National Board of Review Awards 1951
23rd National Board of Review Awards
December 17, 1951
The 23rd National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 17, 1951. Top Ten Films 
A Place in the Sun
The Red Badge of Courage
An American in Paris
Death of a Salesman
Detective Story
A Streetcar Named Desire
Decision Before Dawn
Strangers on a Train
Quo Vadis
Fourteen Hours

Top Foreign Films 
Rashomon
The River
Miracle in Milan
Kon-Tiki
The Browning Version

Winners 
Best Film: A Place in the Sun
Best Foreign Film: Rashomon
Best Actor: Richard Basehart (Fourteen Hours)
Best Actress: Jan Sterling (The Big Carnival)
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)
Best Screenplay: T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob)

External links 
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1951

1951
1951 film awards
1951 in American cinema