100 English films of 1951 ranked by box office. #1: Quo Vadis ($21 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quo Vadis | Mervyn LeRoy | $7.6 million | $21 million | 2.75x | |
| 2 | The African Queen | John Huston | $1 million | $10.8 million | 10.75x | |
| 3 | The Great Caruso | Richard Thorpe | $1.9 million | $9.3 million | 5.00x | |
| 4 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Elia Kazan | $1.8 million | $8 million | 4.44x | |
| 5 | Show Boat | George Sidney | $2.4 million | $7.6 million | 3.19x | |
| 6 | A Place in the Sun | George Stevens | $2.3 million | $7 million | 3.04x | |
| 6 | Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | $1.2 million | $7 million | 5.83x | |
| 6 | An American in Paris | Vincente Minnelli | $2.7 million | $7 million | 2.59x | |
| 9 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Raoul Walsh | $2.5 million | $5.3 million | 2.17x | |
| 10 | David and Bathsheba | Henry King | $2.2 million | $4.7 million | 2.18x | |
| 11 | Father's Little Dividend | Vincente Minnelli | $941,000 | $4.6 million | 4.91x | |
| 12 | Across the Wide Missouri | William A. Wellman | $2.2 million | $4.6 million | 2.07x | |
| 13 | Westward the Women | William A. Wellman | $2.2 million | $4 million | 1.81x | |
| 14 | Royal Wedding | Stanley Donen | $1.7 million | $3.9 million | 2.29x | |
| 15 | Operation Pacific | George Waggner | $1.5 million | $3.9 million | 2.64x | |
| 16 | Texas Carnival | Charles Walters | $1.7 million | $3.8 million | 2.27x | |
| 17 | That's My Boy | Hal Walker | $3.8 million | |||
| 18 | On Moonlight Bay | Roy Del Ruth | $1.2 million | $3.7 million | 3.12x | |
| 19 | The Blue Veil | Curtis Bernhardt | $3.5 million | |||
| 20 | Go for Broke! | Robert Pirosh | $1.3 million | $3.3 million | 2.50x | |
| 21 | Vengeance Valley | Richard Thorpe | $1 million | $3.1 million | 3.12x | |
| 22 | Lullaby of Broadway | David Butler | $1.1 million | $3.1 million | 2.79x | |
| 22 | Only the Valiant | Gordon Douglas | $1.5 million | $3.1 million | 2.06x | |
| 24 | Rich, Young and Pretty | Norman Taurog | $1.5 million | $3 million | 1.96x | |
| 25 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Michael Curtiz | $1.4 million | $2.9 million | 2.07x | |
| 26 | The Enforcer | Raoul Walsh | $1.1 million | $2.9 million | 2.59x | |
| 27 | Detective Story | William Wyler | $1.5 million | $2.8 million | 1.87x | |
| 28 | Halls of Montezuma | Lewis Milestone | $2.6 million | |||
| 29 | My Favorite Spy | Norman Z. McLeod | $2.6 million | |||
| 29 | Flying Leathernecks | Nicholas Ray | $2.6 million | |||
| 31 | Here Comes the Groom | Frank Capra | $2.5 million | |||
| 32 | On the Riviera | Walter Lang | $2.5 million | |||
| 33 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Henry Hathaway | $2.4 million | |||
| 34 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Edward Sedgwick | $2.4 million | |||
| 35 | Fort Worth | Edwin L. Marin | $698,000 | $2.3 million | 3.36x | |
| 36 | Francis Goes to the Races | Arthur Lubin | $2.3 million | |||
| 36 | Too Young to Kiss | Robert Z. Leonard | $1.4 million | $2.3 million | 1.64x | |
| 36 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Frank Tashlin | $2.3 million | |||
| 39 | Excuse My Dust | Roy Rowland | $1.8 million | $2.3 million | 1.28x | |
| 40 | Soldiers Three | Tay Garnett | $1.4 million | $2.2 million | 1.57x | |
| 41 | Three Guys Named Mike | Charles Walters | $859,000 | $2.2 million | 2.60x | |
| 42 | Call Me Mister | Lloyd Bacon | $2.2 million | |||
| 43 | I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Henry King | $2.1 million | |||
| 44 | The Frogmen | Lloyd Bacon | $2.1 million | |||
| 44 | People Will Talk | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $2.1 million | |||
| 46 | His Kind of Woman | Richard Fleischer | $1.8 million | $2 million | 1.10x | |
| 46 | Tomahawk | George Sherman | $750,000 | $2 million | 2.67x | |
| 46 | Red Mountain | John Farrow | $2 million | |||
| 46 | Elopement | Henry Koster | $2 million | |||
