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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
The Third Man Carol Reed
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Films

2.
The Heiress William Wyler
3.
Adam's Rib George Cukor
4.
All the King's Men Robert Rossen
5.
Whisky Galore
Tight Little Island Alexander Mackendrick
6.
The Passionate Friends David Lean
7.
Twelve O'Clock High Henry King
8.
Jour de Fete
Festival Day Jacques Tati
9.
A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz
10.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Ford
11.
Thieves' Highway Jules Dassin
12.
I Was a Male War Bride Howard Hawks
13.
White Heat Raoul Walsh
14.
Whirlpool Otto Preminger
15.
The Set-Up Robert Wise
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Films

16.
Mighty Joe Young Ernest B. Schoedsack
17.
Criss Cross Robert Siodmak
18.
They Live by Night Nicholas Ray
19.
Stray Dog
Nora inu Akira Kurosawa
20.
Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer
21.
On the Town Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
22.
Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius
23.
Holiday Affair Don Hartman
24.
Flamingo Road Michael Curtiz
25.
Not Wanted Elmer Clifton
26.
House of Strangers Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Films

27.
Black Magic Orson Welles and Gregory Ratoff
28.
Little Women Mervyn LeRoy
29.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Busby Berkeley
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Films

30.
The Cowboy and the Indians John English
Adam's Rib George Cukor 
A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
All the King's Men Robert Rossen 
Black Magic Orson Welles and Gregory Ratoff 
Criss Cross Robert Siodmak 
Flamingo Road Michael Curtiz 
Holiday Affair Don Hartman 
House of Strangers Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
I Was a Male War Bride Howard Hawks 
Jour de Fete
Festival Day Jacques Tati 
Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer 
Little Women Mervyn LeRoy 
Mighty Joe Young Ernest B. Schoedsack 
Not Wanted Elmer Clifton 
On the Town Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 
Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius 
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Ford 
Stray Dog
Nora inu Akira Kurosawa 
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Busby Berkeley 
The Cowboy and the Indians John English 
The Heiress William Wyler 
The Passionate Friends David Lean 
The Set-Up Robert Wise 
The Third Man Carol Reed 
They Live by Night Nicholas Ray 
Thieves' Highway Jules Dassin 
Twelve O'Clock High Henry King 
Whirlpool Otto Preminger 
Whisky Galore
Tight Little Island Alexander Mackendrick 
White Heat Raoul Walsh 
The Passionate Friends David Lean 26 January 1949
A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz 03 February 1949
Criss Cross Robert Siodmak 04 February 1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Busby Berkeley 09 March 1949
Little Women Mervyn LeRoy 10 March 1949
The Set-Up Robert Wise 02 April 1949
Flamingo Road Michael Curtiz 30 April 1949
Jour de Fete
Festival Day Jacques Tati 11 May 1949
Not Wanted Elmer Clifton 24 June 1949
House of Strangers Joseph L. Mankiewicz 01 July 1949
Black Magic Orson Welles and Gregory Ratoff 19 August 1949
I Was a Male War Bride Howard Hawks 26 August 1949
Mighty Joe Young Ernest B. Schoedsack 29 August 1949
The Third Man Carol Reed 31 August 1949
White Heat Raoul Walsh 03 September 1949
The Cowboy and the Indians John English 15 September 1949
Thieves' Highway Jules Dassin 10 October 1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Ford 22 October 1949
Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius 26 October 1949
They Live by Night Nicholas Ray 05 November 1949
All the King's Men Robert Rossen 08 November 1949
Adam's Rib George Cukor 17 November 1949
Holiday Affair Don Hartman 24 December 1949
Whisky Galore
Tight Little Island Alexander Mackendrick 25 December 1949
The Heiress William Wyler 28 December 1949
On the Town Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 30 December 1949
Whirlpool Otto Preminger 16 January 1950
Twelve O'Clock High Henry King 13 February 1950
Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer 14 June 1950
Stray Dog
Nora inu Akira Kurosawa 31 August 1963
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