1953 in film

Events

• September 16 – The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
2. From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr
3. Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance
4. How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and William Powell
5. Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried
6. tie Mogambo and House of Wax, the first 3-d movie to ever make the box office top ten, with Vincent Price

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: From Here to Eternity – Columbia
• Best Actor: William Holden – Stalag 17
• Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday

Births

• February 8 – Mary Steenburgen, actress
• February 11 – Philip Anglim, actor
• February 19 – Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
• May 24 – Alfred Molina, actor
• September 10 – Amy Irving, actress
• October 9 – Tony Shalhoub, actor
• October 22 – Jeff Goldblum, actor
• October 26 – Maureen Teefy,actress
• October 31 – Michael J. Anderson, actor
• November 3 – Kate Capshaw, actress
• December 6 – Tom Hulce, actor
• December 8 – Kim Basinger, actress
• December 17 – Bill Pullman, actor

Deaths

• November 29 – Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor

Other movies released

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Julius Caesar
• Robot Monster
• The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
• The War of the Worlds
• The Moon is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and virgin
• Kiss Me Kate, released in 2-d and 3-d
• It Came From Outer Space
• The Wages of Fear
• Ugetsu
• I Vitelloni
• Moulin Rouge
• Roman Holiday
• Stalag 17
• Pickup on South Street
• Julius Caesar starring John Gielgud and Marlon Brando
• Genevieve