Movies released in 1948

Totò al giro d'Italia

66/100

Parole, Inc.

57/100

Parole officers fight against gangsters trying to infiltrate the parole system.

A Woman's Vengeance

68/100

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

Krakatit

74/100

Based on a novel by Karel Capek, a prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century, who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit-a ... See full summary »

Ohne Gnade

68/100

An African-American soldier stationing in Italy refuses to make a deal with local gangsters. However, when a girl he loves turns desperately to prostitution, Jerry is forced to change his mind to save her.

Dulcimer Street

71/100

Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London...

The Black Arrow

62/100

Young nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates.

Relentless

64/100

Framed for a murder he didn't commit, a cowboy must stay one step ahead of the law as he hunts for the real killer.

Trapped by Boston Blackie

65/100

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

Tap Roots

67/100

In 1860s Mississippi, the Dabneys, founders of the Dabney plantation in Levington, experience tragedy and turmoil when they refuse to join either side of the American Civil War.

Under California Stars

58/100

Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.

The Silk Noose

64/100

Sugiani, a black-market racketeer in London, following World War II, is amassing a vast fortune until Linda Medbury, an American newspaper reporter, learns about him and his operation. She ... See full summary »

Escape

66/100

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

The Young Guard

72/100

The film is set in the city of Krasnodon in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia. Local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in ... See full summary »

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

61/100

In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.

April Showers

63/100

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on ... See full summary »

Two Guys from Texas

61/100

Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto ... See full summary »

Good-Time Girl

69/100

A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a policeman. She runs away with two GI's who are also on the run and they ... See full summary »

Smart Girls Don't Talk

65/100

Linda Vickers gets mixed up with gambler Marty Fain. One of Fain's henchmen uses her car in a killing, and the police come around asking questions. Linda decides to indulge in a bit of ... See full summary »

Eva

66/100

During WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident...

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

47/100

A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.

Smugglers' Cove

71/100

Slip mistakenly believes that he has inherited an old Long Island estate, and he and the gang go to see what their new "home" looks like. Unbeknownst to them, the real owners of the estate ... See full summary »

Shed No Tears

64/100

A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.

You Were Meant for Me

63/100

1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, ... See full summary »

Bill and Coo

59/100

The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of "The Black Menace". But to the citizen's rescue comes a brave young taxi puller named Bill!