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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

British Academy Film Awards
Current awards	Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Casting Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup and Hair Music Production Design Rising Star Screenplay: Adapted Screenplay: Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects
Special awards	Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Retired awards	British Actor British Actress British Screenplay Foreign Actor Foreign Actress Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay
Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023