List of American films of 1951

A list of American films released in 1951. 
Danny Kaye hosted the 24th Academy Awards ceremony on March 20, 1952, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's An American in Paris.
The other nominated pictures included Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis and A Streetcar Named Desire. 
Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Leigh had also played Blanche in the London stage production that had been directed by her then-husband Laurence Olivier. Other Best Actress nominees that year were Katharine Hepburn for The African Queen (Hepburn's 5th Best Actress Nomination), Eleanor Parker for The Detective Story, Shelley Winters for A Place in the Sun and Jane Wyman for The Blue Veil. 
Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his portrayal of Charlie Allnut in The African Queen. Other Best Actor nominees for that year were Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift for A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy for Bright Victory and Fredric March for Death of a Salesman. 
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1951. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Picture category was split into Musical or Comedy or Drama. A Place in the Sun won Best Motion Picture - Drama, while An American in Paris won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Fredric March won Best Actor, Drama for Death of a Salesman, while Danny Kaye won Best Actor, Musical or Comedy for On the Riviera. Jane Wyman won Best Actress, Drama, for her role in The Blue Veil, while June Allyson won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy for Too Young to Kiss.
1951 also saw the film debuts of Grace Kelly and Carroll Baker.
==A==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The 13th Letter 	Otto Preminger 	Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer 	Film noir 	
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Charles Lamont 	Bud Abbott, Lou Costello 	Comedy, Horror	
Ace in the Hole 	Billy Wilder 	Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall, Ray Teal 	Drama 	aka The Big Carnival
Across the Wide Missouri 	William A. Wellman	Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalbán, Adolphe Menjou, Maria Elena Marques	Western 	Based on the novel
The African Queen 	John Huston 	Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn 	Drama 	Academy Award for Bogart
Alice in Wonderland 	Clyde Geronimi 	Kathryn Beaumont 	Animation 	Walt Disney
Along the Great Divide 	Raoul Walsh 	Kirk Douglas 	Western 	
An American in Paris 	Vincente Minnelli 	Leslie Caron, Gene Kelly 	Musical 	Academy Award: Best Picture
Angels in the Outfield 	Clarence Brown 	Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh 	Comedy 	Remade in 1994
Anne of the Indies 	Jacques Tourneur 	Louis Jourdan, Jean Peters 	Adventure 	
Apache Drums 	Hugo Fregonese 	Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray 	Western 	
Appointment with Danger 	Lewis Allen 	Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert 	Film noir 	
As Young as You Feel 	Harmon Jones 	Constance Bennett, Monty Woolley 	Comedy 	Marilyn Monroe in a small role
==B==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Baby Sitters Jitters 	Jules White 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
Ballot Box Bunny 	Friz Freleng 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
A Bear For Punishment 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
Bedtime for Bonzo 	Fred de Cordova	Ronald Reagan 	Comedy 	Sequel is Bonzo Goes to College
Behave Yourself! 	George Beck 	Farley Granger, Shelley Winters 	Comedy 	
The Best Is Yet to Come 	Kroger Babb 	- 	Exploitation	
The Big Lie 	 	 	War 	Cold War propaganda
The Big Night 	Joseph Losey 	John Drew Barrymore 	Film noir 	
Big Top Bunny 	Robert McKimson	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
Bird of Paradise 	Delmer Daves 	Debra Paget, Louis Jourdan, Jeff Chandler 	Drama 	
The Blue Veil 	Joseph Losey 	Jane Wyman 	Drama 	Currently still in litigation
A Bone for a Bone 	Friz Freleng 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
The Brave Bulls 	Robert Rossen 	Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quinn, Miroslava 	Drama 	novel
Bride of the Gorilla 	Curt Siodmak 	Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney, Jr., Barbara Payton	Horror 	Pre-release title The Face in the Water.
