1951 Movies
The Year in Review
There were some great Sci-Fi classics in 1951, particularly the Day the Earth Stood Still which introduced the concept of alien intervention and the Thing from Another World which influenced a huge number of movies (including Alien, the Fly - and of course, the incredible John Carpenter remake). Top spot goes to Alice in Wonderland. The Disney animated version is easily the best of all the versions and full of in-jokes. There's a couple of classics from 1951 too, Strangers on a Train and The African Queen.
My Top Picks
Alice in Wonderland
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Thing from Another World
Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)
Strangers on a Train
When Worlds Collide
The Biggest Disappointments
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Streetcar Named Desire, A - There's no doubt that the acting is good and the cinematography was excellent. The problem was that I didn't like the characters. Viewed through the prism of the modern viewer it's very problematic.
All the films I've seen from 1951
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The African Queen
Alice in Wonderland
Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Strangers on a Train
Thing from Another World, The
When Worlds Collide
What's left to see from 1951?
...Sans laisser d'adresse (No Forwarding Address) – (France)
13th Letter, The
Ace in the Hole (a.k.a. The Big Carnival)
Across the Wide Missouri
Air Cadet
Along the Great Divide
American in Paris, An *
Angels in the Outfield
Anna – (Italy)
Another Man's Poison – (GB)
Apache Drums
Appointment with Danger
Appointment with Venus – (U.K.)
As Young as You Feel
Atoll K
Awaara (Tramp) – (India)
Axe of Wandsbek, The (Das Beil von Wandsbek) – (East Germany)
Baazi (Gamble) – (India)
Bedtime for Bonzo
Bellissima – (Italy)
Blackmailed – (GB)
Blue Veil, The
Bright Victory
Browning Version, The – (GB)
Bullfighter and the Lady
Call Me Mister
Callaway Went Thataway
Captain Horatio Hornblower – (GB)
Cattle Drive
Cause for Alarm!
China Corsair
Circle of Danger – (GB)
Clouded Yellow, The – (GB)
Come Fill the Cup
Comin' Round The Mountain
Cops and Robbers (Guardie e ladri) – (Italy)
Cry Danger
Cry, the Beloved Country – (GB)
Daar Doer in Die Bosveld (Far Away in the Bushveld) – (South Africa)
Darling, How Could You!
Daughter of Deceit (La hija del engaño) – (Mexico)
David and Bathsheba
Death of a Salesman
Decision Before Dawn
Deedar
Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The
Detective Story
Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) – (France)
Distant Drums
Double Dynamite
Dream of a Cossack (Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy) – (U.S.S.R.)
Early Summer (Bakushū) – (Japan)
El revoltoso (The Rebellious) – (Mexico)
Encore – (GB)
Enforcer, The (Murder, Inc.)
FBI Girl
Family Secret, The
Father's Little Dividend
Fighting Seventh, The (a.k.a. Little Big Horn)
Flying Leathernecks
Follow the Sun (as Ben Hogan)
Forbidden Christ, The (Il Cristo proibito) – (Italy)
Fort Worth
Four in a Jeep (Die Vier im Jeep) – (Switzerland)
Fourteen Hours
Frogmen, The
Furrows (Surcos) – (Spain)
Go for Broke!
Golden Girl
Golden Horde, The
Goodbye My Fancy
Great Caruso, The
Groom Wore Spurs, The
Grounds for Marriage
Guy Who Came Back, The
Half Angel
Happy Go Lovely – (GB)
He Ran All the Way
Here Comes the Groom
His Kind of Woman
House in Montevideo, The (Das Haus in Montevideo) – (West Germany)
House on Telegraph Hill, The *
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
I Want You
I'll Never Forget You
Idiot, The (Hakuchi) – (Japan)
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Journey Into Light
Juliette, or Key of Dreams (Juliette ou La clef des songes) – (France)
Kind Lady
Kon-Tiki, a documentary directed by and starring Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway)
Last Outpost, The
Laughter in Paradise – (GB)
Lavender Hill Mob, The – (GB)
Lemon Drop Kid, The
Let's Go Crazy – (GB)
Leva på 'Hoppet' – (Sweden)
Lightning Strikes Twice
Little Egypt
Long Dark Hall, The – (GB)
Lost Continent
Love Nest
Magic Box, The – (GB)
Magnificent Yankee, The
Malliswari – (India)
Man in the White Suit, The – (GB)
Man with a Cloak, The
Mating Season, The
Medium, The – (Italy)
Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) – (Italy)
Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) – (Sweden)
Model and the Marriage Broker, The
Mr. Imperium
My Favorite Spy
New Mexico
Night Before Christmas, The (Noch pered Rozhdestvom) – (U.S.S.R.)
No Highway in the Sky (No Highway) – (GB)
Olivia – (France)
On Dangerous Ground
On Moonlight Bay
On the Riviera
One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar) – (Sweden)
Only the Valiant
Out of Scale *
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman – (GB)
Paris Vice Squad (Identité judiciaire) – (France)
Payment on Demand
Penny Points to Paradise – (GB)
People Against O'Hara, The
People Will Talk
Place in the Sun, A
Pool of London – (GB)
Prowler, The
Quo Vadis
Racket, The
Raging Tide, The
Rawhide
Red Badge of Courage, The
Red Mountain
Repast (Meshi) – (Japan)
Rhubarb
Rich, Young and Pretty
River (Le Fleuve), The – (France/India/US)
Royal Wedding
Santa Fe
Saturday's Hero
Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) – (GB) *
Secret of Convict Lake, The
Selamat Berdjuang – (Indonesia)
Show Boat, a remake of the hit musical *
Silver City
Sinner, The (West Germany)
Sirocco
Slaughter Trail
Smuggler's Island
Spring Season (Bahar) – (India)
Starlift
Steel Helmet, The
Storm Warning
Strange Door, The
Strictly Dishonorable
Strip, The
Sugarfoot
Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) – (Sweden)
Superman and the Mole Men
Susana (a.k.a. The Devil and the Flesh) – (Mexico)
Sword of Monte Cristo, The
Take Care of My Little Girl
Tale of Five Cities, A (Passaporto per l'oriente) – (Italy/GB)
Tale of Genji, The (Genji Monogatari) – (Japan)
Tales of Hoffmann, The – (GB)
Tall Target, The
That Happy Couple (Esa pareja feliz) – (Spain)
That's My Boy
Three Guys Named Mike
Thunder on the Hill
Tom Brown's Schooldays – (GB)
Tomahawk
Two Tickets to Broadway
Two of a Kind
Vengeance Valley
Victimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin) – (Mexico)
Warpath
Warsaw Premiere - (Poland)
Well, The
Westward the Women
Where No Vultures Fly – (U.K.)
You Never Can Tell
You're in the Navy Now
Young Wives' Tale – (GB)
Your Day Will Come (Lak Yawm Ya Zalem) – (Egypt)