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 |
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Domestic BO: $7,000,000 |
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International BO: $22,725 |
2
| 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 |
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 |
| 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: $8,368 |
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 |
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Domestic BO: $30,000,000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Domestic BO: $2,500,000 |
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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 |
19
| Cause for Alarm! |
| Director: Tay Garnett |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 2, 1951 (Limited) (Washington Premiere) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |