The best movies 1949

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as...

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he...

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both...

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be...

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from...

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story...

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

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

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After...

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...

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore...

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers...

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers....

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local...

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him...

Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay...

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't...

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to...

El Kid Azteca not only fights to become someone in life; he also fights for the love of Avelina, who shows no interest in him when she sees that fame...

A man takes over an inheritance and when they try to solve the case some imitators appear who want the fortune.

The struggle of a group of peasants who try to take over the land where they work.

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him...

A widow remarries... and then her missing-presumed-dead first husband reappears.

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a...

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.

When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter...

A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a...

The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of love or if she's been a victim of his influence.

Due to his family's bad reputation, a young man is accused of robbery and of murdering the father of the woman he loves.

Tabloid journalists muddy the waters during the investigation of the murder of an Argentine senator.

A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.

Burlesque version of The Moonstone; the Prince of Panchistan and his cohorts are in Mexico to retrieve a sacred relic. Wacky hijinks ensue.

A man pretends to be dead and his dying wish causes his wife to marry a drifter and lose her inheritance.

A man from humble origins becomes a famous boxer, but fame has its price.

Some elderly people mortgage their house to pay the debts of their children, but they do not return the money and lose their house.