A list of American films released in 1949.
All the King's Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Cheated the Law | Crime | 20th Century Fox | |||
| I Married a Communist | Drama | RKO. aka The Woman on Pier 13 | |||
| I Shot Jesse James | Western | Lippert | |||
| I Was a Male War Bride | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Illegal Entry | Universal | ||||
| Impact | Arthur Lubin | Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn | Film noir | United Artists | |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Musical | MGM | |||
| The Inspector General | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. Golden Globe Best Original Score | |||
| Intruder in the Dust | Drama | MGM | |||
| It Happens Every Spring | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | |||
| It's a Great Feeling | Comedy | Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Song | |||
| Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| Jigsaw | United Artists | ||||
| Joe Palooka in the Big Fight | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch | Comedy | Monogram | |||
| John Loves Mary | Comedy | Warner Bros. | |||
| Johnny Allegro | Crime | Columbia | |||
| Johnny Holiday | Drama | United Artists | |||
| Johnny Stool Pigeon | Universal | ||||
| Jolson Sings Again | Biography | Columbia. Sequel to The Jolson Story | |||
| The Judge | Crime | Film Classics | |||
| The Judge Steps Out | Comedy | RKO |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Undercover Man | Columbia | |||
| Undertow | Universal | |||
| The Walking Hills | Western | Columbia | ||
| We Were Strangers | Adventure | Columbia | ||
| West of El Dorado | Western | Monogram | ||
| Western Renegades | Western | Monogram | ||
| White Heat | Raoul Walsh | Warner Bros. | ||
| Wicked City | Drama | United Artists. Co-production with France | ||
| The Window | Ted Tetzlaff | Drama | RKO | |
| Without Honor | Drama | United Artists | ||
| The Wolf Hunters | Budd Boetticher | Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Helen Parrish | Western | Monogram
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| A Woman's Secret | Nicholas Ray | Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame | RKO | |
| The Wyoming Bandit | Western | Republic | ||
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Musical | Universal | ||
| The Younger Brothers | Western | Warner Bros. | ||
| You're My Everything | Musical | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventures of Sir Galahad | Serial | Republic | ||
| Batman and Robin | Serial | |||
| Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies | Serial | Republic | ||
| Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc | Serial | |||
| Ghost of Zorro | Serial | Republic | ||
| King of the Rocket Men | Serial | Republic | ||
| Radar Patrol vs. Spy King | Serial | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awful Orphan | Chuck Jones | ||||
| The Cat and the Mermouse | |||||
| Dating Do's and Don'ts | |||||
| Dunked in the Deep | |||||
| For Scent-imental Reasons | |||||
| Frigid Hare | |||||
| High Diving Hare | |||||
| Malice in the Palace | |||||
| Jerry's Diary | |||||
| Long-Haired Hare | |||||
| Love That Pup | |||||
| Mississippi Hare | |||||
| Porky in Wackyland | |||||
| Rabbit Hood | |||||
| Rebel Rabbit | |||||
| Technicolor for Industrial Films | |||||
| Tennis Chumps | |||||
| Which Is Witch |