1953 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1953.







                   THE BEAST 

30.      FROM 20,000 FATHOMS

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29.   THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT

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28.            ANGEL FACE

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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

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26.       WAR OF THE WORLDS

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25.                  SHANE

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24.         THE BAND WAGON

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                   ¡BIENVENIDO,
23.        MISTER MARSHALL!

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22.          FANFAN LA TULIPE

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21.        ISLAND IN THE SKY

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                DUCK DODGERS
20.     IN THE 24½TH CENTURY

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19.          STATUES ALSO DIE

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18.            THE BIGAMIST

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17.               STALAG 17

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16.        THE MOON IS BLUE

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15.              PETER PAN

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14. THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T

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13.           LITTLE FUGITIVE

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12.       THE TELL-TALE HEART

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11.             WHITE MANE

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10.            DUCK AMUCK

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9.          THE HITCH-HIKER

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8.          HOUSE OF WAX 3D

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7.                EL BRUTO

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6.           THE NAKED SPUR

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5.                I CONFESS

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4.             THE BIG HEAT

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IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 3D

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2.     PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET

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1.              TOKYO STORY

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '53 I loved that almost placed)

THE WILD ONE

DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK!

RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL

THE MAN BETWEEN

THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST

THE ROBE

CALAMITY JANE

ROMAN HOLIDAY

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

SCARED STIFF

INVADERS FROM MARS

BEAR COUNTRY

ANDROCLES AND THE LION

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1953
TOP 30

1. TOKYO STORY (Ozu)
2. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Fuller)
3. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (J.Arnold)
4. THE BIG HEAT (Lang)
5. I CONFESS (Hitchcock)
6. THE NAKED SPUR (Mann)
7. EL BRUTO (Bunuel)
8. HOUSE OF WAX 3D (De Toth)
9. THE HITCH-HIKER (Lupino)
10. DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones)
11. WHITE MANE (Lamorisse)
12. TELL-TALE HEART (Parmelee)
13. LITTLE FUGITIVE (Engel)
14. 50,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Rowland)
15. PETER PAN (Disney)
16. THE MOON IS BLUE (Preminger)
17. STALAG 17 (Wilder)
18. THE BIGAMIST (Lupino)
19. LES STATUES MEURENT AUSSI (Resnais/Marker)
20. DUCK DODGERS.. (Chuck Jones)
21. ISLAND IN THE SKY (Wellman)
22. FEARLESS LITTLE SOLDIER (Christian-Jaque)
23. WELCOME, MR. MARSHALL! (Berlanga)
24. THE BAND WAGON (Minnelli)
25. SHANE (Stevens)
26. WAR OF THE WORLDS (Haskin)
27. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Hawks)
28. ANGEL FACE (Preminger)
29. SUN SHINES BRIGHT (Ford)
30. BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (Lourié)

RUNNER UP
THE WILD ONE (Benedek), DUCK! RABBIT! DUCK! (Chuck Jones), ORSON WELLES' GHOST STORY (Hilton Edwards), THE MAN BETWEEN (Reed), CONQUEST OF EVEREST (Lowe), THE ROBE (Henry Koster), CALAMITY JANE (David Butler), ROMAN HOLIDAY (Wyler), FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (Zinnemann), SCARED STIFF (George Marshall), INVADERS FROM MARS (W.C. Menzies), BEAR COUNTRY (Algar), ANDROCLES & THE LION (Erskine)