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1951 Chronicle of The Cinema

by wijayaandik • Created 9 years ago • Modified 3 days ago
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  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)

    1. An American in Paris

    19511h 54mApproved83Metascore
    7.1 (38K)
    Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar Levant
    Nova / Film 103
  • Anita Björk in Miss Julie (1951)

    2. Miss Julie

    19511h 30mNot Rated
    7.2 (2.2K)
    An heiress begins to realize her attraction to one of her family's servants.
    DirectorAlf SjöbergStarsAnita BjörkUlf PalmeMärta Dorff
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)

    3. A Place in the Sun

    19512h 2mApproved76Metascore
    7.7 (26K)
    A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMontgomery CliftElizabeth TaylorShelley Winters
  • Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)

    4. Strangers on a Train

    19511h 41mPG88Metascore
    7.9 (146K)
    A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth Roman
  • Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

    5. A Streetcar Named Desire

    19512h 2mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (118K)
    Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim Hunter
  • Ida Lupino in On Dangerous Ground (1951)

    6. On Dangerous Ground

    19511h 22mApproved78Metascore
    7.2 (8.8K)
    Rough, violent city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain who sends him upstate to a snowy mountain town to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
    DirectorsNicholas RayIda LupinoStarsIda LupinoRobert RyanWard Bond
    OKRU
  • Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling in Ace in the Hole (1951)

    7. Ace in the Hole

    19511h 51mApproved72Metascore
    8.1 (41K)
    Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsKirk DouglasJan SterlingRobert Arthur
  • Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway, and Sidney James in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

    8. The Lavender Hill Mob

    19511h 18mApproved90Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
    DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney James
    Los Movies
  • James Mason and Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

    9. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    19512h 4mApproved81Metascore
    6.9 (5.1K)
    A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
    DirectorAlbert LewinStarsJames MasonAva GardnerNigel Patrick
  • Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

    10. Diary of a Country Priest

    19511h 35mNot Rated
    7.7 (13K)
    A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsClaude LayduNicole LadmiralJean Riveyre
    Film 103 / OKRU
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

    11. The Day the Earth Stood Still

    19511h 32mG83Metascore
    7.7 (88K)
    An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh Marlowe
  • Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)

    12. The African Queen

    19511h 45mPG91Metascore
    7.7 (87K)
    In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert Morley
    Amazon
  • Kevin McCarthy, Mildred Dunnock, Fredric March, Cameron Mitchell, and Howard Smith in Death of a Salesman (1951)

    13. Death of a Salesman

    19511h 55m
    7.2 (1.3K)
    An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.
    DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsFredric MarchMildred DunnockKevin McCarthy
    Google / Amazon
  • Peggy Dow and Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory (1951)

    14. Bright Victory

    19511h 37mApproved
    7.3 (1.1K)
    After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsArthur KennedyPeggy DowJulie Adams
    Los Movies
  • James Cagney and Phyllis Thaxter in Come Fill the Cup (1951)

    15. Come Fill the Cup

    19511h 53m
    6.8 (571)
    Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. His boss enlists his help to sober up his nephew, Boyd Copeland, who has married Lew's old sweetheart. Boyd, who is involved with a cabaret singer and the mob, presents quite a challenge.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames CagneyPhyllis ThaxterRaymond Massey
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Patricia Laffan in Quo Vadis (1951)

    16. Quo Vadis

    19512h 51mApproved65Metascore
    7.1 (18K)
    After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
    DirectorsMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo Genn
    Los Movies
  • Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)

    17. Detective Story

    19511h 43mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (10K)
    On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam Bendix
    Los Movies
  • Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil (1951)

    18. The Blue Veil

    19511h 53m
    7.0 (514)
    Louise Mason is a young widow who fills her empty life with the task of becoming a children's nurse. As the years pass, and the widow tries to find her own place in life, her young charges, the children of various employers, grow and soon find themselves ready to face the world. When it seems that she will be alone, the nurse finds that her 'children' have ideas of their own in regards to helping their beloved mentor.
    DirectorsCurtis BernhardtBusby BerkeleyStarsJane WymanCharles LaughtonJoan Blondell
  • Gene Tierney, John Lund, and Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season (1951)

    19. The Mating Season

    19511h 41mNot Rated
    7.4 (2.1K)
    Ellen McNulty loses her hamburger joint and goes to see her son, who marries a socialite at the same time. Due to her modest background and a case of mistaken identity, Ellen poses as the newlyweds' cook.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsGene TierneyJohn LundMiriam Hopkins
  • The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

    20. The House on Telegraph Hill

    19511h 33mApproved
    6.9 (4.2K)
    Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsRichard BasehartValentina CorteseWilliam Lundigan
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  • David and Bathsheba (1951)

    21. David and Bathsheba

    19511h 56mApproved
    6.1 (2.8K)
    After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckSusan HaywardRaymond Massey
  • Moira Shearer and Ludmilla Tchérina in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

    22. The Tales of Hoffmann

    19512h 8mApproved76Metascore
    7.1 (4.3K)
    A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsMoira ShearerRobert RounsevilleLudmilla Tchérina
    Los Movies
  • The Frogmen (1951)

    23. The Frogmen

    19511h 36mApproved
    6.5 (1.6K)
    The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsRichard WidmarkDana AndrewsGary Merrill
  • When Worlds Collide (1951)

    24. When Worlds Collide

    19511h 23mG47Metascore
    6.6 (10K)
    As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
    DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter Hansen
    OKRU / Film 103
  • The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)

    25. The Model and the Marriage Broker

    19511h 43mApproved
    7.0 (1.1K)
    A female marriage broker attempts to do a little freelance matchmaking for her friend who is a beautiful unattached model.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJeanne CrainThelma RitterScott Brady

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