YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1948

 

1. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
2. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
3. BICYCLE THIEVES
4. THE RED SHOES
5. KEY LARGO
6. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE
7. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
8. HAMLET
9. THE BIG CLOCK
10. RED RIVER
11. RAW DEAL
12. GERMANY YEAR ZERO
13. LA TERRA TREMA
14. DRUNKEN ANGEL
15. FORCE OF EVIL
16. FORT APACHE
17. ROPE
18. MACBETH
19. ROAD HOUSE
20. STATE OF THE UNION
21. PITFALL
22. BRIGHTON ROCK
23. ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU
24. HE WALKED BY NIGHT
25. EASTER PARADE
26. THE FALLEN IDOL
27. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS
28. SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS
29. THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
30. SNOWBOUND
31. MARK OF THE LASH
32. LONDON BELONGS TO ME
33. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE
34. BOARDING HOUSE BLUES
35. DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
36. HOLLOW TRIUMPH
37. THE THREE WEIRD SISTERS
38. MEXICAN HAYRIDE
39. THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH
40. WAKE OF THE RED WITCH
41. KILLER DILLER
42. DEAD MAN'S GOLD
43. FRONTIER REVENGE
44. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
45. MELODY TIME
46. YELLOW SKY
47. CORONER CREEK
48. CALL NORTHSIDE 777
49. THE AMAZING MR. X
50. LADIES OF THE CHORUS
51. WORDS AND MUSIC
52. THE WOMAN IN WHITE
53. STREET CORNER
54. BECAUSE OF EVE
55. IF YOU KNEW SUSIE
56. BLONDIE'S SECRET
57. BLONDIE'S REWARD
58. SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
59. ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
60. INNER SANCTUM
61. THE NAKED CITY
62. THE CREEPER
63. THE PALEFACE
64. CASTLE SINISTER