Bright Victory 	Mark Robson 	Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julia Adams 	Drama 	Based on Lights Out by Baynard Kendrick
The Bullfighter and the Lady	Budd Boetticher	Robert Stack, Joy Page 	Drama 	
Bunny Hugged 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	Remake of the short Rabbit Punch
==C-D==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Callaway Went Thataway 	Melvin Frank, Norman Panama	Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire 	Comedy 	Also known as The Star Said No
Call Me Mister 	Lloyd Bacon 	Betty Grable, Dan Dailey 	Musical 	Based on the Broadway Musical
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 	Raoul Walsh 	Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo 	Adventure 	Based on Horatio Hornblower novels
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere	Spencer Gordon Bennet 	Judd Holdren, Larry Stewart 	Serial 	
Casanova Cat 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Cat Napping 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Cattle Drive 	Kurt Neumann 	Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell 	Western 	
Cause for Alarm! 	Tay Garnett 	Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling 	Film noir 	
Chained for Life 	Harry L. Fraser 	Hilton Twins 	Exploitation 	
Cheese Chasers 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
China Corsair 	Ray Nazarro 	Jon Hall, Ernest Borgnine 	Adventure 	
Chow Hound 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
Close to My Heart 	William Keighley 	Gene Tierney, Ray Milland 	Drama 	
Come Fill the Cup 	Gordon Douglas 	James Cagney, Gig Young 	Drama 	Oscar nomination for Young
Comin' Round the Mountain 	Charles Lamont 	Abbott and Costello 	Comedy 	
Cruise Cat 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Cry Danger 	Robert Parrish 	Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming 	Film noir 	Shot in 22 days
Darling, How Could You! 	Mitchell Leisen 	Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman 	Comedy 	
David and Bathsheba 	Henry King 	Gregory Peck. Susan Hayward 	Historical 	from 2nd Old Testament book of Samuel
Day of the Fight 	Stanley Kubrick 	Walter Cartier 	Documentary 	First picture directed by Kubrick
The Day the Earth Stood Still 	Robert Wise 	Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal 	Science Fiction	Remade in 2008
Death of a Salesman 	László Benedek 	Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock 	Drama 	Based on Arthur Miller play
Decision Before Dawn 	Anatole Litvak 	Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill 	War 	From the novel Call It Treason
The Desert Fox 	Henry Hathaway 	James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke 	Biographical 	Based on the book Rommel
Destination Meatball 	Walter Lantz 	Woody Woodpecker 	Animation 	
Detective Story 	William Wyler 	Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant	Film noir 	Based on Sidney Kingsley play
Distant Drums 	Raoul Walsh 	Gary Cooper, Richard Webb 	Western 	
Don Daredevil Rides Again 	Fred C. Brannon 	Ken Curtis, Aline Towne 	Serial 	
Don't Throw That Knife 	Jules White 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
Double Dynamite 	Irving Cummings 	Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell 	Musical Comedy 	
Drip-Along Daffy 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
Duck and Cover 	Anthony Rizzo 	 	Propaganda 	
==E-H==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
The Enforcer 	Bretaigne Windust 	Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel 	Film noir 	Based on the Murder, Inc. trials
FBI Girl 	William A. Berke 	Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter 	Crime drama 	
The Family Secret 	Henry Levin 	John Derek, Lee J. Cobb 	Drama 	
Father's Little Dividend 	Vincente Minnelli 	Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor 	Comedy 	Sequel to Father of the Bride
The Fighting Seventh 	Charles Marquis Warren 	Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland 	Western 	
Flight to Mars 	Lesley Selander 	Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz 	Science Fiction 	
The Flying Cat 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Flying Leathernecks 	Nicholas Ray 	John Wayne, Robert Ryan 	Action 	
Flying Padre 	Stanley Kubrick 	Fred Stadmueller 	Documentary 	Kubrick's second film
Follow the Sun 	Sidney Lanfield 	Anne Baxter, Glenn Ford 	Biographical 	Based on life of Ben Hogan
Fort Worth 	Edwin L. Marin 	Randolph Scott, David Brian 	Western 	
Fourteen Hours 	Henry Hathaway 	Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart 	Drama 	
French Rarebit 	Robert McKimson 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
The Frogmen 	Lloyd Bacon 	Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews 	War 	First film about scuba diving
Fury of the Congo 	William Berke 	Johnny Weissmuller 	Adventure 	
Gerald McBoing-Boing 	Robert Cannon 	Marvin Miller 	Animation 	Academy Award: Best Animated Short
Go for Broke! 	Robert Pirosh 	Van Johnson, Lane Nakano 	War 	
Golden Girl 	Lloyd Bacon 	Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Una Merkel 	Musical 	
The Golden Horde 	George Sherman 	Ann Blyth, David Farrar 	Historical 	
Goodbye, My Fancy 	Vincent Sherman 	Joan Crawford, Robert Young 	Romantic–Comedy	Based on 1948 play
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion	Fred C. Brannon 	Walter Reed, Mary Ellen Kay 	Serial 	12-chapter serial
The Great Caruso 	Richard Thorpe 	Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth 	Biographical 	Based on life of Enrico Caruso
Grounds for Marriage 	Robert Z. Leonard 	Van Johnson, Kathryn Grayson 	Romantic comedy 	
The Guy Who Came Back 	Joseph M. Newman 	Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell 	Drama 	
Half Angel 	Richard Sale 	Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten 	Comedy 	
He Ran All the Way 	John Berry 	John Garfield, Shelley Winters 	Film noir 	Garfield's last film
Here Comes the Groom 	Frank Capra 	Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman 	Musical 	
His Kind of Woman 	John Farrow, Richard Fleischer	Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Jim Backus, Raymond Burr	Film noir 	Howard Hughes production
His Mouse Friday 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Home Town Story 	Arthur Pierson 	Jeffrey Lynn, Marilyn Monroe 	Drama 	
The House on Telegraph Hill 	Robert Wise 	Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese 	Film noir 	
Hula-La-La 	Edward Bernds 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
==I-M==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
I Can Get It for You Wholesale 	Michael Gordon 	Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey 	Romance 	
I Want You 	Mark Robson 	Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire 	Romance 	
I Was a Communist for the FBI 	Gordon Douglas 	Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart 	Film noir 	
I'll See You in My Dreams 	Michael Curtiz 	Doris Day, Danny Thomas 	Biographical 	Based on life of Gus Kahn
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison	Crane Wilbur 	Steve Cochran, David Brian 	Drama 	Inspired Johnny Cash song
Jerry and Jumbo 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Jerry and the Goldfish 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Jim Thorpe -- All-American 	Michael Curtiz 	Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford 	Biographical 	star of 1912 Olympic Games
Journey into Light 	Stuart Heisler 	Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors 	Drama 	
Just Ducky 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Kind Lady 	John Sturges 	Ethel Barrymore, Angela Lansbury 	Comedy 	
The Lady from Boston 	Bernard Vorhaus 	Paul Henreid, Merle Oberon 	Comedy 	Co-production with France
Lambert the Sheepish Lion 	Jack Hannah 	 	Animated short 	
The Law and the Lady 	Edwin H. Knopf 	Greer Garson, Michael Wilding 	Comedy 	aka The Law and the Lady
The Last Outpost 	Lewis R. Foster 	Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming 	Western 	
The Lemon Drop Kid 	Sidney Lanfield 	Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley 	Comedy 	Remake of 1934 film; Introduced the song "Silver Bells"
Let's Make It Legal 	Richard Sale 	Claudette Colbert, MacDonald Carey 	Comedy 	
Lightning Strikes Twice 	King Vidor 	Ruth Roman, Richard Todd 	Drama 	
Little Egypt 	Frederick de Cordova 	Rhonda Fleming, Mark Stevens 	Biography 	
Lost Continent 	Sam Newfield 	Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler 	Science Fiction	
Love Nest 	Joseph Newman 	June Haver, William Lundigan, Marilyn Monroe	Drama 	
Lullaby of Broadway 	David Butler 	Doris Day 	Musical 	
M 	Joseph Losey 	David Wayne, Howard Da Silva 	Drama 	Remake of 1931 film
The Magnificent Yankee 	John Sturges 	Louis Calhern, Ann Harding 	Biographical 	Based on life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Man from Planet X 	Edgar G. Ulmer 	Robert Clarke, Margaret Field 	Science fiction	
The Man with My Face 	Edward Montagne 	Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews 	Film noir 	Jack Warden's film debut
The Man with a Cloak 	Fletcher Markle 	Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck 	Drama 	Based on the short story The Gentleman from Paris
The Mating Season 	Mitchell Leisen 	Gene Tierney, John Lund 	Comedy 	
Merry Mavericks 	Edward Bernds 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
The Mob 	Robert Parrish 	Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler 	Film noir 	
The Model and the Marriage Broker	George Cukor 	Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter 	Romantic comedy	
Mr. Imperium 	Don Hartman 	Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main 	Romance 	
My Outlaw Brother 	Elliott Nugent 	Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix 	Western 	
Mysterious Island 	Spencer Gordon Bennett	Richard Crane, Marshall Reed 	Serial 	Based on the Jules Verne novel
==N-R==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
New Mexico 	Irving Reis 	Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine 	Western 	
Nit-Witty Kitty 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
No Smoking 	Jack Kinney 	Goofy 	Animation 	
On Moonlight Bay 	Roy Del Ruth 	Doris Day, Gordon MacRae 	Musical 	Followed by By the Light of the Silvery Moon
On the Riviera 	Walter Lang 	Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney 	Musical 	Based on the play The Red Cat.
Only the Valiant 	Gordon Douglas 	Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond 	Western 	
Operation Pacific 	George Waggner 	John Wayne, Patricia Neal 	War 	
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine	David Butler 	Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson 	Musical 	Remake of Gold Diggers of 1933
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman 	Albert Lewin 	Ava Gardner, James Mason 	Drama 	
Payment on Demand 	Curtis Bernhardt 	Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan 	Drama 	Originally titled The Story of a Divorce
Peking Express 	William Dieterle 	Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet 	Adventure 	Second remake of Shanghai Express
The People Against O'Hara 	John Sturges 	Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien 	Film Noir 	
People Will Talk 	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Sidney Blackmer, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Finlay Currie	Romantic comedy 	
Pest Man Wins 	Jules White 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
A Place in the Sun 	George Stevens 	Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Raymond Burr, Anne Revere 	Drama 	based on a book by Theodore Dreiser; won 6 Academy Awards
The Prize Pest 	Robert McKimson 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	Final screwball Daffy Duck cartoon
The Prowler 	Joseph Losey 	Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes 	Film Noir 	
Quebec 	George Templeton 	John Drew Barrymore, Corinne Calvet 	Historical Drama	
Quo Vadis 	Mervyn LeRoy 	Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov 	Historical Epic 	8 Oscar nominations
Rabbit Fire 	Chuck Jones 	Looney Tunes 	Animation 	
The Racket 	John Cromwell 	Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott 	Film Noir 	Remake of the 1928 film
The Raging Tide 	George Sherman 	Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally 	film noir 	
Rawhide 	Henry Hathaway 	Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward 	Western 	
The Red Badge of Courage 	John Huston 	Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin 	War 	Based on Stephen Crane novel
Red Mountain 	William Dieterle 	Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy 	Western 	
Rhubarb 	Arthur Lubin 	Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart 	Comedy 	
Rich, Young and Pretty 	Norman Taurog 	Jane Powell, Wendell Corey, Danielle Darrieux 	Musical 	
The River 	Jean Renoir 	Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight 	Romance 	
Roadblock 	Harold Daniels 	Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon 	Film Noir 	
