Feature Film, Released between 1953-01-01 and 1953-12-31 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
301. Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)
84 min | Comedy
After a mix-up at a music hall, a henpecked bank clerk who lives a dreary existence in suburban London finds himself onstage with ambiguously foreign magician Mendoza, who hypnotizes him into losing all of his inhibitions.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher, Jon Pertwee
Votes: 203
302. All American (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Nick Bonelli, quarterback for Mid-State, proves himself an All American in the championship, but his parents die in an auto accident coming to the game. Nick decides to transfer to Sheridan... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 302
303. Genio y figura (1953)
90 min | Family, Comedy
When the pregnant Esther gets some bad news from her doctor, he advises her to visit a clinic in Mexico City, so she enlists husband Antonio to drive her there at once, along with her ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú, Esther Fernández, Evangelina Elizondo
Votes: 20
304. La vierge du Rhin (1953)
82 min | Crime, Drama
Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt. He tracks down his wife Genevieve, but she's remarried and has taken the head of his shipping company. She and her husband will do anything to get rid of Jacques and keep his company.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Elina Labourdette, Andrée Clément, Olivier Hussenot
Votes: 203
305. Jamaica Run (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Jamaica, amid murder and deceit, a schooner skipper and a land developer search for the sunken ship containing proof regarding the identity of the true heirs of a legendary Jamaican estate.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles
Votes: 153
306. The Stand at Apache River (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Western
At Apache River Station, the passengers of a stagecoach, the owners of the station, a sheriff and his prisoner and a few ferry passengers are besieged by a band of renegade Apaches.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Stephen McNally, Julie Adams, Hugh Marlowe, Jaclynne Greene
Votes: 336
307. Reportaje (1953)
TV-PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A press mogul (Ferriz) offers 10 thousand pesos to the journalist who discover the best news on New Year's Eve. The inquiry begins and journalists look in parties, hospitals and other ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Roberto Cañedo, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Manolo Fábregas
Votes: 123
308. Both Sides of the Law (1953)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A pseudo-documentary in style with an emphasis on the daily work and routine of women police built around three different story lines. The first involves eighteen-year-old Bridget Foster (... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Anne Crawford, Peggy Cummins, Rosamund John, Terence Morgan
Votes: 240
309. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 390
310. Föltámadott a tenger (1953)
145 min | Drama, History
In 1953, the film evokes the 1848-49 periods up to the revolutionary struggle of the internal and external enemies. Petofi start there in the events, even in the ranks of waiver is that ... See full summary »
Directors: László Ranódy, Mihály Szemes, Kálmán Nádasdy | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Makláry, Lajos Básti, Miklós Szakáts
Votes: 128
311. Julietta (1953)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Julietta Valendor is a romantic and dreamy girl who accepts with difficulty the fifth-year-old fiancé chosen by her mother: the very worldly prince of Alpen. One day she is given the ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Jean Marais, Dany Robin, Jeanne Moreau, Nicole Berger
Votes: 199
312. Slaves of Babylon (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In ancient times, a Jew is instrumental in the crowning of a new Median-Persian king who, in return, conquers Babylon and frees all the Jewish slaves.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Linda Christian, Maurice Schwartz, Terry Kilburn
Votes: 138
313. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Eddie Cantor and his wife Ida arrive at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, for a private screening of The Eddie Cantor Story. Just before the film rolls, Cantor whispers, "Ida, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon, Arthur Franz
Votes: 199
314. Little Boy Lost (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WWII married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a ... See full summary »
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 309
315. When You Read This Letter (1953)
104 min | Drama
Therese is a nun-in-training who returns to "civilian" life to care for her young sister Denise.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Philippe Lemaire, Yvonne Sanson, Irene Galter
Votes: 726 | Gross: $0.02M
316. Decameron Nights (1953)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Adventure, Romance
The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio's own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. It has Boccaccio following Fiametta to a country villa ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Godfrey Tearle, Joan Collins
Votes: 287
317. Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister's husband ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Valentine Tessier, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 199
318. Fighter Attack (1953)
Approved | 80 min | War
World War II action in Italy involving fighter pilot's last sortie, and the help he receives from Italian partisans in an effort to complete it.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Sterling Hayden, J. Carrol Naish, Joy Page, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 188
319. The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Ottoman leadership entrusts Antar with the task of preventing the Pasha of Bagdad from using local leader Mustapha's united hill tribes against the Ottoman Sultan.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Victor Mature, Mari Blanchard, Virginia Field, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 118
320. Mesíc nad rekou (1953)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Václav Krska | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Zdenka Baldová, Dana Medrická, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 47
321. Last of the Pony Riders (1953)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Kathleen Case, Dickie Jones
Votes: 110
322. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll
Votes: 180 | Gross: $1.22M
323. She's Back on Broadway (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical
After her Hollywood career fails, an actress returns to Broadway and tries for a comeback in a stage show directed by her former lover.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy, Steve Cochran
Votes: 226
324. Port Sinister (1953)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: James Warren, Lynne Roberts, Paul Cavanagh, William Schallert
Votes: 90
325. Spartaco (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History
74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Brought back to Roma in a gladiators' school, he escapes and stirs ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 157
326. Marry Me Again (1953)
73 min | Comedy
A pilot discharged from the Korean War is disappointed to discover that his fiancée has since become independently wealthy thanks to a $1 million inheritance.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Robert Cummings, Marie Wilson, Ray Walker, Mary Costa
Votes: 29
327. The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy
For her birthday, Ritchie Connors gives his wife Nora a coat from the store where he works. His workday gloom is made even worse when their friend from next-door shows up that evening in a ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden, William Demarest
Votes: 131
328. Les dents longues (1953)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A young journalist makes his debut in Lyon where he meets a young girl he falls in love with.He has big ambitions , nevertheless he hesitates to go to Paris.
