Movies released in 1951

The Well

73/100

A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.

The Strip

61/100

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.

Callaway Went Thataway

67/100

Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.

The Big Night

64/100

A teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his father.

You're in the Navy Now

64/100

When a new commander is assigned to a submarine chaser with an experimental engine, he finds the entire crew has as little experience as he does.

A.T.M.: ¡¡A toda máquina!!

80/100

A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making ... See full summary »

Cry, the Beloved Country

71/100

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a ... See full summary »

Behave Yourself!

55/100

When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?

No Questions Asked

67/100

An insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.

Apache Drums

62/100

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Patala Bhairavi

83/100

A poor man, in love with a princess, is persuaded by an evil sorcerer to help him get the blessing of a Goddess.

Thunder on the Hill

69/100

Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary »

Best of the Badmen

61/100

The outlaws of the Clanton and Younger gangs are the heroes of this fictionalized biography.

The Lady of Musashino

75/100

Force of Arms

65/100

During World War II in Italy, an American sergeant and WAC lieutenant take time out for romance.

The Whip Hand

60/100

Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine writer, takes a fishing trip to Minnesota, and stumbles across a lake in which all the fish have mysteriously died. The locals are tight-lipped about it,... See full summary »

The Model and the Marriage Broker

71/100

Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients' affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can't resist meddling in her life, by disentangling her from a married ... See full summary »

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology

61/100

The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. The parables... See full summary »

Bullfighter and the Lady

70/100

Johnny Regan, a U.S. citizen, goes to Mexico and takes up bullfighting as a lark, hoping to impress a Mexican beauty, Anita de la Vega. His lighthearted studying, under the tutelage of ... See full summary »

Tarzan's Peril

60/100

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.