YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1951

 

1. THE STEEL HELMET
2. THE BROWNING VERSION
3. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
4. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
5. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
6. THE IDIOT
7. THE RIVER
8. THE AFRICAN QUEEN
9. ACE IN THE HOLE
10. SUMMER INTERLUDE
11. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
12. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
13. THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
14. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT
15. POOL OF LONDON
16. RAWHIDE
17. THE MAN FROM PLANET X
18. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
19. ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE
20. 14 HOURS
21. HIS KIND OF WOMAN
22. ALICE IN WONDERLAND
23. THE HOODLUM
24. HE RAN ALL THE WAY
25. LOVE NEST
26. HOLLYWOOD STORY
27. ON DANGEROUS GROUND
28. AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL
29. PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
30. ANOTHER MAN'S POISON
31. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
32. FIVE
33. BRIDE OF THE GORILLA
34. THE MAN WITH A CLOAK
35. CALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND
36. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN
37. THE LONG DARK HALL
38. HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL
39. BEHAVE YOURSELF
40. THE FAT MAN
41. THE RACKET
42. LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL
43. MA AND PA KETTLE BACK ON THE FARM
44. QUO VADIS?
45. THE STRANGE DOOR
46. FLIGHT TO MARS
47. COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
48. THE THUNDERING TRAIL
49. THE SON OF DR. JEKYLL
50. PENNY POINTS TO PARADISE
51. LET'S GO CRAZY
52. WILD WOMEN