Movie List for "1951"

Der Untertan (1951) Comedy Drama Movie

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. His life motto now runs: bow to those at t… Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Writer: Heinrich Mann, Fritz Staudte, Wolfgang Staudte
Actors: Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Renate Fischer

Strangers on a Train (1951) Crime Drama Film-Noir Movie

A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Year 1951.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook
Actors: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman

The Lost Man (1951) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Year 1951.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Peter Lorre
Writer: Axel Eggebrecht, Helmut Käutner, Peter Lorre
Actors: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph

The African Queen (1951) Adventure Drama Romance Movie

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship. Year 1951.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: John Huston
Writer: C.S. Forester, James Agee, John Huston
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Drama Movie

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul
Actors: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1951) Drama History Romance Movie

The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: William Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Jean Sacha
Actors: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote

Journal d’un curé de campagne (1951) Drama Movie

A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Writer: Georges Bernanos, Robert Bresson
Actors: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre

Guardie e ladri (1951) Comedy Drama Movie

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni’s superiors inform him that he’ll lose his job if he can’t catch Esposito. Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Mario Monicelli, Steno
Writer: Piero Tellini, Vitaliano Brancati, Aldo Fabrizi
Actors: Aldo Fabrizi, Totò, Ave Ninchi

La famiglia Passaguai (1951) Comedy Movie

A Sunday at the beach for the Passaguai family is a succession of more or less pleasant adventures. Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Aldo Fabrizi
Writer: Anton Germano Rossi, Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Amendola
Actors: Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi

Miracolo a Milano (1951) Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan. Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writer: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Suso Cecchi D’Amico
Actors: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa

Der Verlorene (1951) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Year 1951.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Peter Lorre
Writer: Axel Eggebrecht, Helmut Käutner, Peter Lorre
Actors: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph

Karumen kokyô ni kaeru (1951) Comedy Movie

A girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she’s a stripper. Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer: Keisuke Kinoshita
Actors: Hideko Takamine, Shûji Sano, Chishû Ryû

Bellissima (1951) Comedy Drama Movie

A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. Year 1951.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Francesco Rosi
Actors: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella

Surcos (1951) Drama Movie

The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde
Writer: Eugenio Montes, José Antonio Nieves Conde, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Actors: Luis Peña, María Asquerino, Francisco Arenzana

Cielo negro (1951) Drama Movie

A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man. Year 1951.

Generes: Drama
Director: Manuel Mur Oti
Writer: Antonio González Álvarez, Manuel Mur Oti, Francisco Pierrá
Actors: Susana Canales, Fernando Rey, Luis Prendes

The African Queen (1951) Adventure Drama Romance War Movie

In WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Year 1951.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Director: John Huston
Writer: C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (adapted for the screen by), John Huston (adapted for the screen by)
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull