The best dramas of 1949

28 dramas from 1949, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Battleground Score 57.7 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 78%
  2. Thieves' Highway Score 56.1 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 100%
  3. Stray Dog Score 56.0 · IMDb 7.8 · Tomatometer 100%
  4. Little Women Score 54.1 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 75% · Metascore 61
  5. The Window Score 53.0 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 100%
  6. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Score 52.0 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 91% · Metascore 87
  7. Sands of Iwo Jima Score 50.6 · IMDb 7.0 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 75
  8. Too Late for Tears Score 50.4 · IMDb 7.3 · Tomatometer 100%
  9. Samson and Delilah Score 50.1 · IMDb 6.8 · Tomatometer 60%
  10. Criss Cross Score 49.5 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 86%