What is your favourite film of 1949?

That was such a great year that it is incredibly difficult to pick just one as the Best. The Oscars chose "All The King's Men."

John Wayne appeared is two of his best (and two of his best performances) in "Sands Of Iwo Jima" (Alan Dwan) and "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" (John Ford). In Japan, Toshirô Mifune made an early impression in Kurosawa's crime drama of devastated post-war Tokyo, "Nora Inu" (Stray Dog), and Setsuko Hara is luminous in Ozu's in "Banshun" (Late Spring). Over in France, Jacques Tati kept the world laughing in "Jour De Fête."

WWII continued to influence U.S. and British films as seen by these superior productions:

Battleground / William A. Wellman
The Hasty Heart / Vincent Sherman
Passport To Pimlico / Henry Cornelius
The Third Man / Carol Reed
Twelve O’Clock High / Henry King

BUT...if I had a gun to my head and HAD TO CHOSE, my pick would be:

"The Heiress" with an almost supernatural performance from Olivia De Haviland, Ralph Richardson (superb as usual has her controlling father), and Montgomery Clift as her shallow suitor. Based on a novel by Henry James.

The Third Man...No question....Favorite movie of all time...

One of the worst years for movies

Big Steal, The (1949)
Border Incident (1949)
Bribe, The (1949)
Colorado Territory (1949)
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rocking Horse Winner, The (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Third Man, The (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Window, The (1949)
Woman on Pier 13, The (1949)

Third Man in film and music. It's a classic and the scenery of post-war, bombed-down Vienna is haunting, especially if you know how they later managed to gloriously rebuild the town. A historic testament. 

The Inspector General