Oscar Nominations and Winners (1951)

Best Picture

• An American in Paris
• Decision Before Dawn
• A Place in the Sun
• Quo Vadis
• A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Director

• John Huston (The African Queen)
• Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire)
• Vincente Minnelli (An American in Paris)
• George Stevens (A Place in the Sun)
• William Wyler (Detective Story)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen)
• Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire)
• Montgomery Clift (A Place in the Sun)
• Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory)
• Fredric March (Death of a Salesman)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Leo Genn (Quo Vadis)
• Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire)
• Kevin McCarthy (Death of a Salesman)
• Peter Ustinov (Quo Vadis)
• Gig Young (Come Fill the Cup)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Katharine Hepburn (The African Queen)
• Vivien Leigh (A Streetcar Named Desire)
• Eleanor Parker (Detective Story)
• Shelley Winters (A Place in the Sun)
• Jane Wyman (The Blue Veil)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Joan Blondell (The Blue Veil)
• Mildred Dunnock (Death of a Salesman)
• Lee Grant (Detective Story)
• Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire)
• Thelma Ritter (The Mating Season)

Best Story

• Bullfighter and the Lady (Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro)
• The Frogmen (Oscar Millard)
• Here Comes the Groom (Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brian)
• Seven Days to Noon (Paul Dehn and James Bernard)
• Teresa (Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The African Queen (James Agee and John Huston)
• Detective Story (Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler)
• La Ronde (Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls)
• A Place in the Sun (Michael Wilson and Harry Brown)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)

Best Original Story and Screenplay

• An American in Paris (Alan Jay Lerner)
• The Big Carnival (Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman)
• David and Bathsheba (Philip Dunne)
• Go for Broke! (Robert Pirosh)
• The Well (Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse)

Art Direction - Black and White

• Fourteen Hours
• House on Telegraph Hill
• La Ronde
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Too Young to Kiss

Art Direction - Color

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• On the Riviera
• Quo Vadis
• Tales of Hoffmann

Cinematography - Black and White

• Death of a Salesman
• The Frogmen
• A Place in the Sun
• Strangers on a Train
• A Streetcar Named Desire

Cinematography - Color

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• Quo Vadis
• Show Boat
• When Worlds Collide

Costume Design - Black and White

• Kind Lady
• The Model and the Marriage Broker
• The Mudlark
• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire

Costume Design - Color

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• The Great Caruso
• Quo Vadis
• Tales of Hoffmann

Documentary Feature

• I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
• Kon-Tiki

Documentary Short Subject

• Benjy
• One Who Came Back
• The Seeing Eye

Film Editing

• An American in Paris
• Decision Before Dawn
• A Place in the Sun
• Quo Vadis
• The Well

Original Score For Drama or Comedy

• David and Bathsheba (Alfred Newman)
• Death of a Salesman (Alex North)
• A Place in the Sun (Franz Waxman)
• Quo Vadis (Miklos Rozsa)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North)

Original Score For Musical

• Alice in Wonderland (Oliver Wallace)
• An American in Paris (Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin)
• The Great Caruso (Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green)
• On the Riviera (Alfred Newman)
• Show Boat (Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger)

Original Song

• "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (Here Comes the Groom) Music by Hoagy Carmichael. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
• "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (The Strip) Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II.
• "Never" (Golden Girl) Music by Lionel Newman. Lyrics by Eliot Daniel.
• "Too Late Now" (Royal Wedding) Music by Burton Lane. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
• "Wonder Why" (Rich, Young and Pretty) Music by Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Animated Short Film (Cartoons)

• Lambert, the Sheepish Lion
• Rooty Toot Toot
• Two Mouseketeers

Live Action Short Film - One Reel

• Ridin' the Rails
• The Story of Time
• World of Kids

Live Action Short Film - Two Reels

• Balzac
• Danger Under the Sea
• Nature's Half Acre

Sound

• Bright Victory
• The Great Caruso
• I Want You
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Two Tickets to Broadway

Special Effects

• When Worlds Collide