British Academy Film Awards 1952
The 5th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1951 .
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
Der Reigen (La Ronde) - Director: Max Ophüls
- An American in Paris (An American in Paris) - Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Riot in Santa Sierra (The Sound of Fury) - Director: Cyril Endfield
- Edouard and Caroline (Édouard et Caroline) - Director: Jacques Becker
- Fräulein Julie (Fröken Julie) - Director: Alf Sjöberg
- Luck Came Overnight (The Lavender Hill Mob) - Director: Charles Crichton
- Conflict of the Heart (The Browning Version) - Director: Anthony Asquith
- Landing in Salerno (A Walk in the Sun) - Director: Lewis Milestone
- The Man in the White Suit (The Man in the White Suit) - Director: Alexander Mackendrick
- No Resting Place - Director: Paul Rotha
- Polizeirevier 21 (Detective Story) - Director: William Wyler
- The red Bravery Medal (The Red Badge of Courage) - Director: John Huston
- Serum 703 (White Corridors) - Director: Pat Jackson
- The Small Miracle - Directed by Maurice Cloche and Ralph Smart
- A Sunday in August (Domenica d'agosto) - Director: Luciano Emmer
- Fourteen Hours (Fourteen Hours) - Director: Henry Hathaway
- The wonderful Flimmerkasten (The Magic Box) - Director: John Boulting
- Der Zaubergarten (The Pennywhistle Blues) - Director: Donald Swanson
Best British Film
Luck Came Overnight (The Lavender Hill Mob) - Director: Charles Crichton
- Conflict of the Heart (The Browning Version) - Director: Anthony Asquith
- The Man in the White Suit (The Man in the White Suit) - Director: Alexander Mackendrick
- No Resting Place - Director: Paul Rotha
- Serum 703 (White Corridors) - Director: Pat Jackson
- The Small Miracle - Directed by Maurice Cloche and Ralph Smart
- The wonderful Flimmerkasten (The Magic Box) - Director: John Boulting
- Der Zaubergarten (The Pennywhistle Blues) - Director: Donald Swanson
United Nations Award
Die Vier im Jeep - Direction: Leopold Lindtberg and Elizabeth Montagu
- Riot in Santa Sierra (The Sound of Fury) - Director: Cyril Endfield
- A Family Affair - Director: Irving Jacoby
- The Good Life - Director: Humphrey Jennings
- Power for All - Director: Anthony Squire
Best documentary
In Beaver Valley - James Algar
- A Family Affair - Director: Irving Jacoby
- Visiting Picasso (Bezoek aan Picasso) - Director: Paul Haesaerts
- David - Director: Paul Dickson
- Family Portrait - Director: Humphrey Jennings
- Oil for the Twentieth Century - Director: Peter Bradford
- Out of True - Director: Philip Leacock
Best Film (Special Award)
Gerald McBoing-Boing - Director: Robert Cannon
- The Diesel Story - Directed by Lionel Cole
- Enterprise - Director: Peter Sachs
- The Isle of Man TT 1950 - Directed by Geoffrey Hughes and Peter de Normanville
- Man and work: Henry Moore (Henry Moore) - Director: John Read
- Mother's Day - Director: James Broughton
- We've Come a Long Way - Directed by Bob Privett and Allan Crick