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 → |
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| The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Director: Charles Crichton |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness as Henry Holland , Stanley Holloway as Alfred Pendelbury |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 15, 1951 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $9,099 |
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International BO: $15,825 |
Synopsis
A meek banker teams up with his seedy neighbor to steal gold bullion and smuggle it out of the country in the shape of miniature Eiffel Towers.
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| Fixed Bayonets! |
| Director: Sam Fuller |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 6, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| Across the Wide Missouri |
| Director: William A. Wellman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 12, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Keywords: Revisionist Western, Marriage of Convenience, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, 1800s, Voiceover/Narration, Arranged Marriage, Revenge, Interracial Child |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $5,500,000 |
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| Teresa |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Lead Roles: Pier Angeli |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 5, 1951 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
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| Call Me Mister |
| Director: Lloyd Bacon |
| Lead Roles: Betty Grable as Kay Hudson, Dan Dailey as Shep Dooley |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 31, 1951 (Limited) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Romantic Musical, Romance, 1940s, Set in Japan, World War II, Relationships Gone Wrong, Exes in Love |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $5,000,000 |
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| The Strange Door |
| Director: Joseph Pevney |
| Lead Roles: Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 8, 1951 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
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| 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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| Penny Points to Paradise |
| Director: Tony Young, Alan Cullimore |
| Lead Roles: Peter Sellers |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 31, 1951 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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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 |
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| Lassie: The Painted Hills |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 4, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
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| Native Son |
| Director: Pierre Chenal |
| Lead Roles: Jean Wallace, Richard Wright |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 16, 1951 (Limited) by Classic Pictures |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Vengeance Valley |
| Director: Richard Thorpe |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 14, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Western, Live Action |
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| On Moonlight Bay |
| Director: Roy Del Ruth |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 1951 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| Pandora and the Flying Dutchman |
| Director: Albert Lewin |
| Lead Roles: Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds, James Mason as Hendrik van der Zee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 13, 1951 (Limited) (Finland) |
| Keywords: Romance |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $21,536 |
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| 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 |
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| Rawhide |
| Director: Henry Hathaway |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 25, 1951 (Limited) |
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| Westward the Women |
| Director: William A. Wellman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 31, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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| The River |
| Director: Jean Renoir |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 10, 1951 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $42,627 |
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| Flight to Mars |
| Director: Lesley Selander |
| Lead Roles: Marguerite Chapman as Alita, Cameron Mitchell as Steve Abbott |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 11, 1951 (Limited) by Monogram Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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| Rashomon |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 26, 1951 (Limited) by Janus Films |
| Keywords: Foreign Language |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $96,568 |
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International BO: $34,488 |