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The Best Movies of 1953 - Original Release   (102 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1953, # 40 Overall Tokyo Story 1953 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
# 2 for 1953, # 87 Overall Ugetsu 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
# 3 for 1953, # 143 Overall Shane 1953 Stevens, George USA D
# 4 for 1953, # 150 Overall Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Tati, Jacques France DS
# 5 for 1953, # 153 Overall The Wages of Fear 1953 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France / Italy BD
# 6 for 1953, # 245 Overall From Here to Eternity 1953 Zinnemann, Fred USA D
# 7 for 1953, # 296 Overall The Earrings of Madame de... 1953 Ophüls, Max France / Italy D
# 8 for 1953, # 341 Overall The Band Wagon 1953 Minnelli, Vincente USA DS
# 9 for 1953, # 350 Overall Roman Holiday 1953 Wyler, William USA D
# 10 for 1953, # 433 Overall The Big Heat 1953 Lang, Fritz USA D
# 11 for 1953, # 482 Overall The Golden Coach 1953 Renoir, Jean France / Italy Y
# 12 for 1953, # 486 Overall Pickup on South Street 1953 Fuller, Samuel USA Y
# 13 for 1953, # 772 Overall Genevieve 1953 Cornelius, Henry UK BD
# 14 for 1953, # 804 Overall Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Hawks, Howard USA BDS
# 15 for 1953, # 866 Overall Julius Caesar 1953 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA DS
# 16 for 1953, # 914 Overall Beat the Devil 1953 Huston, John UK / USA / Italy BD
# 17 for 1953, # 957 Overall Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan BD
# 18 for 1953, # 968 Overall Stalag 17 1953 Wilder, Billy USA D
# 19 for 1953, # 1005 Overall Naked Spur 1953 Mann, Anthony USA D
# 20 for 1953, # 1220 Overall I Vitelloni 1953 Fellini, Federico France / Italy YS
# 21 for 1953, # 1238 Overall Lili 1953 Walters, Charles USA YS
# 22 for 1953, # 1289 Overall Voyage in Italy 1953 Rossellini, Roberto Italy / France Y
# 23 for 1953, # 1446 Overall The Little Kidnappers 1953 Leacock, Philip UK
# 24 for 1953, # 1469 Overall Mogambo 1953 Ford, John USA D
# 25 for 1953, # 1478 Overall The Glenn Miller Story 1953 Mann, Anthony USA DS
# 26 for 1953, # 1508 Overall Sawdust and Tinsel 1953 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
# 27 for 1953, # 1565 Overall The Little Fugitive 1953 Engel, Morris / Ashley, Ray / Orkin, Ruth USA BD
# 28 for 1953, # 1647 Overall The Cruel Sea 1953 Frend, Charles / McCowen, Alec UK D
# 29 for 1953, # 1693 Overall Kiss Me Kate 1953 Sidney, George USA DS
# 30 for 1953, # 1708 Overall Niagara 1953 Hathaway, Henry USA D
# 31 for 1953, # 1711 Overall The Robe 1953 Koster, Henry USA BDS
# 32 for 1953, # 1752 Overall War of the Worlds 1953 Haskin, Byron USA D
# 33 for 1953, # 1756 Overall Duck Amuck 1953 Jones, Chuck USA D
# 34 for 1953, # 1824 Overall Bread, Love, and Dreams 1953 Comencini, Luigi Italy Y
# 35 for 1953, # 1826 Overall The Great Adventure 1953 Sucksdorff, Arne Sweden
# 36 for 1953, # 1866 Overall The Wild One 1953 Benedek, László USA D
# 37 for 1953, # 1890 Overall The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953 Rowland, Roy USA D
# 38 for 1953, # 1922 Overall Call Me Madam 1953 Lang, Walter USA D
# 39 for 1953, # 1928 Overall Thérèse Raquin 1953 Carné, Marcel France / Italy
# 40 for 1953, # 2010 Overall How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Negulesco, Jean USA BDS
# 41 for 1953, # 2013 Overall The Living Desert 1953 Algar, James USA D
# 42 for 1953, # 2033 Overall Conquest of Everest 1953 Lowe, George UK Y
# 43 for 1953, # 2038 Overall The Sun Shines Bright 1953 Ford, John USA BD
# 44 for 1953, # 2103 Overall The Bigamist 1953 Lupino, Ida USA V
# 45 for 1953, # 2106 Overall Peter Pan 1953 Geronimi, Clyde / Jackson, Wilfred / Luske, Hamilton USA BDS
# 46 for 1953, # 2146 Overall The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 Crichton, Charles UK D
# 47 for 1953, # 2201 Overall The Tell-Tale Heart 1953 Babbitt, Art / Parmelee, Ted USA Y
# 48 for 1953, # 2210 Overall The Heart of the Matter 1953 O'Ferrall, George More UK
# 49 for 1953, # 2216 Overall Glen or Glenda? 