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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 Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Films

2.
Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur
3.
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Irving Reis
4.
Brute Force
Jules Dassin
5.
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
6.
Desperate
Anthony Mann
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Films

7.
Dark Passage
Delmer Daves
8.
Born to Kill
Robert Wise
9.
Nightmare Alley
Edmund Goulding
10.
Kiss of Death
Henry Hathaway
11.
Ride the Pink Horse
Robert Montgomery
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Films

12.
Repeat Performance
Alfred L. Werker
13.
Lured
Douglas Sirk
14.
Framed
Richard Wallace
15.
Gentleman's Agreement
Elia Kazan
16.
The Paradine Case
Alfred Hitchcock
17.
Daisy Kenyon
Otto Preminger
18.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Roy Del Ruth
19.
Dead Reckoning
John Cromwell
20.
Crossfire
Edward Dmytryk
21.
Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton
22.
Welcome Stranger
Elliott Nugent
23.
They Won't Believe Me
Irving Pichel
24.
High Tide
John Reinhardt
25.
The Strike
Siréna
Siren
Karel Steklý
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Films

26.
The Lady from Shanghai
Orson Welles
27.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Norman Z. McLeod
28.
Desert Fury
Lewis Allen
29.
Fun & Fancy Free
Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan, and Bill Roberts
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Films

30.
Song of the Thin Man
Edward Buzzell
31.
The Farmer's Daughter
H.C. Potter
32.
Green Dolphin Street
Victor Saville
33.
Monsieur Verdoux
Charles Chaplin
34.
Johnny O'Clock
Robert Rossen
35.
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Koster
36.
Forever Amber
Otto Preminger and John M. Stahl
37.
The Guilty
John Reinhardt
38.
The Egg and I
Chester Erskine
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Films

39.
Life with Father
Michael Curtiz
40.
Lady in the Lake
Robert Montgomery
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 
Born to Kill
Robert Wise 
Brute Force
Jules Dassin 
Crossfire
Edward Dmytryk 
Daisy Kenyon
Otto Preminger 
Dark Passage
Delmer Daves 
Dead Reckoning
John Cromwell 
Desert Fury
Lewis Allen 
Desperate
Anthony Mann 
Forever Amber
Otto Preminger and John M. Stahl 
Framed
Richard Wallace 
Fun & Fancy Free
Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan, and Bill Roberts 
Gentleman's Agreement
Elia Kazan 
Green Dolphin Street
Victor Saville 
High Tide
John Reinhardt 
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Roy Del Ruth 
Johnny O'Clock
Robert Rossen 
Kiss of Death
Henry Hathaway 
Lady in the Lake
Robert Montgomery 
Life with Father
Michael Curtiz 
Lured
Douglas Sirk 
Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton 
Monsieur Verdoux
Charles Chaplin 
Nightmare Alley
Edmund Goulding 
Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur 
Repeat Performance
Alfred L. Werker 
Ride the Pink Horse
Robert Montgomery 
Song of the Thin Man
Edward Buzzell 
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Irving Reis 
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Koster 
The Egg and I
Chester Erskine 
The Farmer's Daughter
H.C. Potter 
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
The Guilty
John Reinhardt 
The Lady from Shanghai
Orson Welles 
The Paradine Case
Alfred Hitchcock 
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Norman Z. McLeod 
The Strike
Siréna
Siren
Karel Steklý 
They Won't Believe Me
Irving Pichel 
Welcome Stranger
Elliott Nugent 
Dead Reckoning
John Cromwell 29 January 1947
Johnny O'Clock
Robert Rossen 22 February 1947
The Guilty
John Reinhardt 22 March 1947
The Farmer's Daughter
H.C. Potter 26 March 1947
Framed
Richard Wallace 27 March 1947
The Strike
Siréna
Siren
Karel Steklý 11 April 1947
Lady in the Lake
Robert Montgomery 14 April 1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Roy Del Ruth 19 April 1947
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 24 April 1947
The Egg and I
Chester Erskine 01 May 1947
Born to Kill
Robert Wise 03 May 1947
Welcome Stranger
Elliott Nugent 13 June 1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Joseph L. Mankiewicz 18 June 1947
Desperate
Anthony Mann 20 June 1947
Brute Force
Jules Dassin 30 June 1947
Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton 04 July 1947
They Won't Believe Me
Irving Pichel 10 July 1947
Crossfire
Edward Dmytryk 15 August 1947
Desert Fury
Lewis Allen 15 August 1947
Song of the Thin Man
Edward Buzzell 28 August 1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Irving Reis 01 September 1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Norman Z. McLeod 01 September 1947
Kiss of Death
Henry Hathaway 01 September 1947
Lured
Douglas Sirk 05 September 1947
Life with Father
Michael Curtiz 13 September 1947
High Tide
John Reinhardt 13 September 1947
Repeat Performance
Alfred L. Werker 15 September 1947
Dark Passage
Delmer Daves 27 September 1947
Fun & Fancy Free
Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan, and Bill Roberts 27 September 1947
Nightmare Alley
Edmund Goulding 09 October 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
Charles Chaplin 23 October 1947
Green Dolphin Street
Victor Saville 05 November 1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Elia Kazan 11 November 1947
Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur 13 November 1947
The Lady from Shanghai
Orson Welles 24 December 1947
Daisy Kenyon
Otto Preminger 25 December 1947
Forever Amber
Otto Preminger and John M. Stahl 26 January 1948
Ride the Pink Horse
Robert Montgomery 02 February 1948
The Bishop's Wife
Henry Koster 16 February 1948
The Paradine Case
Alfred Hitchcock 13 July 1948
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