1949 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.10/10*
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.10/10*
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.10/10
- DirectorJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsBing CrosbyBasil RathboneEric BloreAn animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".10/10*
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancNicolai ShutorevBugs Bunny retaliates against the pompous opera star who does him violence.10/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancYosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act when the regular act cancels; but the bullying pipsqueak is no match for our redoubtable rabbit.10/10
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancThe signs indicate current bounty prices: $50 for a fox, $75 for a bear, only 2 cents for a rabbit. Bugs is insulted.10/10
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.9/10
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsEdmond O'BrienPamela BrittonLuther AdlerFrank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancErrol FlynnWhile stealing a carrot in Sherwood Forest on the king's property, Bugs gets caught by the sheriff. Bugs tricks the sheriff into letting him go, but not before he plays pranks on the hapless lawman.9/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangPat McGeehanA cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.9/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanAfter Daffy lands on Elmer's farm, he begs Elmer to take him as a slave to avoid being shot. Daffy tortures Elmer with his antics.9/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancDr. I.C. Spots is an African witch doctor about to prepare a potion which needs as one of its ingredient a rabbit.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPorky Pig's quiet life in his high-rise apartment building is rudely disrupted when an obnoxious mutt sneaks in and refuses to leave.9/10
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherThe Sportsmen QuartetCotton pickers mistake Bugs' tail for a ball of cotton and toss him in with the rest of the haul. On the riverboat Bugs takes on the gambler Colonel Shuffle.9/10
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.8/10
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan DuryeaThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.8/10
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerColleen CollinsPinto ColvigThe last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsBilly BletcherDaws ButlerSidney ClantonWhen Tom is killed by his and Jerry's old rivalry, he has only one chance to find peace in Heaven - apologize to him.8/10
- DirectorRobert ClampettFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettPorky ventures into Darkest Africa in search of the last Do-Do bird, and winds up in Wackyland, a surreal place where the sun comes up atop a human pyramid, the Warner Brothers shield comes zooming from the sky, and populated by creatures such as a three-headed Larry Moe and Curly beast. The Do-Do finally appears, to great fanfare, and eludes Porky by pulling out a pencil and drawing himself a door.8/10
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaA day at the beach. Tom wants to lay in the sand, but his rest is disturbed by Jerry, who walks by to go fishing. Tom ends up falling off the end of the pier as he chases Jerry and lands underwater, where he encounters a mermaid whose top half looks just like Jerry. A chase, naturally, follows, all underwater. The mermouse, however, runs into a swordfish, and it begins chasing Tom, too, turning into mer-Jerry's ally, until it gets stuck in what looks like a telephone pole. The chase is next interrupted by an octopus, which grabs hold of Tom until Jerry yanks him free when we discover this is all a fever dream of Tom's, and Jerry has actually been performing artificial resuscitation.8/10
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancJim BackusBea BenaderetBugs Bunny gets swindled by the Three Little Pigs into buying their houses of straw and wood.8/10
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsCornel WildePatricia KnightJohn BaragreyA parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.7/10
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsBing CrosbyRhonda FlemingCedric HardwickeA singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.7/10