YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1949

 

1. LATE SPRING
2. THE HEIRESS
3. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
4. ADAM'S RIB
5. THE BRIBE
6. THE QUEEN OF SPADES
7. THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER
8. THE THIRD MAN
9. THE WINDOW
10. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
11. WHITE HEAT
12. THE SMALL BACK ROOM
13. THE FILE ON THELMA JORDAN
14. TRAPPED
15. WHISKY GALORE
16. NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER
17. PASSPORT TO PIMLICO
18. THE RECKLESS MOMENT
19. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF
20. D.O.A.
21. ONCE A JOLLY SWAGMAN
22. THE SECRET GARDEN
23. ACT OF VIOLENCE
24. COLORADO TERRITORY
25. THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD
26. MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
27. REIGN OF TERROR
28. CAUGHT
29. THE FOUNTAINHEAD
30. TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
31. JOUR DE FETE
32. THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY
33. ALICE IN WONDERLAND
34. STRANGE TALES
35. I SHOT JESSE JAMES
36. THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE
37. MA AND PA KETTLE
38. THE PHANTOM CREEPS
39. LOVE HAPPY
40. WHIRLPOOL
41. IMPACT
42. AFRICA SCREAMS
43. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
44. OUTLAW COUNTRY
45. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE
46. CRISS CROSS
47. BLONDIE'S BIG DEAL
48. BLONDIE HITS THE JACKPOT
49. TOKYO JOE
50. THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER
51. BORDER INCIDENT
52. WE WERE STRANGERS