Film dalam tahun 1951 melibatkan beberapa peristiwa yang signifikan.
Film dengan keuntungan tertinggi (A.S.)
| Peringkat | Judul | Studio | Aktor | Keuntungan |
| 1. |
Quo Vadis |
MGM |
Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie |
$11,902,000[1] |
| 2. |
Alice in Wonderland* |
Disney |
Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, J. Pat O'Malley, Heather Angel |
$7,196,000[1] |
| 3. |
Show Boat |
MGM |
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, William Warfield, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Agnes Moorehead |
$5,533,000[1] |
| 4. |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Warner Brothers |
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter |
$4,800,000[1] |
| 5. |
David and Bathsheba |
Fox |
Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward |
$4,720,000[1] |
| 6. |
An American in Paris |
MGM |
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch |
$4,531,000[1] |
| 7. |
The African Queen |
United Artists |
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn |
$4,300,000[1] |
| 8. |
A Place in the Sun |
Paramount |
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Raymond Burr |
$4,213,000[1] |
| 9. |
Strangers on a Train |
Warner Brothers |
Farley Granger, Robert Walker |
$3,800,000[1] |
| 10. |
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman |
MGM |
Ava Gardner, James Mason |
$3,500,000[1] |
(*) Setelah penayangan ulang di bioskop