Best 16 Drama Movies Fan Favorites from 1949

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it. Get info on Bicycle Thieves / IMDB / YouTube

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. See more about White Heat / IMDB / YouTube

Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband. Get info on Adam's Rib / IMDB / YouTube

A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter. Check out The Heiress / IMDB / YouTube

The rise and fall of a grass-roots rural politician who eventually becomes mired in the sort of political corruption he vehemently railed against on his way to the governor's mansion. Read about All the King's Men / IMDB / YouTube

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin. Check out Germany Year Zero / IMDB / YouTube

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. Look into A Letter to Three Wives / IMDB / YouTube

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards. Details on The Fountainhead / IMDB / YouTube

Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization. Find out about 3 Godfathers / IMDB / YouTube

An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route. More about Criss Cross / IMDB / YouTube

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy. See more about The Fallen Idol / IMDB / YouTube

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter. Info on The Set-Up / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning. See more about They Live by Night / IMDB / YouTube

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband. Learn about Obsession / IMDB / YouTube

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War. Read about Little Women / IMDB / YouTube

A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets. Look into Under Capricorn / IMDB / YouTube