1951 — Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Ace in the Hole (dir: Billy Wilder)

2. The Prowler (dir: Joseph Losey)

3. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (dir: Albert Lewin)

4. Rashomon (dir: Akira Kurosawa; US Release Date)

5. A Place in the Sun (dir: George Stevens)

6. Strangers on a Train (dir: Alfred Hitchcock)

7. A Streetcar Named Desire (dir: Elia Kazan)

8. The Browning Version (dir: Anthony Asquith)

9. The Lavender Hill Mob (dir: Charles Chrichton)

10. La Ronde (dir: Max Ophüls; UK Release Date),

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): The African Queen (dir: John Huston), Alice in Wonderland (dir: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske) The Day the Earth Stood Still (dir: Robert Wise), Early Summer (dir: Yasujiro Ozu), On Dangerous Ground (dir: Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino), The Red Badge of Courage (dir: John Huston), The River (dir: Jean Renoir), and The Tall Target (dir: Anthony Mann)

Best Picture: Ace in the Hole
Director: Billy Wilder Producer: Billy Wilder
US Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Best Director:
Joseph Losey, The Prowler
2. Albert Lewin, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
3. Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
4. Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train
5. Billy Wilder, Ace in the Hole

Best Actor:
Michael Redgrave, The Browning Version
2. Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire
3. Kirk Douglas, Ace in the Hole
4. Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen
5. Chishu Ryu, Early Summer

Best Actress:
Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
2. Setsuko Hara, Early Summer
3. Ava Gardner, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
4. Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen
5. Anita Björk, Miss Julie

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train
2. Nigel Patrick, The Browning Version
3. Stanley Holloway, The Lavender Hill Mob
4. Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis
5. Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actress:
Elizabeth Taylor, A Place in the Sun
2. Danielle Darrieux, La Ronde
3. Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun
4. Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Lee Grant, Detective Story

Best Original Screenplay: 
The Prowler — Dalton Trumbo, Hugo Butler, Hans Whilhelm and Robert Thoeren
2. The Lavender Hill Mob — T.E.B. Clarke
3. Early Summer — Kogu Noda and Yasujiro Ozu
4. Ace in the Hole – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, and Walter Newman
5. The Tall Target — Daniel Mainwaring

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — Albert Lewin
2. Rashomon — Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto
3. A Place in the Sun — Michael Wilson and Harry Brown
4. The Browning Version — Terence Rattigan
5. The African Queen — James Agee and John Huston

Best Cinematography:
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — Jack Cardiff
2. Strangers on a Train — Robert Burks
3. The Prowler — Arthur Miller
4. A Place in the Sun — William C. Mellor
5. The River — Claude Renoir

Best Film Editing: 
Ace in the Hole — Arthur Schmidt
2. A Place in the Sun — William Hornbeck
3. Strangers on a Train — William Ziegler
4. Rashomon — Akira Kurosawa
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still — William Reynolds

Best Original Score: 
The Day the Earth Stood Still — Bernard Hermann
2. A Streetcar Named Desire — Alex North
3. Strangers on a Train — Dimitri Tiomkin
4. A Place in the Sun — Franz Waxman
5. The Red Badge of Courage — Bronislau Kaper

Best Production Design: 
An American in Paris — Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis and Cedric Gibbons
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still — Addison Hehr, Lyle Wheeler, Claude Carpenter, Thomas Little
3. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — John Bryan and John Hawkesworth
4. La Ronde — Jean d'Eaubonne
5. Royal Wedding — Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, and Edwin B. Willis

Best Costume Design: 
La Ronde — Georges Annekov
2. An American in Paris — Orry-Kelly
3. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — Beatrice Dawson
4. A Place in the Sun — Edith Head
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still — Beatrice Dawson

Best Ensemble Cast:
A Streetcar Named Desire

Orson Welles’ Best First Feature:
Stanley Donen, Royal Wedding

Best Ensemble Cast: 
A Streetcar Named Desire (dir: Elia Kazan; in alphabetical order): Rudy Bond, Marlon Brando, Nick Dennis, Peg Hillias, Kim Hunter, Vivien Leigh and Karl Malden

Orson Welles' Best First Feature Award:
Stanley Donen, Royal Wedding

RECAP

W I N S :

Ace in the Hole — 2, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — 2, The Prowler — 2, A Streetcar Named Desire — 2, An American in Paris — 1, The Browning Version — 1, The Day the Earth Stood Still — 1, La Ronde — 1, A Place in the Sun — 1, Royal Wedding — 1, Strangers on a Train — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — 7, A Place in the Sun — 7, A Streetcar Named Desire — 7, Strangers on a Train — 6, Ace in the Hole — 5, The Browning Version — 4, The Day the Earth Stood Still — 4, La Ronde — 4, The Prowler — 4, Rashomon — 4, The African Queen — 3, Early Summer — 3, The Lavender Hill Mob — 3, An American in Paris — 2, Royal Wedding — 2

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Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s