Favorite Movies of 1949

By: Paul Johnson

MIA: COLORADO TERRITORY
Still Need to See: BATTLEGROUND, BITTER RICE, BEYOND THE FOREST, CAUGHT, CHAMPION, SILENCE DE LA MER, THIEVES’ HIGHWAY

• 01
  Late Spring
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 02
  The Reckless Moment
  Max Ophüls
• 03
  The Third Man
  Carol Reed
• 04
  White Heat
  Raoul Walsh
• 05
  Criss Cross
  Robert Siodmak
• 06
  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  John Ford
• 07
  Adam's Rib
  George Cukor
• 08
  Border Incident
  Anthony Mann
• 09
  On the Town
  Gene Kelly
• 10
  I Shot Jesse James
  Samuel Fuller