1949 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.10/10*
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.10/10*
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.10/10
- DirectorJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsBing CrosbyBasil RathboneEric BloreAn animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".10/10*
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancNicolai ShutorevBugs Bunny retaliates against the pompous opera star who does him violence.10/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancYosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act when the regular act cancels; but the bullying pipsqueak is no match for our redoubtable rabbit.10/10
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancThe signs indicate current bounty prices: $50 for a fox, $75 for a bear, only 2 cents for a rabbit. Bugs is insulted.10/10
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.9/10
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsEdmond O'BrienPamela BrittonLuther AdlerFrank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancErrol FlynnWhile stealing a carrot in Sherwood Forest on the king's property, Bugs gets caught by the sheriff. Bugs tricks the sheriff into letting him go, but not before he plays pranks on the hapless lawman.9/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangPat McGeehanA cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.9/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanAfter Daffy lands on Elmer's farm, he begs Elmer to take him as a slave to avoid being shot. Daffy tortures Elmer with his antics.9/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancDr. I.C. Spots is an African witch doctor about to prepare a potion which needs as one of its ingredient a rabbit.9/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryWilliam HannaPat McGeehanA millionaire with two dogs (Spike and Droopy) leaves his fortune to Droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune will revert to Spike. Guess what Spike is up to?9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPorky Pig's quiet life in his high-rise apartment building is rudely disrupted when an obnoxious mutt sneaks in and refuses to leave.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherThe Sportsmen QuartetCotton pickers mistake Bugs' tail for a ball of cotton and toss him in with the rest of the haul. On the riverboat Bugs takes on the gambler Colonel Shuffle.9/10
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan DuryeaThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.8/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerColleen CollinsPinto ColvigThe last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsBilly BletcherDaws ButlerSidney ClantonWhen Tom is killed by his and Jerry's old rivalry, he has only one chance to find peace in Heaven - apologize to him.8/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettPorky ventures into Darkest Africa in search of the last Do-Do bird, and winds up in Wackyland, a surreal place where the sun comes up atop a human pyramid, the Warner Brothers shield comes zooming from the sky, and populated by creatures such as a three-headed Larry Moe and Curly beast. The Do-Do finally appears, to great fanfare, and eludes Porky by pulling out a pencil and drawing himself a door.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaA day at the beach. Tom wants to lay in the sand, but his rest is disturbed by Jerry, who walks by to go fishing. Tom ends up falling off the end of the pier as he chases Jerry and lands underwater, where he encounters a mermaid whose top half looks just like Jerry. A chase, naturally, follows, all underwater. The mermouse, however, runs into a swordfish, and it begins chasing Tom, too, turning into mer-Jerry's ally, until it gets stuck in what looks like a telephone pole. The chase is next interrupted by an octopus, which grabs hold of Tom until Jerry yanks him free when we discover this is all a fever dream of Tom's, and Jerry has actually been performing artificial resuscitation.8/10
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancJim BackusBea BenaderetBugs Bunny gets swindled by the Three Little Pigs into buying their houses of straw and wood.8/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancCharlie Dog tries everything to get Porky to take him in and he finally does. After a couple pranks the dog pound ends up picking up Porky and not the dog.8/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBugs rescues a penguin from an Inuit hunter at the South Pole and becomes obligated to it beyond his wildest dreams.8/10
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsCornel WildePatricia KnightJohn BaragreyA parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.7/10
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsBing CrosbyRhonda FlemingCedric HardwickeA singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.7/10
- DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard ConteValentina CorteseLee J. CobbA war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.7/10
- DirectorArthur DavisStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherBugs Bunny recounts a story of how he tricked a man so much so that he jumped off a bridge.7/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerWilliam HannaAn energetic dog needs a night's rest if he's going to be ready for rabbit hunting at dawn. A crafty rabbit does everything he can to keep him awake.7/10
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBetty HuttonVictor MatureWilliam DemarestAn aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment.6/10
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsBurt LancasterPaul HenreidClaude RainsA man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.6/10
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsDavid BrianClaude Jarman Jr.Juano HernandezIn 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.6/10
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take them to the country of Anemia where they are ordered to produce the rocket fuel or be executed. The boys come up with a concoction they try to pass of as the real stuff, but are exposed when the real professor and his daughter are also kidnapped. The stooges help them escape, using their secret formula to fuel a jeep.6/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer Fudd hunts for Bugs with an army surplus wabbit detector but it doesn't seem to work when Bugs leads him off a cliff. Bugs hitchhikes to a local theatre to get away from Elmer but he finds Bugs.6/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryColleen CollinsMarion DarlingtonA cat steals the headpiece of a dog to deceive the bulldog Spike and get a chance to eat the canary Spike is guarding.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsBill ThompsonLina RomayTex AveryA bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.6/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerA baby woodpecker mistakes Jerry for his mother. The mouse rejects the newly hatched bird but soon finds himself protecting it against his feline nemesis, Tom.6/10
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsHumphrey BogartAlexander KnoxFlorence MarlyAn American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.5/10
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsJohn PayneSonny TuftsEllen DrewWar hero recovers from amnesia and is confronted by his criminal past.5/10
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBarbara StanwyckWendell CoreyPaul KellyAssistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.5/10
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsScott BradyJohn RussellDorothy HartA paroled convict is framed for murder and must clear himself before the police catch him.5/10
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBrian DonlevyElla RainesCharles CoburnA unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.5/10
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsHoward DuffShelley WintersDan DuryeaUS Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.5/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs must joust with Sir Pantsalot of Drop Seat Manor when he tosses a partially eaten carrot into a suit of armor.5/10
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHugh MarloweGary MerrillA tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.4/10
- DirectorElia KazanJohn FordStarsJeanne CrainEthel BarrymoreEthel WatersA light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.4/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancSylvester the Cat makes every attempt to snatch or lure Tweety from his birdhouse.4/10
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIngrid BergmanJoseph CottenMichael WildingA young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.3/10