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 → |
1
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 |
Domestic BO: $7,000,000 |
International BO: $22,725 |
2
![Show Boat](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Show-Boat-Thumbnail.jpg)
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 |
Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
3
Alice in Wonderland |
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
Lead Roles: Kathryn Beaumont as Alice |
Initial Theatrical Release: July 28, 1951 (Wide) by RKO Radio Pictures |
Keywords: Family Adventure, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Royalty, Tiny Worlds |
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Hand Animation, Fantasy |
4
![A Streetcar Named Desire](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Streetcar-Named-Desire-A-Thumbnail.jpg)
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 |
Domestic BO: $8,000,000 |
International BO: $8,368 |
5
Fathers Little Dividend |
Initial Theatrical Release: April 27, 1951 (Limited) |
Keywords: Family Comedy, Remade |
Classification: Comedy, Live Action |
6
Royal Wedding |
Initial Theatrical Release: March 8, 1951 (Limited) |
Classification: Musical, Live Action |
7
Callaway Went Thataway |
Initial Theatrical Release: November 15, 1951 (Limited) |
8
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 |
Domestic BO: $30,000,000 |
International BO: $28,983 |
9
Rawhide |
Director: Henry Hathaway |
Initial Theatrical Release: March 25, 1951 (Limited) |
10
David and Bathsheba |
Initial Theatrical Release: August 10, 1951 (Wide) |
Keywords: Religious |
Classification: Based on Religious Text |
Domestic BO: $14,000,000 |
11
No Highway in the Sky |
Director: Henry Koster |
Initial Theatrical Release: September 21, 1951 (Limited) |
12
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 |
International BO: $1,900 |
13
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: $8,398 |
14
Teresa |
Director: Fred Zinnemann |
Lead Roles: Pier Angeli |
Initial Theatrical Release: April 5, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
Classification: Drama, Live Action |
15
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Initial Theatrical Release: September 18, 1951 (Limited) |
Keywords: First Contact |
Domestic BO: $3,700,000 |
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
On the Riviera |
Director: Walter Lang |
Initial Theatrical Release: April 20, 1951 (Wide) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Multiple Genres, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $2,500,000 |
18
![Flying Leathernecks](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Flying-Leathernecks-(1951)-Thumbnail.jpg)
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 |
19
Cause for Alarm! |
Director: Tay Garnett |
Initial Theatrical Release: February 2, 1951 (Limited) (Washington Premiere) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |