Top Films of 1948

Top Films of 1948


23. The Naked City - Dir. Jules Dassin




22. Macbeth - Dir. Orson Welles






21. Key Largo - Dir. John Huston






20. Amore - Dir. Roberto Rossellini





19. Oliver Twist - Dir. David Lean






18. Hamlet - Dir. Laurence Olivier






17. The Snake Pit - Dir. Anatole Litvak






16. Les Parents Terribles - Dir. Jean Cocteau






15. Spring in a Small Town - Dir. Fei Mu






14. Drunken Angel - Dir. Akira Kurosawa





13. A Hen in the Wind - Dir. Yasujiro Ozu






12. The Portrait - Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita






11. Fort Apache - Dir. John Ford






10. La Terra Trema - Dir. Luchino Visconti






9. Women of the Night - Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi






8. The Fallen Idol - Dir. Carol Reed






7. Letter from an Unknown Woman - Dir. Max Ophuls






6. Germany Year Zero - Dir. Roberto Rossellini





5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Dir. John Huston





4. Red River - Dir. Howard Hawks





3. Rope - Dir. Alfred Hitchcock






2. The Red Shoes - Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger





1. Bicycle Thieves - Dir. Vittorio De Sica




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