1951 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1951








20.   THE LAVENDER HILL MOB

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19.       SYMPHONY IN SLANG

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18.    WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

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17.      THE AFRICAN QUEEN

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16.           THE PROWLER

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                 REPAST 

15.      [MESHI]  めし 

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14.         THE TALL TARGET

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-tie-14.   BRIGHTON ROCK

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13.          OLIVER TWIST

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12.     ALICE IN WONDERLAND

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                  THE THING 

11.    FROM ANOTHER WORLD

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10.        MIRACLE IN MILAN

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9.   THE BROWNING VERSION

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                     THE DAY

8.    THE EARTH STOOD STILL

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7.               THE RIVER

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6.    THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

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5.          ACE IN THE HOLE

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4.            EARLY SUMMER

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3.     STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

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2.               RASHOMON

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1.         THE STEEL HELMET

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(the other films of '51 I loved that could've placed) 

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

FIXED BAYONETS!

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

THE IDIOT

HIS KIND OF WOMAN

DETECTIVE STORY

THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

RABBIT FIRE

THE WELL

ABBOTT & COSTELLO

MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN

APACHE DRUMS

A PLACE IN THE SUN

QUO VADIS

THE DESERT FOX:

THE STORY OF ROMMEL

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1951
TOP 20

1. THE STEEL HELMET (Fuller)
2. RASHOMON (Kurosawa)
3. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Hitchcock)
4. EARLY SUMMER (Ozu)
5. ACE IN THE HOLE (Wilder)
6. TALES OF HOFFMANN (Powell)
7. THE RIVER (Renoir)
8. DAY EARTH STOOD STILL (Wise)
9. BROWNING VERSION (Asquith)
10. MIRACOLO A MILANO (De Sica)
11. THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Hawks/Nyby)
12. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Disney)
13. OLIVER TWIST (Lean)
14. TALL TARGET (Mann)                                                          -tie- BRIGHTON ROCK (Boulting)
15. MESHI (Mikio Naruse)
16. THE PROWLER (Losey)
17. AFRICAN QUEEN (Huston)
18. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (Pal/Mate)
19. SYMPHONY IN SLANG (Tex Avery)
20. LAVENDER HILL MOB (Charles Crichton)

RUNNER-UP:
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Kazan), FIXED BAYONETS! (Fuller), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Minnelli), THE IDIOT (Kurosawa), HIS KIND OF WOMAN (Farrow/Fleischer), DETECTIVE STORY (Wyler), RED BADGE OF COURAGE (Huston), RABBIT FIRE (Chuck Jones), THE WELL (Popkin), ABBOTT & COSTELLO

MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN (Lamont), APACHE DRUMS (Fregonese), A PLACE IN THE SUN (Stevens), QUO VADIS (LeRoy), DESERT FOX (Hathaway)