Most Popular Movies 1953
This chart shows the 1953 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1953 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1953 - Top 1953 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1954 → |
1
| Niagara |
| Director: Henry Hathaway |
| Lead Roles: Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis, Joseph Cotten as George Loomis, Jean Peters as Polly Cutler |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 21, 1953 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Film Noir, Mental Illness, PTSD, Relationships Gone Wrong, Infidelity, Domestic Abuse, Voiceover/Narration, Faked Death, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Mariticide / Uxoricide, Honeymoon, Crime Thriller |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $2,500,000 |
2
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Director: Eugene Lourie |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 13, 1953 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Live Action |
|
Domestic BO: $5,000,000 |
3
| House of Wax |
| Director: André De Toth |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 10, 1953 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Visual Effects, Psychological Horror, Artists, Surprise Twist, Romance, Left for Dead, Revenge |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $23,800,000 |
4
| The Big Heat |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 14, 1953 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $6,324 |
5
| I Vitelloni |
| Director: Federico Fellini |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 17, 1953 (Limited) (Italy) |
| Keywords: Foreign Language |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action |
|
Domestic BO: $115,263 |
|
International BO: $38,725 |
6
| From Here to Eternity |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Lead Roles: Burt Lancaster as First Sergeant Milton Warden, Montgomery Clift as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt, Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes, Frank Sinatra as Pvt. Angelo Maggio, Donna Reed as Alma Burke (Lorene) |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 5, 1953 (Wide) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $30,500,000 |
7
| The Robe |
| Director: Henry Koster |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 16, 1953 (Wide) |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text |
|
Domestic BO: $36,000,000 |
|
International BO: $10,887 |
8
| Roman Holiday |
| Director: William Wyler |
| Lead Roles: Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley, Audrey Hepburn as Princess Anne, Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1953 (Limited), released as Férias em Roma (Portugal) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $11,834 |
9
| Peter Pan |
| Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
| Lead Roles: Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan, Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy Darling, Hans Conried as Captain Hook, Bill Thompson as Mr. Smee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 5, 1953 (Wide) by RKO Radio Pictures |
| Keywords: Pirates, Fairies, Voiceover/Narration, Native Americans, Revenge, Coming of Age, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Hand Animation, Fantasy |
|
Domestic BO: $87,400,000 |
10
| Crin-Blanc |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 19, 1953 (Wide) by Janus Films, released as White Mane |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
11
| The War of the Worlds |
| Director: Byron Haskin |
| Lead Roles: Gene Barry as Dr. Clayton Forrester , Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 13, 1953 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: Alien Invasion, Set in California |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction |
12
| Phantom From Space |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 15, 1953 (Limited) |
| Classification: Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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| Wings of the Hawk |
| Director: Budd Boetticher |
| Lead Roles: Van Heflin as Irish Gallagher, Julia Adams as Raquel Noriega, Abbe Lane as Elena Noriega |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 26, 1953 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
14
| The Girl Who Had Everything |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 27, 1953 (Limited) |
15
| The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Director: Sidney Gilliat |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 7, 1953 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
16
| Titanic |
| Director: Jean Negulesco |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 13, 1953 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
17
| Angel Face |
| Director: Otto Preminger |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 11, 1953 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
18
| I Confess |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 28, 1953 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Crime Thriller, Murder Mystery, Film Noir, Religious |
| Classification: Based on Play, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
19
| Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Director: Daniel Mann |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 1953 (Wide) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
20
| 99 River Street |
| Director: Phil Karlson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 11, 1953 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Film Noir, Former Professional Athlete, Framed, Infidelity |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
21
| Shane |
| Director: George Stevens |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 24, 1953 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Classical Western, 1880s, Set in Wyoming, Life on a Farm, Crime |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $20,000,000 |
22
| The Maze |
| Director: William Cameron Menzies |
| Lead Roles: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 1953 (Limited) by Allied Artists |
| Keywords: Set in Scotland |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
23
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Director: Howard Hawks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 15, 1953 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Private Investigator, Romance, In-Laws / Future In-Laws, Infidelity, Falsely Accused, Musicians, Cross-Class Romance, False Identity, Comedy Musical |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $12,000,000 |
|
International BO: $598 |
24
| Thunder Bay (1953) |
| Director: Director |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 20, 1953 (Wide) by Universal |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
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| Cosh Boy |
| Director: Lewis Gilbert |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 29, 1953 (Limited) by Self Distributed, released as The Slasher |
| Keywords: Crime Drama, Film Noir |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |