# List of American films of 1949

A list of American films released in 1949. All the King's Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
* Adam's Rib
* Bagdad
* Battleground
* Beyond the Forest

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abandoned | Joseph M. Newman | Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler | Film noir | Universal |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff | Comedy horror | Universal |
| The Accused | William Dieterle | Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey | Film noir | Paramount |
| Across the Rio Grande | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Reno Browne, Dub Taylor | Western | Monogram |
| Act of Violence | Fred Zinnemann | Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor | Drama | MGM |
| Adam's Rib | George Cukor | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hagen | Romantic comedy | MGM; script by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin |
| Adventure in Baltimore | Richard Wallace | Shirley Temple, Robert Young, John Agar | Drama | RKO |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | James Algar, Clyde Geronimi | Bing Crosby, Eric Blore, Basil Rathbone | Animation | Disney; Golden Globe for Cinematography, Color |
| Africa Screams | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty | Comedy | United Artists |
| Air Hostess | Lew Landers | Gloria Henry, Audrey Long, Marjorie Lord | Drama | Columbia |
| Alias the Champ | George Blair | Audrey Long, Gorgeous George, Robert Rockwell | Mystery | Republic |
| Alias Nick Beal | John Farrow | Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell | Horror | Paramount |
| Alimony | Alfred Zeisler | Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| All the King's Men | Robert Rossen | Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland | Drama | Columbia; Remade in 2006 |
| Always Leave Them Laughing | Roy Del Ruth | Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Bert Lahr | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| And Baby Makes Three | Henry Levin | Barbara Hale, Robert Young, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| Angels in Disguise | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Anna Lucasta | Irving Rapper | Paulette Goddard, William Bishop Broderick Crawford | Film noir | Columbia; Remade in 1958 |
| Any Number Can Play | Mervyn LeRoy | Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Mary Astor | Drama | MGM |
| Arctic Manhunt | Ewing Scott | Mikel Conrad, Carol Thurston, Wally Cassell | Adventure | Universal |
| Arson, Inc. | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy | Drama | Lippert |
| Bad Boy | Kurt Neumann | Audie Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Lloyd Nolan | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Bad Men of Tombstone | Kurt Neumann | Broderick Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds | Western | Allied Artists |
| Bagdad | Charles Lamont | Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price | Adventure | Universal |
| Bandit King of Texas | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Helene Stanley, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Bandits of El Dorado | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Barbary Pirate | Lew Landers | Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Lenore Aubert | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | Charles Walters | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Billie Burke | Musical | MGM; Final Astaire-Rogers pairing |
| Battleground | William Wellman | Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy | War | MGM |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Preston Sturges | Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallée | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Beyond the Forest | King Vidor | Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Cat | Phil Karlson | Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster | Adventure | Eagle-Lion Films |
| Big Jack | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main | Western | MGM; Beery's final film |
| The Big Sombrero | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne | Western | Columbia |
| The Big Steal | Don Siegel | Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix | Drama | RKO |
| The Big Wheel | Edward Ludwig | Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher | Drama | United Artists |
| Black Magic | Gregory Ratoff | Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff | Adventure | United Artists |
| Black Midnight | Budd Boetticher | Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas | Western | Monogram. Boetticher's 1st western |
| The Blazing Trail | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Blonde Bandit | Harry Keller | Dorothy Patrick, Gerald Mohr, Robert Rockwell | Crime | Republic |
| Blondie's Big Deal | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie Hits the Jackpot | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms | Comedy | Columbia |
| Bodyhold | Seymour Friedman | Willard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke | Action | Columbia |
| Bomba, the Jungle Boy | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens | Adventure | Monogram |
| Bomba on Panther Island | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron | Adventure | Monogram |
| Border Incident | Anthony Mann | Ricardo Montalbán, Howard Da Silva, George Murphy | Drama | MGM |
| Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Seymour Friedman | Chester Morris, Maylia Fong, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia |
| Brand of Fear | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Gail Davis, Tom London | Western | Monogram |
| The Bribe | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price | Film noir | MGM |
| Bride for Sale | William D. Russell | Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent | Comedy | RKO |
| Bride of Vengeance | Mitchell Leisen | Paulette Goddard, John Lund, Macdonald Carey | Historical | Paramount |
| Brimstone | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Walter Brennan, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic |
| Brothers in the Saddle | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie | Western | RKO |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | George Sherman | Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart | Western | Universal |
| Canadian Pacific | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Caught | Max Ophüls | James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan | Film noir | MGM |
| Challenge of the Range | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Paula Raymond, Steve Darrell | Western | Columbia |
| Challenge to Lassie | Richard Thorpe | Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Geraldine Brooks | Drama | MGM |
| Champion | Mark Robson | Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell | Film noir | United Artists; 6 Oscar nominations |
| Chicago Deadline | Lewis Allen | Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc | Film noir | Paramount |
| Chicken Every Sunday | George Seaton | Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Colleen Townsend | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Chinatown at Midnight | Seymour Friedman | Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers | Crime drama | Columbia |
| City Across the River | Maxwell Shane | Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Sue England | Film noir | Universal; Curtis's first film |
| The Clay Pigeon | Richard Fleischer | Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, Richard Quine | Crime drama | RKO |
| C-Man | Joseph Lerner | Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Edith Atwater | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Colorado Territory | Raoul Walsh | Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone | Western | Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra |
| Come to the Stable | Henry Koster | Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Tay Garnett | Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke | Musical comedy | Paramount; from a story by Mark Twain |
| Cover Up | Alfred E. Green | William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Cowboy and the Indians | John English | Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards | Western | Columbia |
| The Crime Doctor's Diary | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne | Mystery | Columbia. Last of series |
| Criss Cross | Robert Siodmak | Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal |
| The Crooked Way | Robert Florey | John Payne, Ellen Drew, Sonny Tufts | Film noir | United Artists |
| Dancing in the Dark | Irving Reis | William Powell, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| A Dangerous Profession | Ted Tetzlaff | George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien | Film noir | RKO |
| The Daring Caballero | Wallace Fox | Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Charles Halton | Western | United Artists |
| Daughter of the Jungle | George Blair | Lois Hall, Sheldon Leonard, James Cardwell | Adventure | Republic |
| Daughter of the West | Harold Daniels | Martha Vickers, Phillip Reed, Donald Woods | Western | Film Classics |
| Dear Wife | Richard Haydn | William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Paramount |
| Death Valley Gunfighter | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Desert Vigilante | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Devil's Henchman | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Mary Beth Hughes, Regis Toomey | Crime | Columbia |
| The Doctor and the Girl | Curtis Bernhardt | Glenn Ford, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh | Drama | MGM |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | Gordon Douglas | Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Allbritton | Western | Columbia |
| Down Dakota Way | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Elisabeth Risdon | Western | Republic |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | Henry Hathaway | Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; Remake of 1922 silent film |
| Duke of Chicago | George Blair | Audrey Long, Tom Brown, Grant Withers | Sports | Republic |
| Dynamite | William H. Pine | William Gargan, Richard Crane, Virginia Welles | Film noir | Paramount |

## E-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| East Side, West Side | Mervyn LeRoy | Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner | Crime drama | MGM |
| Easy Living | Jacques Tourneur | Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott | Drama | RKO |
| Edward, My Son | George Cukor | Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter | Drama | MGM-British. Oscar nomination for Kerr |
| El Paso | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| Everybody Does It | Edmund Goulding | Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Remake of 1937 film |
| Family Honeymoon | Claude Binyon | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson | Comedy | Universal |
| The Fan | Otto Preminger | Madeleine Carroll, Jeanne Crain, Richard Greene, George Sanders | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on Oscar Wilde story |
| Father Was a Fullback | John M. Stahl | Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Rudy Vallée | Family | 20th Century Fox |
| Feudin' Rhythm | Edward Bernds | Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, Kirby Grant | Western musical | Columbia |
| Fighting Fools | Reginald Le Borg | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lyle Talbot | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Fighting Kentuckian | George Waggner | John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston | Western | Republic |
| Fighting Man of the Plains | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Jane Nigh, Bill Williams | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Fighting O'Flynn | Arthur Pierson | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene | Adventure | Universal |
| The Fighting Redhead | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Emmett Lynn, Peggy Stewart | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Flame of Youth | R. G. Springsteen | Barbra Fuller, Danny Sue Nolan, Don Beddoe | Drama | Republic |
| Flaming Fury | George Blair | George Cooper, Roy Roberts, Paul Marion | Crime | Republic |
| Flamingo Road | Michael Curtiz | Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on the play |
| Flaxy Martin | Richard L. Bare | Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Zachary Scott | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Follow Me Quietly | Richard Fleischer | William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey | Film Noir | RKO |
| The Forbidden Street | Jean Negulesco | Maureen O'Hara, Dana Andrews, Sybil Thorndike | Drama | Fox |
| Forgotten Women | William Beaudine | Elyse Knox, Edward Norris, Robert Shayne | Drama | Monogram |
| The Fountainhead | King Vidor | Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on Ayn Rand novel |
| Free for All | Charles Barton | Robert Cummings, Ann Blyth, Percy Kilbride | Comedy | Universal |
| Frontier Investigator | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| The Gal Who Took the West | Frederick de Cordova | Yvonne De Carlo, Scott Brady, Charles Coburn | Western | Universal |
| The Gay Amigo | Wallace Fox | Duncan Renaldo, Armida, Leo Carrillo | Western | United Artists. Cisco Kid |
| The Girl from Jones Beach | Peter Godfrey | Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Golden Stallion | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| The Great Dan Patch | Joseph M. Newman | Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick | Drama | United Artists |
| The Great Gatsby | Elliott Nugent | Alan Ladd, Ruth Hussey, Betty Field | Drama | Paramount. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; remade in 1974 and 2013 |
| The Great Lover | Alexander Hall | Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Great Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas | Drama | MGM |
| Gun Law Justice | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Jane Adams, Dub Taylor | Western | Monogram |
| Gun Runner | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Noel Neill, Mae Clarke | Western | Monogram |
| The Hasty Heart | Vincent Sherman | Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Heiress | William Wyler | Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson | Drama | Paramount; won 4 Academy Awards |
| Hellfire | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic |
| Hideout | Philip Ford | Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Sheila Ryan | Thriller | Republic |
| Hold That Baby! | Reginald Le Borg | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Holiday Affair | Don Hartman | Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey | Romantic comedy | RKO; |
| Holiday in Havana | Jean Yarborough | Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Home in San Antone | Ray Nazarro | Roy Acuff, Lyn Thomas, George Cleveland | Western musical | Columbia |
| Home of the Brave | Mark Robson | Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards | Drama | United Artists |
| Homicide | Felix Jacoves | Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Monte Blue | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Horsemen of the Sierras | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lois Hall | Western | Columbia |
| The House Across the Street | Richard L. Bare | Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| House of Strangers | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |

## I-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Cheated the Law | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Steve Brodie, Barbara Billingsley | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| I Married a Communist | Robert Stevenson | Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar | Drama | RKO. aka The Woman on Pier 13 |
| I Shot Jesse James | Samuel Fuller | Preston Foster, John Ireland, Barbara Britton | Western | Lippert |
| I Was a Male War Bride | Howard Hawks | Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Illegal Entry | Frederick de Cordova | Märta Torén, Howard Duff, George Brent | Film noir | Universal |
| Impact | Arthur Lubin | Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn | Film noir | United Artists |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Robert Z. Leonard | Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton | Comedy | MGM |
| The Inspector General | Henry Koster | Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. Golden Globe Best Original Score |
| Intruder in the Dust | Clarence Brown | Juano Hernandez, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr. | Drama | MGM |
| It Happens Every Spring | Lloyd Bacon | Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| It's a Great Feeling | David Butler | Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Song |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | William Beaudine | Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus | Comedy | Monogram |
| Jigsaw | Fletcher Markle | Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Marc Lawrence | Film noir | United Artists |
| Joe Palooka in the Big Fight | Cy Endfield | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Lina Romay | Comedy | Monogram |
| Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch | Reginald Le Borg | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Comedy | Monogram |
| John Loves Mary | David Butler | Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris, Patricia Neal | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Johnny Allegro | Ted Tetzlaff | George Raft, George Macready, Nina Foch | Crime | Columbia |
| Johnny Holiday | Willis Goldbeck | William Bendix, Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Clements | Drama | United Artists |
| Johnny Stool Pigeon | William Castle | Shelley Winters, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal |
| Jolson Sings Again | Henry Levin | Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest | Biography | Columbia. Sequel to The Jolson Story |
| The Judge | Elmer Clifton | Milburn Stone, Katherine DeMille, Paul Guilfoyle | Crime | Film Classics |
| The Judge Steps Out | Boris Ingster | Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox George Tobias | Comedy | RKO |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kazan | Will Jason | Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Roman Bohnen | Western | Columbia |
| The Kid from Cleveland | Herbert Kline | George Brent, Lynn Bari, Tommy Cook | Sports drama | Republic |
| A Kiss for Corliss | Richard Wallace | Shirley Temple, David Niven, Virginia Welles | Comedy | United Artists |
| A Kiss in the Dark | Delmer Daves | Jane Wyman, David Niven, Broderick Crawford | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Knock on Any Door | Nicholas Ray | Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready | Drama | Columbia; from Willard Motley novel |
| Ladies of the Chorus | Phil Karlson | Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks | Musical | Columbia |
| The Lady Gambles | Michael Gordon | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally | Drama | Universal |
| The Lady Takes a Sailor | Michael Curtiz | Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Laramie | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo | Western | Columbia; Became TV series |
| The Last Bandit | Joseph Kane | Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic |
| Law of the Barbary Coast | Lew Landers | Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens | Crime | Columbia |
| Law of the Golden West | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Gail Davis, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| Law of the West | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jack Ingram | Western | Monogram |
| Lawless Code | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Ellen Hall | Western | Monogram |
| A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain | Drama | 20th Century Fox; won 2 Academy Awards |
| The Life of Riley | Irving Brecher | William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, James Gleason | Comedy | Universal |
| Little Women | Mervyn LeRoy | Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, June Allyson | Family | MGM; from Louisa May Alcott novel |
| The Lone Wolf and His Lady | John Hoffman | Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray | Mystery | Columbia. Last of series |
| Look for the Silver Lining | David Butler | June Haver, Ray Bolger, Charlie Ruggles | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Lost Boundaries | Alfred L. Werker | Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas | Drama | Film Classics |
| The Lost Tribe | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Elena Verdugo, Myrna Dell | Adventure | Columbia. Jungle Jim |
| The Lovable Cheat | Richard Oswald | Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney | Comedy | Film Classics |
| Love Happy | David Miller | Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Ilona Massey | Comedy | United Artists; final Marx Bros. film |
| The Lucky Stiff | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy | Comedy | United Artists; produced by Jack Benny |
| Lust for Gold | S. Sylvan Simon | Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino, Gig Young | Western | Columbia |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ma and Pa Kettle | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall | Comedy | Universal. The Egg and I sequel |
| Madame Bovary | Vincente Minnelli | Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin | Drama | MGM. From Gustave Flaubert novel |
| Make Believe Ballroom | Joseph Santley | Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles | Drama | Columbia |
| Make Mine Laughs | Richard Fleischer | Ray Bolger, Joan Davis, Dennis Day | Musical | RKO |
| Malaya | Richard Thorpe | Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Sydney Greenstreet | Thriller | MGM |
| The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Burgess Meredith | Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith | Mystery | RKO |
| Manhandled | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden | Film noir | Paramount |
| Manhattan Angel | Arthur Dreifuss | Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry, Thurston Hall | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Mary Ryan, Detective | Abby Berlin | Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent | Crime Drama | Columbia |
| Masked Raiders | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Massacre River | John Rawlins | Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews | Western | Monogram |
| Master Minds | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy horror | Monogram |
| Mighty Joe Young | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson | Adventure | RKO |
| Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Lloyd Bacon | Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| Miss Mink of 1949 | Glenn Tryon | Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Barbara Brown | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mother Is a Freshman | Lloyd Bacon | Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Elliott Nugent | Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; sequel to Sitting Pretty |
| Mr. Soft Touch | Gordon Douglas | Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland | Film noir | Columbia |
| Mrs. Mike | Louis King | Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Angela Clarke | Drama | United Artists |
| The Mutineers | Jean Yarbrough | Jon Hall, Adele Jergens, George Reeves | Adventure | Columbia |
| My Dream Is Yours | Michael Curtiz | Doris Day, Jack Carson, Eve Arden | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| My Foolish Heart | Mark Robson | Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith | Drama | RKO. 2 Oscar nominations |
| My Friend Irma | George Marshall | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Paramount; 1st Martin and Lewis film |
| My Own True Love | Compton Bennett | Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | Paramount |
| The Mysterious Desperado | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Movita Castaneda | Western | RKO |
| Navajo Trail Raiders | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Robert Emmett Keane | Western | Republic |
| Neptune's Daughter | Edward Buzzell | Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán | Musical | MGM; Oscar for Best Song |
| Never Fear | Ida Lupino | Sally Forrest, Hugh O'Brian, Keefe Brasselle | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Night Unto Night | Don Siegel | Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Not Wanted | Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino | Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn | Drama | Film Classics |

## O-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll | John M. Stahl | Mark Stevens, June Haver, Gale Robbins | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Once More, My Darling | Robert Montgomery | Robert Montgomery, Ann Blyth, Jane Cowl | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| One Last Fling | Peter Godfrey | Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| On the Town | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett | Musical | MGM; Oscar for Best Musical Score |
| Outcasts of the Trail | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Jeff Donnell, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| Outpost in Morocco | Robert Florey | George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff | Adventure | United Artists |
| Pinky | Elia Kazan | Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations |
| Pioneer Marshal | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Nan Leslie | Western | Republic |
| The Pirates of Capri | Edgar G. Ulmer | Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti | Adventure | Film Classics |
| Post Office Investigator | George Blair | Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell | Mystery | Republic |
| Port of New York | László Benedek | Scott Brady, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Powder River Rustlers | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Prince of Foxes | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| Prince of the Plains | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Prison Warden | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, Harlan Warde | Crime | Columbia |
| Range Justice | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Riley Hill | Western | Monogram |
| Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| The Reckless Moment | Max Ophüls | James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks | Film noir | Columbia |
| Red Canyon | George Sherman | Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent | Western | Universal |
| The Red Danube | George Sidney | Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM |
| Red, Hot and Blue | John Farrow | Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Red Light | Roy Del Ruth | George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Red Menace | R. G. Springsteen | Robert Rockwell, Betty Lou Gerson, Barbra Fuller | Film noir | Republic |
| The Red Pony | Lewis Milestone | Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern | Western drama | Republic |
| Red Rock Outlaw | Elmer Clifton | Lee "Lasses" White, Reno Browne, Ewing Miles Brown | Western | Astor |
| Red Stallion in the Rockies | Ralph Murphy | Jean Heather, Arthur Franz, Ray Collins | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Reign of Terror | Anthony Mann | Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Basehart | Historical thriller | Eagle-Lion |
| Renegades of the Sage | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslie Banning | Western | Columbia |
| Ride, Ryder, Ride! | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Riders in the Sky | John English | Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Mary Beth Hughes | Western | Columbia |
| Riders of the Range | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jacqueline White | Western | RKO |
| Riders of the Whistling Pines | John English | Gene Autry, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd | Western | Columbia |
| Rimfire | B. Reeves Eason | Mary Beth Hughes, James Millican, Reed Hadley | Western | Lippert |
| Rim of the Canyon | John English | Gene Autry, Thurston Hall, Clem Bevans | Western | Columbia |
| Ringside | Frank McDonald | Don "Red" Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan | Film noir | Lippert |
| Roaring Westward | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Lois Hall, Dennis Moore | Western | Monogram |
| Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Rope of Sand | William Dieterle | Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains | Adventure | Paramount |
| Roseanna McCoy | Irving Reis | Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Raymond Massey | Drama | RKO |
| Rose of the Yukon | George Blair | Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie, Emory Parnell | Western | Republic |
| Roughshod | Mark Robson | Gloria Grahame, Robert Sterling, John Ireland | Western | RKO |
| Rustlers | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer | Western | RKO |
| Rusty's Birthday | Seymour Friedman | Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia |
| Rusty Saves a Life | Seymour Friedman | Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia |

## S-T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Samson and Delilah | Cecil B. DeMille | Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Angela Lansbury | Biblical, Drama | Paramount. 5 Oscar nominations |
| San Antone Ambush | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Sand | Henry King | Coleen Gray, Mark Stevens, Rory Calhoun | Western | 20th Century Fox. Oscar-nominated |
| Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker | War | Republic. 4 Oscar nominations |
| Satan's Cradle | Ford Beebe | Duncan Renaldo, Ann Savage, Leo Carrillo | Western | United Artists |
| Scene of the Crime | Roy Rowland | Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven | Film noir | MGM |
| Search for Danger | Jack Bernhard | John Calvert, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell | Crime | Film Classics |
| The Secret Garden | Fred M. Wilcox | Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell | Drama | MGM |
| The Secret of St. Ives | Phil Rosen | Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Set-Up | Robert Wise | Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, Alan Baxter | Sports Film noir | RKO. From W. C. Heinz novel |
| Shamrock Hill | Arthur Dreifuss | Peggy Ryan, Trudy Marshall, Rick Vallin | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| She Shoulda Said No! | Sherman Scott | Alan Baxter, Lila Leeds, Lyle Talbot | Drama | Independent |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | John Ford | John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson | Western | RKO. Oscar for cinematography |
| Sheriff of Wichita | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Lyn Wilde, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Shockproof | Douglas Sirk | Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey | Film noir | Columbia |
| Siren of Atlantis | Gregg G. Tallas | Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe | Adventure | United Artists |
| Sky Dragon | Lesley Selander | Roland Winters, Noel Neill, Keye Luke | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| Slattery's Hurricane | André de Toth | Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake | Drama | 20th Century Fox. From Herman Wouk story |
| Slightly French | Douglas Sirk | Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| So Dear to My Heart | Harold D. Schuster | Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey | Animation | Disney |
| Song of India | Albert S. Rogell | Sabu, Turhan Bey, Gail Russell | Adventure | Columbia |
| Song of Surrender | Mitchell Leisen | Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Andrea King | Drama | Paramount |
| Sons of New Mexico | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Robert Armstrong | Western | Columbia |
| Sorrowful Jones | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot | Comedy | Paramount. Damon Runyon story; remake of 1934 film |
| South of Death Valley | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Lee Roberts | Western | Columbia |
| South of Rio | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Kay Christopher, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| South of St. Louis | Ray Enright | Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Victor Jory | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Special Agent | William C. Thomas | William Eythe, Kasey Rogers, Carole Mathews | Film noir | Paramount |
| Square Dance Jubilee | Paul Landres | Don "Red" Barry, Mary Beth Hughes, Wally Vernon | Musical, Western | Lippert |
| Stagecoach Kid | Lew Landers | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jeff Donnell | Western | RKO |
| Stampede | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Allied Artists; Remake of 1936 film |
| State Department: File 649 | Sam Newfield | Virginia Bruce, William Lundigan, Jonathan Hale | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Strange Bargain | Will Price | Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan | Film noir | RKO |
| The Stratton Story | Sam Wood | James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan | Sports | MGM. Biography of Monty Stratton |
| Streets of Laredo | Leslie Fenton | William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey | Western | Paramount; remake of The Texas Rangers |
| Streets of San Francisco | George Blair | Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Wally Cassell | Crime | Republic |
| The Story of Molly X | Crane Wilbur | June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart | Film noir | Universal |
| The Story of Seabiscuit | David Butler | Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Rosemary DeCamp | Sports | Warner Bros. |
| The Sun Comes Up | Richard Thorpe | Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman Jr. | Family | MGM. Lassie feature |
| Susanna Pass | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Sword in the Desert | George Sherman | Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally | War | Universal |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Busby Berkeley | Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly | Sports musical | MGM |
| Take One False Step | Chester Erskine | Shelley Winters, William Powell, Marsha Hunt | Film noir | Universal |
| Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Lee Sholem | Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Evelyn Ankers | Adventure | RKO |
| Task Force | Delmer Daves | Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan | War | Warner Bros. 8th Cooper-Brennan pairing |
| Tell It to the Judge | Norman Foster | Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young | Comedy | Columbia |
| Tension | John Berry | Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse | Film noir | MGM |
| That Forsyte Woman | Compton Bennett | Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | MGM; from book by John Galsworthy |
| That Midnight Kiss | Norman Taurog | Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, José Iturbi | Musical | MGM |
| There's a Girl in My Heart | Arthur Dreifuss | Lee Bowman, Elyse Knox, Gloria Jean | Musical | Allied Artists |
| They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva | Film noir | RKO; Ray's 1st film; from novel Thieves Like Us |
| Thieves' Highway | Jules Dassin | Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The Threat | Felix E. Feist | Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw | Film noir | RKO |
| Top o' the Morning | David Miller | Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald | Comedy | Paramount |
| Tokyo Joe | Stuart Heisler | Humphrey Bogart, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa | War | Columbia |
| Too Late for Tears | Byron Haskin | Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore | Film noir | United Artists |
| Tough Assignment | William Beaudine | Don Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert |
| Trail of the Yukon | William Beaudine | Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert, Iris Adrian | Western | Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series |
| Trails End | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Kay Morley | Western | Monogram |
| Trapped | Richard Fleischer | Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Treasure of Monte Cristo | William Berke | Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert |
| Tucson | William F. Claxton | Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Charles Russell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tulsa | Stuart Heisler | Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Tuna Clipper | William Beaudine | Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters | Drama | Monogram |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger | War | 20th Century Fox. Oscar for Jagger |

## U-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Undercover Man | Joseph H. Lewis | Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore | Crime drama | Columbia |
| Undertow | William Castle | Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow | Film noir | Universal |
| The Walking Hills | John Sturges | Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop | Western | Columbia |
| We Were Strangers | John Huston | Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz | Adventure | Columbia |
| West of El Dorado | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne | Western | Monogram |
| Western Renegades | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jane Adams | Western | Monogram |
| White Heat | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Wicked City | François Villiers | Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer | Drama | United Artists. Co-production with France |
| The Window | Ted Tetzlaff | Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Ruth Roman | Drama | RKO |
| Without Honor | Irving Pichel | Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Franchot Tone | Drama | United Artists |
| The Wolf Hunters | Budd Boetticher | Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Helen Parrish | Western | Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series |
| A Woman's Secret | Nicholas Ray | Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame | Film noir | RKO |
| The Wyoming Bandit | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Trevor Bardette | Western | Republic |
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | George Sherman | Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven, Charles Coburn | Musical | Universal |
| The Younger Brothers | Edwin L. Marin | Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett, Janis Paige | Western | Warner Bros. |
| You're My Everything | Walter Lang | Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere | Musical | 20th Century Fox |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adventures of Sir Galahad | Spencer Gordon Bennet | George Reeves, Lois Hall | Serial | Republic |
| Batman and Robin | S.G. Bennet | Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams | Serial | |
| Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies | Spencer Bennet | Tom Neal, Judy Clark | Serial | Republic |
| Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc | | Kirk Alyn, Rosemary LaPlanche | Serial | |
| Ghost of Zorro | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore, Pamela Blake | Serial | Republic |
| King of the Rocket Men | Fred C. Brannon | Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty | Serial | Republic |
| Radar Patrol vs. Spy King | | Kirk Alyn | Serial | |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre |
| Awful Orphan | Chuck Jones | | Animated |
| The Cat and the Mermouse | | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
| Dating Do's and Don'ts | | | |
| Dunked in the Deep | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject |
| For Scent-imental Reasons | | | Animated |
| Frigid Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| High Diving Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| Malice in the Palace | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Slapstick |
| Jerry's Diary | | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
| Long-Haired Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| Love That Pup | | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
| Mississippi Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| Porky in Wackyland | | Porky Pig | Animated |
| Rabbit Hood | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| Rebel Rabbit | | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
| Technicolor for Industrial Films | | | Educational |
| Tennis Chumps | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
| Which Is Witch | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated |