I have now seen 63 films that were released in 1948. The complete list is here. A few shorts, documentaries, and other movies were reviewed here. The total also includes a few I’ve seen before that were not easily available this time around. This was a great year for movies. I cut it a bit short so that I can start fresh on 1949 when I return from vacation.
I usually make my list from films I have rated 10/10 or 9/10 on IMDb. This time there are too many 9/10 movies to include all of them in the top 10. Also rans were: Rope; Raw Deal; Red River; Force of Evil; It Happened in Europe; Pitfall; and He Walked by Night.
These basically could have been placed in any order, though Treasure of the Sierra Madre would always come out as my favorite of the year.
10. All My Sons (directed by Irving Reis)
9. Hamlet (directed by Laurence Olivier)
8. The Snake Pit (directed by Anatole Litvak)
7. Fort Apache (directed by John Ford)
6. The Red Shoes (directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
5. Oliver Twist (directed by David Lean)
4. Drunken Angel (directed by Akira Kurosawa)
3. Bicycle Thieves (1948, directed by Vittorio de Sica)
2. The Fallen Idol (directed by Carol Reed)
1. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (directed by John Huston)
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