List of American films of 1953
The following is a list of American films released in 1953.
Donald O'Connor and Fredric March co-hosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. This was the ceremony's second year of being telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000.
The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Columbia Pictures's From Here to Eternity. All of the big winners that year were black-and-white films.
The 11th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1953. That year, no award was given for Best Picture: Musical or Comedy.
Spencer Tracy won the Golden Globe for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama, for The Actress, while David Niven won Best Actor - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Moon Is Blue. Audrey Hepburn won Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama for Roman Holiday, while Ethel Merman won for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Call Me Madam. The Robe won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Half a Hero | Don Weis | Red Skelton, Jean Hagen | Comedy | MGM |
| Hannah Lee | Lee Garmes | Joanne Dru, John Ireland | Western | Independent. Filmed in 3-D |
| Here Come the Girls | Claude Binyon | Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Hitch-Hiker | Ida Lupino | Edmond O'Brien, William Talman, Frank Lovejoy | Film noir | RKO |
| The Homesteaders | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Robert Lowery | Western | Allied Artists |
| Hondo | John Farrow | John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, James Arness | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Hot News | Edward Bernds | Stanley Clements, Gloria Henry | Crime | Monogram |
| Houdini | George Marshall | Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh | Biographical | Paramount. Story of Harry Houdini |
| House of Wax | André de Toth | Vincent Price, Carolyn Jones, Phyllis Kirk | Horror, 3-D | Warner Bros. |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Jean Negulesco | Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Cameron Mitchell, William Powell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| I Confess | Alfred Hitchcock | Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The I Don't Care Girl | Lloyd Bacon | Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Levant | Biography | 20th Century Fox. Story of Eva Tanguay |
| I Love Lucy | Edward Sedgwick | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz | Comedy | feature-length version of TV series |
| I Love Melvin | Don Weis | Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor | Comedy | MGM |
| I, the Jury | Harry Essex | Biff Elliot, Peggie Castle | Drama | United Artists. Based on book by Mickey Spillane; remade in 1982 |
| Inferno | Roy Ward Baker | Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming | Thriller, 3-D | 20th Century Fox |
| Invaders from Mars | William Cameron Menzies | Helena Carter, Leif Erickson | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox |
| Iron Mountain Trail | William Witney | Rex Allen, Slim Pickens | Western | Republic |
| Island in the Sky | William Wellman | John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| It Came from Outer Space | Jack Arnold | Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush | Sci-fi, 3-D | Universal |
| It Happens Every Thursday | Joseph Pevney | Loretta Young, John Forsythe | Comedy | Universal |
| Jack McCall, Desperado | Sidney Salkow | George Montgomery, Angela Stevens | Western | Columbia |
| Jalopy | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Jamaica Run | Lewis R. Foster | Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Patric Knowles | Adventure | Paramount |
| Jennifer | Joel Newton | Ida Lupino, Howard Duff | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| Jeopardy | John Sturges | Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker | Thriller | MGM |
| The Joe Louis Story | Robert Gordon | Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart | Sports | United Artists |
| The Juggler | Edward Dmytryk | Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale | Drama | Columbia |
| Julius Caesar | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien | Drama | MGM. Based on William Shakespeare play; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Kansas Pacific | Ray Nazarro | Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Kid from Left Field | Harmon Jones | Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft | Sports comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Killer Ape | Spencer G. Bennet | Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston | Adventure | Columbia |
| King of the Khyber Rifles | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| Kiss Me, Kate | George Sidney | Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller | Musical | MGM; based on 1948 stage musical |
| Knights of the Round Table | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer | Adventure | MGM; 2 Oscar nominations |