Most Popular Movies 1951
This chart shows the 1951 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1951 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1951 - Top 1951 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1952 → |
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| La hija del engaño |
| Director: Luis Bunuel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 29, 1951 (Wide) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $2,052 |
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 18, 1951 (Limited) |
| Keywords: First Contact |
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Domestic BO: $3,700,000 |
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| Rawhide |
| Director: Henry Hathaway |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 25, 1951 (Limited) |
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| Across the Wide Missouri |
| Director: William A. Wellman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 12, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Keywords: Revisionist Western, Marriage of Convenience, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, 1800s, Voiceover/Narration, Arranged Marriage, Revenge, Interracial Child |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $5,500,000 |
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| The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Director: Charles Crichton |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness as Henry Holland , Stanley Holloway as Alfred Pendelbury |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 15, 1951 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $4,294 |
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| Ace in the Hole |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 4, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| Pandora and the Flying Dutchman |
| Director: Albert Lewin |
| Lead Roles: Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds, James Mason as Hendrik van der Zee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 13, 1951 (Limited) (Finland) |
| Keywords: Romance |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $21,536 |
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| A Place in the Sun |
| Director: George Stevens |
| Lead Roles: Elizabeth Taylor as Angela Vickers, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 14, 1951 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Romance |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $16,057 |
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| The Strange Door |
| Director: Joseph Pevney |
| Lead Roles: Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 8, 1951 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
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| The Lemon Drop Kid |
| Director: Sidney Lanfield |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 2, 1951 (Limited) |
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| Lassie: The Painted Hills |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 4, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
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| Quo Vadis? |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 23, 1951 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Historical Drama, Ancient Rome, Romance, Christians, Bigotry |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $30,000,000 |
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International BO: $28,983 |
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| Death is a Number |
| Director: Robert Henryson |
| Lead Roles: Terence Alexander, Lesley Osmond, Denis Webb |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November, 1951 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
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| Show Boat |
| Director: George Sidney |
| Lead Roles: Kathryn Grayson as Magnolia Hawks, Ava Gardner as Julie LaVerne, Howard Keel as Gaylord Ravenal |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 17, 1951 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Romantic Musical, Remake, Romance, Interracial Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Set in Mississippi, Set in Chicago, Pregnant Women, Single Parent, Unexpected Families |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
15
| A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Director: Elia Kazan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 18, 1951 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Family Drama, Dysfunctional Family, Mental Illness, Suicide, LGBTQ+, Sex Crimes, Teachers, Inheritance, Money Troubles, Pregnant Women, Domestic Abuse, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
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International BO: $8,372 |
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| Flying Leathernecks |
| Director: Ray Nicholas |
| Lead Roles: John Wayne as Major Daniel Xavier Kirby, Robert Ryan as Capt. Carl “Griff” Griffin, Janis Carter as Joan Kirby |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 28, 1951 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| The Great Caruso |
| Director: Richard Thorpe |
| Lead Roles: Mario Lanza as Enrico Caruso, Ann Blyth as Dorothy Benjamin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1951 (Wide) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $4,500,000 |
18
| Fixed Bayonets! |
| Director: Sam Fuller |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 6, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| Native Son |
| Director: Pierre Chenal |
| Lead Roles: Jean Wallace, Richard Wright |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 16, 1951 (Limited) by Classic Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Teresa |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Lead Roles: Pier Angeli |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 5, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
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| No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| Director: St. John Legh Clowes |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 22, 1951 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| An American in Paris |
| Director: Vincente Minnelli |
| Lead Roles: Leslie Caron as Lise Bouvier, Gene Kelly as Jerry Mulligan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Keywords: Romance, Ex-soldier, Set in Paris, Voiceover/Narration, Singers, Artists, Romantic Musical |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $4,500,000 |
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International BO: $243 |
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| Sommarlek |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 29, 1951 (Wide), released as Um Verão de Amor (Portugal) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $7,727 |
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| Rashomon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 26, 1951 (Limited) by Janus Films |
| Keywords: Foreign Language |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $96,568 |
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International BO: $34,488 |