| 46 | Meet Me After the Show | Richard Sale | $2 million | |||
| 46 | Two Tickets to Broadway | James V. Kern | $2 million | |||
| 46 | Thunder in the East | Charles Vidor | $2 million | |||
| 53 | The Thing from Another World | Howard Hawks | $1.3 million | $1.9 million | 1.50x | |
| 53 | Rawhide | Henry Hathaway | $1.9 million | |||
| 53 | Up Front | Alexander Hall | $1.9 million | |||
| 56 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Robert Z. Leonard | $1.5 million | $1.9 million | 1.33x | |
| 57 | Starlift | Roy Del Ruth | $1.9 million | |||
| 58 | Take Care of My Little Girl | Jean Negulesco | $1.9 million | |||
| 58 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | $995,000 | $1.9 million | 1.86x | |
| 60 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | David Butler | $1.8 million | |||
| 60 | Ten Tall Men | Willis Goldbeck | $1.8 million | |||
| 62 | Teresa | Fred Zinnemann | $610,000 | $1.8 million | 2.92x | |
| 63 | I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | $684,000 | $1.8 million | 2.57x | |
| 64 | The Racket | John Cromwell | $1.8 million | |||
| 64 | I'll Never Forget You | Roy Ward Baker | $1.8 million | |||
| 64 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Henry Koster | $1.8 million | |||
| 67 | The People Against O'Hara | John Sturges | $1 million | $1.7 million | 1.70x | |
| 68 | Angels in the Outfield | Clarence Brown | $1.1 million | $1.7 million | 1.54x | |
| 69 | Bird of Paradise | Delmer Daves | $1.6 million | |||
| 70 | The Mating Season | Mitchell Leisen | $1.6 million | |||
| 71 | When Worlds Collide | Rudolph Maté | HK$936,000 | $1.6 million | ||
| 71 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Albert Lewin | $1.2 million | $1.6 million | 1.33x | |
| 71 | Payment on Demand | Curtis Bernhardt | $1.6 million | |||
| 71 | You're in the Navy Now | Henry Hathaway | $1.6 million | |||
| 71 | Sugarfoot | Edwin L. Marin | $1.6 million | |||
| 71 | About Face | Roy Del Ruth | $1.6 million | |||
| 77 | Grounds for Marriage | Robert Z. Leonard | $1.2 million | $1.6 million | 1.35x | |
| 78 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Charles Lamont | $627,000 | $1.6 million | 2.47x | |
| 78 | Anne of the Indies | Jacques Tourneur | $1.6 million | |||
| 78 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | Michael Curtiz | $1.6 million | |||
| 78 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Charles Lamont | $638,120 | $1.6 million | 2.43x | |
| 78 | Valentino | Lewis Allen | $1.3 million | $1.6 million | 1.19x | |
| 78 | Decision Before Dawn | Anatole Litvak | $1.6 million | |||
| 84 | Flame of Araby | Charles Lamont | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | Half Angel | Richard Sale | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | Golden Girl | Lloyd Bacon | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | The Golden Horde | George Sherman | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | I Want You | Mark Robson | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | Bugles in the Afternoon | Roy Rowland | $1.5 million | |||
| 90 | The Prince Who Was a Thief | Rudolph Maté | $1.5 million | |||
| 91 | Fixed Bayonets! | Samuel Fuller | $1.4 million | |||
| 91 | Rhubarb | Arthur Lubin | $1.4 million | |||
| 93 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Michael Gordon | $1.4 million | |||
| 94 | Along the Great Divide | Raoul Walsh | $1.4 million | |||
| 94 | Apache Drums | Hugo Fregonese | $395,000 | $1.4 million | 3.54x | |
| 96 | The Law and the Lady | Edwin H. Knopf | $1.2 million | $1.4 million | 1.14x | |
| 97 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Vincent Sherman | $1.3 million | $1.4 million | 1.04x | |
| 98 | The Secret of Convict Lake | Michael Gordon | $1.4 million | |||
| 99 | Callaway Went Thataway | Melvin Frank | $1.1 million | $1.3 million | 1.21x | |
| 100 | Raton Pass | Edwin L. Marin | $1.3 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.