Most Popular Movies 1948
This chart shows the 1948 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 1948 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1948 - Top 1948 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1949 → |
1
| The Pirate |
| Director: Vincente Minnelli |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 20, 1948 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Comedy Musical, Pirates, False Identity, Singers, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $2,956,000 |
3
| Rope |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 12, 1948 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Dinner Party |
| Classification: Based on Play, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $545 |
4
| Adventures of Don Juan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 1, 1948 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| The Naked City |
| Director: Jules Dassin |
| Lead Roles: Barry Fitzgerald as Detective Lt. Dan Muldoon, Howard Duff as Frank Niles, Dorothy Hart as Ruth Morrison, Don Taylor as Jimmy Halloran |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 4, 1948 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
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| So Evil My Love |
| Director: Lewis Allen |
| Lead Roles: Ray Milland as Mark Bellis, Ann Todd as Olivia Harwood, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Susan Courtney |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 21, 1948 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
7
| Brighton Rock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 9, 1948 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
|
Domestic BO: $46,466 |
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| Larceny |
| Director: George Sherman |
| Lead Roles: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 3, 1948 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
9
| Melody Time |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 27, 1948 (Wide) |
| Classification: Adventure |
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| The Emperor Waltz |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Bing Crosby |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 2, 1948 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands |
| Director: Norman Foster |
| Lead Roles: Joan Fontaine as Jane Wharton, Burt Lancaster as Bill Saunders, Robert Newton as Harry Carter |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 30, 1948 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Synopsis
Former POW Bill Saunders, now living in England, is scarred with unstable and violent tendencies. After killing a man in a bar fight, he flees the scene and manages to find cover in the home of Nurse Jane Wharton, who agrees to take him in and believes his story that the killing was an accident. Now in love, Nurse Wharton tries to secure Saunders a job delivering medical supplies when he’s released from prison after serving time for fighting with a police officer. Things take a turn, however, when a racketeer who witnessed Saunders’ murder threatens to turn him into the police unless he agrees to assist in a crime.
12
| On an Island with You |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 3, 1948 (Wide) |
|
Domestic BO: $3,200,000 |
13
| Red River |
| Director: Howard Hawks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 26, 1948 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Classical Western, Cowboys, Dysfunctional Family, Boss From Hell, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Inspired by a True Story, 1850s, Texas, Set in Kansas |
| Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $9,012,000 |
14
| Road House |
| Director: Jean Negulesco |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 4, 1948 (Limited) |
| Classification: Action |
15
| The Three Musketeers |
| Director: George Sidney |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 20, 1948 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Action Adventure, Set in France, Royalty, Romance, Infidelity, 1600s |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
16
| Joan of Arc |
| Director: Victor Fleming |
| Lead Roles: Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 22, 1948 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
17
| Words and Music |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 9, 1948 (Limited) |
|
Domestic BO: $3,500,000 |
18
| A Foreign Affair |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Jean Arthur as Phoebe Frost, Marlene Dietrich as Erika von Schluetow, John Lund as Captain John Pringle |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 20, 1948 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
19
| Sorry, Wrong Number |
| Director: Anatole Litvak |
| Lead Roles: Barbara Stanwyck as Leona Stevenson, Burt Lancaster as Henry Stevenson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 1, 1948 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Crime Drama, Mystery Drama, Film Noir |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $5,700,000 |
|
International BO: $137 |