Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1951
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Alice in Wonderland
(1951) Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way. Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson With: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical |
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A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951) 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. Dir: Elia Kazan With: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter Drama | Romance |
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Strangers on a Train
(1951) A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman Crime | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller |
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
(1951) An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Dir: Robert Wise With: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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The African Queen
(1951) In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Dir: John Huston With: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley Adventure | Romance United States-PASSED 105 mins. |
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Show Boat
(1951) The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour. Dir: George Sidney With: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel Drama | Musical | Romance |
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The Thing from Another World
(1951) Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost. Dir: Christian Nyby With: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness Horror | Sci-Fi |
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Quo Vadis
(1951) A fierce Roman general becomes infatuated with a beautiful Christian hostage and begins questioning the tyrannical leadership of the despot Emporer Nero. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy With: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn Drama | History | Romance United States-PASSED 171 mins. |
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An American in Paris
(1951) Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. However, things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. Dir: Vincente Minnelli With: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant Musical | Romance |
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A Place in the Sun
(1951) A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women. Dir: George Stevens With: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters Drama | Romance United States-PASSED 122 mins. |










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