Search results for "1949"
Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold
IMDb: 6.8
90

A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has…

Genre: Drama, Western
Love Happy

Love Happy

Love Happy
IMDb: 5.8
85

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

Genre: Comedy
Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries
IMDb: 7
99

A light-skinned African-American family are “passing” in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors demand their expulsion from the community.

Genre: Drama
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining
IMDb: 6.3
106

Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives
IMDb: 7.7
103

A letter is addressed to three wives from their “best friend” Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands – but she does not say…

Little Women

Little Women

Little Women
IMDb: 7.2
121

Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg,…

Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Landfall

Landfall

Landfall
IMDb: 6.6
86

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his…

Genre: Drama, War
The Lady Takes a Sailor

The Lady Takes a Sailor

The Lady Takes a Sailor
IMDb: 5.9
99

Jennifer Smith heads a “Consumer Reports”-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles
IMDb: 6.6
99

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked…

Genre: Drama
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door
IMDb: 6.6
100

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Kiss in the Dark

A Kiss in the Dark

A Kiss in the Dark
IMDb: 6.1
87

Eric Phillips’s manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.

Genre: Comedy
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets
IMDb: 8
104

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland
IMDb: 5.6
89

Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by…

Genre: Drama
Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon
IMDb: 6.6
75

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro
IMDb: 6.4
81

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he’s the hunted.

Genre: Crime
John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary
IMDb: 6.2
96

After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That he loves her. That he’s…

Genre: Comedy
It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring
IMDb: 6.8
87

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

Genre: Comedy
It’s a Great Feeling

It’s a Great Feeling

It’s a Great Feeling
IMDb: 6.4
85

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust
IMDb: 7.6
87

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey
IMDb: 6.7
80

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in…

Genre: Thriller
Inspiration

Inspiration

Inspiration
IMDb: 7.5
12

A glass blower imagines that his creations come to life. A story of love contained within a single drop of rain. A voyage into ethereal beauty.

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime
IMDb: 7.1
102

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
In the Name of the Law

In the Name of the Law

In the Name of the Law
IMDb: 7.6
100

A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Impact

Impact

Impact
IMDb: 7
111

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

That Dangerous Age

That Dangerous Age

That Dangerous Age
IMDb: 6.4
72

The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to…

Genre: Drama, Romance
I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride
IMDb: 7
105

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States…

Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James
IMDb: 6.8
81

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted…

Genre: Western
The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13
IMDb: 6
73

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad
IMDb: 5.7
89

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the…

Genre: Comedy
House of Strangers

House of Strangers

House of Strangers
IMDb: 7.3
101

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street
IMDb: 6
69

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Homicide

Homicide

Homicide
IMDb: 6.3
77

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to…

Genre: Crime
Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave
IMDb: 7
86

A sensitive, educated black man’s World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily…

Genre: Drama, War
Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair
IMDb: 7.1
87

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who’s actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hold That Baby!

Hold That Baby!

Hold That Baby!
IMDb: 6.1
64

While working in a laundromat, the boys find a baby hidden among the linen. They soon find out that the baby, who is the heir to a fortune, has been…

Genre: Comedy
Obsession

Obsession

Obsession
IMDb: 7.4
96

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife’s lover.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter
IMDb: 5.2
75

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can’t seem to stop hiccuping.

Hellfire

Hellfire

Hellfire
IMDb: 6.6
90

Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher’s mission of building a…

Genre: Western
The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress
IMDb: 8.1
115

Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris…

The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart
IMDb: 7.3
102

In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War