Most Popular Movies 1949
This chart shows the 1949 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1949 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1949 - Top 1949 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1950 → |
1
| Samson and Delilah |
| Director: Cecil B. DeMille |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 31, 1949 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Romance, Love Triangle, Religious, Blindness, Revenge, Wedding Day, Slavery, Historical Drama, Bible Epic, Obsessive Love |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $28,800,000 |
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International BO: $23,536 |
2
| Come to the Stable |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 27, 1949 (Limited) |
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Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
3
| Ladri di biciclette |
| Director: Vittorio de Sica |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 12, 1949 (Wide), released as The Bicycle Thief |
| Keywords: Foreign Language |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $361,712 |
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International BO: $38,953 |
4
| The Bribe |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 25, 1949 (Limited) (Australia) |
| Classification: Thriller/Suspense, Live Action |
5
| Conspirator |
| Director: Victor Saville |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 29, 1949 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: Political, Hitmen, Secret Agent |
6
| Pinky |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 29, 1949 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $8,400,000 |
7
| Portrait of Jennie |
| Director: William Dieterle |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 22, 1949 (Limited) by Selznick Releasing Organization |
| Classification: Drama |
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| El Paso |
| Director: Lewis R. Foster |
| Lead Roles: John Payne |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 23, 1949 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
9
| Sands of Iwo Jima |
| Director: Allan Dwan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 14, 1949 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $7,800,000 |
|
International BO: $3,339 |
10
| The Heiress |
| Director: William Wyler |
| Lead Roles: Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend, Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 6, 1949 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $159 |
11
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| Director: John Ford |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 1949 (Limited) |
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Domestic BO: $5,400,000 |
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| Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Director: Robert Hamer |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness as Duke, Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini , Joan Greenwood as Sibella, Valerie Hobson as Edith D’Ascoyne |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 23, 1949 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Inheritance, Disowned, Death of Other Extended Family, Fired, Dysfunctional Family, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Poverty, Familial Murder |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Black Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $35,948 |
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International BO: $55,007 |
Synopsis
Ninth in line for the D'Ascoyne fortune, poor relation Louis sets out to bump off the eight heirs ahead of him, including a general, a parson, and a dowager.
13
| Neptune's Daughter |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1949 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $3,450,000 |
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| Criss Cross |
| Director: Robert Siodmak |
| Lead Roles: Burt Lancaster as Steve Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo as Anna Dundee, Dan Duryea as Slim Dundee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 4, 1949 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
15
| On the Town |
| Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1949 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Comedy Musical, Romance, Set in New York, Set in New York City, Military Life, Directing Yourself |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $2,900,000 |
16
| Tômei ningen arawaru |
| Director: Shinsei Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 26, 1949 (Limited) (Japan) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
17
| The Doolins of Oklahoma |
| Director: Gordon Douglas |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 27, 1949 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action |
18
| It Always Rains on Sunday |
| Lead Roles: Googie Withers as Rose Sandigate, John McCallum as Tommy Swann |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 1949 (Wide) by Rialto Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $7,176 |
19
| Nora Inu |
| Director: Akira Kurosawa |
| Lead Roles: Toshiro Mifune as Detective Murakami |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 17, 1949 (Limited) (Japan) |
| Keywords: Film Noir |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $15,648 |