Year 1948 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1948 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric and intense films and TV shows about / with husband wife relationship, cigarette smoking, flashback, gun, bare chested male, father son relationship, violence, family relations, death and society plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1948: The Two Jakes (1990), Out Stealing Horses (2019), The Keeper (2018), On the Road (2012), Superman (1978), Gandhi (1982), Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014), All Quiet in Beiping (2014), The Mattei Affair (1972), A City of Sadness (1989).
Best films
New films
| On the Road (2012) | 6.0 | |
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | 7.3 | |
| Bert & Dickie (2012) | 6.6 | |
| 42 (2013) | 7.5 | |
| Suspiria (2018) | 6.7 |
List of year 1948 movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, betrayal, investigation, mafia, law, courtroom, private investigator, blackmail, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A grieving widower moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past.
Style:
existential
Plot:
widower, adultery, father son relationship, childhood memory, flashback, world war two, nazi occupation, neighbor, nature, dream, death of wife, forest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, year 1948, year 1943, year 2019
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, oslo norway
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
TRAUTMANN tells the story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by ...
Style:
motivational, costume drama, inspirational, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
football, husband wife relationship, goalkeeper, father daughter relationship, love and romance, world war, rivalry, courage, college, ambition, transformation, post war ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 1940s, year 1956, year 1949 ...
Place:
germany, england, manchester
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, inspirational, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, writers, beat generation, homoeroticism, nude, infidelity, homoerotic friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, poetry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 1950s, year 1951, year 1949 ...
Place:
nebraska, arizona, california, usa, virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style:
spiritual, epic, political, inspirational, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
protest, idealism, biopic, freedom, politics, life philosophy, independence, british empire, leadership, religious intolerance, assassination, indian history ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1948, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India, Fiji
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. An ironic story of pride and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
racism, survival, friendship between men, racial slur, soldier, social satire, misunderstanding, patriotism, fight, political satire, racial prejudice, battlefield ...
Time:
year 1948
Place:
india, delhi, pakistan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Directed by Kong Sheng and produced by Hou Hong Liang who are famous for their work on titles such as 'Battle of Changsha', and 'Nirvana in Fire', while written by screen writer Liu He Ping. The drama is set during 1948 during an ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, political thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
chinese civil war, political intrigue, spy, chinese history, undercover agent, power struggle, espionage, communist party, economic crisis, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1948
Place:
china
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy's future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil ...
Style:
realistic, political, historical drama, detective, tense ...
Plot:
politics, businessman, business, desire, entrepreneur, love letter, justice, sicilian mafia, italian mafia, world war two, economist, conspiracy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1972, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
sicily, italy, europe, iran, algeria ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung (Chen Sown-yung), the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred ...
Style:
realistic, sad, saga, black and white, slow cinema ...
Plot:
mute or deaf, family relations, black market, political unrest, family life, family in danger, siblings relations, family tradition, wartime life, family problems, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, year 1948, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
taiwan, china, taipei
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three ...
Style:
experimental, atmospheric, sentimental, touching, stylized ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, boy, skinny dipping, fantasy world, little boy, village, family relations, prank, biopic, friendship, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1948, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style:
talky, intense, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, marketing, underdog, car, corruption, dalmatian, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, future, year 1948, year 1988 ...
Place:
chicago, michigan, washington d.c., detroit, usa ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Unbeknownst to her husband Soedjiman, Sulastri made a pact with the devil so that she could have children. She gave birth to twins, Kumala, who survived, and Sumala, who died. Kumala grew up to be a kind child, but she was also physically and ...
Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, brutal, sadistic
Plot:
supernatural horror, village, possessed, terror, ghost, devil, haunting, twins, survival, wife, ritual, deformity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1947, year 1950, year 1955 ...
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
Style:
captivating, serious, adult animation, sexual, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jazz, lovers apart, pianist, young lovers, love affair, desire, music, follow your dream, lifestyle, musician's life, deportation, youth ...