Director: Daniel Gélin | Stars: Danièle Delorme, Daniel Gélin, Jean Chevrier, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 83
329. Violated (1953)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and scalping his victims.
Director: Walter Strate | Stars: William Holland, Lili Dawn, Mitchell Kowall, Vicki Carlson
Votes: 209
330. Jack Slade (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Western
When his father is killed in front of him during a stagecoach holdup, a teenage boy vows to rid society of outlaws and he eventually grows into a vicious gunman working for a stagecoach line.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Barton MacLane, John Litel
Votes: 244
331. Colonel March Investigates (1953)
70 min | Mystery
Three episodes of "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" edited together for theatrical release.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Richard Wattis, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 154
332. Piel canela (1953)
PG | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Havana, gangster moll and singer Marucha, who has a disfigured face since childhood, is helped by a plastic surgeon who falls madly in love with her. The good doctor hopes to reform her ... See full summary »
Director: Juan José Ortega | Stars: Sara Montiel, Manolo Fábregas, Ramón Gay, Felipe de Alba
Votes: 26
333. Cow Country (1953)
Passed | 82 min | Western
In 1875, the collapse of the world beef market creates hardships for Texas cattle growers. In Garnet Basin, many cattlemen are forced to sell their cattle for low prices. Processed in ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane
Votes: 208
334. The Devil Is a Woman (1953)
93 min | Drama
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt, Mario Passante
Votes: 72
335. Men Against the Sun (1953)
65 min | Adventure, Drama
An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century. It tells of a group of white people and the many difficulties that beset them, including that... See full summary »
Director: Brendan J. Stafford | Stars: John Bentley, Zena Marshall, Liam O'Leary, Alan Tarlton
Votes: 51
336. Dance Hall Racket (1953)
Not Rated | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line.
Director: Phil Tucker | Stars: Timothy Farrell, Lenny Bruce, Bernie Jones, Honey Bruce Friedman
Votes: 227
337. Fort Vengeance (1953)
Passed | 75 min | Western
Two American brothers chased by a posse cross into Canada and join the Canadian North-West Mounted Police at the height of the Sioux-American war.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: James Craig, Rita Moreno, Keith Larsen, Reginald Denny
Votes: 277
338. House of Blackmail (1953)
72 min | Drama, Mystery
A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: William Sylvester, Mary Germaine, Alexander Gauge, John Arnatt
Votes: 239
339. China Venture (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WW2, an American commando team is sent to rescue the prisoner of a warlord in Japanese-occupied China.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Leo Gordon
Votes: 142
340. Count the Hours! (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara
Votes: 584
341. The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
115 min | Comedy
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Arturo Bragaglia, Édouard Delmont
Votes: 2,596
342. The Steel Lady (1953)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Cameron finds a tank buried in the Arabian desert during WWII, and proceeds to attack the Arabs with it.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Richard Erdman
Votes: 351
343. Adam and Eve (1953)
96 min | Comedy
Early romantic and mildly erotic comedy by Danish star director Erik Balling who earned his first Bodil awards from this 1953 movie. It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating... See full summary »
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Louis Miehe-Renard, Sonja Jensen, Per Buckhøj, Inger Lassen
Votes: 54
344. Three Stops to Murder (1953)
76 min | Crime, Drama
Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Tom Conway, Mila Parély, Naomi Chance, Eric Pohlmann
Votes: 176
345. Sea of Lost Ships (1953)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. When they get older both are accepted into the Coast Guard Academy, but the hero's ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 47
346. The Square Ring (1953)
83 min | Drama, Sport
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 301
347. Taiheiyô no washi (1953)
119 min | Drama, History, War
Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He ... See full summary »
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Masao Shimizu, Eijirô Yanagi
Votes: 113
348. Desperate Moment (1953)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Simon Van Halder (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is accused of murdering a British soldier during post-World War II mayhem. His girlfriend works on his behalf to expose the true villain.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven
Votes: 204
349. The Unfaithfuls (1953)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt, Pierre Cressoy, Tina Lattanzi
Votes: 228
350. It Happened in the Park (1953)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed.
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Vittorio De Sica, Anna Maria Ferrero, François Périer
Votes: 206