1953 Movies
The Year in Review
War of the Worlds updates the time line of the source material to the (then) present day, something that most interpretations since have also done. It featured some very impressive special effects too. Peter Pan once again demonstrated that Disney wore the animating crown and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom went on to become a staple part of every school's music curriculum for about 30 years.
My Top Picks
The War of the Worlds
Roman Holiday
Peter Pan (Walt Disney)
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Quatermass Experiment, The
Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)
Roman Holiday
Stalag 17
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Biggest Disappointments
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
All the films I've seen from 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The
Caddy, The
House of Wax*
It Came from Outer Space
Peter Pan (Walt Disney)
Quatermass Experiment
Robe, The
Roman Holiday
Stalag 17
Titanic
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
War of the Worlds, The
White Mane: The Wild Horse (Crin Blanc: Le Cheval Sauvage)
What's left to see from 1953?
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, The
99 River Street, starring John Payne and Evelyn Keyes
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars *
Act of Love (Un acte d'amour) – (US/France)
Actress, The
Ai Margini della Metropoli *
Albert R.N. – (GB)
All I Desire
All the Brothers Were Valiant
All-American, The
Anarkali – (India)
Appointment in Honduras
Arrowhead
Baaz – (India)
Band Wagon, The
Bandit of Brazil, The (O Cangaceiro) – (Brazil)
Barabbas – (Sweden)
Beat the Devil – (Italy/GB/US)
Beggar's Opera, The – (GB)
Belinsky – (U.S.S.R.)
Ben and Me
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Bienvenido Mr. Marshall – (Spain)
Big Heat, The
Big Leaguer
Bigamist, The
Black Ermine – (Argentina)
Blowing Wild
Blue Gardenia, The
Blueprint for Murder, A
Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia) – (Italy)
Bright Road - (US)
Brute, The (El Bruto) – (Mexico)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Calamity Jane
Call Me Madam
Captain's Paradise, The – (GB)
Cat-Women on the Moon *
Cease Fire
Charge at Feather River, The
City Beneath the Sea
City That Never Sleeps
Clown, The
Confidentially Connie
Conquest of Everest, The – (documentary) – (GB)
Cruel Sea, The – (GB) *
Cry of the Hunted
Dangerous Crossing
Dangerous When Wet
Decameron Nights
Desert Rats, The
Desperate Moment – (GB)
Devdas – (India)
Do Bigha Zamin (Two Acres of Land) – (India)
Donovan's Brain
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Dream Wife
Earrings of Madame de..., The – (France/Italy)
East of Sumatra
Easy Years (Anni facili) – (Italy)
Easy to Love
Eddie Cantor Story, The
Él (Him) – (Mexico)
Entotsu no mieru basho (The Four Chimneys) – (Japan)
Esa pareja feliz (That Happy Couple) – (Spain)
Escape By Night – (GB)
Escape from Fort Bravo
Fair Wind to Java
Farmer Takes a Wife, The
Fast Company
Fear and Desire
Final Test, The - (GB)
Folly to Be Wise – (GB)
Footpath – (India)
From Here to Eternity *
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) – (Japan)
Geisha (Gion Bayashi), A – (Japan)
Genevieve – (GB)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Girl Next Door, The
Girl Who Had Everything, The
Give a Girl a Break
Glass Wall, The
Golden Blade, The
Great Adventure, The (Det stora äventyret) – (Sweden)
Great Sioux Uprising, The
Gun Fury
Heart of the Matter, The – (GB)
Hitch-Hiker, The
Hondo
Houdini
How to Marry a Millionaire
I Confess
I Don't Care Girl, The
I Love Lucy
I Vitelloni – (France/Italy)
I, the Jury
Inferno
Interim
Intruder, The – (GB
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? – (GB)
Island in the Sky
Jennifer
Jeopardy
Julius Caesar
Kidnappers, The – (GB)
King of the Khyber Rifles
Kiss Me Kate
La montaña sin ley
Lady Without Camelias, The (La signora senza camelie) – (Italy)
Lagu Kenangan (L. Inata [id]) - (Indonesia)
Landowner's Daughter, The (Sinhá Moça) – (Brazil)
Latin Lovers
Law and Order
Lawless Breed, The
Lili
Limping Man, The – (GB)
Lion Is in the Streets, A
Little Boy Lost
Little Fugitive
Living Desert, The
Love Letter (Koibumi) – (Japan)
Love in the City (L'Amore in Città) – (Italy)
Malta Story – (GB)
Man Between, The – (GB)
Man in the Attic
Man in the Dark
Man on a Tightrope
Martin Luther – (US/West Germany)
Master of Ballantrae, The – (U.K.)
Meet Me at the Fair
Miss Sadie Thompson
Mississippi Gambler, The
Mogambo
Money from Home
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) – (France) *
Moon Is Blue, The
Moonlighter, The
Naked Spur, The
Net, The – (GB)
New Neighbour, The *
Niagara
No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr) – (West Germany)
Patita
Phantom Stockman, The – (Australia)
Pickup on South Street
Plunder of the Sun
Pony Express
President's Lady, The
Remains to Be Seen
Report News (Reportaje) – (Mexico)
Return to Paradise
Ride, Vaquero!
Rogue's March
Rosanna (La Red) – (Mexico)
Salome
Sawdust and Tinsel (Gycklarnas afton) – (Sweden)
Scared Stiff
Sea Devils – (GB/US)
Seminole
Shane
Siamo Donne (We, the Women) – (Italy)
Small Town Girl
So Big
So This Is Love
South Sea Woman
Split Second
Stars of the Russian Ballet (Mastera russkogo baleta) – (USSR)
State Department Store, The (Állami Áruház) – (Hungary)
Steel Lady, The
Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The – (GB)
Story of Little Muck, The (Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck) – (East Germany)
Story of Three Loves, The
Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) – (Sweden)
Sun Shines Bright, The
Take Me to Town
Take the High Ground!
Three Perfect Wives (Las Tres perfectas casadas) – (Mexico)
Thunder Over the Plains
Thérèse Raquin – (France)
Titanic
Titfield Thunderbolt, The – (GB)
Tokyo Story (Tōkyō Monogatari) – (Japan)
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Torch Song
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Trouble Along the Way
Trouble in Store – (GB)
Tumbleweed
Twice Upon a Time – (GB)
Ugetsu Monogatari – (Japan) *
Vanquished, The (I Vinti) – (Italy)
Wages of Fear, The (Le Salaire de la Peur) – (France)
Walking My Baby Back Home
War Arrow
White Lightning
White Witch Doctor
Wild One, The *
Young Bess