Drama Movies

Larceny (1948)

Larceny (1948)

Larceny (1948)
IMDb: N/A
89

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial….

Genre: Crime, Drama
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
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91

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case…

Genre: Crime, Drama
365 Nights (1948)

365 Nights (1948)

365 Nights (1948)
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119

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and…

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Genre: Drama
Boarding House Blues (1948)

Boarding House Blues (1948)

Boarding House Blues (1948)
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86

In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.

Genre: Drama, Music
Good Sam (1948)

Good Sam (1948)

Good Sam (1948)
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114

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Furnival and Son (1948)

Furnival and Son (1948)

Furnival and Son (1948)
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19

Story of work in a cutlery manufacturing firm in Sheffield told through story of the son who enters the business.

Tap Roots (1948)

Tap Roots (1948)

Tap Roots (1948)
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109

Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The…

Genre: Drama, War, Western
The Loves of Carmen (1948)

The Loves of Carmen (1948)

The Loves of Carmen (1948)
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99

Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Foreign Affair (1948)

A Foreign Affair (1948)

A Foreign Affair (1948)
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116

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
My Brother’s Keeper (1948)

My Brother’s Keeper (1948)

My Brother’s Keeper (1948)
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86

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lulu Belle (1948)

Lulu Belle (1948)

Lulu Belle (1948)
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86

Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900’s when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his fiancée and career…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Pitfall (1948)

Pitfall (1948)

Pitfall (1948)
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86

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Man from Colorado (1948)

The Man from Colorado (1948)

The Man from Colorado (1948)
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100

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war,…

Genre: Drama, Western
So Evil My Love (1948)

So Evil My Love (1948)

So Evil My Love (1948)
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109

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Fighting Back (1948)

Fighting Back (1948)

Fighting Back (1948)
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61

An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Blonde Ice (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)
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73

A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Deep Waters (1948)

Deep Waters (1948)

Deep Waters (1948)
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85

A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.

Genre: Drama
Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
IMDb: N/A
89

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless…

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Genre: Drama
Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Return of the Bad Men (1948)
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90

US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
The Velvet Touch (1948)

The Velvet Touch (1948)

The Velvet Touch (1948)
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100

After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Oliver Twist (1948)

Oliver Twist (1948)

Oliver Twist (1948)
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116

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young…

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Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
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47

A glamour model helps Scotland Yard to catch a criminal gang.

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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Stage Struck (1948)

Stage Struck (1948)

Stage Struck (1948)
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71

A young woman’s murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)

Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)

Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
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89

The romance of a rancher’s niece and a rival rancher’s son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.

Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Women of the Night (1948)

Women of the Night (1948)

Women of the Night (1948)
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74

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako’s sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

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Genre: Drama
Women of the Night (1948)

Women of the Night (1948)

Women of the Night (1948)
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74

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako’s sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

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Genre: Drama
River Lady (1948)

River Lady (1948)

River Lady (1948)
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78

In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are…

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Silver River (1948)

Silver River (1948)

Silver River (1948)
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110

Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most…

All My Sons (1948)

All My Sons (1948)

All My Sons (1948)
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94

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry…

Genre: Drama
State of the Union (1948)

State of the Union (1948)

State of the Union (1948)
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124

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Homecoming (1948)

Homecoming (1948)

Homecoming (1948)
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113

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. On…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
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87

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Good-Time Girl (1948)

Good-Time Girl (1948)

Good-Time Girl (1948)
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81

Sent to a home for “problem” girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Drunken Angel (1948)

Drunken Angel (1948)

Drunken Angel (1948)
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98

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which…

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Genre: Drama
Ruthless (1948)

Ruthless (1948)

Ruthless (1948)
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104

Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Test Tube Babies (1948)

Test Tube Babies (1948)

Test Tube Babies (1948)
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70

A happily married couple has been trying to have a baby with no luck. They discover that the husband is sterile. Their family doctor suggests that they think about artificial…

Genre: Drama
The Hunted (1948)

The Hunted (1948)

The Hunted (1948)
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88

A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend – but she claims she’s being framed.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Last Stage (1948)

The Last Stage (1948)

The Last Stage (1948)
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107

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones…

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Genre: Drama
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
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120

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for…

Genre: Drama
The Search (1948)

The Search (1948)

The Search (1948)
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104

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy’s mother desperately searches for him.

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Genre: Drama, War