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Oscars 1951: Winners and Nominees of the 23rd Academy Awards

Public list by WPS with 56 movies or TV shows/series

These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1951 on 03/29/1951.

The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. All About Eve received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind in 1939. It won six Oscars, including Best Picture, and earned writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz his second consecutive Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, the only time such a feat has been accomplished. All About Eve was the second film, after Mrs. Miniver (1942), to receive five acting nominations. It was the first to receive multiple nominations in two acting categories, and the first (and, to date, only) film to receive four female acting nominations—two each for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. None was successful, losing to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday and Josephine Hull in Harvey, respectively. Jose Ferrer, then under investigation from the House Un-American Activities Committee over suspected Communist ties, won the Best Actor award despite being given very little chances to win. Marlene Dietrich nearly stole the show by wearing an apparently-painted-on dress that displayed her legs and figure. Sunset Blvd. was the fifth film with nominations in every acting category, and the second not to win any of them (after My Man Godfrey in 1936). ()

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Cinderella(1950)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 14min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 3,146 votes)

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

Sunset Boulevard(1950)

1h 50min | Drama
4.2/5 (with 1,089 votes)

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Samson and Delilah(1949)

3.3/5 (with 82 votes)

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. The classic story of Samson and Delilah as told by Cecil B. DeMille.

All About Eve(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 19min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 651 votes)

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

The Third Man(1949)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Thriller, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 775 votes)

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

The Gunfighter(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 25min | Western
3.6/5 (with 72 votes)

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

The Asphalt Jungle(1950)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 196 votes)

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Harvey(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 253 votes)

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

Broken Arrow(1950)

1h 33min | Western
3.4/5 (with 79 votes)

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.

Father of the Bride(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

King Solomon's Mines(1950)

1h 43min | Adventure
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.

Cyrano de Bergerac(1950)

3.6/5 (with 25 votes)

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

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Panic in the Streets(1950)

1h 36min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 55 votes)

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empties the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try.

No Way Out(1950)

1h 46min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 36 votes)

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie.

Bitter Rice(1949)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 83 votes)

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

The Flame and the Arrow(1950)

3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.

Born Yesterday(1950)

3.6/5 (with 66 votes)

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

Destination Moon(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 34 votes)

Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight. Attempted to be realistic, with Robert A. Heinlein providing advice.

Caged(1950)

1h 36min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

Adam's Rib(1949)

3.6/5 (with 121 votes)

When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

The Men(1950)

1h 25min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

Ken, an ex-WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

The Black Rose(1950)

1h 56min | War, Adventure, History
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Annie Get Your Gun(1950)

3.5/5 (with 30 votes)

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

The Furies(1950)

3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.

The Walls of Malapaga(1949)

1h 35min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.

Mister 880(1950)

3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.

Singing Guns(1950)

1h 31min | Western
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.

Gerald McBoing-Boing(1950)

3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.

Three Little Words(1950)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact, that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their relation.

Mystery Street(1950)

1h 33min | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

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