The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Quo Vadis |
MGM |
$11,902,000 |
| 2. |
Alice in Wonderland* |
Disney/RKO |
$7,196,000 |
| 3. |
Show Boat |
MGM |
$5,533,000 |
| 4. |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Warner Brothers |
$4,800,000 |
| 5. |
David and Bathsheba |
20th Century Fox |
$4,720,000 |
| 6. |
The Great Caruso |
MGM |
$4,531,000 |
| 7. |
The African Queen |
United Artists |
$4,300,000 |
| 8. |
An American in Paris |
MGM |
$4,213,000 |
| 9. |
That's My Boy |
Paramount |
$3,800,000 |
| 10. |
A Place in the Sun
Strangers on a Train |
Paramount
Warner Brothers |
$3,500,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: An American in Paris - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Best Director: George Stevens - A Place in the Sun
- Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter - A Streetcar Named Desire
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: A Place in the Sun
- Best Actor: Fredric March - Death of a Salesman
- Best Actress: Jane Wyman - The Blue Veil
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: An American in Paris
- Best Actor: Danny Kaye - On the Riviera
- Best Actress: June Allyson - Too Young to Kiss
- Other
- Best Director: Laslo Benedek - Death of a Salesman
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):
- Miss Julie (Fröken Julie), directed by Alf Sjöberg, Sweden
- Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
- Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan
Films released in 1951
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Ace in the Hole, (listed at the Academy Awards as The Big Carnival)
- The African Queen
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American in Paris
- Angels in the Outfield
- Bedtime for Bonzo
- Bright Victory
- The Blue Veil
- Bullfighter and the Lady
- Captain Horatio Hornblower, starring Gregory Peck and directed by Raoul Walsh
- A Christmas Carol
- Come Fill the Cup
- Comin' Round The Mountain, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- David and Bathsheba
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Death of a Salesman (see also play Death of a Salesman)
- Decision Before Dawn
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
- Detective Story
- The Frogmen
- Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne
- Fourteen Hours
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- The Great Caruso
- Go for Broke!
- He Ran All the Way
- Here Comes the Groom
- His Kind of Woman
- The House on Telegraph Hill
- I Want You, starring Dana Andrews and Dorothy McGuire
- Laughter in Paradise
- The Lavender Hill Mob
- Let's Go Crazy
- The Magic Carpet, starring Lucille Ball
- The Man in the White Suit
- The Mating Season
- Two Tickets to Broadway, starring Janet Leigh and Bob Crosby
- Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- Miss Julie -(only mention of 1951 film) (see also play Miss Julie)
- No Highway in the Sky
- Olivia
- On the Riviera with Danny Kaye
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
- Penny Points to Paradise
- A Place in the Sun
- The Racket
- Quo Vadis
- Rashômon (U.S. release)
- Rawhide
- The Tales of Hoffmann
- Teresa
- The Red Badge of Courage
- Show Boat
- Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- That's My Boy, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- The Thing from Another World
- Too Young to Kiss
- The Well
- Warpath
- When Worlds Collide
Serials
Short film series
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