Best Movies of 1953
Most watched in 1953
Peter Pan1953 · ★ 7.2 · 1h 17m
Roman Holiday1953 · ★ 7.9 · 1h 59m
Tokyo Story1953 · ★ 8.1 · 2h 17m
The Wages of Fear1953 · ★ 8.0 · 2h 34m
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1953 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 31m
I Vitelloni1953 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 43m
#1 Tokyo Story (1953) · ★ 8.1 · 1,269 votes · 2h 17m · dramaThe elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their…
#2 The Wages of Fear (1953) · ★ 8.0 · 1,134 votes · 2h 34m · adventure, thriller, dramaIn a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develo…
#3 Ugetsu (1953) · ★ 8.0 · 668 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, drama, mysteryIn 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to p…
#4 Roman Holiday (1953) · ★ 7.9 · 2,338 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, romance, dramaOverwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls as…
#5 I Vitelloni (1953) · ★ 7.7 · 759 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, dramaFive young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeles…
#6 Stalag 17 (1953) · ★ 7.7 · 690 votes · 2h 0m · comedy, drama, warAfter two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an infor…
#7 The Big Heat (1953) · ★ 7.7 · 577 votes · 1h 29m · thriller, crimeAfter the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.…
#8 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) · ★ 7.3 · 1,107 votes · 1h 31m · comedy, romanceLorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after…
#9 From Here to Eternity (1953) · ★ 7.3 · 736 votes · 1h 58m · romance, drama, warIn 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.…
#10 Shane (1953) · ★ 7.3 · 712 votes · 1h 58m · drama, westernA weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.…
#11 Peter Pan (1953) · ★ 7.2 · 5,832 votes · 1h 17m · fantasy, adventure, animationLeaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Ca…
#12 I Confess (1953) · ★ 7.1 · 500 votes · 1h 35m · thriller, drama, crimeWhen a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preserva…
#13 Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) · ★ 7.0 · 559 votes · 1h 27m · comedyMonsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapsti…
#14 The War of the Worlds (1953) · ★ 6.8 · 737 votes · 1h 25m · action, science-fictionThe residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of inva…
#15 How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) · ★ 6.8 · 577 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, romanceThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.…
#16 Fear and Desire (1953) · ★ 5.4 · 555 votes · 1h 2m · thriller, drama, warAfter their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the h…