1953 Wood, Edward D. Jr. USA D
# 50 for 1953, # 2219 Overall Summer with Monika 1953 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden BD
# 51 for 1953, # 2225 Overall Island in the Sky 1953 Wellman, William A. USA D
# 51 for 1953, # 2225 Overall The Proud Ones 1953 Allégret, Yves / Portas, Rafael E. France / Mexico
# 51 for 1953, # 2225 Overall The Sword and the Rose 1953 Annakin, Ken USA
# 52 for 1953, # 2246 Overall A Geisha 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
# 53 for 1953, # 2326 Overall All My Babies 1953 Stoney, George C. USA
# 53 for 1953, # 2326 Overall Eaux d'Artifice 1953 Anger, Kenneth USA D
# 53 for 1953, # 2326 Overall The Hitch-Hiker 1953 Lupino, Ida USA D
# 54 for 1953, # 2331 Overall A Queen Is Crowned 1953 unknown UK
# 55 for 1953, # 2341 Overall The Moon Is Blue 1953 Preminger, Otto USA
# 56 for 1953, # 2342 Overall No Way Back 1953 Vicas, Victor / von Mollo, Beate West Germany
# 57 for 1953, # 2352 Overall La Guerra de Dios 1953 Gil, Rafael Spain
# 57 for 1953, # 2352 Overall Le Bon Dieu sans confession 1953 Autant-Lara, Claude France
# 57 for 1953, # 2352 Overall Sadko 1953 Ptushko, Aleksandr Soviet Union Y
# 58 for 1953, # 2354 Overall Martin Luther 1953 Pichel, Irving USA / West Germany Y
# 59 for 1953, # 2356 Overall Angels One Five 1953 O'Ferrall, George More UK
# 60 for 1953, # 2366 Overall House of Wax 1953 De Toth, André USA D
# 61 for 1953, # 2373 Overall King of the Khyber Rifles 1953 King, Henry USA S
# 61 for 1953, # 2373 Overall Titanic 1953 Negulesco, Jean USA DS
# 61 for 1953, # 2373 Overall Young Bess 1953 Sidney, George USA
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall Dangerous When Wet 1953 Walters, Charles USA D
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall I Love Melvin 1953 Weis, Don USA Y
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall The Lady Without Camelias 1953 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall Les Statues meurent aussi 1953 Marker, Chris / Resnais, Alain France
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall 99 River Street 1953 Karlson, Phil USA
# 62 for 1953, # 2375 Overall The Story of Three Loves 1953 Minnelli, Vincente / Reinhardt, Gottfried USA S
# 63 for 1953, # 2377 Overall Do Bigha Zamin 1953 Roy, Bimal India
# 63 for 1953, # 2377 Overall Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg 1953 Yutkevich, Sergei Albania / Soviet Union
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 1 1953 Yarbrough, Jean USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 2 1953 Yarbrough, Jean USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall The Black Prophet 1953 Mulligan, Robert USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953 Butler, David USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall From A to Z-Z-Z-Z 1953 Jones, Chuck USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall The Girl Next Door 1953 Sale, Richard USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Hondo 1953 Farrow, John USA BD
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Houdini 1953 Marshall, George USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Hypnotic Hick 1953 Patterson, Don USA
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall I Love Lucy: The Movie 1953 Daniels, Marc / Sedgwick, Edward USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Invaders from Mars 1953 Menzies, William Cameron USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Pardon My Backfire 1953 White, Jules USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Plunder of the Sun 1953 Farrow, John USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Spooks! 1953 White, Jules USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Those Redheads from Seattle 1953 Foster, Lewis R. USA
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall Thunder Bay 1953 Mann, Anthony USA D
# 64 for 1953, # 2382 Overall The Unicorn in the Garden 1953 Hurtz, William T. USA Y
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953 Lourié, Eugène USA D
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall The Beggar's Opera 1953 Brook, Peter UK V
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall Calamity Jane 1953 Butler, David USA DS
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall Hiroshima 1953 Sekigawa, Hideo Japan
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall It Came from Outer Space 1953 Arnold, Jack USA D
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall Miss Sadie Thompson 1953 Bernhardt, Curtis USA V
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall O Cangaceiro 1953 Barreto, Lima Brazil
# 65 for 1953, # 2402 Overall Wild Geese 1953 Toyoda, Shirô Japan
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T   Theaters (US)
B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack
 
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