Movies Of The Year Awards: 1951

How it works: I assign various Oscar-type awards to the movies I've seen from each year. I'm not going to include all the Oscar categories, but I'll get a lot of them, depending on the year. Only films I've seen will be eligible for any awards, but I'll include the Academy's choices as well, for comparison's sake, though often the categories and film eligibility are different for their awards than mine.

Best Picture:

The End: The River
Oscar: An American In Paris

Best Director:

The End: Samuel Fuller, The Steel Helmet
Oscar: George Stevens, A Place In The Sun

Actor:

The End: Gene Evans, The Steel Helmet
Oscar: Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

Actress:

The End: Anita Björk, Miss Julie
Oscar: Vivian Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire

Supporting Actor:

The End: Robert Walker, Strangers On A Train
Oscar: Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire

Supporting Actress:

The End: Thelma Ritter, The Mating Season
Oscar: Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire

Original Screenplay:

The End: Samuel Fuller, The Steel Helmet
Oscar: Alan Jay Lerner, An American In Paris

Adapted Screenplay:

The End: Jean Renoir and Rumer Godden, The River
Oscar: Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, A Place In The Sun

Black And White Cinematography:

The End: Léonce-Henri Burel, Diary Of A Country Priest
Oscar: William Mellor, A Place In The Sun

Color Cinematography:

The End: Claude Renoir, The River
Oscar: Alfred Gilks and John Alton, An American In Paris


Art Direction:

The End: The Tales Of Hoffman
Oscar: An American In Paris; A Streetcar Named Desire

Costume Design:

The End: The Tales Of Hoffman
Oscar: An American In Paris and A Place In The Sun

Sound:

The End: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Oscar: The Great Caruso

Editing:

The End: Adrienne Fazan, An American In Paris
Oscar: William Hornbeck, A Place In The Sun

Visual Effects:

The End: The Thing From Another World
Oscar: When Worlds Collide

Original Score:

The End: M. A. Partha Sarathy, The River
Oscar: Franz Waxman, A Place In The Sun



Non-Oscar Awards:

Foreign Language Film:

Diary Of A Country Priest

Soundtrack:

An American In Paris

Breakthrough Performance:

Gene Evans, The Steel Helmet

Villain:

Robert Walker, Strangers On A Train