5th British Academy Film Awards

The 5th British Academy Film Awards, retroactively known as the British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) (previously the British Film Academy) in 1952, honoured the best films of 1951. La Ronde won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below alphabetically and not in boldface.^[1]

Best British Film	Best Film from any Source
*The Lavender Hill Mob* The Magic Box The Browning Version The Magic Garden The Man in the White Suit No Resting Place The Small Miracle White Corridors	La Ronde An American In Paris The Browning Version Detective Story Fourteen Hours Domenica d'agosto Froken Julie The Lavender Hill Mob The Magic Box The Magic Garden The Man in the White Suit No Resting Place The Red Badge of Courage The Small Miracle The Sound of Fury A Walk in the Sun White Corridors Édouard et Caroline
Best Documentary	Special Award
In Beaver Valley A Family Affair Family Portrait Oil for the Twentieth Century Out of True Visit to Picasso	Gerald McBoing-Boing The Diesel Story Enterprise Henry Moore The Isle Of Man TT 1950 Mother's Day We've Come a Long Way
United Nations Award
Four in a Jeep A Family Affair The Good Life Power for All The Sound of Fury