1947 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. Nightmare Alley (1947)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker
Votes: 13,420
10/10*
2. Body and Soul (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere
Votes: 5,368
10/10
3. Dark Passage (1947)
Passed | 106 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 21,981
10/10
4. The Cat Concerto (1947)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Votes: 4,828
10/10
5. Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
G | 29 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 4,152
10/10
6. King-Size Canary (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,834
10/10
7. Boomerang! (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams
Votes: 5,061
9/10
8. Out of the Past (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 40,937
9/10
9. Kiss of Death (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crook arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind once his wife dies under worrying circumstances.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark
Votes: 9,574
9/10
10. Black Narcissus (1947)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird
Votes: 27,676
9/10*
11. Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)
8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Sara Berner, Ruby Dandridge, Paul Frees, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 329
9/10
12. A Mouse in the House (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mammy Two-Shoes tells Tom and Butch that the cat who gets rid of the icebox-raiding, breadbox-invading mouse (Jerry) is the one who can stay.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Bob Laztny, Lillian Randolph, Jack Sabel
Votes: 1,264
8/10
13. Framed (1947)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mike Lambert, seeking a mining job, instead becomes the patsy for a femme-fatale's schemes.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 2,288
8/10
14. Wide Open Spaces (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald is travelling the countryside and decides to rest for the night. He refuses to stay at the motel because of its $16 fee so he sets up camp in a woodland area. First he has problems ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 474
8/10
15. Donald's Dilemma (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and he croons divinely, but does not recognize Daisy. He in fact does become famous. Daisy ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: George Magrill, Gloria Blondell, Richard Conte, Ken Darby
Votes: 716
8/10
16. A Pest in the House (1947)
TV-PG | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A sleepy man demands total quiet from hotel manager Elmer Fudd, but bellhop Daffy's noisy antics keep prompting the exasperated guest to sock Elmer in the face.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 878
8/10
17. Birth of a Notion (1947)
TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck cons a dog named Leopold into offering him a stay in his house, but he has to hide Daffy from his master, a Peter-Lorre style mad scientist who needs a duck's wishbone.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 584
8/10
18. Unconquered (1947)
Passed | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff
Votes: 2,889
7/10
19. Angel and the Badman (1947)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.
Director: James Edward Grant | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 6,669
7/10
20. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 3,843
7/10
21. The Long Night (1947)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak
Votes: 2,011
7/10
22. I Became a Criminal (1947)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray
Votes: 1,918
7/10
23. Straight Shooters (1947)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Donald runs a shooting gallery. His nephews come by and he offers them a free shot, but when the first one hits all the targets, the notoriously cheap Donald switches a cheap prize for the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 396
7/10
24. The Invisible Mouse (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom chases Jerry into a bottle of invisible ink, and Jerry then proceeds to have fun torturing Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 1,372
7/10
25. Tweetie Pie (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Thomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 1,554
7/10
26. Hound Hunters (1947)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
George and Junior get a job as dog catchers, but are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to catch one measly little dog.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 426
7/10
27. Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)
TV-G | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Virginia Hunter
Votes: 1,005
7/10
28. Red Hot Rangers (1947)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Forest rangers George and Junior try to snuff out a frisky flame with a sparky personality that threatens to set the forest alight...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Votes: 402
7/10
29. A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frances Baruch, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 900
7/10
30. Slick Hare (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Humphrey Bogart visits the Mocrumbo Restaurant. He orders fried rabbit and Elmer Fudd has twenty minutes to serve it.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Barry, Robert Clampett
Votes: 1,255
7/10
31. Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew
Votes: 2,661
6/10
32. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 54,924 | Gross: $2.65M
6/10
33. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Votes: 33,324 | Gross: $0.01M
6/10
34. The Paradine Case (1947)
Approved | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn
Votes: 12,391
6/10
35. Sleepy Time Donald (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck would never believe it, but he suffers from sleepwalking. In this blessed innocent state he makes a nightly call at Daisy's, as if it were the time of their romantic appointment... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Gloria Blondell, Ruth Clifford, Clarence Nash
Votes: 578
6/10
36. Odd Man Out (1947)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick
Votes: 11,423
6/10
37. Chip an' Dale (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald needs a log for his fire. Unfortunately, the one he picks is occupied by a couple of chipmunks and their stash of acorns. When he cuts it down, Chip and Dale fall out, but their ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: James MacDonald, Dessie Flynn, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,972
6/10
38. Part Time Pal (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom becomes Jerry's friend after falling into a barrel of cider while chasing him.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Harry Lang, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,200
6/10
39. Cat Fishin' (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom is a feline fisherman, Jerry is his live bait, and Spike is the bulldog guarding the lake.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Billy Bletcher, William Hanna
Votes: 1,535
6/10
40. Shoot to Kill (1947)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman apparently marries a corrupt deputy D.A. to get evidence that a certain criminal was framed for murder.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Russell Wade, Luana Walters, Edmund MacDonald, Robert Kent
Votes: 667
5/10
41. Brute Force (1947)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 11,547
5/10
42. Rabbit Transit (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
This time Bugs' race with Cecil Turtle features a rocket-powered tortoise shell.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,158
5/10
43. High Tide (1947)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, Anabel Shaw
Votes: 641
4/10
44. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom, sick of Jerry stealing the milk out of his bowl, poisons it. Instead of killing the mouse, the potion transforms him into a muscular beast.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 1,988
4/10
45. The Goofy Gophers (1947)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Two polite twin gophers raid a vegetable patch guarded by a rather smug dog, whose various unsuccessful schemes to nullify the crafty and modest gophers involve a female gopher disguise, a hand grenade, and a carrot stuffed with TNT.
Directors: Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 383
4/10
46. Key Witness (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Milton Higby, an inventor of gadgets that don't sell finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit---the killing of a girl he had just met---, and takes to the open road with the police... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Jimmy Lloyd, Helen Mowery
Votes: 236
3/10
47. Well Oiled (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
While travelling along a woodland highway, Woody's car runs out of gas. He intends to get some more by siphoning some from a nearby car, not realizing the car belongs to policeman Wally ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Jack Mather
Votes: 134
3/10
48. Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, Bill Roberts | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten, Anita Gordon
Votes: 9,414
2/10
49. Blonde Savage (1947)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall white blonde woman.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood, Veda Ann Borg, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 215
1/10
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