Best Movies/TV shows of 1951

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1951.

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1 Strangers on a Train(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, French
2 A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, Spanish
3 I Love Lucy(1951)
TV | Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
4 Awaara(1951)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
5 The African Queen(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
6 The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
7 Alice in Wonderland(1951)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
8 Pathala Bhairavi(1951)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Tamil, Telugu
9 Bakushuaka Early Summer(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
10 Ace in the Hole(1951)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English, Spanish
11 Scroogeaka A Christmas Carol(1951)
Movie | Drama, Family | UK | English
12 Journal d'un cure de campagneaka Diary of a Country Priest(1951)
Movie | Drama | France | French
13 A Place in the Sun(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
14 An American in Paris(1951)
Movie | Drama, Musical | USA | English, French
15 Miracolo a Milanoaka Miracle in Milan(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | Italian, English
16 The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Veniceaka Othello(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, USA | English, Latin
17 The Lavender Hill Mob(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK | English, French
18 Sommarlekaka Summer Interlude(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Sweden | Swedish
19 The Thing from Another World(1951)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
20 The River(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, USA | English, Bengali
21 Bellissima(1951)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian
22 Quo Vadis(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
23 Baaziaka Gamble(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Hindi
24 The Man in the White Suit(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | UK | English
25 Detective Story(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
26 Deedar(1951)
Movie | Musical, Romance | India | Hindi
27 The Browning Version(1951)
Movie | Drama | UK | English
28 Tarana(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
29 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.aka Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, French
30 Hakuchiaka The Idiot(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Japan | Japanese
31 On Dangerous Ground(1951)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
32 Rabbit Fire(1951)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
33 People Will Talk(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
34 The Steel Helmet(1951)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English, Korean
35 The Enforcer(1951)
Movie | Crime, Film-Noir | USA | English
36 Malliswari(1951)
Movie | Drama, History | India | Telugu
37 Guardie e ladriaka Cops and Robbers(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | Italian, English
38 Meshiaka Repast(1951)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
39 When Worlds Collide(1951)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
40 Westward the Women(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, French
41 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel(1951)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
42 La poison(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | France | French
43 The Prowler(1951)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
44 Dragnet(1951)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English
45 Oyu-samaaka Miss Oyu(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Japan | Japanese
46 The Red Badge of Courage(1951)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
47 Susana(1951)
Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish
48 Royal Wedding(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
49 Show Boat(1951)
Movie | Drama, Family | USA | English
50 His Kind of Woman(1951)
Movie | Action, Crime | USA | English, Spanish
51 Froken Julieaka Miss Julie(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Sweden | Swedish, French
52 No Highway in the Sky(1951)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | UK, USA | English
53 The Tales of Hoffmann(1951)
Movie | Fantasy, Music | UK | English
54 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman(1951)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | UK | English, Spanish
55 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Manaka Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
56 Lambert the Sheepish Lion(1951)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
57 Decision Before Dawn(1951)
Movie | Drama, War | USA, Germany | English, French
58 Father's Little Dividend(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
59 On Moonlight Bay(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
60 L'auberge rougeaka The Red Inn(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | France | French
61 Flying Leathernecks(1951)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
62 A.T.M.: !!A toda maquina!!aka A.T.M.: A toda m quina!!(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico | Spanish
63 The House on Telegraph Hill(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
64 Cry Danger(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
65 The Red Skelton Showaka The Red Skelton Hour(1951)
TV | Comedy | Canada, USA | English
66 The Tall Target(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Crime | USA | English
67 Rawhide(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
68 Angels in the Outfield(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
69 He Ran All the Way(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
70 Kekec(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Family | Yugoslavia | Slovenian
71 Fourteen Hours(1951)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
72 Afsana(1951)
Movie | Drama, Family | India | Hindi
73 Another Man's Poison(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English
74 The Mob(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
75 Day of the Fight(1951)
Movie | Documentary, Short | USA | English
76 Chinnamul(1951)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
77 Albela(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
78 Operation Pacific(1951)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
79 Hulchul(1951)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
80 Drip-Along Daffy(1951)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
81 The Racket(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
82 The Mating Season(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
83 Surcos(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Spain | Spanish
84 Jerry's Cousin(1951)
Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
85 The Amos 'n Andy Show(1951)
TV | Comedy | USA | English
86 Halls of Montezuma(1951)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Japanese
87 Der Verloreneaka The Lost Man(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Germany | German
88 Ballot Box Bunny(1951)
Movie | Family, Animation | USA | English
89 The Lemon Drop Kid(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
90 Fixed Bayonets!(1951)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
91 Der Untertan(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany | German, French
92 Laughter in Paradise(1951)
Movie | Comedy | UK | English
93 Jim Thorpe -- All-American(1951)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
94 M(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
95 Along the Great Divide(1951)
Movie | Western | USA | English, Spanish
96 Aaram(1951)
Movie | Romance | India | Hindi
97 Olivia(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French, Italian
98 Victimas del pecadoaka Victims of Sin(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, French
99 Tomorrow Is Another Day(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
100 Guernica(1951)
Movie | Documentary, Short | France | French

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings