Category:1951, Top Films

1947 -- 1948 -- 1949 -- 1950

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>> Film Studies (1950s) <<

1952 -- 1953 -- 1954 -- 1955

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-- #1. A Streetcar Named Desire (Kazan) -- #2. Alice in Wonderland (Disney) -- #3. Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock) -- #4. Ace in the Hole -- #6. <The Day the Earth Stood Still> -- #7. <The African Queen> -- #8. <Early Summer> -- #10. <An American in Paris> -- #13. <A Place in the Sun> -- #17. <Miracle in Milan> -- #19. <The Thing from Another World> -- #22. <The Lavender Hill Mob> -- #27. <Scrooge> -- #37. <The Red Badge of Courage> -- #42. <Cops and Robbers> -- @15. The Great Caruso -- #50+. You Never Can Tell -- #50+. Angels in the Outfield -- #50+. Cause for Alarm! -- #50+. On Dangerous Ground -- #50+. Bellissima (Visconti)

Notable Mention

-- #5. Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson) -- #9. The River (Renoir) -- #15. The Tales of Hoffman

Additional films

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1951)

-- #1. <A Streetcar Named Desire. -- #2. <Alice in Wonderland> -- #3. <Strangers on a Train> -- #4. <Ace in the Hole> -- #5. Diary of a Country Priest -- #6. <The Day the Earth Stood Still> -- #7. <The African Queen> -- #8. <Early Summer> -- #9. <The River> -- #10. <An American in Paris>

-- #11. Rabbit Fire -- #12. Summer Interlude -- #13. <A Place in the Sun> -- #14. The Steel Helmet -- #15. On Dangerous Ground -- #16. The Idiot -- #17. <Miracle in Milan> -- #18. The Tales of Hoffmann -- #19. <The Thing from Another World> -- #20. Repast -- #21. The Browning Version -- #22. <The Lavender Hill Mob> -- #24. The Man in the White Suit -- #27. <Scrooge>

-- #37. <The Red Badge of Courage> -- #40. People Will Talk -- #42. <Cops and Robbers> -- #50. He Ran All the Way

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1951)

-- @1. A Place in the Sun -- @2. A Streetcar Named Desire -- @3. An American in Paris -- @4. The African Queen -- @5. Detective Story -- @6. Born Yesterday -- @7. Decision Before Dawn -- @8. The Lavender Hill Mob -- @9. Cyrano de Bergerac (1951) -- @10. The River (1951)

-- @11. David and Bathsheba -- @12. Death of a Salesman -- @13. Quo Vadis? -- @14. Bright Victory -- @15. The Great Caruso -- @16. The Blue Veil -- @17. Show Boat (1951) -- @18. The Red Badge of Courage -- @19. Harvey -- @20. Samson and Delilah -- @21. Oliver Twist -- @22. People Will Talk -- @23. Strangers on a Train -- @24. Fourteen Hours -- @25. The Well (1951) -- @26. Here Comes the Groom -- @27. The Big Carnival -- @28. Tales of Hoffmann -- @29. Go for Broke -- @30. The Brave Bulls

Oscar, Best Films

-- An American in Paris -- Decision Before Dawn -- A Place in the Sun -- Quo Vadis -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The African Queen -- Detective Story -- Rashomon (Japan)

[9^] Golden Globe, Best Films

-- Death of a Salesman -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- An American in Paris -- A Place in the Sun -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- The Blue Veil -- On the Riviera -- Too Young to Kiss -- Quo Vadis

Top Grossing Films

-- [Quo Vadis] -- [Show Boat] -- [David and Bathsheba] -- The Great Caruso -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The African Queen -- That's My Boy -- An American in Paris -- A Place in the Sun -- Father's Little Dividend

Schneider, Best Films

-- A Place in the Sun -- Ace in the Hole -- Strangers on a Train -- The Lavender Hill Mob -- An American in Paris -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- The African Queen

-- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman -- Diary of a Country Priest

National Board of Review

-- A Place in the Sun -- The Red Badge of Courage -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- An American in Paris -- Strangers on a Train

-- Death of a Salesman -- Detective Story -- Decision Before Dawn -- Quo Vadis -- Fourteen Hours

National Film Registry

-- Ace in the Hole -- The African Queen -- An American in Paris -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- A Place in the Sun -- Strangers on a Train -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The Thing from Another World

-- Duck and Cover <short> -- Notes on the Port of St. Francis <doc>

American Film Institute

-- The African Queen -- An American in Paris -- A Place in the Sun -- A Streetcar Named Desire

NYT, Best Films

-- The African Queen -- A Place in the Sun -- Strangers on a Train -- The Lavender Hill Mob -- An American in Paris -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- The Red Badge of Courage

-- Diary of a Country Priest -- Cry, the Beloved Country -- Othello -- Death of a Salesman

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Miracle in Milan -- Strangers on a Train -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- A Place in the Sun -- The African Queen -- Ace in the Hole -- An American in Paris -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- The Thing from Another World -- Early Summer

-- Diary of a Country Priest -- Othello -- The River

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Ace in the Hole -- Strangers on a Train -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- Scrooge -- The African Queen -- Early Summer

-- Diary of a Country Priest

Film101, Best Films

-- A Streetcar Named Desire -- Diary of a Country Priest -- An American in Paris -- Strangers on a Train -- The African Queen -- The Lavender Hill Mob -- A Place in the Sun -- Ace in the Hole -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- The Thing from Another World

-- The River -- Death of a Salesman -- The Man in the White Suit

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #22. The Lavender Hill Mob

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Bellissima -- A Christmas Carol (UK) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- Tom Brown's Schooldays (UK)

-- The Browning Version -- I due derelitti

-- Arizona Manhunt -- The Dakota Kid -- Darling, How Could You! -- Father Takes the Air -- Finders Keepers -- Le garçon sauvage (France) -- Her First Romance -- Here Comes the Groom -- Kekec (Yugoslavia) -- The Painted Hills -- Peppino e Violetta / Never Take No for an Answer (Italy) -- Snake River Desperados -- Week End with Father -- The Wonder Kid (UK)

Best International Films

{Italy} -- Miracle in Milan -- Cops and Robbers -- Bellissima -- La famiglia Passaguai

{Japan} -- Early Summer -- Repast