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Oscars 1951 Winners & Nominees

The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) took place on March 29, 1951. All About Eve won Best Motion Picture and 5 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 17 categories is below.

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Best Motion Picture
All About Eve
Headline winners

Oscars 1951: The Winners

All About Eve won Best Motion Picture against 1 other nominee. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Best Director) and George Sanders (Best Supporting Actor) took the main individual prizes.

All About Eve (1950) movie poster Best Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture

All About Eve

1950 · Drama · $155K worldwide

6 wins from 14 nominations at the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
  • Best Director
  • Best Sound Recording
  • Best Writing (Screenplay)

A captivating story of ambition and rivalry takes place behind the scenes of a Broadway production. Eve Harrington, an aspiring actress, ingeniously manipulates her way into the life of established star Margo Channing, skillfully exploiting her vulnerabilities and insecurities. As Eve’s popularity grows, she expertly undermines Margo’s position, creating a tense and destructive dynamic that threatens to unravel the lives of everyone involved. The pursuit of fame and recognition leads to complex relationships and shocking betrayals.

About All About Eve
Scoreboard

Oscars 1951: Which Films Won the Most

All About Eve won 6 awards from 14 nominations. 2 films won at least once, while The Asphalt Jungle went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. All About Eve (1950) movie poster
    All About Eve 6 / 14
    1950 · Drama · 6 wins from 14 nominations
  2. The Third Man (1949) movie poster
    The Third Man 1 / 3
    1949 · Mystery, Thriller · 1 win from 3 nominations
  3. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) movie poster
    The Asphalt Jungle 0 / 4
    1950 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  4. Father of the Bride (1950) movie poster
    Father of the Bride 0 / 3
    1950 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  5. Cinderella (1950) movie poster
    Cinderella 0 / 3
    1950 · Fantasy, Romance · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  6. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) movie poster
    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 0 / 1
    1952 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. The Gunfighter (1950) movie poster
    The Gunfighter 0 / 1
    1950 · Western · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Adam's Rib (1949) movie poster
    Adam's Rib 0 / 1
    1949 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 17 Oscars 1951 Categories: Winners & Nominees

17 categories and 30 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

17 categories · 30 nominations

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Oscars 1951 Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)

Official name: Writing (Motion Picture Story)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1951 Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Official name: Art Direction (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1951 Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Official name: Costume Design (Black-and-White)

1 nominee

Oscars 1951 Best Film Editing

Official name: Film Editing

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1951 Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Official name: Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1951 Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Official name: Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Oscars 1951 Best Music (Song)

Official name: Music (Song)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 1951 Winners

Drama led with 19 nominations across 3 films and won 6. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 6 wins · 19 nominations · 32%
  2. Thriller 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  3. Film-Noir 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  4. Romance 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
  5. Comedy 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  6. Crime 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  7. Family 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  8. Mystery 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  9. Fantasy 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  10. Animation 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
1951 season

How the Rest of the 1951 Awards Season Voted

The other 2 ceremonies of 1951, with the winner of each top prize.

All 1951 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 1951: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 23rd Academy Awards (1951), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Motion Picture at the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)?

All About Eve (1950) won Best Motion Picture. The other nominee was Father of the Bride.

About All About Eve

Which film won the most awards at the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)?

All About Eve (1950) won the most: 6 awards from 14 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)?

All About Eve (1950) led with 14 nominations and won 6 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)?

Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve. Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders for All About Eve.

When was the 23rd Academy Awards (1951)?

The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) took place on March 29, 1951. The database has 17 categories and 30 nominations for it.