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Oscars 1950: Winners and Nominees of the 22nd Academy Awards

Public list by WPS with 61 movies or TV shows/series

These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1950 on 03/23/1950.

The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949. This was the final year in which all five Best Picture nominees were in Black & White, and the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture won multiple Oscars. Broderick Crawford was said to be genuinely surprised by his Best Actor win for his performance in All the King's Men. His mother responded by humbly saying that she "could find nothing wrong in [his] performance. The press believed it found something wrong with the acceptance speech of the other major winner, Olivia De Havilland, which was described as cold. ()

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Bicycle Thieves(1948)

1h 29min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 1,032 votes)

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Directed by Vittorio De Sica - With Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Elena Altieri, Carlo Jachino, ...
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Little Women(1949)

NR
| 2h 1min | Romance / Love, Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 98 votes)

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken women for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy - With Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Peter Lawford, ...
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The Heiress(1949)

NR
| 1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.9/5 (with 103 votes)

Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.

Directed by William Wyler - With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Mona Freeman, Vanessa Brown, ...

Mighty Joe Young(1949)

NR
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Action, Science Fiction
3.3/5 (with 42 votes)

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack - With Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva, ...
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Paisan(1946)

2h 5min | History, Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 127 votes)

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini - With Maria Michi, Renzo Avanzo, Gianfranco Corsini, William Tubbs, Giulietta Masina

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon(1949)

NR
| 1h 43min | Western
3.5/5 (with 139 votes)

After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Native Americans, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

Directed by John Ford - With John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Victor McLaglen, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, ...
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Twelve O'Clock High(1949)

NR
| 2h 12min | War, Action, Drama
3.6/5 (with 54 votes)

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

Directed by Henry King - With Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Paul Stewart, ...
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White Heat(1949)

NR
| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 194 votes)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Directed by Raoul Walsh - With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran, Jack Archer, ...
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The Fallen Idol(1948)

1h 36min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 68 votes)

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.

Directed by Carol Reed - With Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Jack Hawkins, James Hayter, Bernard Lee, Bobby Henrey, ...
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Battleground(1949)

1h 58min | Action, Adventure, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

Directed by William Augustus Wellman - With Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Don Taylor, ...
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On the Town(1949)

NR
| 1h 38min | Romance / Love, Comedy, Music
3.5/5 (with 111 votes)

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen - With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, ...
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All the King's Men(1949)

NR
| 1h 49min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 89 votes)

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.

Directed by Robert Rossen - With Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge, Shepperd Strudwick, ...
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Sands of Iwo Jima(1950)

NR
| 1h 40min | War, Action, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 54 votes)

The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant's tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker in action, and begin to appreciate him.

Directed by Allan Dwan - With John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, James Brown, Arthur Franz, ...
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Madame Bovary(1949)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli - With Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, ...
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The Window(1949)

1h 13min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

Directed by Ted Tetzlaff - With Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Bobby Driscoll, James Nolan, ...
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Champion(1949)

1h 39min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Directed by Mark Robson - With Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Ruth Roman, Paul Stewart, Lola Albright, ...
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Adventures of Don Juan(1948)

NR
| 1h 50min | Action, Adventure, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

The adventures of the notorious Spanish Lothario Don Juan highlights Errol Flynn's swashbuckling and romantic antics.

Directed by Vincent Sherman - With Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, Fortunio Bonanova, ...
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A Letter to Three Wives(1949)

NR
| 1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 62 votes)

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz - With Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, ...
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The Barkleys of Broadway(1949)

1h 49min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 20 votes)

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

Directed by Charles Walters - With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Betty Blythe, William Tannen, ...
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Toy Tinkers(1949)

NR
| 7min | Animation
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

When Donald Duck chops a Christmas tree, the inquisitive chipmunks Chip and Dale follow and see him decorate it with nuts and sweets. So they sneak in his home, determined to 'harvest' it all, using the toys for the Duck nephews, as if Christmas came early for them, so to say. Donald puts up an equally 'playful' yet grim defense, so it all rapidly escalates into a bitter miniature two-to-one-giant war over the Christmas-treats.

Directed by Jack Hannah

Pinky(1949)

1h 42min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Directed by Elia Kazan, John Ford - With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, ...
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So Dear to My Heart(1948)

NR
| 1h 19min | Drama, Kids & Family, Animation
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.

Directed by Harold D. Schuster, Hamilton Luske - With Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Harry Carey, Matt Willis, ...
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Passport to Pimlico(1949)

1h 24min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 33 votes)

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

Directed by Henry Cornelius - With Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Murray, Raymond Huntley, Sydney Tafler, Hermione Baddeley, ...

Beyond the Forest(1949)

1h 37min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 19 votes)

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.

Directed by King Vidor - With Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Dona Drake, Regis Toomey, ...
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Prince of Foxes(1949)

NR
| 1h 47min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea Orsini, his sister's lover and nearly as unscrupulous as himself. En route, Orsini meets Camilla Verano, wife of the count of Citta' del Monte, and sentiment threatens to turn him against his deadly master, whom no one betrays twice...

Directed by Henry King - With Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Marina Berti, Katina Paxinou, Eduardo Ciannelli, ...
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My Foolish Heart(1950)

1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.

Directed by Mark Robson - With Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Jessie Royce Landis, Gigi Perreau, Jerry Paris, ...

Saraband for Dead Lovers(1948)

1h 36min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.

Directed by Basil Dearden - With Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Peter Bull, Flora Robson, Françoise Rosay, Anthony Quayle, ...
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For Scent-imental Reasons(1949)

NR
| 7min | Animation
3.4/5 (with 29 votes)

Pepé Le Pew invades a Parisian perfumery, where he sniffs the various scents. The shopkeeper runs in horror and recruits a female cat to run the skunk out of the shop. She tosses the cat inside, and a bottle of dye falls over, accidentally painting a white stripe down the cat's back. Pepé gives chase...

Directed by Chuck Jones

Neptune's Daughter(1949)

1h 35min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

Directed by Edward Buzzell - With Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat, ...
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The Stratton Story(1949)

1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Directed by Sam Wood - With James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams, Bruce Cowling, ...
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