A list of American films released in 1948.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| A Song Is Born |
Howard Hawks |
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman |
Musical |
Featuring The Golden Gate Quartet |
| A-Lad-In His Lamp |
Robert McKimson |
Bugs Bunny |
Animation |
Warner Bros. |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| Act of Violence |
Fred Zinnemann |
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Adventures of Don Juan |
Vincent Sherman |
Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors |
Romantic adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| Adventures of Frank and Jesse James |
Yakima Canutt |
Clayton Moore |
Western serial |
Republic Pictures |
| Alias a Gentleman |
Harry Beaumont |
Wallace Beery |
Romantic comedy |
|
| The Amazing Mr. X |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Turhan Bey |
Thriller |
|
| Another Part of the Forest |
Michael Gordon |
Fredric March, Florence Eldridge |
Drama |
|
| Arch of Triumph |
Lewis Milestone |
Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer |
Romantic war drama |
United Artists |
| Behind Locked Doors |
Budd Boetticher |
Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson |
Film noir |
|
| Berlin Express |
Jacques Tourneur |
Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| The Big Clock |
John Farrow |
Charles Laughton, Ray Milland |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Bill and Coo |
Dean Riesner |
|
Action about birds |
|
| The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses |
|
Louis Hayward |
Romantic adventure |
|
| Black Bart |
George Sherman |
Dan Duryea, Yvonne De Carlo |
Westerm |
|
| Blood on the Moon |
Robert Wise |
Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| Bob and Sally |
Erle C. Kenton |
|
Drama |
Universal Studios |
| The Boy with Green Hair |
Joseph Losey |
Dean Stockwell |
Comedy, drama |
|
| Brideless Groom |
Edward Bernds |
|
Animated short |
Columbia Pictures |
| Buccaneer Bunny |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny Rides Again |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Fast and Furry-ous |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| A Feather in His Hare |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Fiddlers Three |
|
Three Stooges |
Animated short |
Columbia Pictures |
| Fighter Squadron |
Raoul Walsh |
Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack |
WWII action |
Warner Bros. |
| Force of Evil |
Abraham Polonsky |
John Garfield |
Crime drama |
MGM |
| A Foreign Affair |
Billy Wilder |
Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Fort Apache |
John Ford |
John Wayne, Henry Fonda |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| G-Men Never Forget |
Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt |
|
Crime adventure |
Republic Pictures |
| Gorilla My Dreams |
Robert McKimson |
Looney Tunes |
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Haredevil Hare |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Hatch Up Your Troubles |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| He Walked by Night |
Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann |
Richard Basehart, Jack Webb |
Film noir |
|
| Heavenly Puss |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Hollow Triumph |
Steve Sekely |
Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett |
Film noir |
|
| Hop, Look and Listen |
Robert McKimson |
Looney Tunes |
Animated short |
|
| Hot Cross Bunny |
Robert McKimson |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| I Remember Mama |
George Stevens |
Irene Dunne |
Dramedy |
RKO Pictures |
| I Taw a Putty Tat |
Friz Freleng |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| I Walk Alone |
Byron Haskin |
Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Isn't It Romantic? |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Veronica Lake |
Romantic comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Joan of Arc |
Victor Fleming |
Ingrid Bergman |
Catholicism drama |
RKO Pictures |
| Johnny Appleseed |
Wilfred Jackson |
|
Biography |
Walt Disney |
| Johnny Belinda |
Jean Negulesco |
Jane Wyman |
Drama |
Academy Award Best Actress |
| June Bride |
Bretaigne Windust |
Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Key Largo |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson |
Crime |
Warner Bros. |
| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands |
Norman Foster |
Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| Kitty Foiled |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Ladies of the Chorus |
Phil Karlson |
Marilyn Monroe |
Musical |
Columbia Pictures |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman |
Max Ophüls |
Joan Fontaine |
Drama |
|
| The Little Orphan |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Louisiana Story |
Robert J. Flaherty |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Loves of Carmen |
Charles Vidor |
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford |
Drama |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Luck of the Irish |
Henry Koster |
Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Lee J. Cobb |
Fantasy |
|
| Macbeth |
Orson Welles |
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy |
Play drama |
Republic Pictures |
| The Man from Colorado |
Henry Levin |
William Holden, Glenn Ford |
Western |
Columbia Pictures |
| Melody Time |
Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi |
|
Animated short |
Walt Disney |
| Mexican Hayride |
Charles Barton |
Abbott and Costello |
Musical |