Time:
2010s, year 1948, 1940s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
cuba, paris france, las vegas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The Founding of a Republic is a Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group (CFG) to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The film retells the tale of ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, political unrest, chinese history, communist party, assassination, state affairs, military, revolution, ambition, heroes, battles, historical event ...
Time:
year 1947, year 1948, year 1945, year 1949
Place:
china, taiwan, shanghai, beijing china
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, stylized, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, racism, gangster, jazz, private investigator, cop, home invasion, urban ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, africa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Avalon is the third in Levinson's semi-autobiographical series of four "Baltimore Films": Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999). The film is set in Baltimore in the early 1950s and explores the themes ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, cult classic, semi autobiographical, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
thanksgiving, immigrant, culture clash, american history, immigration, children, television, hospital, family drama, independence day, cultural difference, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, year 1948, 20th century, 1900s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, poland, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Style:
lovecraft, satanic, semi serious, futuristic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, spell, curses spells and rituals, magic, gangster, cthulhu, investigation, supernatural ability, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist ...
Style:
christian film, touching, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mysticism, catholic, faith, children, church, miraculous event, father daughter relationship, priest, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, flash forward, nun ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1989, year 1948, edwardian era, year 1918 ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna is coming out. But not as gay as a revolutionary. Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a rockin love song to the heady rush of sex, freedom and rebellion that happens when an everyday girl discovers her own strength and the righteous indignation ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, cheerleader, lesbian sex, lesbian love, lgbt, feminism, feminist, fall in love, breakup, gays and lesbians, strong female presence, society ...
Time:
year 1948, year 1984
Place:
indiana, sacramento california, california, los angeles, bahamas ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style:
suspense, sensual, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, art gallery, nazi, artist, nazism, berlin wall, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy, world war two ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1948, 20th century ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
political repression, latinx lead, writers, anti communism, poet, manhunt, latin american history, propaganda, biopic, politician, police detective, police investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1948, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, south america, santiago chile, latin america, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, dark, sinister, avant garde ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, dead woman, curse, witchcraft, secret, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, corporal punishment, occult, good versus evil, spiritualism, witch ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1948, 70s, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, italy, ohio, east berlin
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, friendship, headache, hospital, doctors and patients, psychologist, soldier, psychiatrist, memory, haunted by the past, anthropologist, ethnicity ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 50s, year 1945
Place:
kansas, usa, france, seattle, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, anti semitism, ss, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, confined, world war, spy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1957, year 1939, year 1962 ...
Place:
europe, hungary, berlin germany, switzerland, budapest ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Giff Hoyt , a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
lost treasure, treasure hunt, skinny dipping, treasure map, buried treasure, expatriate, jukebox, ex girlfriend, bad guy, diver, treasure hunter, adventure hero ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1980
Place:
peru, south america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An enchanting comedy set in post-World War Two Britain. It studies a teenage boy's relationships and period of sexual awakening. A cricket-obsessed adolescent, Alan Duckworth lusts after his classmate Ann. When the pair score the lead roles in ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Plot:
school, cricket, first love, coming of age, post war, corporal punishment, stage play, deserter, teacher student relationship, punishment, female teacher, teenage boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, visual ...
Plot:
gay, erection, male nudity, naked man, gay sex, homosexuality, filmmaking, sodomy, rain, filmmaker, thunderstorm, movie business ...
Time:
year 1948, 2010s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1917 ...
Place:
mexico, soviet union, latin america, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style:
bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, sad, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, abortion, adultery, depression, passion, death of wife, destiny, under the surface, dysfunctional family, deadend life, mental illness, existentialism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, connecticut, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
camel, military, french foreign legion, british empire, desert, disorder, win over, woman in danger, culture clash, misfit, chases and races, escapades ...
Time:
year 1948, year 1978, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
persia, iran, middle east, afghanistan
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