Favorite Films of 1948
by bertramsharp | created - 11 Jul 2011 | updated - 30 Nov 2021 | PublicUpdated: 11/30/2021
I have watched 18 films with a 1948 release date. I have listed them here ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).
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1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,571 | Gross: $4.80M
2. Rope (1948)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Dick Hogan
Votes: 153,692
3. Melody Time (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 6,945
4. Fort Apache (1948)
Passed | 128 min | Drama, Western
At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz
Votes: 19,697
5. Key Largo (1948)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 43,985
6. So Dear to My Heart (1948)
Passed | 79 min | Animation, Drama, Family
This heartwarming classic tells the tale of a country boy who adopts a mischevious black lamb and learns valuable lessons about love and dedication.
Directors: Harold D. Schuster, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten
Votes: 1,676
7. Seal Island (1948)
Approved | 27 min | Documentary, Short, Family
The first of the True-Life Adventure featurettes. Fur seals arrive on the Pribilof Islands for the purpose of mating. The older seals are known as bulls and have "harems" of females which ... See full summary »
Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 176
8. Scaredy Cat (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Porky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,028
9. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
Passed | 78 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson
Votes: 2,222
10. Red River (1948)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Western
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson | Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan
Votes: 34,402
11. 3 Godfathers (1948)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Western
Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond
Votes: 10,614
12. A Date with Judy (1948)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 1,447
13. Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Bowery Boys run into a smuggling operation when Slip checks out a manor he mistakenly believes he's inherited
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 348
14. Sitting Pretty (1948)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Family
A family that hires a live-in babysitter is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn
Votes: 2,725
15. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,205 | Gross: $0.33M
16. Loaded Pistols (1948)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene protects young Larry Evans, wrongly accused of murder, while trying to find the real badguys.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt
Votes: 166
17. The Dude Goes West (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Western
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 286
18. Under California Stars (1948)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine
Votes: 366
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