1948 in film

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

Events

• May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices.
• Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

  Awards

Top ten money making stars

Notable films released in 1948

#

• 3 Godfathers, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne

  A

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Act of Violence, starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
• Adventures of Don Juan, starring Errol Flynn
• Albuquerque, starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton
• The Amazing Mr. X, starring Turhan Bey and Lynn Bari
• L'Amore, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Anna Magnani –
• Anna Karenina, starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson –
• Another Part of the Forest, starring Fredric March
• April Showers, starring Ann Sothern and Jack Carson
• Arch of Triumph, starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Ruth Warrick

  B

• B.F.'s Daughter, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• Berlin Express, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Merle Oberon and Robert Ryan
• The Berliner, starring Gert Fröbe –
• Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica –
• The Big Clock, starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Maureen O'Sullivan
• Blanche Fury, starring Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger –
• Blonde Ice, starring Leslie Brooks
• Blood on the Moon, starring Robert Mitchum
• Bodyguard, starring Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla Lane
• The Boy with Green Hair, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dean Stockwell and Robert Ryan
• The Bride Goes Wild, directed by Norman Taurog, starring June Allyson and Van Johnson
• Brighton Rock, a Boulting Brothers film, starring Richard Attenborough –

  C

• Call Northside 777, starring James Stewart
• La calle sin sol –
• Campus Honeymoon, starring Lee and Lyn Wilde
• Canon City, starring Scott Brady
• Command Decision, starring Clark Gable
• Counterblast, directed by Paul L. Stein, starring Mervyn Johns –
• Cry of the City, starring Victor Mature and Richard Conte

  D

• The Dark Past, starring William Holden, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch
• A Date with Judy, starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor and Carmen Miranda
• Dédée d'Anvers, starring Simone Signoret –
• Drunken Angel, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune –

  E

• The Eagle with Two Heads, directed by Jean Cocteau –
• Easter Parade, starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford
• The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby
• Escape, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Rex Harrison –
• Eva –
• Every Girl Should Be Married, starring Cary Grant

  F

• The Fallen Idol, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson –
• Fighter Squadron, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack
• Force of Evil, starring John Garfield
• A Foreign Affair, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich
• Fort Apache, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
• Four Faces West, starring Joel McCrea and Frances Dee

  G

• Germany Year Zero, directed by Roberto Rossellini –
• God Reward You, starring Arturo de Córdova –
• Good Sam, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Gary Cooper
• Good-Time Girl, starring Jean Kent and Dennis Price –
• Green Grass of Wyoming, starring Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn
• The Green Promise, starring Marguerite Chapman and Walter Brennan
• The Guinea Pig, a Boulting Brothers film starring Richard Attenborough –

  H

• Half Past Midnight, starring Kent Taylor and Peggy Knudsen
• Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Basil Sydney and Jean Simmons –
• He Walked by Night, starring Richard Basehart and Jack Webb
• A Hen in the Wind, directed by Yasujirō Ozu –
• Hollow Triumph, starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett
• Homecoming, starring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak

  I

• I Remember Mama, directed by George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne
• I Walk Alone, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
• The Iron Curtain, directed by William Wellman, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, June Havoc
• Isn't It Romantic?, starring Veronica Lake

  J

• Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman
• Johnny Belinda, starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres
• Julia Misbehaves starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford and Elizabeth Taylor
• June Bride, starring Bette Davis

  K

• Key Largo, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor
• Kiss the Blood off My Hands, starring Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster
• The Kissing Bandit, starring Kathryn Grayson and Frank Sinatra
• Krakatit, directed by Otakar Vávra

  L

• La Terra Trema, directed by Luchino Visconti
• Ladies of the Chorus, starring Marilyn Monroe
• Lal Dupatta, starring Madhubala
• The Lame Devil, directed by and starring Sacha Guitry –
• Letter from an Unknown Woman, directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan
• London Belongs to Me, starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim –
• Louisiana Story, documentary by Robert J. Flaherty
• The Loves of Carmen, starring Rita Hayworth
• The Luck of the Irish, starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter
• Luxury Liner, starring Jane Powell and George Brent

  M

• Macbeth, directed by and starring Orson Welles
• The Mating of Millie, starring Evelyn Keyes and Glenn Ford
• Mela, starring Dilip Kumar –
• Melody Time, starring Roy Rogers & Trigger and The Andrews Sisters
• Mexican Hayride, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Michurin, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko –
• Miranda, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Glynis Johns –
• Miss Tatlock's Millions, starring Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald, John Lund
• The Monkey's Paw, starring Milton Rosmer –
• Moonrise, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Gail Russell and Dane Clark
• Morituri –
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
• My Dear Secretary, starring Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day
• Myriad of Lights –
• The Mysterious Apartment –

  N

• The Naked City, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes, starring Edward G. Robinson
• No Orchids for Miss Blandish –
• No Room at the Inn, starring Freda Jackson and Hermione Baddeley –
• Noose, starring Carole Landis
• The Noose Hangs High, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Nosotros los Pobres, starring Pedro Infante –

  O

• On an Island with You starring Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán, Cyd Charisse, and Jimmy Durante
• One Sunday Afternoon, starring Dennis Morgan
• One Touch of Venus, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner
• Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness and Robert Newton –
• On Our Own Land –

  P

• The Paleface, starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell
• Les Parents terribles, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais –
• The Pirate, starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland
• Pitfall, starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr
• Port of Call, directed by Ingmar Bergman –
• Portrait of Jennie, directed by William Dieterle, starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten

  Q

• Quartet, starring Mai Zetterling –

  R

• Race Street, starring George Raft and William Bendix
• Rachel and the Stranger, starring Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum
• Raw Deal, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Burr
• Red River, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland
• The Red Shoes, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook –
• Relentless, starring Robert Young
• The Return of October, starring Glenn Ford
• Road House, starring Ida Lupino
• Rogues' Regiment, directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price
• Romance on the High Seas, starring Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Doris Day
• Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart
• Ruthless, starring Zachary Scott and Diana Lynn