Universal Pictures |
| Mickey |
Ralph Murphy |
Irene Hervey, Hattie McDaniel |
Drama |
|
| Moonrise |
Frank Borzage |
Gail Russell, Dane Clark |
Film noir |
Republic Pictures |
| Mouse Cleaning |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
H.C. Potter |
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy |
Comedy |
RKO Pictures |
| My Bunny Lies Over The Sea |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Naked City |
Jules Dassin |
Barry Fitzgerald |
Film noir |
Universal Pictures |
| Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
John Farrow |
Edward G. Robinson |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Noose Hangs High |
Charles Barton |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
|
| Old Rockin' Chair Tom |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| One Touch of Venus |
William A. Seiter |
Robert Walker, Ava Gardner |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| The Paleface |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Bob Hope |
Comedy western |
|
| Panhandle |
Lesley Selander |
Rod Cameron |
Western |
Allied Artists |
| The Pirate |
Vincente Minnelli |
Gene Kelly |
Musical |
MGM |
| Pitfall |
André De Toth |
Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Polka-Dot Puss |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Portrait of Jennie |
William Dieterle |
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten |
Romantic fantasy |
MGM |
| Professor Tom |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Rachel and the Stranger |
Norman Foster |
William Holden, Loretta Young |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| Raw Deal |
Anthony Mann |
Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor |
Film noir |
Eagle-Lion Films |
| Red River |
Howard Hawks |
John Wayne, Montgomery Clift |
Western |
United Artists |
| Road House |
Jean Negulesco |
Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox |
| Rogues' Regiment |
Robert Florey |
Dick Powell, Marta Toren, Vincent Price |
Film noir thriller |
Universal-International |
| Rope |
Alfred Hitchcock |
James Stewart, Farley Granger |
Psychological thriller |
Warner Bros. |
| Rope of Sand |
William Dieterle |
Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid |
Action/adventure |
|
| Ruthless |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
|
Business drama |
Eagle-Lion Films |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Saxon Charm |
Claude Binyon |
Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward |
Drama |
Universal Pictures |
| Scaredy Cat |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! |
F. Hugh Herbert |
June Haver |
Comedy |
|
| The Search |
Fred Zinnemann |
Montgomery Clift |
Drama |
MGM |
| Secret Beyond the Door... |
Fritz Lang |
Joan Bennett |
Psychological thriller |
|
| Sitting Pretty |
Walter Lang |
Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara |
Comedy |
|
| Sleep, My Love |
Douglas Sirk |
Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche |
Drama |
United Artists |
| The Snake Pit |
Anatole Litvak |
Olivia de Havilland |
Psychological drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Sorry, Wrong Number |
Anatole Litvak |
Barbara Stanwyck |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| A Southern Yankee |
Edward Sedgwick |
Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl |
Comedy |
MGM |
| State of the Union |
Frank Capra |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn |
Political drama |
MGM |
| Station West |
Sidney Lanfield |
Dick Powell, Jane Greer |
Western/Film noir |
|
| Street Corner |
Albert H. Kelley |
|
Drama |
|
| The Street with No Name |
William Keighley |
Richard Widmark |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox |
| Superman |
Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr |
Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill |
Superhero adventure |
Columbia Pictures |
| Tap Roots |
George Marshall |
Van Heflin, Susan Hayward |
Period |
Universal International Pictures |
| Tarzan and the Mermaids |
Robert Florey |
Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce |
Action/adventure |
RKO Pictures |
| Test Tube Babies |
W. Merle Connell |
|
Exploitation drama |
|
| Tex Granger |
Derwin Abrahams |
|
Western serial |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Three Musketeers |
George Sidney |
Gene Kelly, Van Heflin |
Romantic adventure |
|
| 3 Godfathers |
John Ford |
John Wayne |
Western |
MGM |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| The Truce Hurts |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| Unfaithfully Yours |
Preston Sturges |
Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee |
Black comedy |
|
| Up in Central Park |
William A. Seiter |
Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price |
Comedy |
Universal-International |
| Wake of the Red Witch |
Edward Ludwig |
John Wayne, Gail Russell |
Drama |
Republic Pictures |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me |
Walter Lang |
Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc |
Musical |
20th Century Fox |
| Who Killed Doc Robbin |
Bernard Carr |
|
Horror |
United Artists |
| Winter Meeting |
Bretaigne Windust |
Bette Davis |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Words and Music |
Norman Taurog |
Mickey Rooney |
Musical |
MGM |
| Yellow Sky |
William A. Wellman |
Gregory Peck |
Western |
20th Century Fox |
| You Were Meant for Me |
Lloyd Bacon |
Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain |
Musical |
20th Century Fox |
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