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
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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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| Flight to Mars |
| Director: Lesley Selander |
| Lead Roles: Marguerite Chapman as Alita, Cameron Mitchell as Steve Abbott |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 11, 1951 (Limited) by Monogram Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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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 African Queen |
| Director: John Huston |
| Lead Roles: Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut, Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 26, 1951 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Action Adventure, 1910s, World War I, Death of a Sibling, On a Boat |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $10,750,000 |
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International BO: $1,747 |
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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 |
6
| 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 |
7
| Cause for Alarm! |
| Director: Tay Garnett |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 2, 1951 (Limited) (Washington Premiere) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
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| 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 |
9
| 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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| Strangers on a Train |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 3, 1951 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, Trains, Relationships Gone Wrong, Infidelity, Pregnant Women, Dysfunctional Family, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Framed |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $7,000,000 |
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International BO: $22,725 |
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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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| La Poison |
| Director: Sacha Guitry |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 30, 1951 (Limited) (France) |
| Keywords: Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Familial Murder, Lawyers, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Government Bureaucracy |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $1,900 |
14
| Teresa |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Lead Roles: Pier Angeli |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 5, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
15
| Fathers Little Dividend |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 27, 1951 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Family Comedy, Remade |
| Classification: Comedy, Live Action |
16
| The Thing From Another World |
| Director: Christian Nyby |
| Lead Roles: Kenneth Tobey`, James Arness |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 6, 1951 (Limited) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
17
| Lassie: The Painted Hills |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 4, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
18
| Vengeance Valley |
| Director: Richard Thorpe |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 14, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Western, Live Action |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Victimas del pecado |
| Director: Emilio Fernández |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 2, 1951 (Limited) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
23
| David and Bathsheba |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 10, 1951 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Religious |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text |
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Domestic BO: $14,000,000 |
24
| No Highway in the Sky |
| Director: Henry Koster |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 21, 1951 (Limited) |