Movie Releases by User Score

Rashomon 1.

Rashomon

December 26, 1951 | Not Rated
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
8.5
A Streetcar Named Desire 2.

A Streetcar Named Desire

September 19, 1951 | M/PG
Disturbed Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) while her reality crumbles around her.
Metascore:
97
User Score:
8.2
The Lavender Hill Mob 3.

The Lavender Hill Mob

October 15, 1951 | Approved
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
tbd
Strangers on a Train 4.

Strangers on a Train

June 30, 1951 | TV-PG
A psychotic socialite attempts to force a professional tennis star to prove a theory that two complete strangers can get away with murder.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.6
Oliver Twist 5.

Oliver Twist

July 30, 1951 | Approved
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
An American in Paris 6.

An American in Paris

November 11, 1951 | Passed
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.8
The Day the Earth Stood Still 7.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

September 20, 1951 | TV-G
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
tbd
On Dangerous Ground 8.

On Dangerous Ground

December 12, 1951 | Approved
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Detective Story 9.

Detective Story

October 24, 1951 | TV-PG
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Miracle in Milan 10.

Miracle in Milan

December 17, 1951 | Not Rated
An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
A Place in the Sun 11.

A Place in the Sun

August 14, 1951 | Passed
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.2
La Ronde 12.

La Ronde

September 20, 1951 | Not Rated
Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Alice in Wonderland 13.

Alice in Wonderland

September 14, 1951 | Approved
Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.8
On Moonlight Bay 14.

On Moonlight Bay

July 26, 1951 | Approved
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd

Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.