Best 1951 movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best 1951 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.
#12. Quo Vadis
- Stacker score: 77.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
- Actors: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
- Runtime: 2 hours 51 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
#11. Alice in Wonderland
- Stacker score: 80.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 162,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
- Actors: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn
- Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
#10. Detective Story
- Stacker score: 86.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 10,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: William Wyler
- Actors: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
#9. A Place in the Sun
- Stacker score: 86.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: George Stevens
- Actors: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
#8. Ace in the Hole
- Stacker score: 86.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 41,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Actors: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
#7. An American in Paris
- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Actors: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $267,824
#6. The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 89,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Robert Wise
- Actors: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A
#5. The Lavender Hill Mob
- Stacker score: 93.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Charles Crichton
- Actors: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
- Runtime: 1 hour 18 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $16,361
#4. Strangers on a Train
- Stacker score: 94.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 147,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $26,597
#3. The African Queen
- Stacker score: 95.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 87,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: John Huston
- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A
#2. Early Summer
- Stacker score: 98.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 10,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: Yasujirô Ozu
- Actors: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima
- Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A
#1. A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 118,000)
- Metascore: 97
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Actors: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