Royal Wedding 	Stanley Donen 	Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford 	Musical 	Donen's first solo film
==S-Z==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Notes
Santa Fe 	Irving Pichel 	Randolph Scott, Janis Carter 	Western 	
Saturday's Hero 	David Miller 	John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer 	Sports drama 	
Scrambled Brains 	Jules White 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
The Secret of Convict Lake 	Michael Gordon 	Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney 	Western 	
Show Boat 	George Sidney 	Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Joe E. Brown	Musical 	Based on novel by Edna Ferber; remake of 1936 film
Silver City 	Byron Haskin 	Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Arlen 	Western 	
Sirocco 	Curtis Bernhardt 	Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén, Lee J. Cobb 	Film Noir 	Based on novel Coup de Grace
Sleepy-Time Tom 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Slicked-up Pup 	Hanna-Barbera 	Tom and Jerry 	Animation 	
Smart Alec 	 	 	Silent Porn 	
Starlift 	Roy Del Ruth 	Janice Rule, Dick Wesson 	Musical 	
The Steel Helmet 	Samuel Fuller 	Gene Evans, Steve Brodie 	War 	
Storm Warning 	Stuart Heisler 	Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Ginger Rogers 	Thriller 	
The Strange Door 	Joseph Pevney 	Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest 	Period drama 	
Strangers on a Train 	Alfred Hitchcock 	Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker 	Thriller 	Based on Patricia Highsmith novel
A Streetcar Named Desire 	Elia Kazan 	Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter 	Drama 	written by Tennessee Williams; Oscars for Leigh, Malden, Hunter
Strictly Dishonorable 	Melvin Frank 	Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh 	Romantic Comedy	
The Strip 	László Kardos 	Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest 	Musical 	
Sugarfoot 	Edwin L. Marin 	Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey 	Western 	
Superman and the Mole Men 	Lee Sholem 	George Reeves, Phyllis Coates 	Action 	
Take Care of My Little Girl 	Jean Negulesco 	Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor 	Drama 	
The Tall Target 	Anthony Mann 	Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou 	Thriller 	
Teresa 	Fred Zinnemann 	Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Peggy Ann Garner 	Drama 	
That's My Boy 	Hal Walker 	Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis 	Comedy 	
The Thing from Another World	Howard Hawks 	Kenneth Tobey, Dewey Martin, James Arness 	Science fiction	Remade in 1982 as The Thing
Three Arabian Nuts 	Edward Bernds 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
Three Guys Named Mike 	Charles Walters 	Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel 	Drama 	
Thunder on the Hill 	Douglas Sirk 	Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth 	Drama 	
Tomahawk 	George Sherman 	Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Preston Foster 	Western 	
The Tooth Will Out 	Edward Bernds 	Three Stooges 	Comedy 	
Too Young to Kiss 	Robert Z. Leonard 	June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young 	Comedy 	Golden Globe for Allyson
Two-Dollar Bettor 	Edward L. Cahn 	Steve Brodie, Marie Windsor 	Drama 	
Two Lost Worlds 	Norman Dawn 	James Arness, Bill Kennedy 	Science fiction	
Two of a Kind 	Henry Levin 	Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott 	Film noir 	
Two Tickets to Broadway 	James V. Kern 	Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Eddie Bracken 	Musical 	
The Unknown Man 	Richard Thorpe 	Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding 	Drama 	
Unknown World 	Terry O. Morse 	Bruce Kellogg 	Science fiction	
Vengeance Valley 	Richard Thorpe 	Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker 	Western 	
Warpath 	Byron Haskin 	Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker 	Western 	
The Wearing of the Grin 	Chuck Jones 	Porky Pig 	Animated 	
The Well 	Leo Popkin 	Richard Rober, Harry Morgan 	Drama 	
Westward the Women 	William A. Wellman	Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire 	Western 	
When Worlds Collide 	Rudolph Mate 	Richard Derr, Barbara Rush 	Science fiction	
You're in the Navy Now 	Henry Hathaway 	Gary Cooper 	Comedy 	
==External links==
* American films of 1951 at the Internet Movie Database
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