Movies released in 1949

Mr. Soft Touch

66/100

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.

Slattery's Hurricane

67/100

A former WW2 naval pilot employed by a Miami civilian company reminisces about his past and present sins while flying a plane into an incoming hurricane.

Manhandled

68/100

The secretary to a phony psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger.

The Forbidden Street

64/100

A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.

Roughshod

67/100

Wrangler Clay Phillips and his younger brother Steve are taking horses to their ranch near Sonora when they come across four dance hall girls heading the same way with a wrecked buggy. One ... See full summary »

Such a Pretty Little Beach

74/100

The Great Lover

68/100

On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.

Bezahlte Nächte

76/100

Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid ... See full summary »

Christopher Columbus

62/100

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

The Doolins of Oklahoma

65/100

Former Dalton gang member Bill Doolin puts together his own bank-robbing gang but federal Marshals are closing in.

A Kiss in the Dark

60/100

An exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants.

Outpost in Morocco

54/100

After escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.

The Green Promise

64/100

Widowed Old Man Matthews, who has lived his entire life as a farmer, has moved his family of himself and his four young adult to adolescent offspring - Deborah, Phineas, Abigail and Susan -... See full summary »

Father Was a Fullback

66/100

Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie.

Always Leave Them Laughing

60/100

A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.

The Interrupted Journey

69/100

A writer eloping with his mistress by train has second thoughts, pulls the emergency brake, bails out and witnesses the train's collision with another train, events eventually leading to murder and a police manhunt.

Mahal

71/100

A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.

The Lost Tribe

66/100

Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.

A Kiss for Corliss

62/100

A teenage girl who has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man tells all her friends that the man is her boyfriend. Soon that story starts making its way around the town.

The Sun Comes Up

68/100

Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her ... See full summary »

Strange Bargain

68/100

Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise, he finds out that the company is closing down and he'll be out of a job. His boss decides to commit ... See full summary »

The Flirtation of Girls

75/100

Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but... See full summary »

Lost Boundaries

71/100

This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school...

South of St. Louis

62/100

The friendship of three Texas Ranchers. Later their ranch was destroyed by Cotrell, of the Union army,and his band of outlaw raiders. The original title was "Distant Drums", this was a description of Civil War army deserters.

The Emperor's Nightingale

69/100

A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches... See full summary »