1948 in film

The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices.
• Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

United States unless stated

• G-Men Never Forget, starring Clayton Moore
• Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
• Adventures of Frank and Jesse James, starring Clayton Moore
• Superman, starring Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill
• Tex Granger
• Congo Bill

• 1928 – 1952 – Mickey Mouse
• 1930 – 1964 – Terrytoons
• 1933 –- 1957 – Popeye
• 1934 –- 1959 – The Three Stooges
• 1936 –- 1956 – Donald Duck
• 1939 – 1953 – Goofy
• 1940 –- 1958 – Tom and Jerry
• 1940 – 1964 – Bugs Bunny
• 1941 – 1950 – The Fox and the Crow
• 1941 – 1949 – Woody Woodpecker
• 1942 – 1955 – Mighty Mouse
• 1943 – 1956 – Chip and Dale
• 1943 – 1958 – Droopy
• 1945 – 1964 – Yosemite Sam
• 1946—1948 – George and Junior
• 1947 – 1949 – Blackie the Sheep

• January 10 – William Sanderson, American actor
• January 14 – Carl Weathers, American actor and football player
• January 16 – John Carpenter, American director, producer and screenwriter
• January 29 – Marc Singer, Canadian actor
• February 5
  • Barbara Hershey, American actress
  • Tom Wilkinson, English actor
• February 15 – Tino Insana, American actor, producer, writer, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
• February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, American actress
• February 22 – John Ashton, American actor
• February 28
  • Mike Figgis, English director and screenwriter
  • Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
  • Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
• March 4 - Brian Cummings, American voice actor
• March 11 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
• March 14 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
• March 20 – Helene Vannari, Estonian actress
• March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
• March 28
  • Matthew Corbett, English television personality, actor, writer, puppeteer and comedian
• March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
• March 31 - Rhea Perlman, American actress and writer
• April 9 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
• April 25 – Freda Foh Shen, American film, television and theatre actress
• May 3 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
• May 12
  • Lindsay Crouse, American actress
  • Richard Riehle, American actor
• May 21 – Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born English actor
• June 28 – Kathy Bates, American actress
• July 12 – Ben Burtt, American sound designer
• July 13 – Catherine Breillat, French director
• July 28 - Georgia Engel, American actress (d. 2019)
• July 30 – Jean Reno, French actor
• August 14 - Lou Wagner, American actor
• August 30 – Lewis Black, American actor and comedian
• September 7 – Susan Blakely, American actress
• September 19 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
• October 2 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (d. 1998)
• October 16 – Hema Malini, Indian actress and politician
• October 17 – Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (d. 2018)
• October 29 – Kate Jackson, American actress
• November 11 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
• November 13 – Adelle Lutz, American model, actress, and costume designer
• November 14 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
• November 18 – Dom Irrera, American actor and stand-up comedian
• November 28 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
• December 6 – JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
• December 15 – Dee Wallace, American actress
• December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
• December 27 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor and filmmaker

• February 11 – Sergei Eisenstein, 50, Russian film director, Battleship Potemkin, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible, Part One, Ivan the Terrible, Part Two
• February 14 – James Baskett, 44, American actor, Song of the South
• May 3 – Gideon Wahlberg, 58, Swedish actor, writer and film director
• May 12 – Dante Cappelli, 82, Italian actor, Macbeth, Love Everlasting, The Mysterious Mirror
• May 26 – Torsten Bergström, 51, Swedish actor and director, The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar, Trollebokungen, Ungdom
• July 5 – Carole Landis, 29, American actress, Topper Returns, I Wake Up Screaming, One Million B.C., Four Jills in a Jeep
• July 15 – William Selig, 84, American pioneer studio builder
• July 23 – David Wark Griffith, 73, American film director, The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Orphans of the Storm
• August 13 – Elaine Hammerstein, 51, American actress, Paint and Powder, The Midnight Express
• August 13 – Edwin Maxwell, 62, American actor, Duck Soup, Cleopatra, His Girl Friday
• September 24 – Warren William, 53, American actor, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Wolf Man, Lady for a Day, Imitation of Life
• September 28 – Gregg Toland, 44, American cinematographer, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Long Voyage Home, December 7th: The Movie, Wuthering Heights, The Grapes of Wrath, Song of the South, The Little Foxes
• October 10 – Mary Eaton, 47, American actress, Glorifying the American Girl, The Cocoanuts
• October 13 – Samuel S. Hinds, 73, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Buck Privates
• October 16 – Nora Lane, 43, American actress, The Cisco Kid, Six-Gun Trail
• December 20 – C. Aubrey Smith, 85, English actor, A Bill of Divorcement, Madame Curie

• Beau Bridges – No Minor Vices
• Pat Buttram – The Strawberry Roan
• Montgomery Clift – The Search
• Doris Day – Romance on the High Seas
• José Ferrer – Joan of Arc
• Laurence Harvey – House of Darkness
• Audrey Hepburn – Dutch in Seven Lessons
• Rock Hudson – Fighter Squadron
• Howard Keel – The Small Voice
• Klaus Kinski – Morituri
• Christopher Lee – Corridor of Mirrors
• Margaret Leighton – Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Audie Murphy – Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
• Irene Papas – Fallen Angels
• Debbie Reynolds – June Bride