My Top 20 by Year - 1947
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 107 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Oct 2023)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Non coupable (Not Guilty, Decoin, 1947)
Ginrei no hate (Snow Trail, Taniguchi, 1947)
Le silence est d'or (Silence Is Golden, Clair, 1947)
The Farmer's Daughter (H. C. Potter, 1947)
La diosa arrodillada (The Kneeling Goddess, Gavaldón, 1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra (D. Nichols, 1947)
The Long Night (Litvak, 1947)
The Unsuspected (Curtiz, 1947)
Possessed (C. Bernhadt, 1947)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (Del Ruth, 1947)
Frieda (Dearden, 1947)
They Won't Believe Me (Pichel, 1947)
Vivere in pace (To Live in Peace, Zampa, 1947)
Nora Prentiss (Sherman, 1947)
The Lost Moment (Gabel, 1947)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 107 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Oct 2023)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
Non coupable (Not Guilty, Decoin, 1947)
Ginrei no hate (Snow Trail, Taniguchi, 1947)
Le silence est d'or (Silence Is Golden, Clair, 1947)
The Farmer's Daughter (H. C. Potter, 1947)
La diosa arrodillada (The Kneeling Goddess, Gavaldón, 1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra (D. Nichols, 1947)
The Long Night (Litvak, 1947)
The Unsuspected (Curtiz, 1947)
Possessed (C. Bernhadt, 1947)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (Del Ruth, 1947)
Frieda (Dearden, 1947)
They Won't Believe Me (Pichel, 1947)
Vivere in pace (To Live in Peace, Zampa, 1947)
Nora Prentiss (Sherman, 1947)
The Lost Moment (Gabel, 1947)
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- DirectorOskar FischingerA short painted film by Oskar Fishchinger which films images to the music of Johann Bach.PC. 10/10.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsRita HayworthOrson WellesEverett SloaneFascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMady CorrellAllison RoddanA suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorsJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaTom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.TV.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerPinto ColvigA 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...OL.
- DirectorsJohn HoffmanSlavko VorkapichOL.
- DirectorNorman McLarenAn experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorGéza von RadványiStarsArtúr SomlayMiklós GáborZsuzsa BánkiA band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who's hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements. However, disgruntled townsfolk want to chase away the gang who has been - in their search for survival - laying waste to their crops. A battle ensues ending in the death of a little boy - and resolution.OL. 8.5/10.
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiPaul DemangeSchool for Postmen" is a 1947 short film directed and starring Jacques Tati, playing a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as fast as American postmen at delivering mail.PC. 8/10.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsIsao NumasakiChieko NakakitaAtsushi WatanabeDuring a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, despairing Yuzo and optimistic Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time.TV.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChôko IidaHôhi AokiEitarô OzawaIn postwar Japan, an abandoned boy nobody wants to take care of grows a relationship with a cynical middle-aged woman.OL.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsPedro ArmendárizMaría Elena MarquésFernando WagnerThe discovery of a perfect pearl forever changes the lives of a poor Mexican fisherman and his family.OL.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsJohn GarfieldLilli PalmerHazel BrooksA talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.TV.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsGene TierneyRex HarrisonGeorge SandersIn 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.OL.
- DirectorHans RichterStarsJack BittnerLibby HolmanJosh WhiteAfter learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams.OL.
- DirectorsAleksandra Snezhko-BlotskayaViktor GromovIvan Ivanov-VanoStarsGeorgi ChernovolenkoAlik KachanovAnatoliy KubatskiyAdventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.OL.
- DirectorHarry SmithAn experimental film from artist Harry Smith and part of his Number series of various animated scenes.OL.
- DirectorVjekoslav AfricStarsDubravko DujsinMilica-Carka JovanovicIrena KolesarSlavica, Marin and a group of operants hide the newly built ship from the Italian occupation forces. They end up arrested, but the partisans rescue them and they take part in the string of actions.OL.
- DirectorKenneth AngerStarsKenneth AngerGordon GrayBill SeltzerA dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.PC.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellIrene DunneElizabeth TaylorA straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.TV.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsMarcel DalioHenri VidalFlorence MarlyIn the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.TV.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsRoger PigautClaire MafféiNoël RoquevertWorking class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket out of poverty, their dreams seem like they'll remain just that.OL.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsJames MasonRobert NewtonCyril CusackA wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.PC. 8/10.
