Drama Movies
We the Poor (1948)
B.F.’s Daughter (1948)
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
Snowbound (1948)
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
The Inside Story (1948)
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a…
Rope (1948)
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Assunta Spina (1948)
I Remember Mama (1948)
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family…
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.
A Woman’s Vengeance (1948)
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
This adaptation of Stendhal’s timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather…
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
Flavia’s been told that her Aunt Susan’s fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he’s finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can…
Sleep My Love (1948)
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can’t remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Arch of Triumph (1948)
In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic,…
Call Northside 777 (1948)
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank’s mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O’Neal to look into the…
Against the Wind (1948)
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who…
This Was a Woman (1948)
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and…
Anna Karenina (1948)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she’s immediately attracted….
Daughter of Darkness (1948)
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called…
Les Misérables – Storm Over Paris (1948)
The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax…
Night Song (1948)
A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in…
Brighton Rock (1948)
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as “Pinkie” – the film’s main thematic concern is…
The Paradine Case (1947)
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband’s murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and…
I Walk Alone (1947)
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New…
Tycoon (1947)
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love…
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O’Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a…
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn…
A Double Life (1947)
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character’s jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange…
It Happened in Europe (1947)
High Wall (1947)
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he’s committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann…
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Dangerous Years (1947)
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town’s delinquency with a boys’ club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at…
Saigon (1947)
After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job…
Killer McCoy (1947)
Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has…