| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 860 | Mahal | 1949 | Kamal Amrohi | India | Supernatural | Musical, Gothic | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 1021 | The Queen of Spades | 1949 | Thorold Dickinson | UK | Gothic | Period Drama, Low Fantasy, Romance | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 1076 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 1949 | Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | USA | Family | Animation, Gothic, Halloween, Musical | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 2013 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | 1949 | James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | USA | Family | Animation, Anthology, Folk Horror, Fable, Halloween, Slapstick | 9 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 2606 | Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | USA | Monster | — | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 3036 | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff | 1949 | Charles Barton | USA | Comedy | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 4111 | The Window | 1949 | Ted Tetzlaff | USA | Thriller | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 4182 | Alias Nick Beal | 1949 | John Farrow | USA | Thriller | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 4276 | Yotsuya kaidan | 1949 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | Drama | Jidaigeki, Crime, Kaidan | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 4328 | Le sang des bêtes | 1949 | Georges Franju | France | Documentary | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 5584 | Midnight Frolics | 1949 | Lillian Hunt | USA | Exploitation | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 5641 | The Rocking Horse Winner | 1949 | Anthony Pelissier | UK | Supernatural | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 5726 | Follow Me Quietly | 1949 | Richard Fleischer | USA | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 5757 | Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire… | 1949 | Jean Faurez | France | Anthology | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 8416 | Night Unto Night | 1949 | Don Siegel | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 8431 | Nabeshima kaibyou den | 1949 | Kunio Watanabe | Japan | Mystery | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 8833 | On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | USA | Musical | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 8858 | I fratelli Dinamite | 1949 | Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot | Italy | Family | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 8892 | Criss Cross | 1949 | Robert Siodmak | USA | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 8902 | La maudite | 1949 | Norbert Benoît, Marcel Jauniaux, E.G. de Meyst | Belgium | Mystery | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 8928 | The File on Thelma Jordon | 1949 | Robert Siodmak | USA | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 8936 | Çiglik | 1949 | Aydin Arakon | Turkey | Crime | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.