movies of 1949  

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The Heiress Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson

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18 3

The Third Man Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Joseph Cotten

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16 3

White Heat James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Virginia Mayo

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15 4

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Wayne, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey

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12 2

Gun Crazy Russ Tamblyn, Peggy Cummins, Trevor Bardette

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13 3

Little Women Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, June Allyson

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13 4

Adam's Rib Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday

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10 2

Mighty Joe Young Ben Johnson, Terry Moore, Regis Toomey

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10 2

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, J. Pat O'Malley

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10 2

Madame Bovary Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, Harry Morgan

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11 3

Kind Hearts and Coronets Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Hugh Griffith

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12 4

A Letter to Three Wives Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter

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9 2

House of Strangers Susan Hayward, Edward G. Robinson, Debra Paget

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9 2

That Forsyte Woman Janet Leigh, Errol Flynn, Greer Garson

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9 2

Orpheus Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares

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9 2

Beyond the Forest Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Frances Charles

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10 3

Under Capricorn Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten

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10 3

Samson and Delilah Angela Lansbury, Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders

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10 3

On the Town Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller

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10 3

Holiday Affair Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Harry Morgan

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11 4

Twelve O'Clock High Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger, Richard Anderson

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8 2

A Dangerous Profession George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien

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8 2

The Window Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll

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8 2

Late Spring Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Sugimara Haruko

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8 2

Colorado Territory Dorothy Malone, Virginia Mayo, Joel McCrea

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8 2

The Accused Loretta Young, Sara Allgood, Robert Cummings

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8 2

Without Honor Agnes Moorehead, Laraine Day, Franchot Tone

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8 2

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Boris Karloff, Lou Costello, Bud Abbott

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9 3

My Foolish Heart Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Jessie Royce Landis

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9 3

In the Good Old Summertime Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Buster Keaton

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9 3

Whirlpool Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford

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9 3

Black Magic Orson Welles, Raymond Burr, Silvana Mangano

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9 3

Pinky Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters

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10 4

The Set-Up Robert Ryan, Wallace Ford, Darryl Hickman

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8 3

Knock on Any Door Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready

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8 3

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke

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8 3

Neptune's Daughter Mel Blanc, Ricardo Montalbán, Esther Williams

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7 2

Red Light Harry Morgan, George Raft, Virginia Mayo

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6 1

East Side, West Side Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Cyd Charisse

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8 3

Slattery's Hurricane Veronica Lake, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell

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6 1

She Shoulda Said No! Jack Elam, Don Harvey, Lyle Talbot

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7 2

The Big Wheel Mickey Rooney, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell

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8 3

The Small Back Room Sid James, Michael Gough, Jack Hawkins

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7 2

Flamingo Road Joan Crawford, Alice White, Sydney Greenstreet

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8 3

The Passionate Friends Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Ann Todd

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6 1

The Hasty Heart Ronald Reagan, Richard Todd, Patricia Neal

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7 2

The Great Gatsby Shelley Winters, Alan Ladd, Ed Begley

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7 2

The Fighting Kentuckian John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston

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7 2

Too Late for Tears Arthur Kennedy, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea

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9 5

Sands of Iwo Jima John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Richard Jaeckel