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Best of 1951

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  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)

    1. 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
  • Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

    2. 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
  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)

    3. 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
  • Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)

    4. Detective Story

    19511h 43mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (9.9K)
    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
  • William Holden, Broderick Crawford, and Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950)

    5. Born Yesterday

    19501h 43mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayWilliam HoldenBroderick Crawford
  • Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway, and Sidney James in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

    6. 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
  • Dominique Blanchar, Hildegard Knef, and Oskar Werner in Decision Before Dawn (1951)

    7. Decision Before Dawn

    19511h 59mApproved
    7.2 (3.2K)
    As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners of war to spy behind German lines.
    DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsRichard BasehartGary MerrillOskar Werner
  • Radha in The River (1951)

    8. The River

    19511h 39mApproved
    7.4 (7.2K)
    The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsPatricia WaltersNora SwinburneEsmond Knight
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

    9. Cyrano de Bergerac

    19501h 53mApproved
    7.4 (4.8K)
    The charismatic swordsman-poet and provocateur in 1640s Paris helps a young guardsman woo the woman he loves, complicated by the politics of the nobility and the war with Spain.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsJosé FerrerMala PowersWilliam Prince
  • David and Bathsheba (1951)

    10. 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
  • Kevin McCarthy, Mildred Dunnock, Fredric March, Cameron Mitchell, and Howard Smith in Death of a Salesman (1951)

    11. 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
  • Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Patricia Laffan in Quo Vadis (1951)

    12. 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
  • Peggy Dow and Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory (1951)

    13. 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
  • Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso (1951)

    14. The Great Caruso

    19511h 49mApproved
    6.5 (1.6K)
    The film explores the life of tenor Enrico Caruso, a vocalist who faces rejection from Musetta and Dorothy, and struggles to find acceptance in New York.
    DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsMario LanzaAnn BlythDorothy Kirsten
  • The Blue Veil (1951)

    15. The Blue Veil

    19511h 53m
    7.1 (512)
    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
  • Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, and Howard Keel in Show Boat (1951)

    16. Show Boat

    19511h 48mApproved
    6.8 (5.6K)
    The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.
    DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKathryn GraysonAva GardnerHoward Keel
  • The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

    17. The Red Badge of Courage

    19511h 9mApproved
    7.1 (5.1K)
    Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsAudie MurphyBill MauldinDouglas Dick
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)

    18. Harvey

    19501h 44mApproved79Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. Lynn
  • Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949)

    19. Samson and Delilah

    19492h 14mApproved
    6.8 (9.5K)
    When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsHedy LamarrVictor MatureGeorge Sanders
  • John Howard Davies, Anthony Newley, Robert Newton, Francis L. Sullivan, and Kay Walsh in Oliver Twist (1948)

    20. Oliver Twist

    19481h 45mApproved84Metascore
    7.8 (14K)
    In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay Walsh
  • Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain in People Will Talk (1951)

    21. People Will Talk

    19511h 50mApproved
    7.3 (7.4K)
    Dr. Noah Praetorius falls in love with Deborah, a student who discovers that she is pregnant by her old boyfriend.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsCary GrantJeanne CrainFinlay Currie
  • Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)

    22. 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
  • Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeffrey Hunter, and Debra Paget in Fourteen Hours (1951)

    23. Fourteen Hours

    19511h 32mApproved
    7.1 (3.3K)
    A New York policeman tries to talk a man off a ledge as a crowd gathers below.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsPaul DouglasRichard BasehartBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)

    24. The Well

    19511h 26mApproved
    7.2 (942)
    A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
    DirectorsLeo C. PopkinRussell RouseStarsGwendolyn LasterRichard RoberMaidie Norman
  • Bing Crosby, Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Barton, Jacques Gencel, Alexis Smith, Franchot Tone, Beverly Washburn, and Jane Wyman in Here Comes the Groom (1951)

    25. Here Comes the Groom

    19511h 53mApproved
    6.3 (1.2K)
    Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyJane WymanAlexis Smith

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