1951 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 116 Academy Award records for the 1951 film year, covering 56 films and including 27 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ An American in ParisArthur Freed, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- A Place in the Sun
6 wins from 9 award records
- An American in Paris
6 wins from 8 award records
- A Streetcar Named Desire
4 wins from 12 award records
- The African Queen
1 win from 4 award records
- The Great Caruso
1 win from 3 award records
- Here Comes the Groom
1 win from 2 award records
Category winners
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- ★ The African Queen — Charlie Allnut
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire — Mitch
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire — Blanche DuBois
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire — Stella Kowalski
- ★ Kon-Tiki
- ★ Benjy
- ★ Rashomon
- ★ Here Comes the Groom — In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 116 of 116 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Arthur Freed, Producer
- Decision before Dawn IMDB — Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy, Producers
- A Place in the Sun IMDB — George Stevens, Producer
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Sam Zimbalist, Producer
- A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Charles K. Feldman, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ The African Queen IMDB — Humphrey BogartCharlie Allnut
- A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Marlon BrandoStanley Kowalski
- A Place in the Sun IMDB — Montgomery CliftGeorge Eastman
- Bright Victory IMDB — Arthur KennedyLarry Levins
- Death of a Salesman IMDB — Fredric MarchWilly Loman
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Karl MaldenMitch
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Leo GennPetronius
- Death of a Salesman IMDB — Kevin McCarthyBiff Loman
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Peter UstinovNero
- Come Fill the Cup IMDB — Gig YoungBoyd Copeland
Best Actress
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Vivien LeighBlanche DuBois
- The African Queen IMDB — Katharine HepburnRose Sayer
- Detective Story IMDB — Eleanor ParkerMary McLeod
- A Place in the Sun IMDB — Shelley WintersAlice Tripp
- The Blue Veil IMDB — Jane WymanLouise Mason
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Kim HunterStella Kowalski
- The Blue Veil IMDB — Joan BlondellAnnie Rawlins
- Death of a Salesman IMDB — Mildred DunnockLinda Loman
- Detective Story IMDB — Lee GrantA Shoplifter
- The Mating Season IMDB — Thelma RitterEllen McNulty
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- Fourteen Hours IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode
- House on Telegraph Hill IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
- La Ronde IMDB — D'Eaubonne
- Too Young to Kiss IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
- David and Bathsheba IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
- On the Riviera IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
- Tales of Hoffmann IMDB — Hein Heckroth
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
- David and Bathsheba IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Robert Surtees, William V. Skall
- Show Boat IMDB — Charles Rosher
- When Worlds Collide IMDB — John F. Seitz, W. Howard Greene
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- ★ A Place in the Sun IMDB — Edith Head
- Kind Lady IMDB — Walter Plunkett, Gile Steele
- The Model and the Marriage Broker IMDB — Charles LeMaire, Renie
- The Mudlark IMDB — Edward Stevenson, Margaret Furse
- A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Lucinda Ballard
Costume Design (Color)
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
- David and Bathsheba IMDB — Charles LeMaire, Edward Stevenson
- The Great Caruso IMDB — Helen Rose, Gile Steele
- Quo Vadis IMDB — Herschel McCoy
- Tales of Hoffmann IMDB — Hein Heckroth
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Kon-Tiki IMDB — Olle Nordemar, Producer
- I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. IMDB — Bryan Foy, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Benjy IMDB — 'Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital'
- One Who Came Back IMDB — Owen Crump, Producer. (Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers)
- The Seeing Eye IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Film Editing
International Feature Film
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Here Comes the Groom IMDB — Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Johnny MercerIn The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
- The Strip IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein IIA Kiss To Build A Dream On
- Golden Girl IMDB — Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Eliot DanielNever
- Royal Wedding IMDB — Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay LernerToo Late Now
- Rich, Young and Pretty IMDB — Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy CahnWonder Why
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Alice in Wonderland IMDB — Oliver Wallace
- The Great Caruso IMDB — Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
- On the Riviera IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Show Boat IMDB — Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Two Mouseketeers IMDB — Fred Quimby, Producer
- Lambert, the Sheepish Lion IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Rooty Toot Toot IMDB — Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
- ★ World of Kids IMDB — Robert Youngson, Producer
- Ridin' the Rails IMDB — Jack Eaton, Producer
- The Story of Time IMDB — Robert G. Leffingwell, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
- ★ Nature's Half Acre IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Balzac IMDB — Les Films du Compass
- Danger under the Sea IMDB — Tom Mead, Producer
Sound Recording
- ★ The Great Caruso IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Bright Victory IMDB — Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
- I Want You IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
- A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Col. Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Two Tickets to Broadway IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director
Visual Effects
- ★ When Worlds Collide IMDB — Paramount
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ A Place in the Sun IMDB — Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
- The African Queen IMDB — James Agee, John Huston
- Detective Story IMDB — Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler
- La Ronde IMDB — Max Ophuls, Jacques Natanson
- A Streetcar Named Desire IMDB — Tennessee Williams
Original Screenplay
- ★ An American in Paris IMDB — Alan Jay Lerner
- The Big Carnival IMDB — Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
- David and Bathsheba IMDB — Philip Dunne
- Go for Broke! IMDB — Robert Pirosh
- The Well IMDB — Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ Seven Days to Noon IMDB — Paul Dehn, James Bernard
- Bullfighter and the Lady IMDB — Budd Boetticher, Ray Nazarro
- The Frogmen IMDB — Oscar Millard
- Here Comes the Groom IMDB — Robert Riskin, Liam O'Brien
- Teresa IMDB — Alfred Hayes, Stewart Stern
Nominated films and other recorded entries
56 films represented in the 1951 archive selection.
- A Place in the Sun
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American in Paris
- Balzac
- Benjy
- Bright Victory
- Bullfighter and the Lady
- Come Fill the Cup
- Danger under the Sea
- David and Bathsheba
- Death of a Salesman
- Decision before Dawn
- Detective Story
- Fourteen Hours
- Go for Broke!
- Golden Girl
- Here Comes the Groom
- House on Telegraph Hill
- I Want You
- I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
- Kind Lady
- Kon-Tiki
- La Ronde
- Lambert, the Sheepish Lion
- Nature's Half Acre
- On the Riviera
- One Who Came Back
- Quo Vadis
- Rashomon
- Rich, Young and Pretty
- Ridin' the Rails
- Rooty Toot Toot
- Royal Wedding
- Seven Days to Noon
- Show Boat
- Strangers on a Train
- Tales of Hoffmann
- Teresa
- The African Queen
- The Big Carnival
- The Blue Veil
- The Frogmen
- The Great Caruso
- The Mating Season
- The Model and the Marriage Broker
- The Mudlark
- The Seeing Eye
- The Story of Time
- The Strip
- The Two Mouseketeers
- The Well
- Too Young to Kiss
- Two Tickets to Broadway
- When Worlds Collide
- World of Kids
About these award records
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